Showing posts with label flags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flags. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Flashback: Middle East Wars Preplanned Before and After 911

Staff Writer, DL Mullan
Government / Warmongering
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With all the lies and fake news coming from mainstream media, Americans need to take a look back at how and why we are here. All wars are bankers' wars. Americans have been manipulated to support the devastation in the Middle East so neocon/liberal politicians and their no bid contract corporations could ravage the sector. 




These acts of war for profit and resources are why we have migrant/refugee problems. Why women in Europe are being beaten and raped on a daily basis. Why terror acts are now common place.

The United Nations and economic block trade agreements like the EU and NAFTA are huge deterrents to peace. These corporations create economic problems such as the influx of unskilled, uneducated militants who deplete social safety nets and the patience of the host countries, by design of the elites. The elites are protected by armed guards while the rest of us deal with gangs, drugs, human trafficking, and destruction caused by the open borders philosophy.

If you love Open Borders so much, then go ask a Native American how that worked out for them.

If you do not know or understand the past, you are doomed to repeat it. The Native Americans were pitted against each other by foreign invaders... currently called undocumented immigrants. The tribes lost their lands and freedoms. Soon North America became a European settlement and Native Americans were enslaved.

Isn't Open Borders fun?

The Catholic Church destroyed and enslaved the native populations in Latin America, yet Spanish speakers glorify the mythical Aztland and tell Europeans to leave the lands for their urban legend. (By the way, you lost your land because you lost a war. Lookup your two treaties!) Uninformed. Uneducated. Unskilled. Illegal aliens are used as militants to foment clashes of ideology and call people racists for social control in order to lead an invasion of someone else's sovereign lands.

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

All the World is a Stage... maybe it is time we retire some actors so the people of the free Earth can finally live in peace.

End refugee and migrant programs that only seek to cause civil unrest, disobedience, and culture wars. End the wars in the Middle East and send everyone back home. End multilateral trade agreements to flood sovereign nations with uninformed, uneducated, and unskilled illegal aliens.

Go live at George Clooney's, George Soros', Al Gore's, or Madonna's houses. They have a lot more breakable things than the average American does.

And probably 4D televisions, a pool, top notch alcohol, and rad automobiles to help you relax after a hard day rioting and looting in American streets waiving your foreign national flags all the while pledging your allegiance to Stalin, Lenin, and the Islamic State.

Because isn't that the point?


Source: FacelesswithEyesOpen

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Executive Cabinet Veto of R50-70: Flags and decoration adjustment for inclusivity

Staff Writer, R. Patrick Chapman
Flags / Higher Education
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 The University of California a few days after the passage of Resolution R50-70 vetoed the measure.
Executive Cabinet Veto of R50-70

We the Executive Cabinet of the Associated Students of the University of California, Irvine convened on March 7th, 2015 to officially veto ASUCI Legislative Council legislation R50-70, “Flags and decoration adjustment for inclusivity”. We engage in this action to veto under the constitutional authority granted to us under Article V, Section B, Sub-Section 2 of the ASUCI Constitution stating:

“Vetoing, as seen fit, any measures adopted by the Legislative Council, provided such an action be exercised only once per measure, and within six (6) days from the date of the measure being passed, after which time, the measure shall become legislation with or without the Executive Cabinet’s approval.”

We fundamentally disagree with the actions taken by ASUCI Legislative Council and their passage of R50-70 as counter to the ideals that allow us to operate as an autonomous student government organization with the freedoms of speech and expression associated with it. It is these very symbols that represent our constitutional rights that have allowed for our representative creation and our ability to openly debate all ranges of issues and pay tribute to how those liberties were attained.

As students in an academic institution we encourage all students on campus to participate in open debate about a wide array of issues and to actively engage in academic curiosity, which lies at the backbone of a preeminent academic research institution. It is this freedom to be able to navigate and explore topics on a wide range of issues that we see at risk if we begin to engage in a particular form of regulation of free speech and its expression through symbols in any space associated with our organization.

We as well want to reaffirm our commitment to diversity as a campus in all aspects and ideals associated with it. The concept of inclusion and diversity is a core pillar in the mission of University of California system and we wish to continue to work to have these important discussions of what our campus is doing to make this a priority.

Signed:

ASUCI Executive Cabinet
Even the Administration of the University had this statement:

The statement below is from the UCI Administration
Earlier this week, six undergraduate members of the UCI’s student-government Legislative Council passed a bill that bans hanging a flag from any nation in the common lobby area of the student government offices.

This misguided decision was not endorsed or supported in any way by the campus leadership, the University of California, or the broader student body. The views of a handful of students passing a resolution do not represent the opinions of the nearly 30,000 students on this campus, and have no influence on the policies and practices of the university.

The American flag is still proudly flying throughout our campus and will continue to do so.

Student-body president Reza Zomorrodian has publicly opposed the legislation. The Executive Cabinet of the student government will meet today to discuss a veto. A motion to veto and a second are on the table. One more vote is needed for a veto. We encourage the student government to veto this legislation and abandon any further efforts to pursue it.

We hold the value of intellectual inquiry and the free and rigorous exchange of ideas as bedrock values of institutions of higher education. And yet, we are constantly reminded that those values we cherish are in part, guaranteed by the sacrifices made and the struggles waged to secure the freedom and democracy that the flag symbolizes. UCI never takes that for granted.

Source: University of California, Irvine

ASUCI Legislative Council Resolution R50-70: Flags and decoration adjustment for inclusivity

Staff Writer, R. Patrick Chapman
Flags / Higher Education 
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Associated Students, University of California, Irvine passed this resolution earlier this month:
R50-70
Flags and decoration adjustment for inclusivity
March 3rd, 2015

Whereas flags are a symbol of a nation, are used as decorations and have a wide range of cultural significance.

Whereas flags are typically viewed as patriotic symbols of a single nation, are often associated with government and military due to their history and have a wide variety of interpretations.

Whereas the traditional patriotic interpretation of a flag is a result of a nation and/or persons who encourage a nationalistic understanding of the flag.

Whereas traditional understandings and ideologies, as encouraged by the national government, include liberty, democracy, constitution values and are up for interpretation on constituents.

Whereas flags not only serve as symbols of patriotism or weapons for nationalism, but also construct cultural mythologies and narratives that in turn charge nationalistic sentiments.

Whereas flags function specifically for a nation and

Whereas people are assimilated into national ideologies by deployment of this cultural artifact.

Whereas flags construct paradigms of conformity and sets homogenized standards for others to obtain which in this country typically are idolized as freedom, equality, and democracy.

Whereas symbolism is interpreted differently by different groups or persons based on individual unique experiences.

Whereas a common ideological understanding of the United states includes American exceptionalism and superiority.

Whereas the American flag is commonly flown in government public service locations, military related entities, at homes, in foreign lands where the US government has a presence.

Whereas the American flag has been flown in instances of colonialism and imperialism.

Whereas symbolism has negative and positive aspects that are interpreted differently by individuals.

Whereas displaying a flag does not express only selective aspects of its symbolism but the entire spectrum of its interpretation.

Whereas designing a culturally inclusive space is taken seriously by ASUCI

Whereas designing a culturally inclusive space aims to remove barriers that create undue effort and separation by planning and designing spaces that enable everyone to participate equally and confidently.

Whereas the removal of barriers is the best option at promoting an inclusive space.

Whereas it is a psychological effect for individuals to identify negative aspects of a space rather than positive ones.

Whereas whenever public spaces are produced and managed by narrow interests, they are bound to become exclusive places and

Whereas the planning process must be inclusive in such that designers are advised to forget about the ‘average’ user or themselves and instead begin the open space designing process with ‘deep knowledge’ of the preferences of the actual communities who are likely to use those spaces

Whereas designers should be careful about using cultural symbols as the symbols will inherently remain open for interpretation.

Whereas once an open space is created, it is important to employ continual evaluation in order to understand changing use patterns and needs over time.

Whereas a high-quality culturally inclusive spaces is essential in any society that embodies a dynamic and multifaceted culture

Whereas freedom of speech is a valued right that ASUCI supports.

Whereas freedom of speech, in a space that aims to be as inclusive as possible can be interpreted as hate speech.

Let it be resolved that ASUCI make every effort to make the Associated Students main lobby space as inclusive as possible.

Let it further be resolved that no flag, of any nation, may be hanged on the walls of the Associate Student main lobby space.

Let it be further be resolved that if a decorative item is in the Associate student lobby space and issues arise, the solution will be to remove the item if there is considerable request to do so.

Source: University of California, Irvine