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Reading J. Bottum's The Usefulness of Daniel Goldhagen, it appears that there is no end to Goldhagen's outrageous lies and exaggerations. One case in point is his statement about the World War II Croatian Nazi puppet state's Jasenovac camp. He writes that 200,000 Jews, Serbs, and Gypsies were killed in that camp. While Bottum correctly presented the truth about the defrocked priest in charge of the killings, he neglected to mention that the actual number of victims was between 60,000 and 80,000--not 200,000. Every innocent victim is one too many, but such exaggerations, which are the result of Serbian propaganda, are outrageous. During the 1999 trial of the Jasenovac camp commander Zakic in Zagreb, Croatia, the correct numbers were undisputed even by the Zagreb Jewish community. 
The actual list of victims dated back to 1964, issued by the communist Yugoslav authorities in Belgrade, who, being Serb-dominated, certainly had no wish to minimize Croatia's guilt. The list has been reprinted in a 1,170-page book by the Bosniac Institute in Zurich: "Jasenovac War Victims, According to the Yugoslav statistics Bureau." According to these data, there were approximately 59,000 victims. 
For centuries, Croatia was not known as an ant-Semitic nation, yet its reputation suffers to this day because of four years under the Ustasha regime, which was established during World War II by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. Croats, and especially their Cardinal Stepinac, saved hundreds of Jews and the Cardinal publicly spoke out against the camps and the killings of Jews and Serbs. Strangely, Goldhagen never mentions the virulent anti-Semitism of the Serb Orthodox Church or the large concentration camps run by Serbs in Serbia during World War II--such as Sajmiste and Manjica--in which many thousands of Jews were killed or handed over to the Germans. While Croatia established a memorial to the victims in Jasenovac, Serbia paved over their camps, so no one would ever see them. 
--Hilda M. Foley, National Federation of Croatian Americans

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U zadnjih tisucu godina svjetske povijesti, Hrvatska je sacuvala svoje bitne atribute koji karakteriziraju jednu suverenu drzavu. I u najgorim momentima svoje opstojnosti uvijek je imala Sabor i Bana, koji su garantizirali autonomiju, zakonodavnu, sudsku i administrativnu vlast.

Hrvatska je uvjek imala svoju vojsku pod zapovjednistvom hrvatskih casnika, kojoj je na celu bio Ban. U pocetku dvadesetog stoljeca, hrvatski
zastupnici su se borili, da hrvatska dobije svoje teritorije, koji su bili najprije pod turskom, a poslije pod Austrijskom vlascu i da kao konfederativna drzava udje u reformiranu Podunavsku Kraljevinu.

Prvi svjetski rat (1914) je unistio hrvatsku perspektivu, sa nestankom stoljetnog Podunavskog Imperija. Hrvatska gubi zadnje obiljezje svoje suverenosti kada godine 1918 bez volje naroda, bez glasovanja, bez referenduma, a na bazi “Versaljskog Mira” bude ukljucena u zajednicku drzavu: “Kraljevinu Srba-Hrvata i Slovenaca”. Tim momentom ukidaju Hrvatskoj njezin Sabor, Ustav i vojsku. Vec u prvim momentima Srbija je tu drzavu smatrala “Velikom Srbijom” koja je htjela dominirati ostale narode. To je bio pocetak konfrontacije, koja je oznacila borbu hrvatskog naroda za svoju nezavisnost.Volja za nezavisnost se je pokazala kod seljaka i radnika. Ogromni seljacki i radnicki pokret, kojeg je vodio njihov lider Stjepan Radic, se je borio za hrvatska nacionalna prava, za demokratski rezim i socijalnu pravdu, protiveci se “Velikoj Srbiji” kojoj je bio na celu kralj Aleksandar Karadjordjevic, sa velikim brojem srpskih politickih stranaka.

Ova politicka borba je bila prekinuta u momentu kad je jedan srpski zastupnik pucao na hrvatske zastupnike dok je parlamenat zasjedao, i smrtno ranio Stjepana Radica i jos dvojicu hrvatskih zastupnika. Sest mjeseci kasnije, kralj Aleksandar ukida “Ustav Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca” proglasuje osobnu diktaturu i nakon toga stvara Jugoslaviju. (1929 godine).
Unistivsi politicku strukturu i uvevsi rezim proganjanja protiv hrvatskog naroda, sam srpski kralj, je posijao sjeme revolucionarne borbe hrvata, za svoju nezavisnost. Mladi hrvatski zastupnik, stranke prava Dr.Ante Pavelic, videci da se politickom borbom ne moze sa Srbima nista postici, povlaci se u Madjarsku i osniva revolucionarnu organizaciju nazvanu “ustasa” (od ustati), koja ce se boriti za suverenu Drzavu Hrvatsku, da hrvatski narod dobije slobodu, ekonomski i kulturni razvitak.

Ustaska organizacija skupa sa Makedonskom oslobodilackom organizacijom ubija kralja Aleksandra u Marselju (1934) i tim cinom je Jugoslavija nagrizena ; pocinje njezin pad. Kad je Jugoslavija 6 travnja 1941 napadnuta, u drugom svjetskom ratu , po Njemcima, Hrvatski narod nije posumnjao ni jedan momenat da treba rusiti Jugoslaviju, koju je smatrao svojim zatvorom. Silna jugoslavenska vojska, bez morala, predavala se je hrvatskim seljacima i urucivala oruzje, a njihovi su casnici, uglavnom Srbi, bjezali u sume sa namjerom da se domognu Srbije.

Diljem Hrvatske , u svim selima dizale su se hrvatske zastave i narod je sam proglasio Nezavisnu Hrvatsku Drzavu., puno prije nego je njemacka vojska stigla u Zagreb.

Tako da je 10 travnja 1941 godine pukovnik Slavko Kvaternik preko radio Zagreb, proglasio NEZAVISNU DRZAVU HRVATSKU, u ime Dr.Ante Pavelica, koji je jos bio u inozemstvu.

Sudjelovanje sila Osovine (Njemacke, Italije i Japana )u priznanju Nezavisne Drzave Hrvatske, bio je motiv sa strane Saveznika i prijatelja “Velike Srbije”, da uz veliku propagandu, nastoje dokazati, da proglasenje Nezavisne Drzave Hrvatske nije volja hrvatskog naroda, nego da je to umjetna tvorevina fasista i nacista. Medjutim ni Njemacka ni Italija nisu bile sklone NDH, niti je ona bila predvidjena u njihovim planovima, njihova zelja je bila sacuvati Jugoslaviju, a to se vidi iz njihova postupanja za vrijeme cetiri godine trajanja Hrvatske Drzave. 

Saveznici koji su osudjivali stvaranje NDH, zaboravljaju, da su hrvatski politicari jos 1919 god. urucili zahtjev “Kongresu Primirja” u Parizu, podpisan po 157 tisuca Hrvata za samoodredjenje hrvatskog naroda, a godine 1922, hrvatski narodni zastupnici su poslali memorandum Vijecu Naroda u Zenevi, tumaceci situaciju hrvatskog naroda u novoj drzavi i nikada nisu dobili odgovor, kao da ne postoji Hrvatska ni njezin narod. Isto tako 1923 godine je hrvatski lider Stjepan Radic u ime narodnih zastupnika trazio u Parizu, Londonu i Moskvi, pomoc za Hrvatsku, koja je svaki dan sve vise zivjela u ropstvu i tiraniji. 

Godine 1929 i 1930, obzirom na dogadjaje u jugoslavenskom parlamentu, su se hr- vaski zastupnici bezuspjesno obracali “Drustvu Naroda.” Osobno su posjetili narodni zastupnici: Dr.J .Krnjevic, Ing. A. Kosutic i Dr. A. Pavelic, “Drustvo Naroda” i trazili da Hrvatska dobije pravo na samoodredjenje.

Tom prigodom, narodni zastupnik Dr. Ante Pavelic je najavio revolucionarni ustanak i odbio je svaku odgovornost hrvatskog naroda, za njegovu oruzanu i revolucionarnu borbu za slobodu, sto ce se bezuvjetno dogoditi, jer smatra, da hrvatski narod ima pravo na svoju drzavu.

Padom artificijalne jugoslavenske drzave, godine 1941 za Hrvatsku je bio idealan momenat, da proglasi svoju nezavisnost. Od Hrvata se nije ni moglo drugo ocekivati, a najmanje da brane jednu drzavu, koja im je oduzela sve atribute drzavnosti, unistila ekonomiju, i kulturu, zatvarala, mucila i ubijala istaknute Hrvate i njihove politicke lidere. Jugoslavija je bila ugnjetavac hrvatskog naroda, a Hrvati su se osjecali robovi u toj umjetnoj drzavi. Podpuno je jasno, da je hrvatski narod iskoristio momenat za svoju nezavisnost, a da to nije bila identifikacija ni sa talijanskim fasizmon ni njemackim nacizmon.

Naprotiv, Hrvati u ogromnoj vecini se ideoloski identificiraju sa pravnim demokracijama. To potvrdjuje i sam zagrebacki engleski konzul Thomas C. Rapp koji je rekao “ Nema nikakve sumnje da je Hrvatska Drzava jedna cinjenica – narod to hoce”. Na svom putovanju kroz Hrvatsku u tim ratnim vremenima, nastavlja on: “Zaustavljalo nas je bilo gdje i kad sam pokazao tko sam ja, nastavili smo put bez problema, naglasavajuci da nemaju nista protiv engleza i da su oni isto tako za engleze, ali obzirom na politicke prilike, koje vladaju, dogodilo se je sve obratno”(Memorije Ivana Mestrovica str. 308/309). 

Obratno od onoga sto su propagirali Saveznici, da je osnivanje NDH bilo povezano sa doktrinom fasizma i nacizma, cinjenica je, da 10 travnja je bas obratan i razlicit od tog politickog koncepta. Kod Hrvata je prevladavao interes za drzavu, a ne ideologija . Ovakvi koncepti su vladali citavim drugim svjeskim ratom. Razlicite ideologije nisu branile razlicita udruzenja. Tako se je Stalin udruzio sa Hitlerom, da podijele Poljsku, a taj ideoloski krimen nije branio ni Englezima ni Amerikancima, (borci za ljudska prava i demokraciju), da se ujedine sa Sovjetskim Savezom, Staljinom na celu, najvecim krvnikom i diktatorom, koji je kriv za 30 miljuna komunistickih zrtava.

Pa tako i Jugoslavija, na celu sa princom Pavlom, poznatim anglofilom, je podpisala, sporazum sa Njemackom, Italijaom i Japanom, u Becu, 25 ozujka 1941. Saveznici (Englezi-Amerikanci) su svima tolerirali sva politicka udruzenja, samo ne Hrvatima, koji su podpisali ugovor sa jedinom namjerom, da dodju do slobode i nezavisnosti.
Nema sumnje , da je NDH, za hrvatski narod, usprkos velikim ljudskim pogreskama i zla, kojeg donasa svaki rat, uzivala svoju suverenost, nista manje ogranicenu, nego sto su imale sve male drzave, koje su se morale prilagoditi autoritarnom rezimu, koji je vladao citavom Evropom 

te stvari, one su povezane medju sobom, ali nisu jednake. Ono sto se moze predbaciti jednoj vladi, to nema vrijednosti prema drzavi, kao najvecoj instituciji suverenosti jednog naroda. Kad bi vlada jedne drzave bila odgovorna da drzava postoji, sto saveznici su htjeli primjeniti za Hrvatsku, onda iza drugog svjetskog rata, ne bi trebale postojati ni Bugarska, ni Madjarska, Rumunjska, ni Finska, jer su se i one pridruzile Trojnom Paktu isto kao i Hrvatska.

Jos trebamo napomenuti,da je Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska bila priznata po vecini drzava Evrope, koje su imale svoje predstavnistvo u Zagrebu. Drzave koje su priznale Hrvatsku Drzavu bile su slijedece: Japan – Madjarska – Slovacka – Finska – Bugarska – Spanija – Njemacka- Italija – Danska – Francuska , a diplomatski i konzularni odnosi su bili sa : USA –Sv.Stolicom –Portugalom – Svicarskom – Svedskom – Turskom – Argentinom – Uruguay –Burma – Tailand – Kina.
Mlada Hrvatska Drzava vec od privih dana je skopila uzajamne odnose sa drugim drzavama i narodima i tako eliminirala nazive kojima su prije prozivali Hrvate u inozemstvu “austrijanac”, “austro-ungar”, “jugoslaven”. Uspostavljenjem svoje vlastite drzave hrvati su dobili svoj nacionalni i drzavni identitet i doprinasali svoj obol medunarodnoj zajednici. 

U samim pocetcima NDH, pojavili su se srpski cetnici kao gerila, vodjeni srpskim generalom Drazom Mihaljevicem, bio im je cilj rusiti Hrvatsku Drzavu. Prva ubistva i pljacku prave u dalmatinskoj Zagori, mjeseca travnja 1941 godine,. u kotarima Knin, Sinj, Grahovo, a 5 svibnja 1941 upadose cetnici skupa sa domacim Srbima u Blagaj, kod Slunja, zapalise , opljackase i pobise seljake citavog mjesta. Osim toga stvaraju sa Talijanima sporazum, jer ih vezu zajednicki interesi, podjele Hrvatske, dobiju oruzje od talijanske vojske i napadaju civilno pucanstvo.U tom momentu Hrvatska vodi borbu protiv cetnika, potpomognutim po Englezima i Talijanima, ovi zadnji toboznji hrvatski prijatelji i saveznici, koji vjekovima teze za hrvatskim teritorijem. U mjesecu rujnu 1941 , raskida se sporazum Hitler – Staljin a hrvatska komunisticka partija dobiva nalog, od Sovjetskog Saveza, da zapocne oruzanu borbu protiv NDH. Za citavo vrijeme dok je trajao sporazum Hitler- Staljin komunisticka je partija hrvatske, mirovala. Odmah u pocetku se formira prva grupa komunista u Sisku, i u ime Staljina i Sovjetskog Saveza zapocinju borbu protiv hrvatske drzave, a ne protiv vladajuceg rezima i bore se za uspostavljanje nove Jugoslavije, u kojoj ce ponovno Hrvati biti gradjani drugog reda. Konacno se komunisti spajaju sa Cetnicima (Srbima), sa ciljem da sruse Hrvatsku Drzavu. 

Hrvatska se je, kroz cetiri godine rata borila protiv cetnika i komunista, da ocuva svoju nezavisnost, dok konacno nije dosao kraj rata. Kroz citav rat, hrvatski komunisti su odigrali izdajnicku ulogu kao Quisling-zi Sovjetskog Saveza i Srbije izdali su hrvatski narod, jer su poveli borbu protiv drzave, a ne protiv rezima, koji je momentalno vladao u Hrvatskoj. To im je neoprostiv grijeh, prema hrvatskom narodu, ciji su sinovi casno ginuli, da narod zivi u vlastitoj drzavi. Hrvatski komunisti, imajuci vlastitu drzavu, oni se bore za tudje interese, protiv svoje vlastite drzave i nju ruse.

Nezamislivo je, da bi Madjari rusili svoju vlastitu drzavu da sruse rezim, koji je za vrijeme rata bio na vlasti. Tu komunisticku borbu je predvodio Tito, Hrvat po porijeklu, inace najveci krvnik i izdajica hrvatskog naroda.


Mjeseca svibnja 1945 zavrsava drugi svjetski rat. Prema ugovoru u Jalti (Churchil- Staljin – Rooswelt ) se obnavlja Jugoslavija. Saveznici predaju Istocnu Evropu Staljinu kao ratni plijen. Vodili su rat protiv nacista i fasista a doveli na vlast u citavoj istocnoj Evropi komunisticki rezim, jednako totalitaran kao nacizam i fasizam , jos gori s time sto je unistio privatno vlasnistvo.. Komunisticka mrznja na Hrvate izkazana za vrijeme rata, prouzrocila je povlacenje Hrvata, prema zapadu, da izbjegnu komunisticka ubijanja i da dostignu saveznicku vojsku, oslanjajuci se na “ Zenevske Ugovore” o zastiti izbjeglica. U pregovorima sa Englezima, su naisli na nerazumjevanje i braneci Englezi svoje trgovacke interese, unapried ugovorene sa Titom, predaju 200.000 hrvatskih vojnika, civila, zena i djece jugoslovenskim .komunistima, koji u svom krvavom plesu i pljacki ubijaju predane Hrvate. Tako nastaje Tragedija Bleiburg, sto ce ostati u vjecnoj uspomeni hrvatskog naroda. Mjesto na kojem su komunisti, nazolost ne samo srpski, nego i brojni hrvatski komunisti, ubijali i klali svoju bracu, samo zato sto su bili Hrvati i branili svoju drzavu. 


Taj “magnum crimen” hrvatskih komunista, u kojem su sudjelovali, jos i danas je ostao neosudjen po bivsim saveznicima, a Hrvatska Drzava ce prije ili poslije morati povesti sud hrvatskim komunistima pa makar “ post mortem”, jer genocidni krimen ne zastaruje. Dolaze komunisti na vlast (1945) i u svim drzavnim uredima vise slike Staljina, a ustav nove drzave je skoro kopija ustava sovjetskog saveza. Da su hrvatski komunisti sacuvali drzavu u svojim granicama i uveli komunisticki rezim, bilo bi kud i kamo lakse i danas Hrvatska. Drzava bi bila u boljem geopolitickom i ekonomskom polozaju. Jugoslavija je nanovo proganjala Hrvate u domovini i inozemstvu. Hrvati koji su izbjegli Bleiburgu, smjestili su se u raznim sabirnim izbjeglickim logorima Austrije i Italije, cekajuci odlazak u prekooceanske zemlje. Argentina je bila medju prvim zemljama koja je dozvolila skupni ulaz.

Nacionalni duh izbjeglica nije bio slomnjen, naprotiv su zbili svoje redove i nastavili borbu za suverenu Hrvatsku. Domovina je nanovo okupirana, nastao je progon hrvatskih gradjana. Zatvori su bili puni politickih zatvorenika. Dok su izbjeglice putovale prema juznoj Americi, nalicili su na onu davnu sliku Dubrovnika (1805) kad Knez ukrcaje gradjane na brodove i porucuje Napoleonu, “Dubrovnik slobodan plovi.” 
Tako i Hrvati izbjeglice, izgubili su svoju drzavu, koja je ponovno okupirana po srbo-komunistima, ali nisu izgubili nadu, volju i borbu za slobodu, i iz slobodne Argentine, porucivali su svim Hrvatima diljem svijeta da “Hrvatska zivi dok ima nas.”

Poslije drugog svjeskog rata, dolazi nova emigracija Hrvata u Argentinu, sasvim razlicita od prijasnjih emigracija, koje su uglavnom bile ekonomske naravi. Dolazi u Argentinu godine 1947 pa dalje, nova hrvatska drzavotvorna emigracija, koja nije mogla racunati na svoje sunarodnjake, politicki dezorjentirani po jugoslavenskim-komunistima. Jedino se suradjivalo sa mali broj clanova organizacije “Hrvatski Domobran” koju je osnovao Dr. Branko Jelic 1931 godine.

U prvo vrijeme, ta nova emigracija, se je snalazila i prihvatila sva moguca zaposlenja, a najvise fizicke naravi. Ova emigracija se je razlikovala od prijasnjih hrvatskih doseljenika, sto je bio veliki postotak skolovanih ljudi, koji su brzo svladali jezik, pa su od teskih poslova prelazili u svoje struke. Najgore su prolazili pravnici i profesori. Ova drzavotvorna emigracija je odmah pocela sa svojim radom, na obnovi hrvatskr drzave, tako da je ponovno podigla i osnazila organizaciju “Hrvatski Domobran”, zatim se je obnovila “ Hrvatska Katolicka Zajednica”, a jedno od najstarijih drustava Uzajamne Pomoci “Stjepan Radic” osjetilo je budjenje i priblizuje se drzavotvornoj emigraciji.

Vec 1947 god. pojavljuje se prvi broj polumjesecnika “Hrvatska” i time se udara temelj kulturnog i politickog rada ne samo u Argentini, vec taj polumjesecnik se siri po svim hrvatskim emigracijama, na svim kontinentima. Buenos Aires postaje srediste hrvatskih intelektualaca i ljudi pera. Siri se istina o Hrvatskoj, i njezinoj borbi za samostalnost. Pojavila se je potreba da se ima jedno srediste, gdje ce se odvijati sva aktivnost nove hrvatske emigracije.

Tako je sredinom 1949.godine postignut jedan od najvecih uspjeha, a to je kupnja , u sredistu Buenos Airesa, hrvatske zgrade, u ulici Salta Br.1241.
Nova emigracija je bila sastavljena od raznih profesionalaca, a medju njima se je nalazio i Dr. Zvonimir Buljevic, direktor narodne banke, za vrijeme NDH u Zagrebu, veoma sposoban ekonomista i dobar organizator, koji predlaze svojim sunarodnjacima da se osnuje drustvo, u okvirima argentiskih zakona, ekonomski jako, da moze u buducnosti financirati politicki rad u inozemstvu, za borbu do ostvarenja slobodne Hrvatske.

Ideja Dra. Zvonimira Buljevica naisla je na odobrenje svih drzavnotvornih emigranata i zapoceo je rad na osnutku buduceg drustva. Konacno 11 ozujka 1952 godine, zakonski se osniva drustvo “ EL HOGAR CROATA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA, INMOBILIARIA, COMERCIAL Y FINANCIERA”(HRVATSKI DOM DIONICKO DRUSTVO). Zgrada, koja se je ranije kupila i nalazila u ulici Salta Br.1241, pretvara se u sjediste “Hrvatskog Doma dd” sa njezinim prvim presjednikom Dr. Zvonimirom Buljevic i sa uzrecicom:“Sa domom za domovinu”.Nazalost Dr.Zvonimir Buljevic u kratkom vremenu, poginuo je u prometnoj zeljeznikoj nesreci, i nastupa predsjednistvo Gospodin Simon Doljanin.
Ta stara zgrada u ulici Salta u svojim prostranim prostorijama je omogucila rad raznim drustvima, ekonomske, kulturne, novinarske i politicke naravi. Jedna siroka lepeza intelektualaca svih profesija su se tu sastajali, tu je bilo mjesto i za mladje gdje su oni imali svoja sjedista sportskih klubova i organizacija. Dok se je Hrvatska nalazila na svom vlastitom teritoriju zarobjena i potlacena i gdje nije bilo slobode govora, gdje je vladao “ verbalni delikt”, svaka pomisao na slobodu je kaznjavana sa strogim zatvorima, dotle je jedna grupa izgradjenih intelektualaca slala i sirila putem novina, memoranduma, revija i raznih publikacija istinu o Hrvatskoj. Svi intelektualci sa svojim aktivnostima su imali mjesto u Hrvatskom Domu. Toliko jak je bio rad za slobodu Hrvatske i iznasanje istine o Hrvatskoj, da su komunisticki vodje u Beogradu, bili zabrinuti pa su putem svojih agenata u Argentini, postavili bombu u zgradu za vrijeme jedne cajanke hrvatske mladezi, ubili djevojcicu od 3 godine Dinku Domacinovic i prouzrokovali veliki broj ranjenika, to se je dogodilo 16 srpnja 1960 godine. Taj zlocin nikada nije razjasnjen .

U toj zgradi se je vodila velika aktivnost sve do 1977 godine, dok nije opcina grada Buenos Aires, najavila otkup zgrade, da se sagradi autoput 25 de Mayo, plativsi procjenjenu vrijednost zemljista i zgrade. S tim novcem se kupuje nova zgrada i to kino i teatar “Nilo” u ulici Boedo 1061/1067. Bez obzira na zgradu i njezinu vaznost, politicka aktivnost pada i prelazi na Hrvatsko vijece.U Evropi nastaju politicke promjene. Iza Perestrojke , rusi se Sovjetski Savez i pada Berlinski Zid. .Hrvatska skuplja snage i nanovo se podize duh za osamostaljenjem. Jedna grupa bivsih hrvatskih komunista na celu sa Generalom Franjom Tudmanom, dolazi do zakljucka da je jedino rjesenje za Hrvatsku njezina samostalnost u vlastitoj drzavi. Traze slobodne izbore i odcjepjenje od Jugoslavije. Slobodni izbori i poslije referenduma 
(94%) donasaju odluku da dana 25 lipnja 1991, Hrvatski Sabor proglasi Slobodnu Hrvatsku Republiku. Tom prigodom kaze Kardinal F.Kuharic ”Samo slobodni ljudi i slobodni narodi mogu izgradjivati svoje medjusobne odnose u miru i pravednosti. Stoga sloboda nije protiv nikoga, ona je uvjet dostojnoga zivota za svakoga.Sloboda nije poraz drugoga nego je pobjeda sviju, da zive u miru.Stoga mi i proglasenje podpune samostalnosti i nezavisnosti Republike Hrvatske kao suverene drzave dozivljavamo kao radostan dogadjaj i ostvarenje povijesne i pravne logike. To je pobjeda etickog principa koji vrijedi svuda i za svakoga, zato odluka Sabora nije neprijateljki cin bilo protiv koga, bilo izvan hrvatske, bilo u Hrvatskoj” (Kardenal Kuharic-Glas Concila 1991).

Hrvati Argentine su euforicni, kao sto su 1941, dizali barjak slobode, tako i danas 50 godina, kasnije razvijaju hrvatske zastave, slaveci isto odcjepjenje od Srbije i Jugoslavije. Svakim petkom su se okupljali hrvatski emigranti pred argentiskim parlamentom trazeci priznanje hrvatske drzave.

Na koncu je bitka dobivena. Hrvatska je usla u Ujedinjene Narode kao Suverena Drzava.
Srbi su i sada, kao i 1941, napali Hrvatsku Republiku i zapoceo je obrambeni domovinski rat, za ocuvanje nezavisnosti . Povijest se je ponovila. Cetnici i ostatak jugoslavenske armije koja se je poistovjetila sa Srbijom, napadali su Hrvatsku Republiku, a Ujedinjena Europa skupa sa Amerikom uvadjaju “embargo “ na oruzje Hrvatskoj Republici ne bi li sto brze podlegla pred Srbskim napadacima Nanovo su bivsi saveznici, protiv osnutka hrvatske drzave, pa makar joj bio na celu bivsi komunisticki general.

Ta tisucu godisnja nacija, ciji su sinovi slavno umirali da narod moze dostojanstveno zivjeti, herojski su se borili za njezinu slobodu i nezavisnost, sto su konacno i postigli. Emigracija je priskocila u pomoc i raznim sredstvima pomagala, bilo u novcu lijekovima ili odjeci, a trebamo zahvaliti Republici Argentini, da je Hrvatskoj prodala potrebno naoruzanje. Rat zavrsava 1995, kad su Srbi potpuno porazeni.

Nesto prije svrsetka Domovinskog Rata, Hrvatski Dom dobije ponudu za prodaju zgrade u ulici Boedo (1993) i Uprava Doma prihvati ponudu od 1.500.000 americkih dolara i proda zgradu. Uprava, da sacuva dionicarski kapital, kupi zgradu u ulici Gorostiga 2104, koju prepusta na pet godina, Hrvatskom Veleposlanstvu na upotrebu. Kupuju se razne poslovne prostorije, da se ocuva vrijednost dionicarskog kapitala. Hrvatski Dom je ostao bez svog velikog sjedista par godina, osjeca se neka praznina medju emigrantima, koji su se uvjek sastajali u Hrvatskom Domu, i on im je znacio hrvatski kut u Argentini.

Godine 1998, na sjednici dionicara, odlucilo se je prodati neke poslovne prostore. S tim novcem kupilo se je zemljiste i kuca u ulici Lugones 4936. Danasnja Uprava, sa predsjednikom Gospodinom Andelkom Jurun, podpresjednikom Gospodinom Domagoj Galinovic i direktorom Gospodinom Domagoj Vlahovic, na godisnjoj skupstini, odrzanoj 2 rujna 2000 god. predlaze novi smjer drustva.

Nema vise politicke borbe za rusenje Jugoslavije, obnovljena je Hrvatska Drzava, i sva politicka aktivnost je prenesena u domovinu.. Danas je svrha naseg Doma, da povezuje Hrvatsku sa Argentinom, na ekonomskom, kulturnom, znastvenom, tehnickom, skolskom i turistickom polju na temelju protokola i ugovora izmedju Republike Argentine i Republike Hrvatske, potpisanom 13 travnja 1992 godine. Osim toga, trebamo raditi na tome da novo pokoljenje hrvatske zajednice, sa argentiskim prijateljima, upozna hrvatsku tisucnu bastinu. Na istoj sjednici, je predlozeno da u gospodarstvu pomognemo domovini, da izidje sa svojim proizvodima na Juzno-americko trziste, gdje bi Hrvatski Dom mogao zainteresirati pojedina argentiska poduzeca, za uvoz.. Odmah se je zapoceo rad na novom centru. Projekt i gradnju je izveo Arhitekt Tomas Daniel Kolakovic, a gradnja je zapocela u lipnju 2001, i zavrsena nakon 16 mjeseci.

Danas se nalazimo u novoj zgradi i sa novim projektom. Trebamo zbliziti Hrvatsku i Argentinu, doci do jedne uzajamne gospodarske izmjene. S tom idejom je gradjena nasa nova zgrada, koja ima sve preduvjete za kulturne dogadjaje, knjiznicu na spanjolskom i hrvatskom jeziku, gospodarski dio sa stalnom izlozbom hrvatskih proizvoda. U zgradi se nalazi blagovaona, gdje ce se sluziti uglavnom hrvatski jelovnik, prostrani vrt i manja sala za razlicita predavanja. Ove godine slavimo 50 godisnjicu Hrvatskog Doma dd, pedeset godina borbe za nezavisnost Hrvatske, pedeset godina je Dom kao financijska ustanova, pomagao pojedine dionicare u zajmovina, pedeset godina je sluzio kao centar okupljanja hrvatskih izbjeglica, nasih djedova i oceva, koji su udarili temelje ovog Hrvatskog Doma.

Uprava Hrvatskog Doma je ponosna sto je ispunila svoj zadatak i nada se da ce se i u buduce nastavil sa istim uspjesnim radom.

UPRAVA HRVATSKOG DOMA

Buenos Aires, 26 listopada 2002

jurun@sinectis.com.ar

My father, PeterMiscovich, came to the 

U.S. from Croatia in1903

A life on the claims
Alaskana interview: JOHN MISCOVICH 

Interviewed By Sharon Bushell
Alaskana
(Published: November 3, 2002) 

My father, Peter Miscovich, came to the U.S. from Croatia in 1903. He was a hard worker, mining for copper in Montana, gold in California and coal in Washington. In 1910, he saw a newspaper article about the gold rush in Iditarod, Alaska. He got there as quickly as possible via steamship and riverboat. He began a correspondence with my mother and brought her over from Croatia. They were married in Iditarod in 1912. They set up on the Discovery claim and started raising a family: four boys and three girls. I was born on the Discovery claim near Flat in 1918.

Between 1910 and 1914, about 6,000 people moved into the area. Iditarod was eight miles to the west, too far for the miners to get supplies, so Flat became the supply center, and the two towns were connected by a tramway. For a while, Flat became quite a large city of about 1,500. It had a telephone system, two stores, a hotel, restaurant, pool hall, laundry and jail.

There was also an elementary school in Flat, run by teachers brought in from the Midwest. For several years the Miscovich family accounted for most of its students. 

I was given my first job when I was 4, pulling the handle of the bellows for the blacksmith's forge. I also took care of dogs and sawed wood. There was always lots to do, and even the youngest kids were expected to do their share.

The town started losing people when World War I began. By the end of World War II, Flat had dwindled to about 15 people, including children. Now it's a ghost town, and what was once the thriving city of Iditarod is a moose pasture.

I was 13 when we moved 360 miles away to Fairbanks in order that we older children could go to high school. Dad stayed to work the mines. My mother arranged for a young bush pilot, Bob Ellis, to pick up my older brother George and me in late September. We flew out in a little two-seater, open-cockpit plane to Anchorage. From there we flew in a Fairchild 71 on floats, landing on the Chena Slough. It was my first trip out of Flat.

It was quite a transformation for a young man; there was lots to see and do in Fairbanks: movies, lots of automobiles, a big school. In the summers we all went back to Flat and worked in the mines. There were some seasons when things went well, but other seasons were pretty lean. We had to settle for what we could dream of instead of what we could have.

In 1935 my dad got the first diesel tractor and ripper in Alaska. He brought the first big excavator in 1937. He was then able to increase production, and at that point he became a successful miner.

My father was truly a self-made man. He was an inventor and a self-taught student of law and finances. It means a lot to our family that he's to be inducted into the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame in Anchorage on Nov. 7. 

I guess I leaned toward being self-taught, too. I dropped out of high school before graduation and returned to Flat. We were placer mining, using a hydraulic "giant," which controlled water under pressure. The early giants were manually operated. They had been in use since 1870, in the early days of mining in California. I used to stand at the handle of one for 10 hours a day, and I kept thinking there had to be a better way. I visualized one that could work on its own water power, nonstop.

Starting in 1941, I spent a lot of time redesigning the giant. I had to quit for 31/2 years while I was in the military. As soon as I was discharged, I came back to Flat, and eventually I was able to make the giant operate automatically 24 hours a day. What it amounted to is really very simple. The old giant didn't have any ball bearings on its movements. I added ball bearings for both vertical and horizontal, and that made it possible to go to any number of drives: air, oil, water, electric. It opened up a whole new world.

I have to credit the (Fairbanks newspaper) Jessen's Weekly; when I tested my "Intelligiant" out at Cripple Creek in 1953, Maurey Smith and Ernie Jessens gave me a full-page story. It got into a couple of worldwide mining magazines, and from there things began to happen on a large scale.

I took my equipment to a phosphate operation at the request of the International Mineral Corp. of Chicago. From there I went to Orange, Calif., and began working with the John Stang Manufacturing Co. as a design application and consulting engineer. I developed the basic design and, with the help of other engineers, developed about 150 applications for firefighting, for the military, the oil refineries, major earthmoving operations and the missile program.

Now, with the threat of chemical attack on our country, it could be very useful in dealing with decontamination. We have several thousand of them throughout the United States, on fireboats, firetrucks, on snorkels, on all kinds of land-based equipment. When the hijackers hit the World Trade Center, the Intelligiant played an important role, and I'm very proud of that.

I met my wife, Mary, while I was working on some of the early equipment in California. She, too, was from Croatia. My father had been a friend of her uncle's back in the old country. After my father died, I went to visit the uncle, who didn't happen to be home. When Mary met me at the door, I was so stunned by her beauty, the only thing I could think of to say was, "How do you do?" She looked at me in such an odd way, and when I came to my senses, I realized she didn't speak English.

Of course, after that, I wasn't too interested in going back to visit the uncle; Mary was my predominant interest. We courted for quite a while, but it took me two years to convince her to leave California and come to Alaska. And her uncle never did approve . . . until our first son was born.

One of my greatest worries when I first brought her into this country was that, unlike when my dad brought my mother into Flat, Mary could fly out if she decided it wasn't the place for her. But we've had a great marriage. We raised our four children in Flat, and Mary was always very resourceful when it came to the problems of living in the Bush.

We now live between two homes, one in California and one in Flat. Each April we return to Flat; we're the only ones who have lived there for the last 43 years. We actually live in our mining camp near the Discovery claim. As I said, Flat is now a ghost town, but it's still a very compelling place. There are dozens of wind-torn, busted-down structures surrounded by a new growth of birch, spruce, alders and cottonwoods.

You have to be careful when you live as remote as we do. You have to watch your step and also your health. The weather dictates when you fly in and out. We now have a satellite phone, and that's a great help.

All in all, things have turned out well for me. Sure, I was successful when it came to mining gold, and for that I'm grateful. But the Intelligiant was much more personally rewarding; that was a real accomplishment. But best of all, I have my family. That's where the real gold is.

Sharon Bushell lives and writes in Homer. For information about "We Alaskans," a collection of her Daily News articles about Alaska pioneers, go towww.wealaskans.com. 

http://www.adn.com/life/story/2071493p-2169210c.html

35th CHESSOLYMPIAD

AP World Politics
Russia extends lead, Georgian and U.S. women fall in Chess Olympiad 
Wed Nov 6, 4:57 PM ET

By ROBERT HUNTINGTON, Associated Press Writer 

BLED, Slovenia - Russia extended its lead to two points by hammering Germany 3.5-0.5 in the eleventh round of the Chess Olympiad here on Wednesday, while second-place Hungary defeated England 2.5-1.5. 


The real surprises of the round, however, occurred in the women's section, where Poland crushed front-runner Georgia 2.5-0.5 and the U.S. team surprisingly lost to Armenia by the same score. 


Wednesday's results trim Georgia's once formidable lead to a half point over second-place China and virtually knock the American women — who had been the talk of the tournament — out of medal contention. 


As usual, the Russian men were led by Garry Kasparov, who outplayed Christopher Lutz with Black on board one and has given up only two draws in eight games. Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler added wins on boards two and four. 


Hungary and England featured games between two top-10 players on board one and between two top-20 boards on board two. Both games were drawn. 


On board one, Michael Adams of England played a short but complex game against Peter Leko. On board two, Judit Polgar of Hungary could not demonstrate any advantage against Nigel Short's Alekhine Defense. The match was decided on board four, where Peter Acs defeated Stuart Conquest. 


Georgia moved into third place by downing Sweden 3-1. Croatia moved into a tie for fourth place with England, with 2.5-1.5 over Bosnia-Herzegovina. 


Armenia and Canada got back into contention by thrashing Cuba and Moldova respectively 3.5-0.5. 


The United States had a chance to do the same against Turkmenistan, but despite having much higher rated players on every board, went down 2.5-1.5, and is now out of the running. 


Yasser Seirawan of Seattle is a bright spot on the team — with 6.5 points in 8 games and is the tournament's individual leader on the second board. 


In the women's section, Georgia's loss was especially surprising since Georgia had White on two boards. Former world champion Maia Chiburdanidze got the only half point on board one. 

China took advantage of Georgia's loss by defeating Romania 2.5-0.5. 

Russia took sole possession of third place by beating Germany 2-1. 

The American women have been the talk of the tournament. Seeded 11th, they defeated both Georgia and China. Wednesday's loss, however, makes them once again a long shot. 

On board one, Irina Krush of New York got the team's only half point from a position where she was always slightly worse and had to defend carefully. 

On board two, Camilla Baginskaite of San Francisco overlooked a back-rank mating possibility that cost her a pawn. Jennifer Shahade of New York allowed her pawn center to become overextended on the bottom board. 

The twelfth round takes place here on Thursday. 

Top standings in the men's section after 11 rounds (44 games): Russia 32; Hungary 30; Georgia 28; Croatia, England 27.5; Armenia, Canada, China, Poland, Ukraine 27; Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Greece, Israel, Slovakia, Yugoslavia 26.5; France, India, Macedonia, Netherlands, Spain 26; Bangladesh, Lithuania, Sweden 25.5; Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Slovenia-A, Turkmenistan 25; Argentina, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Iceland, Italy, Romania, Philippines, Switzerland, United States 24.5. 

Top standings in the women's section after 11 rounds (33 games): Georgia 24.5; China 24; Russia 22.5; Poland 21.5; Armenia, United States, Vietnam 21; Hungary 20.5; Bulgaria 20; Azerbaijan, France, Germany, India, Romania, Yugoslavia 19.5. 

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On the Net: 

http://www.35chessolympiad.com  

http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html 

(E) Croatia - China Live on the web - Chess 
Date:11/8/2002 9:07:35 AM Eastern Standard Time

13.328 Croatia - 7 China watch
1 GM Kozul Zdenko 2565 - GM Ye Jiangchuan 2667
2 GM Cvitan Ognjen 2562 - GM Xu Jun 2643
3 GM Zelcic Robert 2554 - GM Zhang Zhong 2620
4 GM Stevic Hrvoje 2512 - GM Bu Xiangzhi 2601

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LIN-CRO d.o.o. - LINGUA CROATICA

INTERNATIONAL CROATIAN LANGUAGE COURSES
in Z a d a r, Croatia
2002/2003

PROGRAM A
TWO-MONTH INTERNATIONAL CROATIAN COURSE
(3 levels: beginners, intermediate & advanced)
1. term: October 20 - December 20, 2002
2. term: March 30 - May 30, 2003
(Attention: Foreign students can be at the same time guest auditors
at all studies of the University of Zadar.


PROGRAM B
THREE-WEEK INTERNATIONAL CROATIAN LANGUAGE COURSE
(3 levels: beginners, intermediate & advanced)
1. term: June 1 - June 21, 2003 (Only for beginners!)
2. term: July 27 - August 16, 2003
3. term: August 31 - September 20, 2003
(Attention: The course under 2. is in cooperation with Croatian
Heritage Foundation)


PROGRAM C
TWO-WEEK INTERNATIONAL CROATIAN LANGUAGE COURSE
(3 levels: beginners, intermediate & advanced)
Term: July 6 - July 19, 2003


PROGRAM D
INDIVIDUAL CROATIAN LANGUAGE COURSES
(3 levels: beginners, intermediate & advanced -
professionals, diplomats, students, family members
and friends of non-Croatian language background, etc.)
Attention: Beginning & duration of the course can be
arranged according to the time available.

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GENERAL PROGRAM

The course is intended for students in Slavic studies & all those
who would like to learn about Croatian language and culture.
Students attending must be sixteen or older.

It covers:
Learning about Croatian language structure at all levels, based on
various texts (songs, anecdotes, jokes, newspaper articles, magazines,
standard texts, videos, etc.)

Practicing the acquired knowledge in discussions dealing with
specific questions, and according to the level of Croatian language
competence of students

The history of the Croatian language and Croatian dialectology
Glagolitic monuments.

The comparison of Croatian language with other similar languages,
especially South - Slavic languages

Croatian proverbs and phrases in comparison with other languages
Standard Croatian terminology (juridical, economics, informatics and
similar) in comparison with other languages

Croatian linguistic purism (continuity, discontinuity, re-continuity)
Croatian literature in European context

Learning about the Croatian culture, history and geography,
especially the region of Zadar

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Schedule:

Program A - two hours a day. Additional hours can be organized too.
Program B & C - four hours a day. Additional practice and work in
smaller groups can be organized depending on the students' interest.
Program D (depending on the desired duration and intensity of the
course) - at least two hours a day, even more if so requested.

Note: Trips are organized on Saturdays, while on Sundays the
students are free. On holidays students are involved in
cultural program. Lessons start at 9 o'clock.

Leisure
Boat trips to islands
Literary and musical evenings (meeting young poets and singers)
Natural and cultural sightseeing of Zadar and its surroundings
Sports activities

Very rich cultural program is often offered in Zadar. Apart from
swimming in crystal clear sea and sunbathing at beautiful beaches,
you can take part in various sports activities, such as surfing,
water-skiing, sailing, scuba diving etc. The vicinity of several
national parks attracts the lovers of intact nature (hiking,
mountain climbing, etc.)

Location of the School
In recently decorated building with modern equipment, not far away
from the sea.

Lodgings/Accommodation
in recently decorated building with modern equipment. Exceptionally
accommodation can be organized in a family under the same conditions.

Programs "A" and "D" include single rooms, and programs "B" and "C"
double rooms. We can also arrange a single room/additional 7 US$
required.

Meals Breakfast, lunch and dinner can be organized at the "Iz"
hotel. The prices are very reasonable.


School Board
Director of the program: Dr. Mile Mamic, full professor of the
Contemporary Croatian language, at the University of Zadar

Staff: professors, foreign - language instructors, from the
University of Zadar, and other eminent specialists in the
field of Croatian Studies.

Certificate
At the very beginning students are divided into groups. The number
of the groups depends of the number on the students and their
knowledge of Croatian. At the end of the course the students have
the final exam and receive the appropriate certificate.


ZADAR
The ancient city of Zadar is situated close to four national parks
and 50 attractive tourist resorts. The region of Zadar covers 1200
kilometers of the picturesque coastline and archipelago of more
than 300 islands and islets rich in peaceful sandy beaches and
numerous little coves and bays.

In its history Zadar passed through different stages of development.
In the 9th c. B.C. Zadar had been known as a settlement of Liburns
(Illyrians). Then it become a Roman colony. Later, Zadar was a
certain time under the Byzantine rule. Since the 9th c.,
well-known as the period of Croatian rulers, the Croats have been
gradually settling in.

A great number of archeological sites, historical and cultural
monuments tell us about the rich history of the city (city walls,
the Roman Forum, numerous early Christian churches, various buildings
dating from Romanic, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods,
famous collection of sacral silver and gold objects, etc.). The first
university center, on the eastern Adriatic coast, was founded in Zadar.
The first Croatian novel was written in Zadar(beginning of the 16th c.),
the first Croatian newspapers were published in here, etc.


EXPENSES
Program A
School fees 630 USD
Lodgings 500 USD
Trips 70 USD
Total 1.200 USD

Attention: At least 2 students should register for the same course
level.

Program B
School fees 400 USD
Lodgings 200 USD
Trips 50
Total: 650 USD

Program C
School fees 265 USD
Lodgings 135 USD
Trips 30
Total 430 USD

Program D (depending on the desired duration and intensity of the
course)

School fees 14 USD by school hour
Lodgings 12 USD a day
Total 40 USD a day


Attention(concerning expenses):Accommodation for programs "A" and "D"
includes single rooms, and for programs "B" and "C" - double rooms.
It is possible to get a single room/additional 7 USD to be paid a day.
Meals are not mentioned in the price-list, i.e. students choose &
decide on meals they take and pay for them directly. Meals can be
arranged at the hotel "IZ" for less than 10 USD a day/three meals.
Trips are arranged only for participants of group courses.
Participants of individual courses are welcome and can join trips
for an appropriate price.


PAYMENTS
Fees are to be paid three days after the beginning of course at the
paying desk of LIN-CRO.

Payments accepted in all currencies/according to the equivalent value.

*Attention: If you want to join summer course Program B under
2. /term: July
27 - August 16 2003, we would kindly ask you to apply to:
Croatian Heritage Foundation
Trg S. Radica 3
10000 Zagreb, Hrvatska
Croatia

tel.385 1/61 15 116, fax 385 1/ 61 11 522, e-mail: skolstvo@matis.hr

Registration fees/deposit(30 USD), in a bank-check addressed to the
Croatian Heritage Foundation, along with your application, should be
forwarded to the named institution not later than a week before the
course is to begin.

Registration/deposit is not refundable.
Remaining costs are to be covered no later than 3 days after the
beginning of the course. Payments are handed to the LIN-CRO
administration assistant.

APPLICATION deadline - one week before the beginning of the course
at the latest.


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Sex ___________________________________________________________

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Questionnaire

Which course of Croatian Language do you want to apply for?

_____________________________________________________________________

(State the course you want and its duration; for program D state the
beginning and duration you want.)


Why do you study Croatian language?

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Your knowledge of Croatian:
I. a) beginner
b b) intermediate
c c) advanced

II. a) Comprehension none little good excellent
b) Speaking none little good excellent
c) Reading none little good excellent
d) Writing none little good excellent


Profession ..........................................................


Do you need lodgings?
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Would you like to live with other students in the same residence?
a)Yes
b)No

What kind of lodgings do you want?
a) single room
b) double room

Would you like to share a room with the other student from another
linguistic area?
a) Yes
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E - EDUCATION

MUCUSLESS DIET HEALING SYSTEM 

                     SISTEM LIJEĆENJA BEZ  SLUZNOM ISHRANOM

ByArnold Ehret

                                    (Introduction by Dr. Benedict Lust)      

           Svima je va~
no znati gdje mu je ograničenje o količini hranekoju njegov organizam treba. Svi koji su proučavali pitanje hranjenja Iradili na tom putu znaju da čovječanstvo, posebno oni dobrostojeći,pate od prevelike konzumacije hrane. Čak niti oni najsiromaa
niji ljudi nepate zbog premalene količine hrane-nego,zbogloa
e kvalitete ili loa
eg stanja njihove hrane. Nije pretjerivanje reči, da via
e ili manje cijelo čovječanstvopati.

           Svi jedemo iz navike ili zbog u~
ivanja koje dobivamo od jedenja ukusnehrane. Ali, sa fizioloa
kog stanovia
ta, samo ona hrana ima vrijednost kojupojedemo s određenom

glađu (prirodnim ~
udnjom za hranom)Ijedino pod tim uvjetima če bilo kakva hrana, čak najjednostavnija,stvoriti zadovoljstvo I u~
ivanje. Niti jedna ~
ivotinja na slobodi nećeuzeti hranu ako nije gladna. Činjenica je da najsiromaa
nije zemljestvaraju najvia
e centuriona, I jednako je istina da dijeta  ishrana u gradovima, tako zvane  refinirane

poslastice  hrana, je glavi uzrok za izumiranjaobitelji u trećim ili četvrtim generacijama. Ustanovljena je činjenicada bi svi veliki gradovi brzo ostali bez stanovnia
tva da nije do novih, zdravihnovodoa
lih koji se doseljavaju iz seoskih opčina, gdje jedu jednostavnijuhranu. Činjenica je da dvije trečine čovječanstva  (Budisti, Mohammedani, Kinezi I Japanci) egzistiraju bez dajedu meso  na hrani koja je sačinjena od a
akice ri~
e I malo povrča-Injihova otpornost I snaga su daleko veča od (meat-eaters)onih koji jedu meso.

Činjenica je da Bedouini putuju dugo I tea
kokroz pustinju sa nikakvom hranom osim mo~
da pola kile datula. Povijesna činjenicaje da veliki filozofi starog Egipta nisu jeli solidnu hranu kroz dekade, nego suse osvje~
avali gutajući  sokkoji se je napravio od ~
vakanja hrane, I nihova mudrost I znanje su osnovnitemelji svih filozofskih misli. Činjenica je da najveći mislioci su via
eili manje vrlo skromno jeli.

            MatematičarPzthagoras nije mogao biti primljen u a
kolu Filozofa u Egiptu dok nije zavra
iopost od 40 dana, to sigurno ne za testiranje svoje moralne snage nego kaofizioloa
ko pročia
čavanje da omoguči svom mozgu da shvati dubljumudrost. Moses je postio na Mt. Sinai dok je pisao zakone svojim ljudima, Isusje postio 40 dana u pustinji, vjerovatno čak I bez vode, prije nego se jevratio pred narod. Povijest Rimsko-Katoličke crkve otkrivaveliki broj svetaca, koji kroz dekade su jeli skoro nia
ta  asvejedno su do~
ivljavali duboku starost. Italijanski doktor Cornaro je do~
ivio100 godina s time da je dnevno konzumirao 12 ounci hrane I vina. AmerikanacFletcher, je dokazao fizioloa
ku istinu, ovaj tako zvani legenda je smanjiohranu desetorostruki I s  intenzivnim~
vakanjem (Fletčeriranje) je izlijećio sebe I druge od najstraa
nijih bolesti.Socrates je rekao   `
to čovjek manje jede  bli~
e je bo~
anstvu. Goetheje rekao   Čovjek je  ono a
to jede. Činjenice I mudrostivelikih mislioca  dokazuju da brigaI neprekidna borba za dnevni kruh  su jednostavno trka za fantomom  iluzija.

           Borba za egzistenciju je pervenstveno nastojanje da ~
ivimou luksuzu, a to je prije svega, da jedemo dobro I puno. Istina o pravilnoj ishrani je knjiga sa sedam ključa javnosti I a
kolarcima.Večina ljudi, pogotovo oni siromaa
niji, imaju utisak da su neishranjeni, uusporedbi s luksuznom hranom bogatih. Strah od gladi je te~
ak poput more nadmodernim čovječanstvom;preskoćiti jedno jedino jelo već stvara nervozu. Ovo je stravičnagrea
ka, tragično neznanje, ovo je kobna obmana, koja je uzrokovana I podr~
avanas nepravilnim medicinskim znanostima.

            Pokua
ajda se ljude stavi na pravilnu dijetu če biti okrunjen uspjehom onda kada seljudima da prava istina. Nitko neče odbiti u~
ivanje osim ako nijeprisiljen na to; zato nitko neče svojevoljnose odreči određene hrane dok misli da je ta hrana najbolja, dok neznada ima nea
to bolje, nea
to neizmjerno bolje, nea
to beskonačno via
eperfektno. Najčistija, najperfektnija a istovremeno naj jestivija hranačovječanstva  mo~
e bitijedino ono hrana koja mu je bioloa
ki namijenjena, zakonom prirode, u svojojprirodnoj formi.

            Akoje ljudsko biće bilo najperfektnije onda kada je kreirano, onda njegovahrana tada bila najperfektnija I najhranjivija I zato sve smjese koje su izaa
le is modernih kuhinja moramo smatratiinferiornim, I one predstavljaju nazadovanje I degeneraciju čovječanstva.

            Sdruge ruke, frugivorianska (vočna)ishrana, kao a
to je opisana u Genesis, je via
a I superiornija vrsta ishrane začovječanstvo. Dakle, ako če pravilna ishrana biti uspjea
na, prvoje potrebno odstraniti strah od neishranjenosti u mislima javnosti. Ako bi jednaustanovljena I generalna djelomična ili potpuna zabrana, kruha, mesa, jaja,mlijeka, itd bila prihvaćena, onda mora biti dokazano I demonstrirano sosobnim primjerom da ne da je samo moguće ~
ivit samo na voću, nego jeovo rajska, prirodna hrana čovječanstva najjestivija I najperfektnija, I zato mo~
e slu~
iti kao takva I danas.Treba demonstrirati da a
aka voća sadr~
i via
e hranjivih tvari nego čitavajedna moderna večera koja sadr~
i pola doze raznih jela.

            Jedannemo~
e ~
iviti na strogo voćnoj ishrani u civilizaciji jer su naa
a čulatoliko razvijena da bi nam ~
ivot bio neugodan I bili bi nezadovoljni u odnosuna tzv. zdrave ljude. Mora prije ~
iviti s  Mucusless Diet da dovede  sva svoj čula bli~
eu rang svog drua
tva.  Rajskaishrana ne harmonizira sa Sodomom civilizacije, niti mo~
e netko  preći na ishranu strogog voćaosim tranzicijom kroz  MucuslesDiet . To treba pa~
ljivo I postepeno  postićis podućavanjem.

           Svemirom vladaju zakoni koji se nikada ne mijenjaju, zato, kao a
to je voćerajska hrana za najperfektnija I nalik-Bogu stvorenja, to je I danas superiornaishrana koja daje zdravlje.

                       MUCUSLESS DIET HEALING SYSTEM by Arnold Ehret

SVAKA BOLEST, bezobzira koje ime moderna medicina joj daje, je: KONSTIPACIJA(začepljenjestolice) 

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From: mirna  Email:  mirna@adriaticsunshine.com

We are appealing to your sense offairness

amantoin@vub.ac.be 
Mr. Paddy Ashdown
High Representative 
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina 
Nov. 7, 2002
Fax 387-33-283-501

Dear Sir:

We are appealing to your sense of fairness. It has been quite obvious to
Croatians in Bosnia that they have been singled out to totally unjust
treatment. While the Bosnian Serbs get away with attacks on international
officials as has occurred in Banja Luka and Trebinje last year, with no
measures taken against them, Bosnian Croat banks have been raided by NATO
forces for unproven wrongdoing with no known result to date and after all
this time Bosnian Croat savers still have not been able to take out any
of their savings. This is outrageous in itself. Some democracy the West
is trying to teach Bosnia's citizens! Now in addition we have the
deviousness of the Bosnian Serbs and the army of Yugoslavia/Serbia
delivering military equipment and intelligence to Iraq, while England and
the USA talk of war against that nation. The Serbs will just excuse
themselves, perhaps fire one or two people and that will be the end of
the affair - as usual. No drastic steps are taken against them ever. 

Furthermore, repeatedly Croatian officials have been dismissed for being
too nationalistic, while there are far more nationalistic Serbs staying
in the government. The first order of the day when you took over was
to dismiss a Croatian official even though there was no apparent reason
for it - it seems it was just to show "who is boss"? We were hoping you
would have a greater sense of fairness. 

While the Western Powers press Croatia to accept the return of all Serbs,
regardless of any atrocities they have committed in Croatia - and there
were many - no such reciprocity exists for the Bosnian Croats who have
been ethnically cleansed from the parts of Bosnia now in Serbs' hands. No
one has so far been allowed to return to "Republika Srpska", even though
this is part of the Dayton Agreement. There is no pressure by the West
nor by you as the High Representative to start this return happening.
Bosnian Croats from the Posavina are totally disenfranchised, living as
refugees in Croatia already ten years. We strongly urge you to see to it
that these tens of thousands of Bosnian Posavina Croats finally get
justice done and return to their old homes - or more correctly - rebuild
them, since Serbs destroyed them all after thoroughly looting them. 

There was never in recent history a much more unjust agreement reached
than was the one in Dayton, by giving the 31% Serb population of Bosnia
almost half (49%) of the country which they ethnically cleansed
by murdering and expelling the non -Serb majority population of Muslims
and Croats and actually running it as a separate state, while giving
Croats and Muslims to share the other half in a "Federation". It is
obvious that the Muslims being the majority in the Federation will have
the upper hand, even though the Croats are a constituent people with the
same rights and were Bosnia's original nation before the Ottoman Turkish
occupation and conversion of many to Islam. Since they constitute only
17%, it seems the West has taken the right to push them aside as though
they don't exist. Well, they do, and they have the right as a constituent
nation of Bosnia Herzegovina to be respected and treated fairly. 

So again, we hope your sense of justice will prevail or we have to assume
that you are prejudiced against Croats - why this should be so is not
something that can be justified or comprehended. 

Very truly yours,

Hilda M. Foley
National Federation of Croatian Americans
13272 Orange Knoll
Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA