He worked physically side by side with all types of workers helping them improve their conditions and assisting them getting better health care and education the best he could. He knew the Impearilistic west disliked him for their only interest was profit from power and commerce by multinational companies around the world that had no regard for the welfare of the nations in which they operated.

He saught the help of the Soviet Union to fight U.S. imperialism but had many differences with Soviet leadership and their idea of government, Che knew the only way to get countries to provide more for the needs of their people was through all out revolution. This was a man who did not thrive on revolt but saw it as the only viable means in which to bring equality and fairness to the people.

This qoute by Che really says it all: "These events teaches us two things. First t he bestiality of imperialism, that is not bound to a particular border or a particular country. Beasts where the Hitler troops, as the North-Americans are beasts today, or the Belgian elite forces in Congo, or the French mercenary troops in Algiers. Because it is in the nature of imperialism that it makes beasts out of men, that changes them into bloodthirsty predators, willing to slit throats and murder. . . . "Those who think imperialism is reconcilable with peace and democracy, or those who have confidence in the international institutions are mistaken, according Che.

Che had travelled all over the world and had served hand in hand with other revolutionaries from many countries he taught them the art of guerilla warfare of which he wrote a book on. His primary goal was to help people out of suffering and put them back in control of their countries. Che had become world renown and later spoke at he United Nations of where he was almost ambushed and killed by the CIA. who knew he would always be a threat to U.S. imperialism.

In 1959 Che met Castro in Mexico; the two were both disgusted with the Batista government backed by the U.S. They went to Cuba to start a revolution. Batista was a cruel, incompetent and greedy leader. Eisenhower himself later also became dissatisfied with the way Batista handled the military and the citizens of Cuba, Eisenhower called for a vote for new leadership in Cuba. The Cubans were so frustrated with the way things were being handled 80% of voters avoided the polls. On July 26th, 1956 Castro, Che and 80 men and women arrived in Cuba where they were swiftly slaughtered by Batista’s troops. The few remaining which included Castro and Che began their guerilla warfare tactics and raided the ammo garrisons of Batista’s army.

The revolutionaries slowly gained territory and redistributed Batista’s holdings back to the people. For about three years they slowly were able to fight off Batista’s troops even with US contribution of military support against them. Prisoners of Castro and Che’s army were treated kindly and with respect and asked of Batista’s troops to join them in their cause.

On January 9th, 1959 Castro, Che and his army marched into the streets of Havanna declaring a victory. Almost immediately Castro cut rent rates by 50% for low wage earners. The telephone company was nationalized and land owned by Batista and the Castro’s were both divided amongst the peasants. Separate facilities ranging from beaches, toilets, cemetaries, to hotels were no longer separated between blacks and whites.

At this point some say this is where Che became a ruthless executioner in charge of a Cuban Prison, Batista fled the country leaving the remnant of his administration in Havana where they were imprisoned at the La Cabana fortress prison and were executed. Che knew this was the only humane way it could be done because if he didn’t angry mobs of Cuban citizens would of taken over the act and done it their way probably with no remains left to be buried. This was not a stain on his history but a logical humane act of justice considering the circumstances at the time.

Knowing that trade relations with the U.S. were inconceivable, Castro and Che saught for trade and support from the Soviet Union that were needed to prevent a future attack by U.S. military to reclaim their colony and the reinstatement of an imperialist puppet government as was Batista’s. In 1965 Che left Cuba to bring revolution to other South American countries appalled by the living conditions in Bolivia he set up a gorilla task force in the mountains of Bolivia. It was now that the C.I.A. became really concerned about The U.S. losing its control and power in South America so after only two years of fighting, the C.I.A. set up a green beret special ops group to assist Bolivian soldiers in a death squad attack on Che and his gorillas. On October 9th, 1967 Che was captured and two days later executed slowly with eight gun shots and one to the head, his executer taking Che’s Rolex watch as a souvenir. The death of Che Guevera shocked many South Americans and Cubans who mourned his death for many days then and still today. What I find interesting about this situation is that while this was all going on I was attending grade school and being brainwashed by the system about what a great government we have. In a way we do, well maybe, but the main truth is our government is corrupt and power hungry and does a lot behind the backs of its citizens who think it can do no wrong.

As the internet grows and information and documentation about our country sticking its nose where it is and had been with no justifiable reason other than greed and control we become more aware of the real truth. I truly am disappointed in my government. I feel like I have been lied to and misguided and now myself and millions of other Americans are being financially destroyed by greedy out of control capitalist who are winning the capitalistic money game. It’s like the monopoly game with its ultimate “dead end” result, except there is an imperialism twist that enables the rich and powerful ultimately to take it all from around the world even if it means blood will run down from the blades of their swords for it is considered as a necessary part of their never ending greed and power.

Inspite of what American historians may say or think about Che. He was a man who cared about the poor and suffering and what they had to endure. With a strong idealogy he saught to make needed change where ever he went.

In conclusion all I can say is take off your red, white and blue shades and you can then clearly see that this man was a hero and magnificent leader in the 20th century his spirit lives stronger amongst us today even more so than the past. Che’s beliefs is what all nations and the transnational corporations need to understand and respect if we all are to grow and prosper in today’s world.

THE WOODLAND DIARY by Madison Mirindas VOL. 1 Week 11 - 2/29/2k12 - 3/7/2k12: This weeks issue: Oil Speculators and gasoline exports and how they’ll will put your wallet and gas tank on empty.

It is with a depressed state of mind that I write this issue. For the past 21 days oil speculators and the trans national oil corporations have taken gas upward every day with out any end in sight. Republicans wanting a crashed economy to get Obama out and along with the war mongers agitating the Middle East to cut up oil distribution we are screwed.

What is so frustrating is that no Republican will absolutely not stop it and it appears Obama won’t either, at least not at this time. Obama is at a tipping point on this and I’m afraid its in the wrong direction costing him a second term. Obama has mentioned that if oil prices go up to European prices (which is 10 dollars a gallon) this will make Americans junk their gas guzzlers and the auto industry will be forced into manufacturing more efficient vehicles.

The insanity behind this thinking is off the charts. America’s number one export is gasoline. If we were to stop exporting our fuel and get the speculators out of the market gas would be less than $2.00 a gallon. The president does have the power to stop oil exports and reign in the speculators. He plans some restriction on the speculators around October 2012. As far as the reality of banning exports of oil we might of well have a Republican in the presidency because neither one will likely upset the proverbial apple cart.

Obama failing at this point will give the Republicans the all the fuel they need to take him down. Americans in which one out of seven are facing major debt problems and along without action from Obama will put this nation further down the track of having the elite ruling America.

The only thing that we all can do at this time is urge Democratic senators and the president to change our oil policies which also includes ending the subsidizing of the oil corporations with your tax dollars. The Republicans will go out of their minds with these changes and fight us with every thing they got but we can beat this with Americans bombarding Obama to act now.

So get off your defeatist ass and take action tell everyone you know about this matter and have them call, e-mail, facebook their Democratic senators and most of all jam up the whitehouse phone lines and tell them what you think about his current policies:

President Obama- ph: 202 456- 1414 Facebook Obama, bombard his facebook page with multiple postings the worst that can happen is facebook may not allow you to be able to post for 15 days, big deal.

Joseph Biden vice president has the same phone number as Obama. Lets all drive them nuts with protesting phone calls, e-mails, facebook, twitter and also help the post office out by also sending letters:

The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC 20510 www.WhiteHouse.gov

Do it today its your duty to serve your country for the better interest of us all.....Madison Mirindas

THE WOODLAND DIARY by Madison Mirindas ; VOL. 1 Week 10 - 2/22/2k12 - 2/28/2k12: This weeks issue: HOW THE GOP AND BIG OIL WILL BRING DOWN AMERICA AND THE WORLD TO THEIR KNEES IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

Better wake up America because you won’t smell the gas fumes from your gas tanks anymore because I guarantee by June, your engine will be the only thing sucking what little fumes you’ll have left in your empty gas tanks when a harsh realization sets in.

It is so easy to see this coming down the pike its unbelievable, so unglue your heads from your I-phones, and Republicans quit breathing gas fumes or whatever you do while basking your in your insane ideology of your greedy right wing dream world. The worlds economy will crash and crash hard by mid June and the only person people will blame is Obama, not the Republicans and their cronies in big oil.

Lets simply add up this pre-planned formula for a global economic disaster and war:

We now have going on a major crisis with Syria, Israel, and Iran, and we all know what happens to oil prices even if theres just a minor argument going on out there in the Middle East. This isn’t going to be just another minor border dispute because its not being planned to turn out that way.

The United State’s biggest export is gasoline and thats because it keep prices high in the United States, instead it is sold reasonably priced elsewhere around the world. This is why Obama was against the Keystone pipeline proposed to go across the United States because the pipeline would have raised gas prices even higher in the U.S. plus at a horrendous environmental risk.

We now as of February 20th, 2012 have John Boehner Republican Speaker of the House already telling uninformed Americans already that if oil goes up to $200.00-$250.00 a barrel or more we can it blame it all on Obama’s economic policies.

In order for the make believe magic potion of this formula to work is we must have the “THE OBAMA INGREDIENT” he will take the fall out for this as president. Democrats today either can’t see this coming or they don’t care because they are conservative democrats who vote with the GOP on many issues already. The Republicans know an economic crash is needed for them to win in November. So they are busy now setting the stage to over inflate oil through a perceived yet at the same time actual shortage due to holding back on inventories. Remember what their mantra is, “OBAMA MUST GO AT ALL COSTS.

Mid-June 2012 will work because they can back up the oil flow easily for five months or more without a storage problem. After the election and a Santorum or Romney gets elected then the Republicans will slightly lower oil prices and say: “As your president and along with the GOP look how we stabilized your cost of gasoline and Obama couldn’t.”

There maybe a lucky chance that this gasoline shortage will blow up in their “Republican” faces before November and the world is shocked into a sense of reality and everybody finally wakes up. I would say; don’t bet on it, the average thick headed American brain out there doesn’t know what enlightenment means; what a government for the people is about; nor do they really care! About 80% of Americans are so out of touch and don’t understand Washington D.C. and how the worlds economic political machine works, they become the perfect little minions to have the GOP pull them by their narrow minded Fox News ears right towards the right wing side of the voting booth. (“by the way, Rupert Murdoch your an ass”)

The powerful will get what they want, and thats control over the world’s economies. They know how to make a crisis work in their favor just like they did in 9/11; and they’ll get those Middle Easterners to dance like puppets to the tune of “Let’s Party Like It’s World War Three.”

So what can we expect in the next three months?______ The United States with the help of the C.I.A. will get us militarily involved with Syria and Iran and of course piss off a lot off of people in the Middle East who will probably shut or slow down oil production, meanwhile The military industrial complex will “jump to the sky” never to pass up on a chance for an increase demand of military weapons and supplies. “Blood money flows easily into over sized pockets.”

A shortage of oil will drastically and unfairly raise not only costs of fuel but imports also. Overseas shipping costs will rise and the cost of goods will soar thus setting us back into a depression, if were lucky to survive it all; expect a rapid increase in the “pass it down to the consumer economics” that will spur up inflation, mean while the dollar drifts downward to all time lows.

The stock market boys and the money hungry speculators will chomp away at what little America has left; meanwhile Americans and their IRA’s, along with the rest of the crashed market will go down the toilet. The exception will be for about 7or 8 major banks; many CE.O.’s; big oil; the trans-nationals and other 1% fat cats they will rise to the top of the new economic cesspool. How you ask? Because they have all the money in which they can float their way to the top, just like scum it always floats on top.

A special note to my fellowMinnesotans; tourism state wide and especially the North Shore will be stressed financially and companies like Polymet will pretend to come to the rescue of The Arrowhead Region. Polymet’s poor economic protection plan to meet environmental standards along with the other unsafe methods of operation will most likely be overlooked and both Democratic Minnesota senators and its GOP members will welcome them for a few hundred short lived jobs because that makes themselves look good to their constituents as they are then looked upon (falsely) as real job creators.

Other destructive trans-nationals will do the same elsewhere around the country, and thats to destroy the environment for a quick profit of what little remains of our natural resources. What Can We Do,/b>:

Revolt, stand up, spread the word to as many as you can by whatever way you can to explain what the Republican party and big oil are staging.

In November 2012 VOTE for Progressive Democrats and Independents so we can get most every Republican and Tea Partier out of power. Prepare as you would in any national emergency or crisis stock up with all the necessities you can get your hands on, and just maybe the 1% and the war mongers will hire some of the unemployed poor to *put some bleachers out in the sun so the “rowin gamblers” can watch and admire “their” Third World War...... *( Special Thanks to Bob Dylan for my little interpretation of his Highway 61 Revisited lyrics.)

Well, thats it people spread the word and do something about it any way you can; talk, text, write, twitter, e-mail,” use facebook, letters to the editor just do it instead of sitting back and watching as your country and the world around you crumbles under the grievous weight of the greedy, powerful, right wing supremacy of the ultra rich.

Presented by: The International Liberation Organization. Twilite Ridge, and Madison Mirindas all on facebook International Liberation Organization:://www.orgsites.com/mn/internationalliberationorganization/ Twilite Ridge: http://www.orgsites.com/mn/twiliteridge/

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THE WOODLAND DIARY Week 9 - 2/15/2k12 - 2/22/2k12: This weeks issue: More Right Wing Madness”

The most notable physician of the 20Th. Century, Dr. Edgar Cayenne, once said, “The Planet Earth is the insane asylum of the universe.” I tend to agree with him wholeheartedly. What made me write about this topic this week is because of a very true story about a Republican candidate for the presidency.

This is not about the usual rhetoric of the self centered Republican ideology about why we should turn every government agency to the private marketplace, we all know what happened to Fannie May and Freddie Mac when they were tossed into the free market of unbridled capitalism. Thats a Newt Gingrich story, and no it isn’t about Mitt Romney’s fleecing of American companies putting everyone caught in his web of financial loss especially to workers and stockholders while Romney is making hundreds of millions of dollars in management fees from his Bain Capital. This is about Rick Santorum and some strange rituals from which he will have likely scarred his children (or at least me) for the rest of their lives.

This a story about how a Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States; Rick Santorum decided to go into some morbid adornment of his wife's 20 week old fetus miscarriage. This story just really creeps me out; On the day of the miscarriage holding on to a fetus about the size of a dollar bill, Santorum decides it would be a good idea to tell the doctors he’s taking the dead fetus (that lived for only about two hours in the hospital) home with him. I would like to think that if the doctors knew what he was planning to do a psychologist certainly would intervened.

Instead of a funeral or some sort of perhaps illegal but respectable burial in the back yard. Mr. Santorum brings the fetus home to his one and a half year old and to his 4 and 6 year old children to see their deceased brother 20 week old Gabriel of which he had them to hug, kiss, upon while singing lullabies to the lifeless fetus, meanwhile Santorum is busy taking pictures. Later that evening Santorum and his wife slept with the dead fetus.

The irony of this story is that he currently and had always demanded for all woman to carry their children to birth even if it results in the death of the mother. Of course this did not apply to the situation with him and his wife. They were the exceptional ones who could have a dying fetus removed from the mother to save her life.

This is typical self centered Republican ideology which is; Hooray for me and to the rest, “Piss on you.” You see these kind of people and their ideology is all that matters. This why they want your social security your medicare, and anything the government might be able to help you with. Because Republicans are not only greedy its always about them and only them with nothing towards the common good of all.

Just so you know, I’m for the pill or whatever contraceptive a woman uses to prevent pregnancy. I really hate abortion it sickens me and especially if its used for the sole purpose of birth control, but I’m not against a women's right to abort a baby for incest, rape or a threat exists to the health of the mother’s life if she is to go to full term. There is no reason why a healthy woman who does not want a baby can at least go to full term and make life happier for a childless couple on an adoption waiting list.

This story was not for the sole purpose of playing politics in an election year, its about some real sick, self centered, greedy and “Bad Moto Scooters” who want to lead the most powerful nation on the planet into a living hell. What I would have liked to write about is for it to have been about is who is going to best lead the nation, and yes the world, into peace restored prosperity to the middle class and poor for what is the best for the common good of every living person and the environment on the earth. This Presidential election like no other before demands to be about what the world needs and how we’re going to sustain ourselves in a world threatened by the antics of the ruling class and global warming. I think President Obama with the help of congress and the American people can make it happen.

I want a president and congress who believe that government is for serving its people not themselves... After all, isn’t that the real basis, purpose and need for any form of government?

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Week 8 - 2/8/2k12 - 2/15/2k12: THE LEFT and THE RIGHT divided into 2 = Revolution

I sense there will be physical violent protest attacks this fall if either the Democratic party wins or if ends it ends up a Republicans wins. You Independent voters don’t really figure into this because either they have the ideology of both sides imbedded in to their philosophy or perhaps are just too uninformed. Except for people like Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

To the alternative party voters, remember this time around your candidate will not make it as usual so make your vote count in what is to be the most important election of our times. We know it will be Obama or whatever Republican kicks and scratches his way through to the top of the heap with just enough of the super pac money.

I personally prefer the democrats because they lean ever so slightly to the left except for senators such as Amy Kloubuchar and Al Franken who act more like republicans than true democrats, mean while the rest of the conservative democrats in Minnesota and Washington basically do nothing. On the right we have the Tea Partier which is nothing but a branch off of the Republican tree the species known as rightwing neo conservatism. On the Democratic side we most certainly have some very conservative democrats that are at the conservative wing branches of the democratic party.

The only hope for people on the left is President Obama yes he did a few things that favored some of the right wingers demands meanwhile steaming some on the progressive left. The right in their despise of him they couldn’t see it. So it was a wasted effort towards getting support of the right, no matter the candidate The Republicans will not improve this nation they will take us back in the dark ages where tyranny rules buy dismantling the government. It will be George W. Bush and his retinue, all over once-again. Wars will bring us back again to the looting of the American taxpayer for the military industrial complex while Big Oil and their tax breaks will still reign in as King.

The 99% Wall Streeters will likely run into problems created by the extreme wing of the right wingers in the party who will throw a royal fit if Obama wins. This country has to unite and come together by the leftist not being afraid of speaking their points, and the right wing to stop trying to control and weigh us down with their ideology an ideology that wishes to make it hard for the government to provide some vey basic services for all of us.

What we have in America is a big monopoly game that has to stop. All our money has been driven to the top and the average wage earner gets nothing but a pink slip for their hard work. We need to start a new game called “Limits of Power” Monopoly in which the wealthy aristocrats are not controlling the vast majority of the money. We need our government to be serving its people instead of a government that unfairly attacks the poor and middle class of their money and needs. What we have now is a government that serves itself because thats what we have in the house of representatives and much of the senate.

The Right has always served itself well beyond their needs and brainwashes the multitudes of them with the Fox News political hacks. C’mon already this is Rupert Murdoch’s baby it’s all smoke and mirrors. We have in America an in step political audience that has been fed the pablum of the aristocrats. If you wish to see a far left outlook on government go to the International Liberation Organization and read what are its list of Articles and agenda. For what the left is about go to http://www.orgsites.com/mn/internationalliberationorganization/ or International Liberation Organization on facebook If you agree with most of whats there you are probably well to the left. If not the statements listed below are most likely to be the most common right wing political agenda of 2012.

Get Obama out no matter what it takes and make sure the House Of Representatives will not work with him towards job creation.

Privatize Social Security, Medicare, the Postal Service, and many more government organizations.

Keep the tax code the same or allow more money for the wealthy by lowering their taxes even further. A right winger hates the fact that someone else is getting help from the government.

Little or no concern over the environment. Just as long as hunting and fishing aren’t hindered to severely. Industry that destroys our natural habitats, exploitation of resources are acceptable.

No respect the E.P.A. Even though it was created by a Republican, Richard Nixon.

Loosen the restrictions placed on polluters and not hold them liable for environmental damages because they either sold out or are out of business.

Many on the right tend to be a racist and or a bigot.

Unlimited Free market place with little or no government involvement.

You support the 52% of your tax dollar going towards building up the military industrial complex

International affairs controlled by the U.S. military using war as an opportunity to get rich at the expense of American tax dollars and its soldiers losing their lives. Supporting the growth of the military complex.

Believe that crony capitalism is an acceptable practice.

To be self centered and focused on “whats in it for me” lacking a sense of national unity in the care and concerns of others.

You don’t have any issues with Big Oil with its tax breaks and its hedge funders in the marketplace.

You don’t want the G.L.B.T community to have the same rights as others.

The three G voter (Guns Gays and God.) Simpily put a one or two issue voter.

Believes that the free market place will sort everything out. (just like Herbert Hoover said during the great depression era.

Believe that building more prisons are necessary and drug users be given stiffer sentences.

The selling out of our National Forests and moving that land into the hands of investment developers.

Believing in Fox News political view points and other news agencies controlled by right wing ownership.

Rush Limbaugh is a true voice you believe in.

Make it harder for the elderly and minorities to vote by imposing voter ID laws.

Believe in the use of electronic voting machines which are extremely susceptible to fraud and manipulation.

Unlimited Super Pac funding for candidates instead of just limiting it to a public financing by tax dollars set by the U.S. Government for a balanced opportunity for all. In another words you don’t have a problem with manipulation of government officials by the giant corporate interests.

The raising of localized property taxes because you feel that schools and other civil improvements don’t need State and Federal tax dollars.

Don’t care if corporations profit from and don’t pay taxes in the U.S because they relocate their corporate offices to places like the Cayman Islands.

Don’t mind if someone or group buys out a corporation, outsources the jobs and then often liquidate its assets for a “behind the scenes” profit. Do not believe in federally funded health care.

Keep on subsidizing big oil and give them plenty of tax breaks.

This basically sums up the right wing agenda. Its a free country for now, so make your choice

Stand on either side of the fenc and make your voice heard, but only if you honestly believe that you are on the side that you think best serves America’s best interests.