Bush Speaks Against Human Trafficking

[maddezmom]

By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer

TAMPA, Fla. - President Bush (news - web sites) on Friday urged aggressive law enforcement to combat the crime of human trafficking, as the president zeroed in on a critical section of Florida's electorate that could tip the state to Bush or John Kerry (news - web sites) in November.


"Human life is the gift of our Creator. It should never be for sale," Bush told a Justice Department (news - web sites) conference with participants including the president's brother, Jeb, Florida's governor.


Bush's remarks at the first-ever national training conference on human trafficking address an issue of vital concern to Evangelical Christians, one of the most important components of Bush's political base nationally. Conservative religious groups around the country have helped focus the White House's attention on trafficking. Florida is one of five states that have passed laws against human trafficking.


Kerry's campaign criticized Bush, saying the Clinton administration focused significant attention on the issue and that Bush waited too long to submit an international protocol against trafficking to the U.S. Senate.

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20040716/ap_on_el_pr/bush

[louis-t]

1. "Human life is the gift of our Creator. It should never be for sale,"

unless a bush can make money off of it.

[maddezmom]

2. or Votes n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

4. It's OK to rent it for cheap though.

Slaves shouldn't be bought and sold when you can pay them minimum wage or less. Isn't that the Republican way?

[Canuckistanian]

39. But make sure they drink the Kool-Ade

And never, ever let them think for themselves!

[RobertSeattle]

3. "Human life is the gift of our Creator."

Since I'm not religious, I never understand "X is gift from God" crap. (X could be freedom, life, a pizza...)

I'm sure there were wack jobs in the 1800's that said "Slavery is a gift from the Creator"...

[Geo55]

5. ZACKLY...

That's why the Creator is so....well...creative!

life shouldn't be bought n' sold....but WASTING it for a political agenda is fine with the "Big Guy" I'm sure.

[Ripley]

6. Hilarious!! He has to pander to his BIBLE BASE!!!

The fact that he is bringing up Mighty Invisible Man in The Sky at every speech is evidence he is quite aware some of the religious folks have turned against him! But why????

Oh, I don't know Bubble Boy, maybe it's torture, lies, unnecessary war, and just general mass mayhem.

[atreides1]

9. But

He can't be pandering to his Bible base. The Bible says that slavery is okay, as long as the slaves are from another country.

[Ripley]

13. Oh ye forgets...

His Bible Base doesn't actually listen to the context of his speeches...they just zone in on the use of words like "God" "The Almighty Creator" "baby-killers" etc. etc.

They're like pets in a way... like how you talk to your cat and would like to believe they are listening to your every word...but when they go to the door it is because they heard...

"blah blah blah blabedty blah blah blah go outside blah bladitty blah"

see?

"blah blah blah blabedty blah blah blah Almight Creator blah bladitty blah"

[atreides1]

17. Hey Now

My dog understands a lot of what I say to her, so let's not insult pets by comparing them to the Bush's Bible Base, also known as the Christian Taliban.

[Ripley]

19. Har har!

You're right...what was I thinking demeaning our uber smart pets with those people?

My cat is bilingual, he understands English as well as my feline talk.

[tandot]

7. Life is a gift from God? Why would God hate us so much to give us Bush???

Dear God: What have we done to deserve this? Please don't give us any more "gifts" like that...it will take us good people forever to clean up the mess that idiot has created. Thanks.

[maddezmom]

8. a different spin from AFP

Bush says US has 'particular duty' to lead the fight against human trafficking, slams Cuba

37 minutes ago Add Politics - AFP to My Yahoo!



TAMPA, United States (AFP) - The United States has a "particular" duty to lead the worldwide fight against the illicit trade in people for sex and forced labor, President George W. Bush (news - web sites) said, calling it "an affront to the defining premise of our country."



"This trade in human beings brings suffering and shame to our country and we will lead the fight against it," Bush said.


At a training conference for law enforcement and community leaders here, Bush singled out Fidel Castro (news - web sites)'s Cuba as one of the world's worst violators. Florida, a key battleground state in the US presidential race, is home to some 800,000 mostly anti-Castro Cuban-Americans.


"The regime of Fidel Castro has turned Cuba into a major destination for sex tourism," replacing Southeast Asia as a favored destination for pedophiles from the United States and Canada, Bush charged.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1520&ncid=1520&e=4&u=/afp/20040716/pl_afp/us_trafficking_040716164344

[Ripley]

10. I find that hard to believe about Cuba.

I bet more kiddie porn is made and distributed from the US than any other country...

What is this shit he is always bringing up about what this country's duty is? Where in the fucking Constitution does it say the USA and it's taxpayer's money should march around the world cleaning up humans sewage?

Is he going to pre-emptively invade and occupy Cuba next?

[Geo55]

20. Hmmm...

Bsuh:
note to self....move Cuba up on list of evil , powerless countries to invade..., hold it ,....Unka Dick , they got any oil in Cuba ?..................
.........................
new note to self....forget last note.

[maddezmom]

22. Reuters: Bush, in Florida, Assails Castro on Sex Tourism

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&ncid=696&e=2&u=/nm/20040716/ts_nm/campaign_bush_dc

[Ripley]

24. Oh, I wasn't questioning your post maddezmom!!!

I was questioning Smirky's assertion that the sex trade in Cuba has surpassed that in Southeast Asia.

:hi:

[maddezmom]

27. no worries...I knew what you meant :)

he's just pandering and using key words like "SEX" and "CASTRO" to shore up his base.

[dArKeR]

43. We have no country. It's comglomerate of Feces Media if they let aWol

get away with this statement. And I swear to the Creator of the Universe that EVERY INTERNATIONAL REPORTER KNOWS THIS. And I can prove to anyone that you can pay to molest a child within 2 miles of Arroyo's Palace in the PI, with the Thai Palace in Thailand, in Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, Russia, Uzbekistan, Columbia, Peru... in fact just about 95% of the Coalition of the Willing countries.

Such a disgraceful path aWol has taken American down. Down the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

[louis-t]

26. working his way up to it

trying to win FL hispanic vote any way he can. I don't see how he can do it by cancelling travel to Cuba. Idiot.

[struggle4progress]

44. Some debunking posts in related thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=690988

[xxqqqzme]

41. compare the 2 sentences

calling it "an affront to the defining premise of our country."

"This trade in human beings brings suffering and shame to our country and we will lead the fight against it,"

There is no way in hell the chimperor said 'affront' or 'defining premise'. He knows not the meaning of either.

The 2nd sentence, I Blieve -'suffering and shame'...'lead the fight' Now THAT'S our squatter.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Translation:

Purchasing people for sex is bad.

Paying shit wages to people who work in sweatshops to make garments that will make big corporations wealthier isn't the same as human trafficking.

[hatrack]

31. YAAAYYYYYYYY Goddess!!!!! He's BAAAAAACK!!!

The anteater, that is - bless you!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. A number of folks have commented...

He's a loyal democrat! :)

[htuttle]

12. If he's speaking against it, they must be doing it

Look at his track record:
Talks about torture and rape rooms -- turns out the US does torture and rape rooms.
Talks about illegal WMD -- we have illegal WMD in the US.

And so on.

He's probably on steroids to boot.

[MisterP]

18. brother Neil...

[onehandle]

14. Was he talking about Wal-Mart?

Hey, if we combat human trafficking here in the US, how will Bush's burger flipping job growth continue?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

15. What he REALLY means is "Don't kill those people,....

...just torture the heck out of them".

Hypocritical to the max.

[bluedog]

16. oh really......

In the 2005 budget, Sye said, Bush proposed cutting $20-million from a Department of Justice budget for a program that aided trafficking victims.

On the other hand, Bush created a new office on human trafficking and a special visa allowing trafficking victims to stay in the United States even if they are here illegally.

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/07/16/Hillsborough/President_s_visit_has.shtml

[theHandpuppet]

21. Hypocrites!

Perhaps Bush and his pals could really set an example in the campaign against "human trafficking" by outlawing the kind of sweatshop labor of which so many American companies are so fond and which enslaves people around the globe -- especially women and children.

http://www.geocities.com/whydoyoukeepdeletingme/ASSLLeague.html

http://www.citizenworks.org/issues/globalization/glob-sweatshops.php

http://www.organicconsumers.org/clothes/031003_sweatshop.cfm

http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/sweatshops/gap/overview.html

[drmom]

23. Wow, he's really going out on a limb there...

...speaking out against human trafficking. Imagine the guts it takes to take a stand on something so controversial.

[maddezmom]

25. yeah, too bad he didn't speak out before???

now it just looks like pandering. :shrug:

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. And he is against the use of steroids too!

He said so at the SOTU. Man, this guy is a real leader.I am impressed that he really knows how to lead, a real leader.

:crazy:

[tlcandie]

29. Here's a pic to go along with this nice little article ...

I have to agree... human life is not for sale unless it means profits for those corporations regarding resources of another country!!

I'm sure there are many other reasons human life is not for sale except in regards to the BFFE, but I'm not getting into them now.

[gmoney]

42. on second thought...

Nice top, Babs... nice tight pants.

second thoughts on my comments...

[hatrack]

30. Unless they're trafficked to pick your fruit and wash your clothes

Then it's OK, since they're seeking the American Dream or whatever cliche can be dripped from his simian lips.

[tom_paine]

32. He's lying. Just more Uncle Karl's "Compassion in a Can"

[leesa]

33. Is he talking about outsourcing? Or is he talking about drafting

people into the military? Bush has always bought and sold people.

[drscm]

34. Bush Speaks Against Human Trafficking unless they're used for wars.

eom

[Swamp Rat]

36. What a bunch of Rovian bullshit!

What he'd like to say: "Human life is the gift of our Creator for me to stamp out whenever I feel like it." Shrub enjoys killing people.

[ItsThePeopleStupid]

37. uh oh

"My administration is working toward a comprehensive solution to this problem: the rapid, peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba," Bush said.

Are we trying to assasinate Castro again? What about Raul?

[charlyvi]

38. He probably boosted Cuban tourism 90%

Castro should send him a thank you note.

Human trafficking is terrible, but does it strike anyone else as odd that this pops up with all the other crap that is building up around * these days? Like going to Mars--I thought at the time, where in hell did this come from? Are we supposed to forget everything else now--"Look everyone, human trafficking!--forget about Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Medigate, Plame, all the books, the movie, the New York Times!! There's human trafficking going on!!"

How stupid does he think we are? Oh, I forgot.

[xxqqqzme]

40. BFEE isn't invested in human trafficking?

that's the ONLY reason he speaks out. No money in it 4 me, so it must B bad.