THE HANDSTAND

Dear readers,,

Every year I send similar letters of wishes of a Happy Ramadan or Merry Christmas or Happy Easter or new year etc,,, and every time we express hope that next year will be better and the sam thing next year, we wish the the year after will be better,, but so far, every year is worse than the one before,,

yet, there is still some hope there,, do not ask me why,,,, the only thing I think about, is that we have a just cause, and no matter how bad things will be,, as long as we are still in Palestine, hope will continue to be there,,,

Well, we would like to wish all of you a Happy Ramadan and a blessed month and a year,,,,

and again, we hope next year will be better.

on behalf of the Rapprochement Centre

George Rishmawi

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George N. Rishmawi
The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People (PCR)

Director
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In a message dated 8/25/2008 11:04:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, olushola@tampabay.rr.com writes:

"We can embrace being an American, but we should never throw away our desire and vision of Black empowerment; that is suicide, and we can, and should, do all these without dissing anyone"

Well dear brother I think it's really not either or, but both and. I mean what is St Patrick's day if not a celebration of Irish pride and I don't think all that has in any way diminished their American-ness. And that, as they say, is the rub. Others get to be as Irish/German as they want, and their American ness is never questioned, in part because they insist on it. Many Jewish Americans don't even claim a foreign place of origin as much as they claim fealty to Israel. They are permitted to advocate for policies that aren't in the best interest of America, yet they insist on their American-ness.

In my opinion, and as I read the European-feel-good version of history that is taught to our kids, it has become very clear to me that black folks are the most American of all Americans. We fight and die in every war, and our sacrifice has always been greater because we fight for less America (slavery, Jim Crow, whatever the hell you call what's going on now) then do our white brethren.

We did not participate on the business end of any of America's original sins (killing Indians, slavery) or our modern day sins (S & L crisis, Florida 2000, Katrina, ect....). Having said that, the language (the way Americans really talk), the dress, the music, and sports are all about us. In fact, everything about America not subject to a white man's subjective judgement is controlled by us!

In Baltimore, one of the reasons we drafted our bill in a way much different from what other city's were doing at the time was because we thought that taking different avenues to arrive at the same conclusion strengthens each argument. It is from that perspective that I suggest that one of the many arguments we need to make is that we, as America's most influential ethnic group are entitled to repair (reparations) as a direct result of all the unpatriotic and un American treatment we have been exposed to by our government. We, in effect, accuse the American government of being Unpatriotic, and we offer their own history books as evidence. Just a thought.

Friends, continuing with the theme that it's our country, that we are the most patriotic ethnic group in America, and that we are the ones who continually pull America out of the crapper, I want to submit something a good friend sent me today. I hope you enjoy it, but I also hope we give this some serious thought. Enjoy and stay well

WHITE FOLKS AIN'T STUPID

White folk wanted to make the USA a great country.
What did they do?
They went to Africa and enslaved Blacks to turn the country into an agricultural powerhouse.
White folk wanted to make Washington D.C. A great city.
What did they do? They used a Black to design the city and Black labor to build it.
White folk wanted to explore the western USA .
What did they do?
Lewis and Clark took a Black slave with them to negotiate with the Indians
White folk wanted to end the Civil War.
What did they do?
They freed the slaves who helped win the war.
White folk wanted to take San Juan Hill .
What did they do?
Teddy rushed up the hill, got in trouble, and was rescued by Blacks who took the hill.
White folk wanted to take the middle and western USA from the Indians.
What did they do?
They sent the Buffalo soldiers to protect the settlers and to fight the Indians.
White folk wanted to raise cattle in the mid west.
What did they do?
They hired cowboys to do it (Yes, most cowboy's were Black.)
White folk wanted to explore the North Pole.
What did they do?
Adm. Perry took a Black guide along to get him there. The guide reached the pole before Perry
White folk wanted to make the USA armed forces better.
What did they do?
Truman integrated the military.
White folk wanted to improve college and pro sports and make more money doing so.
What did they do?
They integrated sports and built larger stadiums and arenas and tougher golf courses.
Now, White folk want a new president to straighten out the Bush mess.
WHAT WILL THEY DO, BASED ON HISTORY????
WHITE FOLKS AIN'T STUPID..RUMOUR FROM CHINA THAT MIGHT AMAZE YOU.............

It concerns the report that the secret government of the US and EU has promised a major overhaul in the wake of the warning it got from the Chinese secret society I told you about last week.This was revealed by a senior Japanese public security police officer and Freemason who has been acting as an intermediary with the Chinese secret society.

MORE SHOCKS COMING IN AMERICA?Expect big changes this autumn,” he said in comments confirmed by a member of the Japanese royal family.“What you will be seeing is the unwinding of George Bush senior’s 50-year campaign to turn the U.S. into a fascist regime,” the secret police agent says.“George Bush senior is now a broken man showing signs of senile dementia,”he adds.If the sources are to be believed, U.S. President George Bush’s government will resign, before his term expires, and will be replaced by an interim regime headed by Al Gore.This will start a 2-3 year transition period during which suppressed technology, such as free energy, will be released and a new system for running the planet will be implemented, according to these two sources.

The recent market turmoil, including the Chinese threat to sell dollars, was part of the bargaining towards major changes in the secret balance of power, we were told.The Chinese secret societies meanwhile, are watching carefully for any sign of new attempts to spread disease or otherwise carry out genocidal attacks.They only gave one warning and have now initiated a news blackout.

I am not in the loop about what they would do if a new breach was found but, they did say whatever action they took would be “unpredictable and worse than expected.At the same time, an anti-Rothschild alliance has been formed in Tokyo.The anti-Rothschild alliance, (with the discreet backing of the Chinese secret societies), will be contacting leaders of Russia, China, India, the Muslim countries, South America, Africa etc. to create a global alliance that will demand a new way of running the planet.

What will really happen? Watch carefully. There are some interesting times ahead.

Another report circulating in the Kremlin today states that the US Secretary of the Treasury has informed the China Development Bank that the US has shipped $800 Billion of a new currency called the Amero,instead of paying China in dollars

The agenda to create a North American Union, will effectively erase the borders of the USA with both Mexico and Canada -with this new common currency, known as the Amero for the new 3-in-one nation, to replace the dollar.