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   President Obama on Monday pardoned 78 people and granted another   
   153 commutations, amounting to the most acts of clemency by a   
   U.S. president ever in a single day. White House Counsel Neil   
   Eggleston added that Obama is considering clemency for   
   individuals who have contributed significantly to human progress   
   by "bending the arc of the moral universe toward justice" – even   
   though they were not U.S. citizens and are dead.   
      
   Presidential "posthumous pardons" are scheduled to be extended   
   to such legendary international icons as Joseph Stalin, Mao   
   Zedung, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, the Kim dynasty of North Korea,   
   and Che Guevara along with his comrade-in-arms, the recently   
   deceased Fidel Castro. Eggleston revealed that Hollywood   
   celebrities were consulted on this decision and concurred. Jane   
   Fonda, for example, spoke warmly about Ho Chi Minh. Michael   
   Moore felt certain Stalin and the others would have voted for   
   Hillary Clinton.   
      
   According to Obama, these legendary figures have been unfairly   
   maligned by the sensationalist right-wing media. Slanderous   
   language such as "mass murder," "show trials," "political   
   repression" and "concentration camps" has been used to downplay   
   the highly significant accomplishments of these leaders. Stalin,   
   for example, helped defeat Hitler and liberate half of Europe.   
   Mao’s Cultural Revolution led to the emergence of a China whose   
   billions kept the Obama Administration in power for eight years.   
      
   Yes, President Obama is aware that mistakes were made – "you   
   can't make an omelet without breaking eggs" – but nevertheless   
   is convinced that these leaders were “on the right side of   
   history.” Obama recalls with fondness the many hours he spent at   
   Harvard reading and re-reading Mao’s Little Red Book, which he   
   still considers a more important influence than The Federalist   
   Papers.   
      
   Mr. Eggleston concluded with the comment that these presidential   
   pardons are intended to help advance the righteous struggle of   
   the oppressed masses around the world. Media organizations such   
   as CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times and the Washington Post can be   
   trusted to make sure that the initiatives launched by Stalin and   
   Mao and continued by Obama are irreversible despite the election   
   of Donald J. Trump.   
      
   Such meaningless buzzwords as "mass murder," "show trials,"   
   "political repressions," and "concentration camps" are only   
   aimed to distract the public from real issues and from the   
   greater message of social change they represent.   
      
   Opinion polls indicate that many Americans continue to view   
   these historic figures more negatively than positively, but   
   experts say this is only because many among the polled segments   
   still remember the subjects' virulent anti-Americanism and   
   occasional military confrontations with the U.S.   
      
   However, Barack Obama believes that personal grudges should be   
   beneath the station of the U.S. President, who must discern the   
   "arc of history" and be able to bend it toward the greater good.   
      
   These presidential pardons will go a long way to restore   
   universal justice and shape the future struggle of the oppressed   
   masses in this country and around the world. Recent demographic   
   shifts and professional coverage by trusted media organizations   
   will ensure that this progress becomes irreversible.   
      
   http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/obama-to-pardon-stalin-   
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