The Republic of Congo has signed an agreement to lease 200,000 hectares of land to South African farmers.
Congo's agriculture minister said it would bring expertise to the country and reduce its dependence on imports.
South African farmers' union Agri SA, which signed the deal, said the ANC government's land policy was forcing white farmers to seek land abroad.
The ANC is seeking to transfer some farms, overwhelmingly white-owned, to the black majority population.
Abandoned land
Under the terms of the agreement, South African farmers will lease the land in Congo for 30 years to produce food and fibre mainly for the domestic market.
On October 14, Lord Christopher Monckton, a noted climate change skeptic, gave a presentation at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. In this 4 minute excerpt from his speech, he issues a dire warning to all Americans regarding the United Nations Climate Change Treaty, scheduled to be signed in Copenhagen in December 2009. A draft of the petition can be read here: http://www.globalclimatescam.com/docu...
Lord Monckton served as a policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher. He has repeatedly challenged Al Gore to a debate to which Gore has refused. Monckton sued to stop Gore's film "An Inconvenient Truth" from being shown in British schools due to its inaccuracies. The judge found in-favor of Monckton, ordering 9 serious errors in the film to be corrected. Lord Monckton travels internationally in an attempt to educating the public about the myth of global warming.
I don’t know if I want to laugh or cry from laughter at Obama’s response. It sounds like I’m listening to a Feminine Hygiene Commercial.
I picture the mom and daughter sitting somewhere and the daughter asks ‘Mom, what do you do when you have that not so fresh feeling’
“The crowd clapped for Tyren as Obama laughed and patted Tyren on the shoulder.”
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal attended, as did Sen. Mary Landrieu, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, and Tyren Scott, a 4th-grade boy who asked the president the last question during the question and answer session of the program.
“Why do people hate you? And why, aren’t they supposed to love you, if God is love?” Tyren asked the commander-in-chief.
The crowd clapped for Tyren as Obama laughed and patted Tyren on the shoulder.
“First of all, I did get elected president, so not everybody hates me; I got a whole lot of votes,” Obama joked. “A lot of it is what’s called politics, where once one party wins, the other party feels like they’ve got to poke you a little bit to keep you on your toes. So you shouldn’t take it too seriously.” He went on. “But people are worried about their own lives. A lot of people are losing their jobs right now. They’re losing their health care or they lost their homes to foreclosure and they’re feeling frustrated, and when you’re president of the United States, you’ve got to deal with all of it. You get some of the credit when things are going good, but when things are going bad, you get some of the blame.”
“But that’s all right,” Obama said, adding, “I’m a pretty tough guy. Are you a tough guy? You look pretty tough. So you’ve just got to keep going on going, even when folks are criticizing you, when you know you’re doing it for other people.”
According to law, the State of Hawaii must now disclose how it came to the decision that is found in Director Fukino’s July 27th Press Release that was approved by the State’s Attorney General. Haw. Rev. Stat. 28-4 states very clearly that formal opinions of the Attorney General must be made public. Further, the Hawaiian Office of Information Practices in 1991 formally set out the requirements that informal opinions of the AG must also be made available for public inspection. According to Donofrio, under the Uniform Rules of Evidence (Rule 510): “when the conclusions of an informal Attorney General opinion are made public by the agency/client, then the accompanying record of that opinion must also be disclosed to the public:” The State of Hawaii declared that Obama was a Natural Born Citizen and that this disclosure was approved by the Attorney General of the State. The State of Hawaii must now release any and all communications and documentation that led it to making this determination. Because Janice Okubo on July 29th revealed that the decision was approved by the State’s Attorney General, and the state made its Natural Born Citizen statement, the state is now required by law to disclose how it reached that conclusion. As Donofrio explains, there can be no secret law. The State of Hawaii cannot simply make a statement with legal weight, and then when asked to provide how it reached that decision, simply say: ‘You just have to trust us on that’. They must release any and all information that led them to make their public declarations. On October 5th, Donofrio wrote to the office of the Attorney General, contacting Jill Nagamine: Read More
For well over a year now, we have been hearing this question in regards to Barack Obama. It’s a good question, and one that is relevant only when discussing the President, Vice President, and anyone else who may assume the Presidency in the line of succession. This the only time that such a distinction matters.It will help in this very important discussion to understand the differing types of Citizenship that the United States recognizes and what defines them. A Naturalized Citizen is one who has applied for and has qualified for American Citizenship. Someone applying for and being granted US Citizenship must meet the following qualifications according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website. To be eligible for Naturalization one must:
• Be at least 18 years old at the time of filing the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400
• Have been lawfully admitted to the United States
• Have resided as a permanent resident in the United States for at least 5 years or 3 years if you meet all eligibility requirements to file as a spouse of a U.S. citizen
• Have demonstrated continuous permanent residence
• Have demonstrated physical presence• Have lived for 3 months in the USCIS district or state where the Application for Naturalization, Form N-400 is filed
• Demonstrate good moral character• Show an attachment to the U.S. Constitution
• Be able to read, write, speak, and understand basic English• Demonstrate a knowledge of U.S. civics (history and government)
• Take the oath of allegiance to the United States
The next type of citizen is that of a standard citizen. The USICS website describes a citizen thusly: “A citizen of the United States is a native-born, foreign-born, or naturalized person who owes allegiance to the United States and who is entitled to its protection. In addition to the naturalization process, the United States recognizes the U.S. citizenship of individuals according to two fundamental principles: jus soli, or right of birthplace, and jus sanguinis, or right of blood (deriving citizenship through parent’s citizenship). Whether someone born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen parent is a U.S. citizen depends on the law in effect when the person was born. These laws have changed over the years, but usually require a combination of at least one parent being a U.S. citizen when the child was born and having lived in the U.S. or its possessions for a period of time” More Here
I'd love to thank Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Bob Bennett of Utah, for asking this, I only hope more will follow their leads. I find this to be very disturbing. Here is the Government once again bowing down to appease 'Illegal Immigrants' because some alphabet group and or church group is crying, threatening with you won't get our votes and to top it off guess what you just earned your self the title 'RACIST'. Call me Racist because there is nothing at all wrong with asking a question and being proud and standing with your race. They(Mexicans,Africans, and every other group) do it all the time. I think there is nothing at all wrong with asking ones legal status. Why are we rewarding Illegals once again,with another privilege. What getting subsidies galore isn't good enough, and taking our jobs the Government claims no one wants. It's now insulting to ask someones 'Status' because they fear being here illegally. . . I think it's not only the right of the Government to know the correct status of residents but also the Tax Paying, Citizens of the U.S. who are supporting many of said 'Illegals' through the US Government welfare, Social Security Income (these folks have never paid into it like many Americans who get it undeservedly. I also propose a voter recount also because how many Non-Citizens Voted? I'm not talking 'Non-Citizen' Residents only that think they have the right to vote and decide how the Government can spend our taxes while they benefit. (beautifulnightmare)
Since the first Census in 1790, the bureau has routinely asked in various surveys whether people are native-born or foreign-born, but it has never asked about legal status.
Immigrants often are the hardest to count because many mistrust government, especially if they are in the U.S. illegally. Crackdowns on illegal immigration at the border and at work sites have made outreach for next year's Census even more challenging.
Some Latino groups such as the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders are calling for immigrants to boycott the Census unless laws are changed to give those here illegally a chance to gain legal status.
"Already the public fears that the Census is too intrusive," says Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, which opposes both the amendment and the boycott. The "Take 10" campaign promotes the idea that the Census form has only 10 questions and should take just 10 minutes to answer. Adding questions would require designing new forms. "It's operationally impossible," says Steve Jost, Census associate communications director. "The forms are printed, folded. We have bilingual forms. ... We're printing 1.5 million forms a day."
By law, the Census is taken April 1. State population counts must be submitted to the president the following Dec. 31 so that seats in the House can be apportioned. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091014/NEWS08/910140385/2047/BUSINESS
Proposed last week by Republican Sens. David Vitter of Louisiana and Bob Bennett of Utah, the amendment would exclude illegal immigrants from the population count used to allocate congressional seats after the 2010 Census. It also would require the Census to ask people whether they are citizens.
"Illegal aliens should not be included for the purposes of determining representation in Congress, and that's the bottom line here," Vitter says. If enacted, the amendment to an appropriations bill would stop funding of the 2010 Census unless the changes are made. http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20091014/UPDATES01/91014024/Senators+try+to+exclude+illegal+immigrants+from+2010+Census
