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April 17-19, 2000

Name: JP
E-mail address: quigon23@hotmail.com
Comments: I am an american with Cuban blood and I stand against anything or anyone that tries to send Elian into the embrace of the poverty and hunger striken island of communist Cuba.
Monday April 17th 2000 08:41:32
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Name: Jeanine
E-mail address: JeanineAZD@aol.com
Comments: How is it that the U.S. sees it fit to send a boy back to a country where we do not even send our own goods? Does the word EMBARGO ring a bell to anyone? Half of the leaders in this country have absolutely no idea what it is like to live in a communist country. We (U.S. citizens) will not support a country who we feel violates human rights, but will support sending a boy there who was already granted temporary residency in America? Readers, take a moment to research life in Cuba. Then, tell me if you would want your cousin ripped out of your arms to be placed there. Why is it that the only time Cubans are not overlooked is when politicians come out and plead for their votes? If Elian is returned to Cuba, Castro WILL destroy him as he has with the country, millions of Cuban relatives, and the spirit of the Cuban people. For everyone's information...Castro has killed his own relatives. His daughter lives in the United States and is pleading in Elian's favor. Do you not wonder why Mr. Gonzalez does not dare to step out alone, away from Cuban nationals? I pray that justice will be served in this situation.
Monday April 17th 2000 08:47:28
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Name: Michael L. Ressler
E-mail address: MikesOpn@Hotmail.com
Comments: Lazaro Gonzalez ... it seems to me that the Department of IN-Justice will 'have to pry the child from many arms'. I would personally be extremely upset if they do attempt to do anything that is contrary to the rights of this child to have his day in court. Whereas I do believe that now is the time for the father to have his child, I also do agree that the childs return to Cuba would not be in his best interest, and I further believe that IF the father is NOT considering the possibility of this child being further harmed once returned to Cuba as a result of this past 5 months, and his 'public denouncement of Cuba' (wether coached or not), then I could not possibly believe that he is in fact concerned with his sons best interest, or well being at all. He is simply putting his own desires over the interest of the child ... IF HE IS IN FACT SPEAKING HIS TRUE FEELINGS WITHOUT PRESSURE FROM THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT. However, since I still believe that he is NOT free to speak those true feelings, I also do NOT believe that he is 'so cold' as to be so un-concerned about the 'dangers of returning Elian to Cuba'. THIS IS NOT JUAN MIGUEL SPEAKING, AND WE MUST KNOW THAT UNDER ANY NORMAL CONDITIONS THIS FATHER WOULD CERTAINLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT HIS SONS EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL STATE ... AS WELL AS HIS FUTURE FREEDOM. In closing, let us NOT resort to name calling towards this father ... whom I am sure is a victim in this whole situation as well! We MUST support Juan Miguel with the same support we are offering Elian. His father IS NO MORE FREE!! The cuban-American people have offered him support in the prior few weeks ... understandably, He does not feel comfortable in that support. However, calling him a traitor and coward IS NOT GOING TO ACCOMPLISH A THING. We MUST continue to be compassionate to the situation that this man is in, and we MUST take a stand for HIS freedom as well as Elians!! My prayers remain!! FREEDOM FOR ELIAN ... AND ALL! LOVE TO ELIAN. M.L.RESSLER
Monday April 17th 2000 05:03:18
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Name: Gizi
E-mail address: Gizi15@aol.com
Comments: I would like for everyone that supports Elian going back to Cuba to put yourself and your family in the position of Elian. After everything that child has gone through, would it really be fair or even humane to send him back to square one? Once back in Cuba, Elian's life will be worse than it was before...he will be forever known as the child that defected the country and will be humiliated and treated badly for the rest of his life. I belive that before you make comments on "sending him back" you should really put yourself in that position. I'm sure the situation looks very different from that point of view. Also, after hearing all these rude, terrible comments it is truly evident that the world is losing it's sense of empathy and love. Have a heart. And if you don't have a heart just keep your rude comments to yourself.
Monday April 17th 2000 08:41:49
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Name: Alex
E-mail address: moonbeam12@home.com
Homepage URL: http://www.expage.com/page/ali122187
Comments: i think that Elian should stay here! i don't think that he should live in cuba!!
Tuesday April 18th 2000 12:42:59
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Name: Jose
E-mail address: fueg0loco@aol.com
Comments: He belongs where ever his father chooses. By law he should be wit his father. And if his father wants to be in Cuba so be it. IT is his father decision. Cubans come here for a better life and to follow our laws so people protesting like this is hypocritical. Law is he should be wit his father and thats it. His father may support communism and may want to live there thats not any of our business.I am cuban myself. Im looking at the logically. And those relatives here in the US they dont knwo the kid. The kid didnt even know of them til he got here.
Tuesday April 18th 2000 03:24:17
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Name: Faith
E-mail address: Oasis2@terra.com
Comments: I have a six year old son, I can't imagine anything coming between us specially not FEAR! If Juan Miguel fears his family and the Cuban-American community in South Florida What can we expect of him when confronted with Castro's repression? Six year old children know more than what adults can remember, for myself I was four when I left Cuba with my family, I remember my mother making candies and perserves to sell while my father served time in Voluntary sugarcane harvest camp which was mandatory if you intended to leave the country. I remember the taste of native fruits and the smell of the land where I was born. I feel shameful when all you hear about Elian's case is pertaining to the "LAW" and breaking of the "LAW" by the Miami Gonzalez's, they forget that the laws if this country is what makes it GREAT, that the Fathers of the American Indepedance fought for Justice and Freedom and the laws have needed to be changed in order for justice and freedom to prevail in history. Elian is a child blessed by God, God is with him, nothing will change God's plan for him. My prayers are with him and his family, all of his family.
Tuesday April 18th 2000 04:58:30
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Name: christy lowry
E-mail address: pclowry@alaska.net
Comments: I agree wholeheartedly with your website; until today I honestly feared Elian would automatically be sent back to Cuba. I have personally known Cuban refugees; how can Americans be so naive about the nature and behaviour of the Communist system? It hasn't been that long since Castro's takeover. !Vaya con Dios Elian, aqui en America! Una amiga, Christy Lowry
Tuesday April 18th 2000 08:48:11
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Name: Cristy
E-mail address: jcbooks@bellsouth.net
Comments: I am cuban. Cubans know what it is like to live in a repressive and communist country. Fear involves everything you say and do. That's why thousands of cuban people come in rafts, even with their kids, because it is better to risk your life than to have NO LIFE, living under opression. I think that Elian's mother prayed to God in that very last moment, when she realized that she was going to die, and that prayer was answered! He got here, surrounded by dolphins, protected against the damage of the sun and dehidratation, founded by a christian in a Thanksgiving Day. But I think that this prayer is still in the presence of God!! He will be protected and lifted up, no matter what men try to do, because of political compromisses. GOD IS WITH ELIAN. And my prayers join his mother's prayer, and the thousands of cuban people that have been praying every day in front of Elian's house in Littlle Havana. We pray for his freedom, here in America, and for the freedom of our poor country, after 41 years of disaster. I beleive that it's very close!! VIVA CUBA LIBRE!! VIVA CRISTO REY!! I love you, ELIAN. God bless this precious family of the Gonzalez.
Tuesday April 18th 2000 02:29:01
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Name: Carolyn Ackerman
E-mail address: carolyn.ackerman@agna.zeneca.com
Comments: I pray every day that Elian can stay in the United States and enjoy the freedom in this country. Why anyone would send him back to Cuba is beyond me. His mother loved him enough to try to give him what was in the "best interest of the child". I am a mother of three sons and currently live in Tennessee. We are a conservative Christian family and will continue to pray for him and his relatives in Miami.
Tuesday April 18th 2000 02:35:59
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Name: Jes�s Exp�sito
E-mail address: jcbooks@bellsouth.net
Comments: Elian, our prayers go out for you and your family day and night. We pray for your freedom and the freedom of Cuba. The mighty Hand of God is over this child and NOBODY will harm him. - Castro, your game is OVER.- This 41 years of suffering, poverty and opression have been too long. It's enough, Lord!! Please, free our country, and We will praise your powerful Name all our lives long!!!
Tuesday April 18th 2000 02:38:13
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Name: Parker Brophy
E-mail address: fpbrophy@hotmail.com
Comments: May Elian be granted political asylum in the United States. His Mother must not die in vain.
Tuesday April 18th 2000 02:43:10
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Name: Michel L. Ressler
E-mail address: MikesOpn@Hotmail.com
Comments: I wonder if this Dr. Ledbeder could possibly get me removed from this drug infested, high crime neighborhood that I live in? It is, after-all, according to his 'personal opinion' dangerous to my emotional state. Where on earth did this man get his qualifications? And since when was a 'diagnosis' given out to an individual without even 'personally speaking with that individual'? I believe that Dr. Ledbeders opinion should be totally disregarded ... only because he has not even met with Elian once to determine such an opinion. Had he done so, then perhaps I could accept it as a qualified opinion, and not merely his own personal one. ELIAN NEEDS HIS DAY IN COURT!! He needs to be given the proper forum in which to speak freely. (un-coached, un-provoked, un-manipulated) People NEED TO STOP SPEAKING FOR HIM ... AND LET HIM SPEAK FOR HIMSELF!! GIVE THIS CHILD HIS LIFE BACK!! EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA ... THEY WANT WHAT THEY WANT ... NOT WHAT THE CHILD WANTS. THEY SEEM TO BE DETERMINED TO RULE HIM ... TO LIVE HIS LIFE ... MAKE DECISIONS FOR HIM!! UNTIL HE IS GIVEN THE RIGHT TO SPEAK FOR HIMSELF, AND BE HEARD, HE IS NO-MORE FREE HERE THAN HE WOULD BE IN COMMUNIST CUBA!! My prayers remain for Elians freedom! FREEDOM FOR ELIAN!! FREEDOM FOR ALL!! LOVE AND PEACE: Michael L. Ressler
Tuesday April 18th 2000 05:09:47
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Name: Elaine Boyer
E-mail address: boyerdd@valunet.com
Comments: My little boys and I have been praying for a life of freedom in America for Elian for several months now. We support Elian! We support liberty for all! We admire the patriotism and courage of his Florida family and all Cuban-Americans.
Tuesday April 18th 2000 08:03:31
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Name: MPK
E-mail address: MKvasnicka@itg.mea.com
Comments: Elian's immediate family is who needs to decide whats best for him. His Dad is all whose left. He needs to be removed from FL and flown to DC to be reunited with his old man.
Tuesday April 18th 2000 08:09:52
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Name: Thom Leonard
E-mail address: wellconn@consultant.com
Homepage URL: http://www.shaklee.net/leonard
Comments: The U.S. of America was created,defended and established by immigrants. We have forgotten that. Maybe we'll get a second chance. God bless America!!! F R E E D O M !
Wednesday April 19th 2000 12:36:54
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Name: chris carleton
E-mail address: chris_carleton@hotmail.com
Comments: Why is it so dificult to see that Elian Belongs with his father?? Can Elian only be happy if he has more toys; can a person be more happy with Fisher Price than with your own father. Does happiness depend upon your economic situation in life? I am an American living in Canada and it saddens me to think that things have changed so much at home.
Wednesday April 19th 2000 12:56:06

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Name: David Arnold
E-mail address: Lucki37@aol.com
Comments: Elian needs to stay here so he can have a normal life and enjoy being a kid.
Wednesday April 19th 2000 04:31:09
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Name: Michael L. Ressler
E-mail address: MikesOpn@hotmail.com
Comments: It amazes me that as I review this page I see so much ignorance and insesitivity to the possibility that this child may NOT merely lose his freedom, but also his very life IF we do NOT continue to protect him. Considering this 'possibility', you would think that more folks would be calling for a total and complete investigation of this entire situation BEFORE condemning this child to a life of repression and 'possible death'. It is a sad state of affairs that we would cosider sacrificing even one child in the name of 'fathers rights'. It has been said that the blood of Elizabet is upon the hands of Castro ... and it has been said that the blood of Elian would be upon the hands of the American people and its Government. I for one do NOT want that responsibility on my conscience!! IF this child does not have his day in court, IF this child is NOT heard, IF we refuse to review all of the 'accusations' on all sides of this battle, IF we do NOT investigate this fathers relationship with this child, and the reasons for Elizabet fleeing Cuba in the first place, IF we continue to scream for protecting the 'fathers rights' RATHER than this childs BEST INTEREST (for physical, emotional, and spiritual well being) THEN WE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD IN STORE FOR THIS CHILD!! MY PRAYERS AND LOVE REMAIN FOR ELIAN!! FREEDOM FOR ALL!! M.L.RESSLER
Wednesday April 19th 2000 04:43:23

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Name: SASHA MARCHETTI
E-mail address: SASHA1088@YAHOO.COM
Comments: I THINK THAT JUAN MIGUEL GONZALEZ WANTS HIS SON TO STAY IN AMERICA AND IS BEING PRESURRED BY CASTRO
Wednesday April 19th 2000 08:45:05
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Name: enrique
E-mail address: emperor281@hotmail.com
Comments: i think that he should go home with his family in cuba.where his dad was there for when he was born. his relatives from miami should not keep him because they hardly new the little boy until now. those relatives where nerver there for him when he was child. they should just give up the boy and send him back with his father so that all this things of elian gonzalez would be over. im tired of that little boy being on the front cover on every single paper. thanks agian
Wednesday April 19th 2000 09:00:40
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Name: Marcos
E-mail address: marcossas@yahoo.com
Comments: Que es eso de echarle la culpa al padre? Cual es el pecado del padre? Admiro su valentia, entiendo que no se quiera acercar al nido de culebras que es Miami. Han visto esa horda enardecida rezando y llorando histerica? Gente que ante algo tan delicado se pone a hacer manifestaciones contra Castro? Dejen a los cubanos en paz, ellos, solo ellos deciden si quieren o no a Fidel. Todos sabemos que si ese ninno fuera de cualquier otro pais del mundo, ya estaria en su casa con su familia. Que relacion tiene con el esa familia de Miami, tios abuelos, a los que nunca antes vio? Ademas gente impresentable, con antencedentes penales. Los cubanos pobres y desclasados de Miami, manejados por la mafia rica de los Mas Canosa y SA. En el medio un pobre ninno cuya vida es una locura. Cuanta mierda!!! Y despues, salen aqui hablando de que la culpa la tiene el padre. Nunca vi tanta falta de cerebro. Por favor, un poco de inteligencia y cordura. Ojala pronto Ellian vuelva a casa. Realmente temo mucho por su suerte en manos de gente tan inescrupulosa. Marcos
Wednesday April 19th 2000 09:05:01
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Name: Keith
E-mail address: kvalenza@aol.com
Homepage URL: http://elian.8k.com
Comments: You have no doubt heard by now that the three judge panel in Atlanta ruled in favor of preventing Elian from leaving the United States during the appeals process. This is a miracle and an answer to prayer. There have been thousands and thousands of people all over the world who have prayed for this child, and we thank God for hearing us. This is a small miracle, but indeed a significant one. I realize that there are many people reading this board who despise us and hate us for what we are doing. That is okay. We are not looking for their approval. We believe with all of our hearts that we are doing what is right in the eyes of God. So if we are hated for doing our part to save a child's life, to prevent him from being brainwashed, tortured, or murdered at the hands of his own government, then we stand guilty as charged. Those of you who support us, take a minute to thank God above for hearing our prayers for this miracle child. I believe that, no matter what happens on this earth, that this child will stay in America. God has special plans for him here.
Wednesday April 19th 2000 09:06:22
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Name: Renee Fernandez
E-mail address: babysparkles731@hotmail.com
Comments: I am doing a speech for my class on Elian Gonzalez. I need to know what was the real story. How did Elian come to the U.S.? Who found him in the sea? If anyone knows the real details about Elian and how he came to the U.S., please email me as soon as possible. Thank you.
Wednesday April 19th 2000 10:52:01

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