Posts Tagged ‘human rights’

Bob Maistros

“We have some work to do in Egypt in terms of our relationships with the Hebrews.”  Pharoah Ramsses, speech at the dedication of the Pyramids, ca. 1600 BC.

“Here in the Hunnic Empire, we still need to tweak our associations with the Romans.”  Attila, State of the Empire Address, 450.

"Human rights? Hu, me?"

“We have a ways to go in Mongolia in terms of our treatment of conquered peoples.”  Genghis Khan, proclamation, 1200.

“We might have to make some adjustments in Spain in terms of our dealings with heretics.”  Torquemada, ecclesiastical conference, 1492.

“We in England may have to take a second look at our policies in terms of taxation of the colonists.”  King George III, address to Parliament, 1775.

“It may be that we in France need to widen our confectionary choices for the peasantry.”  Marie Antoinette, royal audience, 1791.

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Andy Hefty

JACKSONVILLE – My wife was approached by a neighboring friend today, supposing that I would be all worked up over the appointment and controversial confirmation of University of North Florida professor Parvez Ahmed to the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission.

Whatevs.

OK, so the Jacksonville City Council approved a Muslim professor to the City’s Human Rights Commission. I suppose that I should care. Frankly, I don’t.

Let’s get this straight: an elitist government executive (Mayor John Peyton) appoints an elitist government college professor (Parvez) to an elitist government position, where an elitist government legislative body approves him.

While it’s true that Ahmed was in high leadership of a terrorist-sympathizing organization, the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), he has more than once and very publicly distanced himself from their more radical stances against American and Israeli interests.

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Bob Maistros

In the wake of the controversy raised by the so-called Goldstone Report by the United Nations Human Rights Council – which accused Israel of a range of violations of international law resulting from its assault on Gaza from December 2008 to January of this year – a new round of charges has been forwarded by the investigating panel.

An addendum to the report alleges that the Israelis engaged in systematic destruction of Palestinian property, defacing of and damage to its territory and areas and other violations of the human rights of the people of Gaza.

Dude, where's my minutes?

The specific charges against Israel in the new section of the report include the following:

• Israeli homes, schools, synagogues and other structures interrupted the trajectory of some 12,000 Palestinian missiles over the last eight years.  The resulting impact caused damage to, and in most cases, the complete destruction of this property with no compensation to its Gaza-based owners.

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