Tag Archives: cuba

Gong-gyeog, Gong-gyeog, Gong-gyeog

My mother loved the Pearl Harbor movie TORA TORA TORA. TORA TORA TORA meant ‘attack attack attack’ in Japanese. Gong-gyeog, Gong-gyeog, Gong-gyeog translates the same in Korean. This week North Korea has suggested to Russia and the UK that they abandon their diplomatic missions in Pyongyang before April 10, stating that the government will not […]

The Unfreedom of Speech

The Constitution has offered protection for the Freedom of Speech for centuries, but that guarantee has come under fire more often in recent times. People can not speak their mind without follow-up condemnation of their statements. Russ Limbaugh damned a woman testifying before Congress on contraception as a ‘slut’. This rude and abrasive comment evoked […]

Get out of town

Canal Street New Orleans 1904 Hurricane Gustav has gathered strength over Cuba and this category-4 storm is barreling across the Caribbean in the direction of disaster hub, New Orleans. The local, state, and federal governments have learned the lesson of Katrina well. In order to avoid the calamity of 2005 residents have been ordered to […]

Bush Protests Supreme Court’s Git-mo Ruling

My good friend Fran Fitzpatrick swears he was involved in the Bay of Pigs invasion. He’s old enough and was also serving in the Navy at the time. His story slightly unravels when he tells of his landing craft being disabled by shore fire and then escaping from Castro’s forces by walking hundreds of kilometers […]