Mark Sanford Is The Latest Republican Who Has Cheated On His Wife!

OMG,both political parties in our two-party system have folks with morality issues!Is anyone really surprised by that? So,do not buy the Republican's assertion that they are the party of family values.Mark Sanford is the latest guy to prove that.And,boy,did he do that in a big way today!

The South Carolina governor had been missing for 5 days.And he lied to his staff about his whereabouts.Because he revealed at a press conference today that he was in Argentina cheating on his wife with another woman.

And the fact that Mark Sanford was with his paramour on Father's Day,instead of his family,really puts a damper on the Republican party's claim that they represent family values.

Here's more from MSNBC:

" During a Wednesday news conference at his office in Columbia, Gov. Mark Sanford admitted to having an extramarital affair — information that surfaced after his recent, secret trip to Argentina.

The married father of four emotionally apologized to his wife and staff, saying, "I've let down a lot of people."

Sanford said he met the woman almost eight years ago, but "about a year ago, it sparked into something more than that." The governor said his wife and family have known about it for the past five months.

He also announced that he was resigning as chairman of the Republican Governors' Association.

Earlier, the South Carolina governor told a newspaper he was in South America, not hiking the Appalachian Trail as his staff had told the public to explain his sudden absence. He said he "wanted to do something exotic" to unwind after losing a fight over federal stimulus money.

The State newspaper reported that Sanford arrived Wednesday morning at Atlanta's international airport on a flight from Buenos Aires, where he drove along the coast of what he called a "beautiful" city.

The Republican governor told the South Carolina newspaper he had considered hiking, but at the last minute changed his mind.

"But I said 'no' I wanted to do something exotic," Sanford told the newspaper.

'Why all the big cover-up?'
Critics slammed his administration for lying to the public.

"Lies. Lies. Lies. That's all we get from his staff. That's all we get from his people. That's all we get from him," said state Sen. Jake Knotts, R-West Columbia. "Why all the big cover-up?"(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Perez Hilton Gets Beat Up In A Confrontation With Will .i. Am!

Perez Hilton always dogs Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas on his site.That is probably why Hilton got beat up in Toronto.He is blaming Will.i.Am for the injuries that Hilton sustained to his eye.

You shouldn't talk bad if you can't back it up.

And I know that Perez Hilton can be a malicious little gossip,but damn guys!You should be above all of that.If I had your millions,Will.i.Am,I know I sure would be.Who cares what Perez Hilton thinks & says about other people? Here's more from MTV:

"In a series of late-night (or early-morning) Twitter posts, Perez Hilton claimed that he was assaulted by the Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am and his security guards at a hotel in Toronto.

At around 3:45 a.m. Monday (June 22), Hilton wrote on his Twitter account that he was "in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please."

"I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards," a second Tweet read. "I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke."

In a series of subsequent posts, Hilton urged his readers to call the police, said he had spoken to his attorney, and finally wrote that "the Toronto police are here now ... [they] are investigating the assault now. I did the right thing by reporting it."

"I won't be talking about this any further," Hilton wrote. "It is in the hands of the authorities."

Of course, Hilton then spent the next five hours answering fans' Tweeted queries about the assault, assuring Miley Cyrus that he was "not kidding" and addressing Will.I.Am himself, writing that "there are multiple witnesses. You can deny all you want. The truth is the truth and I am telling the truth."

Hoping to tell his side of what happened, Will.I.Am posted a video on Dipdive, the site he helped create last year when he released his Barack Obama "Yes We Can" video. According to him, it was Hilton that was the aggressor, and while the two did have a rather spirited discussion, he had nothing to do with the gossip maven's alleged assault."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Human Rights Issue: Afro-Colombians Are Being Forcibly Evicted In Colombia!

All eyes are focused on the human rights of the Iranian people.People like John McCain say that the president isn't asserting to the world America's strong position on human rights violations.

Is Iran the only place where human rights are being violated? I am sure that we all know that the answer is no.But,what I was not aware of is the plight of Afro-Colombians.

They desperately need the voice of America to be heard concerning their human rights issues.The situation is dire for them in Colombia.How come I haven't heard anything in the media about them?

Here's more from WOLA.ORG:

"The following three developments concerning Afro-Colombians have come to our attention this past week and we ask that you contact the US. Department of State (Tel: (202) 647-0464) and urge them to take steps to help protect the rights of the persons concerned in the following three cases.

1) Announcement of "Social Cleansing" in Buenaventura

Our partners in Buenaventura informed us on March 10th that a paramilitary group is distributing pamphlets announcing that persons deemed undesirable by the paramilitaries (drug dealers, thieves, prostitutes, etc.) will be "socially cleansed." We find this development to be particularly disturbing given the paramilitary demobilization process and recent efforts by the Colombian authorities to increase the presence of the military in this port city.

We ask that State express concern about this development to Colombian authorities and urge them to take steps to protect the residents of this city from harm and to effectively dismantle the military, political and financial operational structures of paramilitary groups present in Buenaventura.


2) New Paramilitary Threats against Human Rights, Ethnic, IDP and Religious Organizations in Quibdó

On March 13th, Adom, Adacho, Asociación Orewa, Asociaciones Comunales, Codegeved, Comisión Nacional de Reparación, Cocomacia, Defensoría del Pueblo, Diócesis de Quibdó, Fedeutch, Foro Interétnico Solidaridad Chocó, Mujer y Vida, Oficina departamental de Paz, Personería de Quibdó, Red departamental de Mujeres Chocoanas. Ruta Pacifica de Mujeres and Unión Desplazada Del Chocó sent out an SOS to the International community asking that action is taken regarding pamphlets containing death threats against civil society organizations in Quibdó and Chocó. These organizations are concerned about the general threat of death and harm that exists against them and others, as well as, the terror campaign that paramilitaries are orchestrating against the civilian population. They note that paramilitaries are threatening to individually and collectively kill, persecute massacre ethnic leaders in order to impose their economic, political and military projects in the region. They are especially concerned for the welfare of the large number of IDPs situated in Quibdó and their leaders since this population is very unprotected and vulnerable to attack.

We ask that State contact the Vice President's office and Acción Social and urge them to put in place mechanisms that will protect IDPs, human rights, religious and other leaders from harm in Quibdó.


3) Situation of Displaced Afro-Colombian IDPs from the Neighborhoods of Brisas de Navarro and Brisas de Cordoba, Cali

On March 9, the city of Cali has begun to evict 495 families containing a high number of children from the neighborhoods Brisas de Navarro and Brisas de Cordoba. The majority of these families are Afro-Colombians internally displaced from different communities in the Pacific Coast who lost their properties and assets. They fled to Cali where they were forced to live in inhuman conditions and to survive by collecting recyclable materials from the municipal dump. The shanty houses containing the IDP families' belongings were demolished with bulldozers. During the eviction process, two women were reportedly injured including an elderly woman. After the eviction these families moved to the side of a road since they have nowhere to go. The authorities proceeded to evict them once again.

This situation has led some persons to demonstrate in front of Cali's City Hall. These families and their supporters are demanding that the Mayor meet with them to find comprehensive solution to their situation. Although some 190 families received at some point a subsidy of US$100 for three months to pay rent, further assistance was not received. Many of these families are internally displaced persons who for more than three years whose needs were not properly attended to by the local authorities.

We ask that State contact Accion Social and urge them to work with the Cali authorities to assist this group to address the basic needs of these persons and meet with the community leaders to find an immediate and appropriate solution to this problem.

For further information on these cases contact:

Gimena Sanchez, WOLA, (202) 797-2171 Ext. 205
Charo Mina Rojas, AFRODES USA, (434) 760-0663
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