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Below is copied and pasted from the Pacific News Center website:
Senator Pangelinan Criticizes U.S. Colonization Of Guam
Written by Kevin Kerrigan

Wednesday, 08 October 2008 19:32
Guam

Guam - In testimony presented before the United Nations in New York City, Guam Senator Ben Pangelinan condemned the U.S. colonization of Guam.

Pangelinan was not present to give the testimony. it was read on his behalf by Chamoru attorney Aileen Quan. In his remarks before the U.N.'s decolonization committee, Pangelinan referred to the U.S. government as the "administering authority" saying "recent decisions by our administering authority dilute our right to self-determination" and he called on the world body for support in seeking "the liberation of our people."

Among the activists present at the U.N. was the Chamorro Nation's Victoria Leon Guerrero who praised Pangelinan's remarks and criticized Guam Governor Felix Camacho for failing to appear before the U.N. in his 8 years in office. Pangelinan's office told PNC News that the senator is off island and not available to comment on his U.N. testimony.

Later this week, the Chamoru delegation will be meeting in New York with the president of the U.N. General Assembly to discuss ways to expedite Guam's Chamoru self-determination process."

Unless I'm misinformed, acting senator Ben Pangelinan is not from Guam, supposed it doesn't matter much....Saipan's about to be federalized and boy is that going to be worse than being colonized.
I suppose a plus is that if we're declared 'natives', we can build as many gambling casinos a we wish, just as the West Indians do in the states....of course, that could also possibily mean that Uncle Sam doesn't have to give us 'jack' for capital improvement, food stamps and the like.........Acting legislator Pangelinan wants us to be 'self determined'.....when the Europeans came here in the 1500's, we were Chamorros....we didn't determine ourselves anything....they claimed us and the only determination then was that we were under their rule. After the Spanish/American war, Guam was ceded to the U.S......doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that we now belonged to the U.S. and for years, they watched over us.... and though not described as 'self determination' we got to do the government of Guam thingy, elected idiots that are so egotistic that they only want to be important....not a one of those clowns want to do anything that will help the island....no one has shown that they want to make this island a better place....all they want to do is point fingers are those that are actually spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to those who live here. I dare the U.S. to put a halt to the Medicaid, to the food stamps, to the much reduced low cost housing and FEMA aid after a natural disaster........let me guarantee that they'll be a lot of crying after we become self-determined without the generosity of the U.S.
Guam belongs to the U.S., like it or not.........best to make the relationship......just remember the $43M that US DOE could have caused at GPSS if it didn't release the money for those text boox and other operational fees.
I am so tired of people who can't just appreciate today and appreciating that we are in a good location in the geopolitical world and that the military will continue to enjoy 'owning' this island.
To bring such a complaint to the UN is a slap in the face of the US.....we all have the handle of being self-determined.....don't like it..........you can always go somewhere else that's 'self-determined'.
Some of the clowns at Circu de Lehislature are burned out.........maybe it's time to plant some papayas!