Posted by
nomi on Sunday, January 27, 2008 12:15:52 PM
Great for a prolonged war? Maybe. At the expense of our troops for sure. I didn't hear him speaking out against attached earmarks with war spending bills. I didn't hear him defending any of the accused marines. I did hear him talking about the cruelty of waterboarding. All of the above makes for a prolonged war, while the bad players know they can abuse our military men because of McCains in Washington. Some of our Washington "leaders" want the war for all the contracts they can make with lobbyists. This equals feathering their own nests and what is McCain the maverick doing about this while he advocates against our security via immigration violaters?
I just don't get it. McCain is what is wrong with Washington and the war. Being POW does not make you a great leader. At least he was able to come home. His logic against waterboarding is ridiculous. These animals who are not opposed to burning and mutilating bodies of our soldiers feel more emboldened when they know nothing really bad can happen to them at the hands of our soldiers. This is reality. They torture captured soldiers because of the Washington mentality.
And by the way national security, maybe Mexicos national security.
Raul Humberto Yzaguirre ... Currently a life time member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he previously served as the president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza from 1974 – 2004; and now works primarily as an advocate for the creation of a political union between the United States, Mexico and Canada through a variety of non-profit advocacy groups.
...In 1968, the Southwest Council of La Raza was organized with funding from the Ford Foundation....Yzaguirre was elected the second President of the NCLR. The Ford Foundation was pleased with Yzaguirre and continued to be a top donor of the NCLR throughout Yzaguirre's term.
The Raul Yzaguirre Policy Institute operates out of the University of Texas Pan American and was named after Yzaguirre. It's stated goal is, "To inform policy, and the civic leaders who frame it, for the benefit of the Hispanic community and the nation as a whole." The institute primarily receives corporate and government funding, continuing Yzaguirre's commitment to bringing corporate interests and government interests together. Its new facilities [11] were partially funded with a 2005 Department of Education earmark of $635,000. [12]
Advisory council of the Institute represent a who's who of government and corporate elite. Including politicians such as Hillary Clinton, John McCain, former President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo whose role at the institute will be to provides expertise to the “global perspectives” area of work for the Institute.[13]. As well as corporate leaders of UPS, Coca-Cola and Frito-Lay. [14]
The above is from Wikepedia. Look at 2006 financials. McCain lists this Policy Foundation as an income source. In turn did this maverick influence the earmark to the policy institute?
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