LANCE ARMSTRONG: THE MOST SOPHISTICATED DOPING CONSPIRACY IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS

In 1999 Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France. My reaction then was one of total disbelief and shock. I followed cycling for many years and I knew that no one could improve so dramatically within one year without doping. Particularly that Armstrong was already 28 years old. When Jacques Anquetil, Eddie Mercks, Bernard Hinault or Miguel Indurain, the great heros of international cycling, were winning their multiple Tour de France races, they were strong all around riders from the beginning of their careers whereas Lance was mediocre in multiple stage races, which included mountain terrain stages. Prior to 1999 Lance Armstrong was known as an average cyclist in mountain stages whereas he was a very good sprinter who was able to win a flat stage, or he was capable of winning one-stage races on a flat terrain, like for example world championship or one-stage classics. Sprinters like Lance Armstrong, Olaf Ludvig, or Mark Cavendish are not capable of winning multiple stages races like Tour de France, Giro D'Italia or Vuelta Espana, that is without doping. Prior to 1999 Lance Armstrong was never a contender to win the Tour de France, in fact he was happy to finish it 15-30 or more minutes behind the leader. However, suddenly, out of the blue, barely a cancer survivor, he won record seven Tour de France races from 1999 to 2005! All insiders of cycling knew that Armstrong had to dope for, as many insiders said, nobody could have improved at the age of 28 so much or so suddenly change his characteristics as a rider (i.e. a sprinter could not have suddenly become a great mountain rider). Greg LeMond, a great cyclist, from the beginning of his career, knew all this of course, and he could not stomach the great Armstrong lie. He decided to fight Armstrong. But it was not to be easy. Lance Armstrong aided by his doctors and his chief consultant dr. Michele Ferrari, who was known in cycling for helping dopers, and was even convicted for it, continued the big lie. Lance Armstrong refused to dissasociate himself from dr. Ferrari after the latter's conviction, as without him, or without doping, Lance Armstrong would not have been able to win any of the Tours. Lance did not want to fight for a win in Giro D'Italia, as the greats in the past were doing, for the risk of being caught would multiply, and Italy developped strong laws against doping. There was no proper test for EPO in those years in which Armstrong won the Tour de France, therefore he was successful in beating the doping tests (Also, the EPO stayed in blood only for 12 hours, and the tests could not show it if it was taken more than 12 hours prior to the test being applied). Naturally, the tests were not able to show any of the blood transfusions. However, when the doping test for EPO was developped and Armstrong's old blood samples taken in 1999 Tour de France (kept in freezers) were reaxamined, suddenly the authorities had 6 samples proving that Lance doped during the 1999 Tours de France, the first of the Tours that he won. Of course, in the court of law, due to due process one could not rely on old samples, that's why he won a lawsuit when one of the sponsors refused to pay Lance Armstrong $5 million per sponsorship contract. But, his doping was confirmed for all to see, and Armstrong could have acknowledged the doping, but he decided that denial was the proper course for him. He vowed to deny to the end of his life. Since Lance Armstrong was a cancer survivor and was such a big hero to masses, he became a holly cow one could not touch. Over the years I have voiced my opinions regarding his doping and I knew how untouchable Armstrong became to media and fans, particularly in the United States. Suddenly, Greg LeMond, the true American cycling hero, has become an enemy of the American people. Anyone who attempted to touch Armstrong was enemy of the people. Lance Armstrong bullied everyone and played the legal system relying on the rules of evidence and protection afforded usually to those criminally charged. He was supported by the media, corporate sponsors, medical, research and cancer foundations, etc., all those who either drew material gains or who were looking for a great American hero. Thanks to that support, all his former coriders or confidantes who came out and spoke against him, paid the price by being villified, attacked and dragged in dirt by those who supported the Armstrong lies: the cog in the conspiracy - Lance Armstrong himself - and his doctors, sponsors, mostly U.S. media, lawyers, etc. They all bullied and crucified the following whistle blowers: Greg LeMond, Armstrong's teammate Frankie Andreu and his wife Betsy Andreu, journalist and writer David Walsh, Armstrongs' masseuse Emma O'Reilly, cyclist and columnist Christophe Bassons and teammate Floyd Landis, and then more of his former teammates. The most perplexing was Lance Armstrong's attack on Christophe Bassons during the 1999 Tour de France. Bassons was a cyclist who was known as the only cyclist on Festina team who never doped, pursuant to testimony of his doping teammates to the Police. He was known for fighting with doping in cycling and was the author of the phrase of "two speeds" in cycling, one of the dopers and the other of those not doping. During 1999 Tour de France, while himself riding in the Tour, Bassons was also a columnist for "Le Parisien" and in his column he started to question Armstrong's shocking and unexplained bursts of speed; Armstrong cycled to Bassons during one of the stages and bullied him and threatened so viciously, that Christophe Bassons, the cyclist and columnist felt that he had no choice but to leave the Tour, afraid for his own safety. Lance Armstrong's cancer foundation (which apparently raised more than $500 million out of which only $20 million was provided to cancer research, the rest spent on so called cancer awareness, etc.) has been a cash cow for Armstrong's circles, and was a great PR success for Lance Armstrong himself and his shield from doping accusations. More and more people were coming out with revelations about Armstrong's doping, yet Armstrong was able either to play the media or the media were willing participant in his conspiracy, and with support of the media he bullied the few who dared to speak out against him. Yet now, when he was charged officially with doping, when the court of law in Austin, Texas dismissed Armstrong's lawsuit and decided that USADA can proceed with the doping case, Lance Armstrong decided not to appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport and said "enough is enough" in order to stop the witnesses from testifying. This way, he can be stripped of his wins but he still can claim in the court of public opinion that he is a victim of a witchhunt. How smart! It is enough to read various forums online, mostly here in America, to realize to what extent his gullible followers would go to protect the myth of Lance the strong man, the American hero, the man who beat cancer and then won seven Tour the France races, the most grueling sporting event in the world. Should have he decided to proceed with the case in CAS, the public opinion would have heard his confidantes and riders from his team testifying graphically about his doping, taking EPO which after 12 hours would not show in his blood during tests or numerous blood transfusions, or about his doctor predating a prescription for a steroid based ointment which steroid was uncovered in his blood after one of the tests and when his whole team panicked; he would have been finished for all to see. Lance Armstrong is a smart cheater, and always was, so he did not file the appeal with Court for Sport Arbitration, said "enough is enough", by same cutting off any public testimony with graphic details of doping by ten witnesses consisting of his teammates and confidantes! He still is trying to salvage the myth and some of his sponsors. He defended himself in courts when there was no one willing to testify against him. Now, when USADA has 10 witnesses (former co-riders and confidantes of Armstrong) who would graphically disclose the details of Armstrong's doping scheme, he suddenly says "enough is enough". Where is the honor, Mr. Armstrong? Or perhaps, he does not want to enjoy the fate of Marion Jones, who if I remeber correctly also passed all the doping tests? Nobody is perfect in this life, and we all have our own weaknesses, our secrets, we all bear our crosses. We commit our mistakes, our sins, regret them, repent in our own ways and try to become better. We all try to learn from our mistakes. Not Lance Armstrong, though. This man is all about denials, this man bullied and destroyed others in protecting the big lie, this man used the mantle of savior of millions of people struck by cancer to protect the big lie and the money he earned as a result of perpetrating the big lie. This man, as they say, planned to run for the office of the governor of Texas, and then for the U.S. presidency. He made himself a public person and now he should be treated as such. As I hate to throw stones at anybody, for we all are sinners, including myself, I am one of the many who do not have any sympathy for Lance Armstrong, the public persona. But I wish well the tormented human being who hides behind the public image of Lance, the strong man.

Janusz Andrzejewski, is an attorney based in New York, writing on legal and other important community topics. You can contact him by telephone: (212) 634-4250 or through e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

HOW GREAT BRITAIN CORNERED ITSELF: FROM PINOCHET TO ASSANGE AND GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY

Great Britain and its government has put itself on the track to become a pariah of international community. Its Foreign Office has made threaths to the country of Ecuador and its authorities to invade Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Great Britain, should Ecuador grant Julian Assange's request for political asylum and fail to release Mr. Assange to British authorities, who then would extradite him to Sweden, where he is wanted for "questioning" in alleged misbehavior consisting of having unprotected consensual sex with two adult women - initially Swedish prosecutor dropped the charges, however they were reinstated as a result of an apparent pressure by a foreign power. The WikiLeaks founder is afraid that Sweden would release him to the U.S. authorities which in all probability would put him on trial for espionage (and possibly for treason, although it appears that argument for treason charges would be tenuous, at best, as Mr. Assange is not a U.S. citizen) and would have him subjected to a capital punishment. Since Great Britain, Sweden and USA have reportedly refused to give guarantees to Ecuador that Mr. Assange would not be extradited to the United States, Ecuador decided to approve Mr. Assange's request for political asylum based on a well founded fear of persecution. It is staggering how a country of Great Britain's stature could have cornered itself so unwisely... The Foreign Office threatened Ecuador that it would utilize a 1987 Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act to invade Ecuadorean Embassy and to remove Mr. Assange. However, that obscure act has been cooked up to remove squaters from foreign embassies or foreign countries' properties, whereas Mr. Assange is on the country of Ecuador's property with consent of the owners, so legally a squatter he is not. The Brits can still save their face by closing their eyes and allowing Assange to slip through... After all, it would be a piece of cake for the U.S. special forces to abduct Assange from Ecuador and have him brought to the United States for trial. Britain's invasion of the Ecuadorean Embassy would have caused more chaos in the world of diplomatic affairs than publication of the United States' diplomatic correspondence by WikiLeaks has ever caused. Let's hope that Great Britain will not shoot at its own foot and will not carry out its threats as such an unwise conduct would open the pandora's box. Invasion of the territory of Ecuadorian Embassy would cause the greatest damage to international relations ever done and, indirectly, irreparable damage to world order. Such an outcome would not further anybody's interests, including those of the United States. Great Britain claims to follow the rule of law in pursuing their plan to invade inviolable, under the Vienna Convention, territory of the Embassy of Ecuador and to extradite Julian Assange on trumped up charges of engaging in unprotected consensual sex with adult women, which charges were dropped earlier by the Swedish prosecutor; it is the same Great Britain which refused to extradite general Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, murderer and torturer of thousands of his own countrymen, when Spain demanded lawfully his extradition. Are we missing something? It appears that Great Britain was caught off handed while doing the United States' dirty work. Will the United States save now the Brits from their conundrum and declare that they are not interested in seeking extradition of Mr. Assange, neither from the Brits nor Swedes, by the same opening the door for Mr. Assange to agree to his extradition to Sweden? I guess, not. From the U.S. point of view, if they really believe that Mr. Assange endangered the lives of American operatives or soldiers, they should go after him. But why not be straightforward about it? Why cause the British and Swedish allies to lose their faces while the U.S. sits on the fence, observing the Swedes and Brits playing the charade?

Janusz Andrzejewski is a New York City based attorney, who writes on legal and other important community subjects. You can reach him on cell phone: (212) 634-4250 or through e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

POLSKI ADWOKAT W AMERYCE

Sezon ogorkowy. Wokol gorace lato, klienci porozjezdali sie na wakacje po swiecie, wiec jest i czas na refleksje. Euro 2012 co prawda bylo udane dla nas organizacyjnie ale w wymiarze sportowym, jezeli chodzi o nasza reprezentacje, zakonczylo sie fiaskiem. Londyn 2012 z koleji jest sukcesem sportowym dla Brytyjczykow, ale organizacyjnie bedzie zapamietany jako igrzyska wszechwladnego chaosu. Dla polskiego sportu natomiast igrzyska londynskie sa sportowa katastrofa i stypa pogrzebowa, nie liczac kilku sportowcow ktorzy wybili sie ponad przecietnosc wbrew przestarzalemu systemowi zarzadzania naszym sportem. Jezeli chodzi o moje podworko, minelo juz dziewietnascie lat od czasu kiedy otworzylem kancelarie adwokacka na Manhattanie. Do dzisiaj przewinelo sie przez nia tysiace ludzi, glownie imigrantow. Ciekawy przeglad nowej krwi wtlaczanej do organizmu USA. Wiekszosc mojej praktyki to sprawy imigracyjne (takie jak aplikacje o staly pobyt w USA, potocznie znane w polskim srodowisku Greenpointu, Ridgewood czy Maspeth jako "zielona karta", obywatelstwo, wizy pracownicze, studenckie, no i obrona w sprawach deportacyjnych), sprawy z zakresu prawa rodzinnego (jak rozwody, alimenty, opieka na dziecmi, wizytacje, ustalenie ojcostwa), sprawy cywilne wynikajace z roznego rodzaju wypadkow (np. wypadki samochodowe, autobusowe, w metrze, w budynkach, na budowie, przeciwko miastu Nowy Jork), zaniedbania lekarskie, sprawy spadkowe, sprawy mieszkaniowe i obsluga prawna w sprawach kupna nieruchomosci i zakladania korporacji czy biznesow, no i obrona w sprawach karnych w zakresie prowadzenia samochodu pod wplywem alkocholu. Moimi klientami byli glownie imigranci z Polski i Amerykanie, ale takze imigranci z Jamajki, Wielkiej Brytanii, Czech, Slowacji, Nigerii, Francji, Wloch, Ukrainy, Rosji, Bialorusi, Rumunii, Wegier, Kanady, Meksyku, Hondurasu, Dominikany czy Izraela. Co sprawa to inny charaker ludzki. Najwiecej satysfakcji przynosily sprawy tych uratowanych przed deportacja, czasem nawet udalo sie uratowac ludzi ktorzy juz byli w drodze na lotnisko... Mialem kilka spraw nawet przeciwko rzadowi USA z ktorych najciekawsza i najbardziej zwariowana byla sprawa przeciwko CIA o odszkodowanie dla... szpiega. Sprawe te prowadzilem pro bono jako ze moim klientem byl schorowany starszy czlowiek, "wyrolowany" przez CIA. Wiekszosc spraw, no coz, moze nie byla tak ciekawa, ale zawsze zostawala satysfakcja. Zmienily sie czasy, zmienil sie wektor polskiej emigracji. Mloda polska krew obecnie zasila spolecznosci Wielkiej Brytanii, Irlandii, Norwegii, Niemiec czy Holandii. Miejmy nadzieje ze juz niedlugo Polska zostanie wciagnieta na liste krajow ktore obejmuje Visa Waiver Program.

Janusz Andrzejewski, jest adwokatem prowadzacym praktyke adwokacka w Nowym Jorku, i pisujacym na tym blogu na tematy prawne i inne wazne tematy polskiej spolecznosci. Mozesz skontaktowac sie z nim telefonicznie: (212) 634-4250 badz przez e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

LONDYN 2012: CZY TO OSTATNIA KOMPROMITACJA ZMURSZALYCH STRUKTUR POLSKIEGO SPORTU?

No coz, istoty sportu nie da sie oszukac, zbalamucic czy tez przekabacic: wygrywaja najlepsi, pomijajac mimo wszystko rzadkie pomylki sedziowskie czy zwykly brak szczescia. Polski sport pokazal na olimpiadzie w Londynie swoja prawdziwa twarz: kompletny brak wizji, dyscypliny, umiejetnosci i ambicji. Totalna kompromitacja naszych reprezentantow na olimpiadzie w Londynie, na tle sukcesow ekonomicznych i politycznych Polski w ostatnich latach, ukazuja dobitnie totalny bezwlad struktur naszego sportu. Jak nasza gospodarka potrafila sie przeksztalcic i nastawic na potrzeby rynku, tak nasze struktury sportowe nawet nie drgnely w swojej inercji, wciaz tkwia w komunistycznym modelu zarzadzania sportem. Proponuje by caly PKOL podal sie do dymisji, bo nie wierze by poszczegolne zwiazki, zwlaszcza te nie pobierajace dotacji panstwowych, byly gotowe na jakiekolwiek zmiany. A poki co, zapalmy swieczke na pogrzebie polskiego sportu...

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LONDON 2012: OLYMPICS IN CONSTANT TROUBLE

It appears that Mitt Romney got it right: the 2012 Olympic Games in London, known as London 2012, are in huge trouble. Day after day, one scandal is being chased by another one. It all started with shortages in security personnel: turned out, that organizers were missing approximately 3,000 people necessary to provide safety to the olympians and their audience! It was too late to train the necessary personnel, so, the organizers had to call in the military forces to cover for the shortages - Thank you Sir Sebastian Coe for converting the civilian holiday into a military operation! Then, as soon as the olympians from all over the world started to arrive in, the London airports were not able to process them, the baggages were misplaced, the buses were getting lost in traffic, unable to reach their destinations for hours. Finally, before the opening ceremony was wrapped up, one country after another started to protest the treatment of their teams, the most vocal being the team of India, who felt humiliated by an exposure given to unknown woman marching by India team's flag-bearer; the intruder dominated the 10 seconds spot of the tv coverage, granted by the organizers to the second most populated country in the world. We are now only in the fourth day of the 2012 Olympics, yet scandal follows a scandal. Country after country experiences so called false flag shocks, to be associated forever with London 2012; the most crude example being the football match between North Korea and Colombia, prior to which North Koreans walked off the pitch. Eventually, as a result of organizers' display of their enemies' (South Korea) flag as a purported emblem of North Korea, the match had to be delayed for approximately one hour. Yesterday, it was the Chinese's turn to get offended by display of their flag at a lower height than South Korea's flag; swimmers from those two countries were classified both in second position and both received silver medals, and the olympic etiquette required that both countries' flags should have been placed at the same height. Well, I never thought the English were so lackadaisical! And, most of the times, the olympic venues shock with huge patches of empty seats! Some of the observers must be quipping that BBC Panorama and Sol Campbell had something to do with it! I can understand that the US liberal media jumped on Mitt Romney to show his purported lack of diplomacy and inexperience on international scene, in an attempt to score a point for Obama campaign in the US presidential elections. Yet, Romney's words, perhaps crudely undiplomatic, were definitely warranted and the majority of the media, instead of pouring the scorn on him, should have rather applauded Romney for the sincerity, which the same media often says is so needed in the politics. Let's hope that the Londoners finally will get a grip on the olympic machinery and redouble their efforts in the remaining days of the 30th Olympiad. Yet FIFA, the world footbal (soccer) authorities, should be applauded in their collective wisdom for not gratning England's bid to organize the 2018 World Cup. For once, FIFA got it right! And let's hope that England, before applying for organization of another international sporting event, would first hone their organizational skills. Perhaps, they should consult the Poles and the Ukrainians, the hugely successful organizers of Euro 2012 - whom, paradoxically, the London and English media denounced so prematurely, prior to the kick off of Euro 2012, for alleged racism, xenophobia, lack of infrastructure, and expected calamities. Well, those dark predictions at Euro 2012 did not come to fruition, instead, the English now have to constantly blush for their own shortcomings. I presume, with some dose of satisfaction and "schadenfreude", that English media, including BBC's Panorama (and Sol Cambpell), Guardian, Telegraph, the London Times as well as their loud tabloids, enjoy the quality of British paper while eating their own words. Bon appetit, mes amis!

Janusz Andrzejewski, is a New York based attorney, writing on legal and other important community topics. You can contact him by telephone: (212) 634-4250 or through e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

THE BATMAN MASSACRE: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT OURSELVES?

Another random massacre, and another opportunity to do something about gun laws, appear to be as good as gone. What is happening to America? Is this how the modern society resolves its social pathologies? What kind of an animal a man of 21st century is about to become? Where do we go from here? Does anybody care about random violence anymore? Do we still remember Fort Hood, Texas massacre in 2009, Northern Illinois University massacre in 2008, Virginia Tech University massacre  in 2007 or the one near Aurora: Columbine High School massacre in 1999? Was anything done about the roots of any of them?
The usual suspects such as entertainment industry, media, politicians and gun industry, with its chief client and advocate, National Rifle Association, have lost  another opportunity to do something meaningful about the exposure of American society to random violence. The new thread, characteristic to the Aurora shooting, was an PR offensive undertaken by Hollywood and entertainment industry (one of the main culprits and inspirators for the random shooters)  in aftermath of the batman massacre, in particular the series of statements issued by Warner Brothers, and all the stars associated with "The Dark Knight Rises" production. Imagine, the community at large "held their collective breath" waiting for Christian Bale or Jason Gordon-Levitt's nuggets of wisdom (LOL!). Not better were politicians, i.e. John Hickenlooper, the governor of the State of Colorado who wasted no time in stupidly defending gun control laws, or, rather, a lack of them, and indirectly defending NRA interests. Not better were mayor of Aurora, Steve Hogan, and its Chief of Police, Dan Oates, or New York City Commissioner of Police, Raymond W. Kelly. All of these officials seem to propagate a stupid belief, which they repeat like a mantra, that freedom to purchase arms would not have stopped the batman massacre or that it would not have limited its monstrosity or its size.  Comme on! Have some decency! It is shocking to any human mind that there are people who advocate total freedom in acquisition of arms and consider 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting an uninfringed right to keep and bear arms, to be holly and unassailable. Don't you know that people created laws and people can change them? How long can America cling to something created in 1791, when semi-automatic or automatic guns were not invented yet. Times change, things change, people change.   Imagine how much good the nay sayers could have achieved in redirecting their energy and money towards the real causes of the shooting, instead of protecting themselves and their profits through PR schemes. The modern society with its hierarchy of values is obviously full of pathologies. The man of 21st century seems to be lost among various forces attacking his psyche, the chief among them being a God of materialism and consumerism, propagated by the masters of finance, utilizing such servants as media and entertainment industry.

Janusz Andrzejewski, a New York City based attorney, writes on legal as well as other important community subjects. You can contact him by telephone (212) 634-4250 or through e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

YOU ARE WRONG CAMPBELL, AND BBC TOO

It is rather a common knowledge all over the world that Olympic Games, World Cup in Football (or in soccer, if you are from North America) and European Championships in Football are the three biggest sporting events on the planet. Each of them takes place at four year intervals. Currently, European Championships, known as Euro 2012 are being hosted by Poland and Ukraine. These two countries put years of preparations into staging the event, built or renovated stadiums, airports, hotels, highways, etc. Poland, the economic tiger of Europe, a member of NATO and of European Union, known as the only country in Europe which did not have recession in recent years, managed quite well its preparations and there was never any doubt regarding its ability to stage the event. Ukraine though, a poor country in comparison even to Poland, had major problems, which eventually were overcome. Obviously, Ukraine's infrastructure and hotel base is not on par with that of Poland, yet they managed to finish their preparations on time. However, some image problems started when BBC Panorama aired a so called documentary under scary title "Stadiums of Hate". In my previous pieces ("Decline of BBC Empire" and "Threat of Racism Looms Over Euro 2012, Pursuant To Certain Media, That Is") on this blog, I have written about BBC manipulation and doctoring of facts in order to show Poland and Ukraine as racist and antisemitic countries. On BBC's wagon soon jumped former English retired football player, Sol Campbell (played among others for Tottenham, Arsenal and Newcastle), who warned those who would want to travel to Euro 2012 that they might come back in a coffin. Soon after Campbell's ridiculous warnings, some of the English players stated, on Twitter and other social media, that their families would not travel to Euro 2012, apparently following Sol Campbell's advice. All of this made headlines of the world media for weeks. Well, BBC, Sol Campbell and all other united bigots of the world, please be advised that Euro 2012 has been a tremendous success,  on both levels, sporting as well as organizational. UEFA just gave high marks to Poland and Ukraine for hosting the event and for exceptionally warm atmosphere surrounding the fans from all over Europe and the world (notwithstanding Polish-Russian brawls on the way to the game between Poland and Russia, which had nothing to do with racism or antisemitism but everything with Russia's and former Soviet Union repression of Poland in last 250 years). UEFA stated that it would be very diffcult for the Euro hosts in the future to best the high marks achieved by Poland and Ukraine. Well, Mr. Sol Campbell, it is not so easy to lead your life in the real world as it was on a football pitch. Perhaps next time, before opening your mouth you would like to think over what you want to say. Apparently, English Football Association is considering a lawsuit against BBC (and perhaps Sol Campbell) for scaring away English fans from giving support to English national football team in their matches played in Ukraine. There is more to it as the football fans from all Fan Zones in cities across Poland and Ukraine, will stage a protest on the final day of Euro 2012, prior to the championship game between Spain and Italy. At the gates to each of the Fan Zones, coffins will be set up to which every visitor is welcome to put in a message, either to Sol Campbell or BBC. Then, the coffins are to be sealed and sent out to BBC and Sol Campbell in their "safe" from racism United Kindom (Perhaps Sol Campbell should give advise to John Terry, his compatriot footballer, charged with criminal charges of racism, stemming from his treatment of Anton Ferdinand, during one of English Premier League footbal games). Imagine the faces of poor Sol Campbell and BBC Panorama chaps, when they open their packages. Precious!
The protest apparently was organized by www.facebook.com/YouAreWrongCampbell

Janusz Andrzejewski, a New York based attorney, writes on the legal as well as community important subjects. You can contact him by telephone (732-527-2195) or through his website www.adwokatandrzejewski.com

EURO 2012: NO MAJOR SURPRISES

Euro 2012 reached the decisive stages. Ahead of us the semi-finals between Spain and Portugal in the first pair, and Italy and Germany in the second. I will go with Spain-Germany final (Spain will win it all), although I think Italy migh still go all the way to the final. A couple of weeks ago, I predicted as my semifinalists Spain, Germany, Italy and France. Unfortunately, the French self-destructed in the game against Sweden, and then had to go against the artists of Spain. Tough luck! They were not ready yet for such a tremendous task, notwithstanding that Laurent Blanc did a very good job with this French team. The biggest disappointment of Euro 2012 turned out to be Holland, but they never could be consistent in two major tournaments in a row, particularly that they always have to deal with inner conflicts in their team. The closest they have come to be consistent were the World Cups in 1974 and in 1978, when they ended as runner-ups, but they self-destructed between those two tournaments, in Euro 1976, despite having then the best team on the planet.
England, as always, were a joke. When will the English media realize that English players are not good enough to win anything? In fact, they are mediocre when they have to play without the creative foreigners, who raise the level of play in English Premier League. How anyone can dream of winning a major tournament in international football (or soccer, as it is called in North America), relying only on players who can play good defense, but they are unable to keep possession of the ball and properly pass? The statistics told the whole story of this English team, in each of the four games England was outpassed, outshot, and chased their opponents for 60%-70% of the play time. I will tell them again, get proper coaches for your kids at the ages of 7 or 8 and teach them the basics of controlling the ball and passing it properly around. However, you have to get coaches for your kids from Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Netherlands or Italy, as English coaches themeselves never aquired the proper technical skills. Only then, in 14-16 years from now, the English might have a shot of winning it all. Until then, dream on England, while neutrals are having a laugh, again at your cost. Poland? Well, it was the second youngest team in Euro 2012, only older than Germany. However, without playing any competitive games in almost three years, they were not able yet to mix it up with the best. They need some more competitive games, and the nearest World Cup qualifications against England, Ukraine, Montenegro, et al. will show what they are built off. Provided, they will get an able coach (like talented but inexperienced Fornalik, or veterans: Lenczyk or Kasperczak). The talents of Lewandowski, Blaszczykowski, Piszczek, Wolski, Szczesny or Tyton should blossom at 2014 World Cup. If they qualify, that is!

Janusz Andrzejewski is a new York based attorney, writing on this blog on legal and community important subjects. You can contact him by telephone at (732) 527-2195, or through his website: www.adwokatandrzejewski.com

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THREAT OF RACISM LOOMS OVER EURO 2012, PURSUANT TO CERTAIN MEDIA, THAT IS

I have already written about the way BBC Panorama doctored a report about racism or anti-semitism among Polish and Ukrainian football fans, or, soccer fans, if you are to use North-American brand of English. In one of my previous posts, entitled "Decline of the BBC Empire", I have related in what way their purported documentary film "Stadiums of Hate" distorted the truth, i.e., it cut out all the good things said about Poland by Jonathan Ornstein, President of Krakow Jewish Community Center, and left from his one-hour interview only the incidents of antisemitism. Also, the producers have discarded the whole interview with an Aviram Baruchyan, an Israeli playing for Polonia Warsaw. In both cases, BBC Panorama, when confronted by Mr. Ornstein and by newspapers, simply stated that what was discarded did not fit the subject of the film (meaning it did not support the Panorama's assumed racism or antisemitism of the Euro 2012 hosts).
Even more perplexing doctoring of news is the casus of Dutch newspaper "De Telegraaf", known for xenophobic articles about Polish workers in Netherlands. Pursuant to "De Telegraaf", Polish fans in Krakow, present at the training of Dutch players, who use Wisla Krakow facility, engaged in monkey noises during the practice of the Dutch team. De Telegraaf claimed that Dutch officials would file an official protest with UEFA. The accusations have been quickly followed by majority of the western media. However, it turned out that Dutch officials did not file any protest, and what's more, the Netherland's manager, Bert van Marwijk denied that any monkey noises took place at the training ground of the Dutch national team. What really happened at the ground was booing by the Wisla Krakow fans of UEFA officials for not making Krakow a host of any games of Euro 2012, and making noise directed against fans of Cracovia Krakow, the traditional rivals and enemies of Wisla Krakow. Neither "De Telegraaf" nor any other western media reported to this date that their story was false. It appears that the Mayor of Krakow had directed to UEFA a request for explanation and apology to the City of Krakow, for repeating false reports of accusations of racial abuse of the Dutch black players.

Janusz Andrzejewski

The author is a New York based attorney, writing on this blog about legal and important community related subjects. You can contact the author by telephone (cell: 732-527-2195) or at his website: www.adwokatandrzejewski.com

POZYTYWNA ZMIANA PRAWA IMIGRACYJNEGO USA - WSTRZYMANIE DEPORTACJI MLODYCH NIELEGALNYCH

Juz dzisiaj weszla w zycie prezydencka poprawka (poprzez prezydenckie zarzadzenie a nie akt kongresu) prawa imigracyjnego w USA. Wladze imigracyjne USA wstrzymaja natychmiast deportacje nielegalnych w wieku od 16 do 30 roku zycia, ktorzy przyjechali do USA jako dzieci, przed 16 rokiem zycia, mieszkaja na terenie USA co najmniej 5 lat, i albo sa co najmniej uczniami "high school", badz tez ukonczyli co najmniej "high school" w USA, badz tez sa weteranami sluzby militarnej w USA i, dodatkowo, nie maja przeszlosci kryminalnej. Plan wchodzi w zycie natychmiast, i jak wladze imigracyjne USA szacuja, dotyczy 800,000 nielegalnych. Ten krok polityczny prezydenta Obamy traktuje sie jako jego uklon w stosunku do latynoskich wyborcow, ktorzy moga zadecydowac o tym kto zostanie wybrany prezydentem w listopadowych wyborach. Jezeli nalezysz do powyzszej kategorii skontaktuj sie z autorem tego artykulu, jezeli chcesz wstrzymac toczace sie postepowanie deportacyjne, badz nie jestes w postepowaniu deportacyjnym, a chcesz wystapic o pozwolenie na prace. Poprawka prezydenta Obamy nie daje jednak samodzielnej podstawy do wystapienia o staly pobyt (zielona karta) czy tez o obywatelstwo USA. Jednakze, jest to na pewno wielka poprawa losu mlodych nielegalnych, spelniajacych powyzsze warunki, ktorzy beda mogli uzyskac prawo do pracy, i nie bac sie deportacji z USA.

Janusz Andrzejewski jest adwokatem prowadzacym kancelarie adwokacka w Nowym Jorku of 1993 r. Mozesz skontaktowac sie z nim telefonicznie: (212)  634-4250 albo przez e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

OKIEM ADWOKATA - LOTERIA WIZOWA

Zblizaja sie wakacje. Jak co roku kancelarie polsko-jezycznych adwokatow w Nowym Jorku doswiadczaja przejsciowego obnizenia sie naplywu klientow, spowodowanego glownie wyjazdami Polonusow na wakacje, w wiekszosci do Polski, a i takze ogolna niechecia do zaczynania jakichkolwiek spraw czy nawet podejmowania decyzji w czasie upalow. W tym roku doszedl takze powazny odplyw mlodych Polonusow juz na poczatku czerwca, spowodowany turniejem Euro 2012, ktorego Polska jest wspolgospodarzem. Sezon ogorkowy zaczal sie wiec bardzo wczesnie.  Niemniej, przypominamy naszym klientom imigracyjnym (takze tym z rozwodami, sprawami mieszkaniowymi, wypadkowymi  czy karnymi), ze nadal tu jestesmy i ze w sezonie letnim dysponujemy najwieksza iloscia czasu by przyjac nowa sprawe i dokladnie ja przeanalizowac i przygotowac (no bo we wrzesniu, ruszy na nowo sezon prawniczy i adwokaci, jak zwykle nie beda miec czasu nawet na spokojne wypicie kawy). Dotyczy to zwlaszcza klientow, ktorzy wygrali w ostatniej loterii wizowej, i ktorzy musza skompletowac dokumenty i zlozyc aplikacje szybko, by mogly one byc zalatwione miedzy 1 pazdziernika 2012 a 30 wrzesnia, 2013. Tym ktorzy sa nielegalnie w USA, a wygrali w ostatniej loterii wizowej, niezbedna jest pomoc prawnika imigracyjnego w celu przeanalizowania ich sytuacji i w przygotowaniu ich aplikacji pod katem wymogow artykulu 245-i. Lepiej uniknac deportacji przez skonsultowanie sie z adwokatem imigracyjnym i upewnienie sie ze artykul 245-i rzeczywiscie ma zastosowanie do danego aplikanta. A w miedzyczasie, zyczymy wszystkim udanych wakacj, no i zeby Robert Lewandowski czy Kuba Blaszczykowski znowu cos ustrzelili, tym rzaem  w meczu z Czechami, juz w sobote.

Jausz Andrzejewski jest nowojorskim adwokatem, piszacym na tym blogu na tematy prawne i inne wazne tematy spoleczne. W sprawach naglych mozesz skontaktowac sie z nim telefonicznie: (212) 634-4250 albo przez e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com

IS WAR WITH IRAN ON THE CARDS?

All the signs seem to indicate that the world order as we know it will not exist for long. The fight between the proponents of the new world order concepts and the conservative traditional nation state supporters is going on; in fact, it is becoming more intense. It seems that in an age of quickest movements of people in history of mankind, such terms as nation, state, homeland, traditions, religion, are being devalued whereas concepts of globalization, political correctness, free trade, world without borders are making headways constantly. However, the new world order has been in the making since the second half of 18th century, from the time when the ideas of enlightenment caught the imagination of people, and nothing substantial came out of it, notwithstanding that various efforts have been made to institutionalize transnational organizations governing various sectors of either continental or world affairs. League of Nations or present United Nations, and various offshoot organizations have been such attempts. However, these organizations are quite toothless when it comes to the most vital and contentious affairs of the contemporaneous world. Obviously, it concerns the sources of energy and possession of geostrategic masses of land. It seems that the United States at the time of neoconservatives heyday - during Gerge W. Bush's presidency - embraced an old Zbigniew Brzezinski's game plan, drawn in his book "The Grand Chessboard", regarding if not conquering Eurasia, than definitely not allowing any single power to dominate it. Obviously, Eurasia has 75% of the world population and it also has 75% of known sources of energy. If any of the world powers would succeed in achieving domination of Eurasia landmass, the United States would become a peripheral non-entity. Therefore, it does not matter who wins the 2012 presidential elections, whether it is Romney or Obama, the global policy of the United States will not get any major reset. Everything seems to confirm prediction that there will be next war in Middle East or Central Asia region. Currently, there are following powers with potential for domination of Eurasia region: Russia, China, India and European Union. Out of these four powers, only China and Russia must be considered by the United States, at this time, as the players in an expected future war. However, with each passing year, the Russian position will deteriorate, as Russia would still be preoccupied in keeping her vast territories in one piece, whereas China will be gaining in amassing its economic power as well as in capabilities of projection of that power by military means. Apparently, the US geostrategists must have realized that, and will have to preemptively use any pretext to make additional gains in Middle East and in Central Asia, before China's military power and capability to project that power has grown beyond control. The thinking must be that the US cannot afford to wait, if it is to remain a player on the world stage. For the foregoing, it seams that war with Iran is inevitable, no matter what is the pretext under international law. However, it appears that Zbigniew Brzezinski himself is now against his old "game plan" as he is afraid that war with Iran would ignite the whole world of islam against the United States. So, what is it going to be?

POLAND V. RUSSIA, BATTLES ON AND OFF THE FOOTBALL PITCH

Fifth day of Euro 2012, the football tournament (or soccer, should you prefer the American terminology) being played at present in Poland and Ukraine, was very eventful, to say the least. Both, on the streets and at the stadiums. Unfortunately, the loaded with history and emotions match between two long enemies, Poland and Russia, was scheduled by UEFA unwittingly on the Russia Day. The worst mistake however, committed the Mayor of Warsaw, Ms. Gronkiewicz-Waltz, by issuing a permission for the Russians to march from the centre of Warsaw to the National Stadium, accross Vistula River. As if the long history of Russian persecution of the Polish nation was not enough to provoke Polish ultras? Let us see what made the atmosphere so tense: the Russian partition of Poland (with Prussian and Habbsburg Empire) at the end of 18th century; 123 years occupation of Poland from 1795 to 1918; ruthless crushing of Polish uprisings throughout 19th century and deportations of millions to Siberia; invasion of Poland by bolsheviks and war of 1919-1921; secret clause to the Ribbentrop - Molotov Pact and back-stabbing Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, 1939, when the Poles were in the middle of defensive war against nazi Germany; repressions, deportation to Siberia of millions and murder of 22,000 of elite of Polish nation at Katyn, Kozielsk, etc.; the post World War II Soviet domination of Poland (after FDR sold Poland out to Stalin) and, still unexplained (to the conservative Poles, at least) catastrophe of Polish presidential plane at Smolensk, two years ago. In addition, violence of the Russian ultras at Wroclaw Stadium during Russia - Czech Republic game and severe beatings of defenseless stewards. It appears that Polish police, in force of over 6,000 men did a sensible job in Warsaw, after all. It appears also, that the march was marred by a 100 or so of ultras, both Polish and Russian, who were provoking and attacking each other, apparently having contracted the fights online. The final provocation and insult occured at the National Stadium, where the Russians posted enormous flag with a picture of Russian hero of fight against the Poles in XVII century, bearing a huge sign: THIS IS RUSSIA. As if they had to remind the Poles that Warsaw was 123 years under the czarist Russia occupation. Luckilly, it was decided that heavy police presence was necessary at National Stadium, and strong anti-riot police forces were placed in front of the Russian sector.
Regarding the match itself, crdit to players, they outdid themseves and produced a memorable spectacle on the pitch and the best match in Euro 2012 so far, with the goal of tournament scored by Polish captain, Jakub Blaszczykowski, known also as Kuba, one of the three Polish stars of Borussia Dortmund (the creative trio which gave Borussia Dortmund second consecutive championship of Bundesliga and the German Cup trophy). Even though Russia enjoyed majority of possession, the Poles had the edge when it mattered as they had more shots, both on and off target and were more dangerous when it mattered. If not for the Russian goalkeeper and the Russian luck, the Poles could have ended up with a win. In any case, the second youngest team in Euro 2012 is bursting now with confidence, and having much better defense than the Czechs, and more dangerous attack with the hugely talented and versatile Robert Lewandowski, is considered now to be the favorite in confrontation with the Czechs.

Janusz Andrzejewski
The author is a New York based lawyer, publishing a blog on legal and other community subjects. You can contact him by telephone (732-527-2195) or at www.adwokatandrzejewski,com

POLSKA - ROSJA, WIECEJ NIZ MECZ, I TYLKO MECZ

Dzisiaj o 14:45, jak Polska dluga i szeroka, czy tez gdziekolwiek Polacy sa porozrzucani po swiecie, wszyscy zasiada przed telewizorami w domach, barach czy tez na placach w strefach kibica, jezeli nie na samym Stadione Narodowym. Polska reprezentacja pilki noznej gra z Rosja w ramach Euro 2012. Czy to wydarzenie jest czyms wiecej niz mecz pilkarski? Czy tez to tylko mecz?W roznych aspektach mozna probowac odpowiadac na te pytania, jednakze na pewno nie uda sie uniknac podtekstu politycznego, niezaleznie od tego ze jest to przeciez wydarzenie na polu rywalizacji sportowej. Jak siegniemy pamiecia w przeszlosc, od 1945 roku wszystkie mecze pilki noznej, i nie tylko, pomiedzy Polska i ZSRR, a pozniej z Rosja, wnosily jakis bagaz emocji. Pamietny mecz w Chorzowie w 1957, kiedy wielki faworyt ZSRR z Lwem Jaszynem pojawil sie na Slasku, sciagnal ponad 100 tysiecy ludzi na nowym wowczas obiekcie. I nasi pilkarze, i kibice na Slaskim, i cala Polska przy radiach, potrakowali tamten mecz w kategoriach, jezeli nie wojny, wielkiego wydarzenia politycznego, dajacego mozliwosc odkucia sie za Katyn, za wywozki na Syberie, za narzucony komunizm. Bramki Cieslika i zwyciestwo przyniosly radosna euforie oczyszczajaca zbiorowa dusze narodu po wielkich katastrofach ktore przyniosla w rezultacie II wojna swiatowa. Czy dzisiaj bedzie tak samo, czy tez po ostatnich sukcesach ekonomicznych Polacy beda wreszcie w stanie potraktowac ten mecz jako rywalizacje sportowa, jako mozliwosc zabawienia sie na otwartym stadionie i przekomarzania sie z Rosjanami na temat wyzszosci pilkarskiej? Jakos nie moge uwierzyc, ze przy poziomie i glupim sensacjonalizmie naszych mediow jest to mozliwe. Zwlaszcza ze pewne srodowiska polityczne, i ultra prawicowi kibole, nie sa w stanie przepuscic okazji zadymy. Fakt pozwolenia przez Ratusz warszawski na zbiorowy marsz Rosjan z centrum miasta do Stadionu Narodowego na Pradze jest ukazywany jako uszczuplenie naszej suwerennosci, jako obraza. Nie jestesmy w stanie uwolnic sie od naszych uprzedzen. Tak samo jak potraktowalismy amerykanska publicystke Debbie Schlussel, wywodzaca sie z rodziny Polskich Zydow, skadinad skandalizujaco wyrazajacej swoje poglady na temat polskiej wspolpracy z faszystami w mordowaniu Zydow, niemniej, nie bylismy w stanie polemizowac z nia z klasa, a ucieklismy sie do inwektyw i wyzwisk. Kiedyz wreszcie nabierzemy zaufania do pozycji Polski w swiecie, zdobytej dzieki gospodarczym sukcesom i wywazonej polityce w ostatnich latach. Czy zawsze musimy wyciagac trabke i wzywac husarie do boju? Wiecej pewnosci siebie. Bawmy sie bo takiego swieta jak Euro 2012 nie bedziemy mieli dosc dlugo. Kto jest Lepszy? Lewandowski czy Pavlyuchenko, Arshavin czy Kuba Blaszczykowski, Tyton czy Malafeev? Zycze powodzenia polskiej ekipie. A po zabawie, wracjamy do pracy. Tylko wzrost gospodarczy zapewni nam lepsza pozycje w swiecie, i zaufanie do nas samych.

Janusz Andrzejewski

Autor jest adwokatem w Nowym Jorku, wypowiadajacym sie tutaj na tematy prawne i spoleczne. Kontakt z autorem przez telefon 732-527-2195 albo przez nastepujace strone internetowa: www.adwokatandrzejewski.com

DECLINE OF THE BBC EMPIRE

Usually, prior to major football tournaments, like World Cup or European Championships, English media ridiculously herald to the world that this time England is going to win it all (not this time, though). Of course, the English national team, for various reasons,  cannot deliver. One of the reasons is that their players cannnot hold the pressure created by their own media. Another reason is a long season, without a winter break. The most important reason, however, is lack of basic technical skills among majority of English players. Simply said, they are not good enough to rival Spain, Italy, France, Germans, the Dutch or Portugal, so, they have to resort to defensive type of football. It is obvious that international results of English Premier League top teams are achieved thanks to foreign players, who raise considerably the level of play in the Premiership and are responsible for the creative parts of the play whereas English players are left mostly to take care of defensive tasks (defensive blocks plus midfield holding players, whose main function is to destruct opposing team's attacks and to recover the ball). This time around, after so many bad lessons since 1990 World Cup (last time that England had a decent national team), English media are full of caution. Perhaps they understood that it is so difficult to win when chasing the ball, being kept in possession by opposing teams for 65% or 75% of the play-time. Strangely, this time then England is not among the favorites in English media circles. Paradoxically, because of this, they think that they can win it all. Here we go again, then! Also, in recent years English sustained severe blows to their pride when they made a bid for organization of the World Cup in 2018. And what worse, they were so self-deluded (as with respect to the skills of their football players) that they did not see it coming. They are still reeling from losing the World Cup 2018 bid to the Russians. So, what do they do this time around? Well, they had to show somebody that they are leaders in something so they jumped this time on the political correctness wagon. BBC Panorama made a program about racism among the hosts of Euro 2012. To achieve a desired result, they went across Poland and Ukraine in search of appropriate material. Result, a scandalous program showing anti-semitic actions among Krakow fans as a result of tradional rivalry between Wisla and Cracovia football clubs, and also among Lodz fans, of rivaling LKS and Widzew. The fact that Krakow and Lodz are not staging any matches of Euro 2012, was not mentioned. Jonathan Ornstein, a director of Krakow Jewish Community Center, who has lived in Poland the last 11 years, and whose statements were distorted by Panorama, filed a protest with BBC. He said that all positive things he mentioned about Poland in his 1hr interview with BBC Panorama, were cut out from the aired material. When during his interview he suggested that Panorama talk to two Jewish footballers playing for Wisla Krakow (Maor Melikson and Dudu Biton), Panorama people told him that it would not fit their program as they wanted only to show racism and anti-semitism in Poland. What's more, Panorama people interviewed Israeli football player Baruchian, playing for one of Warsaw's top division clubs. However, since he had no bad experiences with antisemitism in Poland, his interview was not included in "Stadiums of Hate", as again, it did not fit the main subject of the so called documentary. Apparently, anything good about Poland, would not fit their program main team: Poland as anti-racist and anti-semitic country. Mr. Orenstein suggested to BBC to make a balanced program about anti-semitism in Poland, but BBC people were not interested. It seems, they had to scare the fans from coming to Poland and Ukraine. But, they did not succeed with respect to Poland, at least, for Polish impressive stadiums are full, the atmosphere is great and the country is crowded with thousands of Irish, Spaniards, Russians, Croats, Italians, English and even poor Greeks. A different story in Ukraine, a poor country, in comparison to Poland. Indeed, Poland, an economic success story within European Union, not knowing recession as opposed to the rest of Europe, notwithstanding the unemployment of 12%. Perhaps, BBC Panorama can expose racism and anti-semitism in England or Great Britain, where it apparently cannot be eradicated easilly? Perhaps, they can make a program about the racism incidents in Premier League, those reported recently, and various unreported? Maybe, BBC Panorama can enlighten us as to why John Terry's criminal case (for racially abusing a black player, Anton Ferdinand) has been adjourned for approximately six months, until the end of Euro 2012? After all,  justice delayed is justice denied. Or, how about turning their public resources to find out why Rio Ferdinand has not been selected for the English national team? What about the fate of persecuted in England following ethnic groups: Pakistanis, Polish, Lithuanians, West Indians, etc.? Perhaps, they Panorama people can enlighten us as to how many murders or incidents of violence against Polish workers in UK were ethnically or religiously motivated? How about scaring away some of the foreigners willing to come to London to see Olympic Games, why don't you warn them to stay away? And yes, in Poland we have racism and anti-semitism, but it is not embraced by the authorities or by the majority of the country's population. Yes, we have our own yobs. But, a lot is being done about these social pathologies, even though a lot more remains to be done! But, to cover these efforts in Panorama? It wouldn't fit your main theme, would it? BBC, what has happened to you?

Janusz Andrzejewski

The author of this post is a New York based attorney and a publisher of his own blog on various legal and community subjects. You can reach him by telephone at 732-527-2195 or through his website: www.adwokatandrzejewski.com

GERMANY WON, AS USUALLY. THE DUTCH DISAPPOINTED

Second day of the Euro 2012 disappointed, after two exciting matches of the kick-off day. Holland, the favorites of many, appear to have reached their limits with reaching the final of World Cup 2010. But, the initial loss 0:1 to Denmark does not have to be ominous to their chances. Denmark perhaps does not posses players of great technical skills, but it is a team consisting of players astute tactically, exhibiting sound usable technical skills. Perhaps only veteran Greek team can compare to them with the level of tactical skills. Van Persie and Robben disappointed, whereas Senijder appears to have regained some of his brilliance, blunted recently by his illness, by exhibiting some of great passes. Unlike during the matches played in Poland so far,  several thousand seats in Kharkov Stadium were empty. It appears that BBC Panorama doctored report did not help Ukraine. The second match of the day, between Germany and Portugal, has ended with expected 1:0 German victory. Portugal, until Mario Gomez goal, were preoccupied mostly with containing Germany. To achieve that aim, they fielded three holding players in midfield: Veloso, Mouthinho and Meireles. After the German goal, they changed their style of play and almost succeeded in creating several of opportunities for a tying goal. Unfortunately for them, the old rule that football is played by 22 players and Germany always win in the end, is still true. Also, having in the team Cristiano Ronaldo, does not help. It appears that Portugal would have been much more cohesive as a unit without him.
UEFA had charged Russian FA for excesses by Russian yobs in the match between Russia and Czech Republic in Wroclaw, Poland. Apparently, Russian fans have made monkey noises toward Czech black player, Gebre Selassie, and they also have brutally beaten four stewards, who attempted to detain Russian fan throwing firecracker onto the pitch. Today, higly anticipated Spain v. Italy match. Will the Spaniards be enough hungry for a third title in a row? What about the rift in Spanish national team (created by infamous Jose Mourinho) between Real Madrit and Barcelona players. Will the Italians respond to the bribery allegations with another title (as they did in 2006 World Cup)? Or, perhaps, they will start in a slow manner as in 1982 World Cup in Spain? Come today to Gdansk, Poland and see for youself.

Janusz Andrzejewski

EURO 2012: SO FAR, SO GOOD

First day of Euro 2012 behind us. Despite small glitches, the atmosphere at the National Stadium in Warsaw, as well as in Wroclaw Municipal Stadium, was as expected, great. The new stadiums looked impressive and were crowded to their full capacity by enthusiastic fans. Except for the incident of Russian fans beating up four Polish stewards in Wroclaw Municipal Stadium, none of the BBC Panorama doctored predictions of racial abuse were fulfilled. The Polish police did not have to intervene. The fan zones in Polish cities, even though enormously crowded, did not produce any incidents of racial nature. However, some problems were reported in Krakow, one day before kick-off of Euro 2012. But despite initial report of racist noises directed at the Dutch black players, during their training session at Wisla Krakow stadium, being a training ground of Holland's national team, (which reports were denied by Dutch coach Bert Van Marwijk), the Dutch officials did not file any official complaint. The claims that Wisla Krakow supporters were rather protesting to UEFA that Krakow was not granted any games than racially abusing the Dutch players, were rejected by Mark Van Bommel. Strangely, Van Bommel's father-in-law, coach Bert Van Marwijk, disagreed with claims of racial abuse voiced by his son-in-law. Go figure.
In any case, Euro 2012 kicked off in good fashion. Even the initial match was an eventful one, as opposed to typical boring first game of major football (or soccer, as footbal is strangely called in the US) tournaments, having it all: great start by Polish team and a goal well taken by impressive Robert Lewandowski, after brilliant pass from Kuba Blaszczykowski, Greek come-back in second half, two red cards (one undeserved) and a saved penalty by Polish substitute goalkeeper, Przemyslaw Tyton, on his first touch on the pitch. The 1:1 draw was a just result, even though Poland could have wrapped up the game in the first half, had they converted their opportunities. It seems, that had the Greek player was not red-carded (unjustly), Poland would have easily won the game. Playing against weakened team, the young Poles lost their focus and were punished by Greek veterans.  The second game of the day, Russia v. Czech Republic, played in Wroclaw, was even more impressive, and it ended with Russian lopsided victory: 4:1. Arshavin and his passes were impressive. Apparently, English football does not allow him to show his creativity so well as the biggest stages of international football. Petr Cech's performance was on the other hand quite abysmal. Will the Russians be as much impressive against Poland at National Stadium in Warsaw on June 12, 2012? Come to Warsaw, and see for yourself!

Janusz Andrzejewski

The author of this post is a New York based attorney and a publisher of his own blog on legal and various community subjects. You can contact him by telephone  (732-527-2195) or through his website: www.adwokatandrzejewski.com

FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION SHOULD APPLY TO US ALL, EVEN TO DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL

Debbie Schlussel, a free lance journalist and an attorney, known for her racist, anti-islamist and now anti-Polish views, encountered wrath of Polish surfers online for publishing on May 30, 2012, a post entitled: "Poles Were Complicit in Holocaust: Outrage over Obama 'Gaffe' is Fraudulent, Ignorant". She claimed in the post that president Obama should not apologize for his gaffe ("Polish death camp") . Incidentally, president Obama apologized, sort of, for the erroneous use of the phrase and acknowledged that there were no "Polish death camps", paid tribute to  Polish resistance and victims. Ms. Schlussel wrote that the Poles murdered majority of her family in Holocaust, that there were in fact Polish death camps in World War II, built and ran by the Poles, that Poland collaborated with nazi Germany, that Poles formed several SS divisions, etc. All of the above claims, except relating to her family (which I could not verify), were either outright lies or distortions. I have engaged into discourse with Ms. Schlussel's followers on her blog, and notwithstanding that I have admited anti-semitism of certain parts of Polish society in pre-World War II Poland and during German and Soviet occupation of Poland, and certain incidents of pogroms (like Jedwabne or Kielce), I have rejected the claims of Poland's collaboration with nazi Germany, of Polish death camps, of Polish SS divisions and of Polish complicity in Holocaust, and supported my rejections with quotes and citations from reputable historians. I have also supplied information about the scale of Polish sacrifices and of Polish resistance and fight against German nazis as well as about history of Jewish population in Poland from 14th century (when Polish king Casimir the Great granted them various privileges and refuge in Poland from pogroms in Spain, Portugal, England, France and German Roman Empire) until the partitions of Poland at the end of 18th century. Then, through 19th century when the Poles fought for independence until 1918, when they regained statehood, and through the Second Republic until World War II. Alas, none of my arguments changed the views of ardent followers of Ms. Schlussel. Then, certain Polish media online mentioned Ms. Schlussel's post and suddenly wave of Polish online surfers started to submit hundreds of comments to Ms. Schlussel's blog. I have published a post on my own blog, asking the Poles to disregard Ms. Schlussel's provocative claims as she was apparently selling more ads thanks to the sudden rush of visitors to her website. It appears that Ms. Schlussel's website has been overran by the Polish surfers approximately three days ago, most of them disputing her outrageous claims. However, there were also those who insulted her in reverse and made threats. Apparently, the freedom of expression as known in the United States, has certain limits in Poland. For example, Poland has strict laws against denying Holocaust and people doing so must be prosecuted by Polish authorities. A great number of Polish surfers even used the threat of reporting Ms. Schlussel to authorities for denying that German nazis were responsible for Holocaust. However, majority of the surfers were not familiar with American concept of freedom of expression which allows anybody to express freely their own views, particularly, if those views, or opinions, are based on colorable facts. Were the facts on which Ms. Schlussel based her opinions colorable? Majority of them, not. Particularly, that she utilized anti-semitic incidents, either to come to conclusion or imply that Poland was complicit in Holocaust, that Poland collaborated with nazi Germany, that Poland organized and ran death camps, that Poland formed several SS divisions. In truth, Poland was an occupied country, its population was to be in majority eliminated, its government fled to London, UK where it organized Polish armies in the West and resistance inside of occupied Poland, and there was no Polish collaboration except for the Volksdeutches (Polish citizens of German descent). Still, we cannot deny freedom of expression to anybody in the US, even to Debbie Schlussel while she spreads hatred, without a court order. Therefore, let her speak, but find other avenues of reaching the US audience and making that audience realize what Debbie Schlussel in fact does. And moreover, make the Americans realize that their history programs are not up to the world standards, particularly that they differ so much from state to state and tend to confuse people. Particularly, when various newspapers, or speach-writers for the president of the United States, themselves create confusion.

Janusz Andrzejewski
The author of this post is a New York based attorney and a publisher of his own blog on legal and various community subjects. You can reach him at (732-527-2195), or through his website: www.adwokatandrzejewski.com

POLAND JOINS BIG LEAGUES WITH EURO 2012

Finally, after years of preparations, Euro 2012 in soccer is about to kick off tomorrow at Poland's National Stadium in Warsaw. The new stadium, one of the most impressive venues in the world of soccer, with a retractable roof, has over 58,000 seats and rather does not belong to the biggest arenas. But, its design inside and state of the art amenities make it impressive and imposing venue, indeed. Even more beautiful is a bit smaller PGE Arena in Gdansk, in various shades of amber color, with a light design of the outside walls and of the roof. The City Stadium in Poznan characterizes futuristic design of the roof construction (as seen from inside of the stadium) whereas Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw boasts with great visibility from each of its traditional one-tier level seats. The roads in Poland have been considerably improved, new highways were added, although not all of them are finished. The hotel industry, quite impressive in recent years, has been made even better. Warsaw Airport, already modern, opened additional terminal whereas majority of local airports were either modernized or rebuilt. Polish economy, which as the only one in Europe has not known recession in recent years, is still advancing ahead with 3,5 % growth, made even more impressive by the troubles of Greece, Portugal, Spain or Italy. Krakow, one of the most picturesque cities in the world does not stage any games, but it hosts teams from England, Holland and Italy and is already crowded with tourists from all over the world. Well done, Poland! Enjoy, for your time has finally arrived. Let's hope, that none of the racial incidents, predicted by BBC's sensational Panorama program, will take place for we cannot allow those few yobs to spoil our soccer holidays. Let us rather show the world our traditional Polish hospitality!

Janusz Andrzejewski

CLAIMS OF "POLISH COMPLICITY IN HOLOCAUST" PLUS "POLISH DEATH CAMPS" PLUS DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL EQUALS WINNING FORMULA TO SELL ADDS

Debbie Schlussel, a blogging lawyer and self-styled free-lance journalist, known for her racist, anti-islamist and now also anti-Polish views, enjoys a sudden popularity among the Poles, whom she has insulted with her May 30, 2012 post: "Poles Were Complicit in Holocaust; Outrage Over Obama 'Gaffe' is Fraudulent, Ignorant".
 Ms. Schlussel claims in her post, among others, that the Poles murdered majority of her family during Holocaust, that Obama "Polish death camp" gaffe in fact is no gaffe as the Poles built and run the death camps for Jews, collaborated with German nazis and that they even formed several Polish SS divisions(?). All claims, except for those regarding her family (which I cannot verify), are outright lies. From the first day of the post being published, I have responded to the main "article" and various approving comments, placed by fringe fanatics and followers of Ms. Schlussel's racist blog. In my comments I have admitted certain anti-semitic incidents and difficult period in Polish politics after death of Jozef Pilsudski in 1935, and subsequent rise of National Democrat's power in Poland prior to World War II, I have admitted certain anti-semitic attitudes caused by catholic interpretation of Christ's teachings (discarded by Vatican only in 1960-s) and enhancing of those attitudes by manipulations and fomenting of religious and ethnic conflicts by Prussian, Russian and Austrian partitioners of Poland, which they used to control the Poles (always ready and quick to fight for their and other peoples' freedom), under their rule, in 19th century and then in the beginning of 20th century, until the end of World War I.  I have admitted our responsibility for Jedwabne (notwithstanding that I directed light on reprisals by Polish peasants against Jews for  conducted by NKVD and Jews repressions against Polish gentiles after September 17, 1939, when Poland, fighting Germany in the West, South and North, was invaded from the east by Soviet Union and many Poles were rounded up and murdered by NKVD) and for Kielce pogrom. However, I have rejected claims of complicity in Holocaust by Poland, of collaboration and of forming SS divisions, or of organizing industrial killing of the Jews and have quoted excerpts from reputable historians and their works in support.  But no matter what citations and quotes I have used, what form of discussion I have employed, the predominant line of little Debbie's fanatics was: unless you admit Polish complicity in Holocaust, your are either anti-semite or Polish apologist. After several days of my discourse with Ms. Schlussel's fanatic followers, I finally wrote a final comment asking the Poles to refrain from responding even to Ms. Schlussel's post for clearly she was not interested in any meritorious discourse and in any evolving of her views, instead she has been only interested in winning the battle financially. Each click or comment of emotional, insulted Polish gentiles, meant new adds and more money for Ms. Schlussel's racist, anti-islamist and now anti-Polish campaigns. The wave of insulted and emotional responses from the Poles surged on June 6, 2012, when onet.pl, and some other Polish media online, placed articles or news-briefs about Debbie Schussel's anti-polish blog. But, its not the way! Please, do not dignify Ms. Schlussel's bigoted blog by your responses and comments about Polish martyrology during World War II, about Poland's being the 4th biggest force among the allies fighting the nazis during World War II, about Poland paying the heaviest toll for resistance and fight against nazi Germany, about erazed Polish cities, towns and villages, about highest amount of the Poles among the righteous among the nations (for hiding or saving Jews from Holocaust), about Poland being the only country in occupied Europe which had penalty of death for hiding a Jew, about non-existence of  Polish collaborators (except for Volksdeutches - Polish citizens of German ancestry), about non-existence of SS divisions consisting of the Poles, about non-existence of industrialized killing of Jews by the Poles, about refuge granted to Jews in 14th century Poland by King Casimir the Great so they could have escaped the pogroms and murders perpetrated in Spain, Portugal, England, German Roman Empire and other countries of Europe, about privileges, economic opportunity and freedom from persecutions enjoyed by the Jews until the end of  Polish Kingdom in 1795 when, after 3rd partition by Prussia, Russia and Austria it ceased to exist. Please, do not click on Debbie Schlussel's blog. For whatever is holy or sacred to Ms. Schlussel, she obviosly does not care about the historical truth. She cares for those comments and responses only as far as they bring her higher and higher volume of clicks on her posts and blog, increasing her ad revenues which she can use to perpetuate her unending racial and bigoted campaigns. So, dear Poles, please do abstain from that click on little Debbie's blog, for each new click equals new ads and money to support little Debbie's campaign of hatred. Just say no (click) to Debbie Schlussel!

Janusz Andrzejewski (tel. 732-527-2195)

A HUGE BLOW TO CLAIMS THAT "POLES WERE COMPLICIT IN HOLOCAUST" AS PRESIDENT OBAMA PERSONALLY REGRETTS "POLISH DEATH CAMP" REMARK.

Notwithstanding ignorance of his speech-writers, president Obama corrected their mistake, and in the letter to Polish president, Bronislaw Komorowski, apologized, sort of, for the "polish death camp" remark. President Obama admitted that Medal of Freedom, granted posthumously to Polish underground hero and Georgetown University professor, Jan Karski, who alerted F.D.R. to the fate of  Jews in nazi- occupied Europe, in the middle of extermination process by the nazi Germany, was also an expression of acknowledgment of the sacrifices of Polish nation under German nazi occupation. President Obama stressed the bravery and heroism of the Poles, exhibited in their underground resistance to the nazis, and unequivocally stated that there were no "polish death camps". Also, he went on to acknowledge that many of the Poles sacrificed their own lives while saving Jews from the Holocaust. President Obama's letter regretting the "Polish death camp" remark, has been received as satisfactory by the president of the Republic of Poland. One only can hope, that various revisionist theories about "polish death camps" will finally be put to rest.

Janusz Andrzejewski (tel. 732-527-2195)

SZUKAM DOBREGO PRAWNIKA /SZUKAM POLSKIEGO PRAWNIKA
Janusz W. Andrzejewski (Tel: 212-634-4250)
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Jakze czesto na ulicach Nowego Jorku (polskich dzielnic Brooklyn'u czy Queens'u , takich jak  Greenpoint, Borough Park, Maspeth czy Ridgewood, albo gdzies na Long Island) czy tez w New Jersey, swojsko brzmia powyzsze frazy. No bo ktoz z nas nie slyszal na rogach ulic przy polskich sklepach,  pod kosciolami, w "polskim banku" czy na przystankach metra w godzinach ruchu: "Hej, stary, potrzebuje na gwalt prawnika, najlepiej polskiego. Znasz kogos?" Albo: "Jozek, potrzebuje "zielonej karty", znasz jakiegos dobrego prawnika? Pieniadze nie graja roli!" Zapytany oczywiscie zawsze znal jakiegos "dobrego prawnika" bo mial do czynienia z jakas agencja ktora zajmuje sie wszystkim: wysylaniem paczek, zalatwianiem biletow lotniczych czy wycieczek, podatkami, tlumaczeniami, aplikacjami imigracyjnymi, I sam Bog tylko wie czym jeszcze. Albo jeszcze gorzej, korzystal z kogos kto podawal sie za adwokata badz robil wrazenie ze nim jest, a w rzeczywistosci mial troche obycia czy doswiadczenia zdobytego w firmie prawnej jako asystent adwokata (paralegal) czy jako sekretarka. I dzieki takiemu poleceniu znajomego czy znajomej pytajacy wpadal w wir przygod i klopotow finansowo-prawnych. W mojej juz ponad 18-letniej karierze adwokata w Nowym Jorku mialem do czynienia z wieloma klientami ktorzy nie tylko stracili fortuny na falszywych prawnikach, ale i wpakowali sie w klopoty natury kryminalnej. A wszystko zazwyczaj zaczynalo sie od pytania o dobrego prawnika, czyli takiego ktory wszystko zalatwi i to bardzo szybko (najczesciej falszywa zielona karte czy karte social security, pozwolenie na prace, prawo jazdy, itd. jak to robili rozni agenci czy agentki podajacy sie za prawnikow). No bo nasze srodowisko polonijne nie akceptuje prawnikow ktorzy uczciwie podchodza do sprawy i jezeli widza ze klient nie ma sprawy, nie podejmuja sie jej prowadzenia. O nie, nasz polonijny klient preferuje "dobrego adwokata" ktory wezmie kazda sprawe, i rzuci na wstepie fraze typu: "Prosze sie niczym nie przejmowac, u mnie jest wszystko do zalatwienia." Albo: "Droga Pani, toz to ja znam tego sedziego bardzo dobrze, jestesmy kolegami." Na poczatku wiec wszyscy sie usmiechaja, falszywy prawnik badz tez licencjonowany prawnik (ale bez skrupulow), bo wlasnie zgarnal pieniadze, a klient, bo trafil na dobrego prawnika ktory "wszystko moze" i obiecal ze zalatwi wszystko "bez problemow".
Masa osob oszukanych przez falszywych adwokatow, czy agencje podejmujaca sie prowadzenia sprawy imigracyjnej czy rozwodu w ich imieniu zawitala do mojego biura po utracie pieniedzy i zmarnowaniu czasu, duzo z nich nabawilo sie duzo gorszych problemow: znalezli sie w dportacji, w postepowaniu kryminalnym, itd. Mialem takze czesto do czynienia, najczesciej w sprawach imigracyjnych, z klientami, ktorzy trafili do rzeczywistych prawnikow, ale tych bez skrupulow, ktorzy to wlasnie podejmuja sie prowadzenia sprawy, kiedy klient nie ma zadnych szans na "zielona karte" czy tez na wize pracownicza. Czesto byli to moi byli klienci, ktorych sprawy odrzucilem, po uprzednim wyjasnieniu dlaczego ich sprawy nie da sie zalatwic. Niezadowoleni, poszli do tego czy tamtego prawnika ktory obiecal ze da sie zalatwic. I co sie okazalo? Wzial pieniadze, sprawe zlozyl i zakonczyla sie ona odmowa, a klient taki pozniej trafial do postepowania deportacyjnego badz kryminalnego (czasem tez adwokat sprawy nawet nie skladal, i wtedy klient stracil tylko pieniadze i czas). W dobrym przypadku, taki adwokat najczesciej pokiwal glowa, poklepal po plecach i powiedzial: no coz, nie udalo sie, powodzenia!" W gorszym przypadku, byl nieuchwytny badz w ogole zniknal. Niejeden z takich klientow wracal pozniej do mnie i prosil o wyciagniecie go z matni w ktorej sie znalazl dzieki "dobremu prawnikowi". Na pytanie dlaczego uwierzyli w te zapewnienia, po tym jak uprzednio wyjasnilem im ze nie maja szans na pozytywne zalatwienie swojej sprawy, odpowiadali najczesciej tak: "Panie Mecenasie, tonacy brzytwy sie chwyta" albo "bardzo latwo sie w wierzy w zapewnienia jezeli dotycza one czegos czego bardzo potrzebujemy. Tak jak zonie ktora nas zdradza, a my wierzymy w jej najbardziej durne wyjasnienia".
Niezaleznie od powyzszego, moja rada jest nastepujaca: w wyborze prawnika nie kierujmy sie umiejetnosciami marketingowymi prawnika, tym ze widzimy jego platna reklame w gazecie, badz tym ze publikuje jakies porady imigracyjne dzieki koledze w gazecie, albo w zamian za platne reklamy na ktorych gazeta zarabia. Dobry prawnik nie ma potrzeby na platne reklamy w gazetach, w radiu czy telewizji. Klienci trafia do niego dzieki reputacji, nie platnym reklamom.Wystarczy ze jego adres jest gdzies w internecie badz w spisie prawnikow by mozna bylo trafic do niego.
Unikajmy falszywych usmiechow, kancelari na polysk, obietnic bez pokrycia czy zapewnien o znajomosci z sedzia czy urzednikiem. W zyciu nic dobrego nie przychodzi bezbolesnie. Lepszym i bezpieczniejszym dla klienta bedzie prawnik ktory odkryje zarowno slabe jak i mocne punkty sprawy i bedzie uciazliwy, wymagajac od klienta roznych dowodow, od tego ktory gwarantuje wynik, objecuje tylko zwyciestwo i w ogole nie widzi zadnego problemu.

Powyzszy artykul ma charakter informacyjny, i nie stanowi porady prawnej. Porada moze byc udzielona tylko po uslyszeniu przez adwokata faktow konkretnej sprawy. W przypadku pytan, prosze kontaktowac sie z Mecenasem Andrzejewskim przez e-mail: janusz@januszandrzejewski.com badz telefonicznie: (212) 634-4250

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Dawno juz nie pisalem na temat rozwodow, a jest to jeden z najbardziej goracych tematow dla Polakow na emigracji, zwlaszcza tych w USA. Wiadomo, wielu z nich wyjechalo z Polski, zostawiajac w kraju drugiego malzonka i dzieci. Jak mogli, starali sie utrzymywac rodzine w kraju, bo to przeciez chec poprawy losu rodziny przywiodla ich najczesciej za wielka wode. Dlugi pobyt za oceanem, z dala od rodziny, powoli rozluznial wiezi emocjonalne miedzy malzonkami. Ciezka dola imigranta, zwlaszcza w poczatkowym okresie i dla tych nie znajacych jezyka, i ogromne poczucie samotnosci, powodowalo ze otwierali sie latwo na nowe relacje emocjonalne i nowe, najczesciej nieformalne zwiazki.
Ale nie tylko samotni imigranci siegaja czesto po rozwod. Zauwazam duza tendencje do rozwiazywania malzenstw takze pomiedzy malzonkami ktorzy wyemigrowali do USA razem. Zazwyczaj kobiety adaptuja sie latwiej do zycia na emigracji, zdobywaja czesciej nowe wyksztalcenie w USA, potrafia szybciej rozladowac swoje frustracje emocjonalne i nawiazac kontakt w nowym srodowisku.  Mezczyzni natomiast gorzej sobie radza z adaptacja do zycia w nowym kraju, zwlaszcza jezeli osiagneli okreslona pozycje i prestiz w ojczyznie. Nie potrafia rozladowac swoich niepokojow tak dobrze jak kobiety, zamykaja sie w sobie i wyladowuja swoja niska pozycje spoleczna na swoich zonach, zwlaszcza jezeli popadli w alkocholizm. I tak rozpadaja sie nam polskie malzenstwa na obczyznie calkiem szybko.
Jezeli malzonkowie nie dorobili sie jeszcze niczego w swoim kraju i nie maja dzieci, rozwody ich sa zazwyczaj proste. Najczesciej mozna je rozwiazac, najlepiej  z udzialem adwokata, na drodze ugodowej, ktora jest relatywnie tania i szybka. W przypadku braku ugody miedzy malzonkami, i posiadaniem nieletnich dzieci, mieszkania, domu, biznesu, niezbedna staje sie pomoc adwokata doswiadczonego w prowadzeniu rozwodow.
Kiedy w przypadku rozwodow ugodowych (niekontestowanych) wystarczy napisac w odpowiedniej formie pozew, zlozyc go w sadzie z oplata i dostarczy go drugiej stronie, i po podpisaniu ugody, wypelnic pozostale formy i zlozyc je sadzie, z dodatkowa oplata, to w przypadku rozwodow bez zgody (kontestowanych) konieczna jest pomoc doswiadczonego adwokata. Najczesciej po wymianie pozwu i odpowiedzi miedzy stronami, nalezy wystapic o zwolanie konferencji z udzialem sedziego, stron i ich adwokatow. Na takiej konferencji, sedzia po stwierdzeniu ze ugoda jest niemozliwa, wyznaczy harmonogram sprawy na przyszlosc. Strony, przez adwokatow, beda musialy wymienic sie pytaniami pisemnymi i odpowiedziami na nie, swoimi oswiadczeniami finansowymi pod przysiega i dokumentami finansowymi, wlaczajac w to rozliczenia podatkowe, i przychodzic do sadu na wszystkie konferencje i rozprawy. Czesto, zanim sprawa dotrze do stadium rozprawy (trial), strony sa przesluchiwane przez adwokatow drugiej strony pod katem spraw finansowych i majatkowych nmalzonkow.  W czasie tego stadium czesto pojawiaja sie problemy zwiazane z niwlasciwie wypelnianymi rozliczeniami podatkowymi. Wszyscy powinni pamietac by uzywac kompetentnych ksiegowych do dokonywania rozliczen, by pozniej w czasie sprawy rozwodowej nie popasc w wielkie problemy. Sedzia ktory w czasie rozprawy odkryje ze ktores z malzonkow zlozylo falszywe rozliczenie, nie ma wyboru, musi zawiadomic odpowieniego prokuratora. Jak sobie radzic z podobna sytuacja? Nalezy jak najszybciej zlozyc poprawione zeznanie podatkowe. Co jeszcze mozna w takiej sytuacji zrobic? Na pewno zkonsultowac sie jak najszybciej z adwokatem doswiadczonym w sprawach rozwodowych.
Jezeli strony posiadaja nieruchomosci, biznesy, fundusze emerytalne, zdobyly licencje lekarza, adwokata, czy architekta w czasie malzenstwa, sad wyznacza ekspertow do wyceny majatku, biznesu czy licencji, na wniosek stron. Strony musza pokryc wydatki na ekspertow, po polowie badz procentowo w zaleznosci od swoich dochodow. Strona ktorej dochod jest duzo nizszy od drugiego malzonka, badz nie ma dochodu, moze wystapic z wnioskiem o zasadzenie kosztow adwokackich od drugiego malzonka i o alimenty dla siebie, nawet na poczatku sprawy rozwodowej, tuz po zlozeniu pozwu. Takze tymczasowe alimenty na dzieci moga byc przyznane na poczatku sprawy, po zlozeniu odpowiedniego wniosku  Jezeli jedno z malzonkow ma uzasadnione powody do obawy przed znecaniem sie fizycznym badz psychicznym, mozliwe jest szybkie uzyskanie zakazu zblizania sie do tego malzonka (order of protection), po zlozeniu odpowiedniego wniosku, popartego np. raportem policyjnym, czy innymi dowodami znecania sie przez drugiego malzonka.
W przypadku sporow co do opieki nad dziecmi, zwlaszcza tymi najmniejszymi, czesto sad wyznacza psychologa do ewaluacji dzieci, i ich relacji z obojgiem rodzicow, zwlaszcza kiedy jednego malzonka obowiazuje zakaz zblizania sie do drugiego malzonka. Na czas prowadzenia sprawy, sad przyznaje tymczasowa opieke, tymczasowe alimenty i tymczasowe wizytacje dzieci dla drugiego rodzica. W przypadku napietych stosunkow miedzy malzonkami, wizytacje sa nadzorowane, przez uzgodniona przez malzonkow 3-a osobe badz przez odpowiednia organizacje. W tym drugim przypadku wizytacje sa prowadzone w siedzibie tej organizacji, ktora pobiera oplaty.
Wiekszosc spraw rozwodowych jest ewentualnie ugodzona, czesto przy nacisku sadu, kiedy sedzia widzi ze przedmioty sporne sa blache. Z mojego doswiadczenia, okolo 80-90% spraw konczy sie ewentualnie ugoda. Od stron zalezy jak szybko. W interesie malzonkow najlepsze jest jak najszybsze dogadanie sie. Im dluzej sprawa trwa, tym wieksze koszty finansowe i emocjonalne.
Nie jestem w stanie opisac wszystkich wariantow rozwodowych, i niniejszy artykul nie stanowi porady w konkretnej sprawie, tylko ogolna informacje. Jednakze w przypadku pytan prosze umowic sie na konsultacje, i chetnie udziele odpowiedzi na pytania szczegolowe.

Janusz W. Andrzejewski (Tel. 212-634-4250) prowadzi kancelarie adwokacka na Manhattanie od 1993, ktora zajmuje sie sprawami imigracyjnymi, wlaczajac w to obrone w postepowaniu deportacyjnym, rozwody i inne aspekty prawa rodzinnego, testamenty i spadki, prawo nieruchomosci wlaczajc w to prawo mieszkaniowe, pewne aspekty spraw kryminalnych i sprawy cywilne, glownie dotyczace wypadkow.

POLSKI ADWOKAT W NOWYM JORKU - JANUSZ W. ANDRZEJEWSKI
TEL.: (212) 634-4250
BLOG: WWW.JANUSZANDRZEJEWSKI.COM
E-MAIL: JANUSZ@JANUSZANDRZEJEWSKI.COM

Czas leci nieublaganie. Pamietam do dzis jak przeszlo osiemnascie lat temu otwieralem na Manhatanie moja kancelarie adwokacka. Jakze inny klimat panowal wtedy w srodowisku polonijnym, jakze inne nastroje emanowaly ze srodowisk imigracyjnych Nowego Jorku. Przyszlosc nam wszystkim jawila sie wtedy w jasnych barwach. Zaczalem skromnie, wynajmujac male biuro w firmie prawnej mojego bylego szefa. Smiech mnie ogarnia kiedy przypominam sobie ze przez kilka miesiecy dzialalem bez komputera, korzystajac z "word processora".  Wlozylem w to biuro wszystko co mialem, zapozyczylem sie, i pracowalem z entuzjazmem. Z miesiaca na miesiac przybywalo klientow. Polonia wowczas byla dynamiczna, wspomagana ciaglym naplywem "turystow" z Polski. Pomimo braku funduszy na starcie, praktyka rozrastala sie. Niejedna noc spedzilem w biurze by zdazyc przygotowac niejeden pozew, wniosek czy aplikacje. Nie narzekalem, bo bylem samodzielny, niezalezny od nikogo i pracowalem dla naszych ludzi, rozwiazujac ich problemy. Polonia rozrastala sie, przybywalo profesjonalistow w srodowisku polonijnym, wyrastaly jak grzyby po deszczu nowe polonijne biznesy. Az przyszedl w koncu czas kiedy klimat dla imigrantow z Polski (dla przybyszy z innych krajow takze) w USA sie pogorszyl, kiedy regulacje imigracyjne zostaly usztywnione, i rzesze Polakow zaczely powoli kierowac sie w strone Europy Zachodniej, gdzie zielone karty do zycia nie sa im potrzebne, gdzie polski dowod czy paszport jest wystarczajcy do uzyskania ubezpieczenia zdrowotnego, zasilku dla bezrobotnych czy innych swiadczen socjalnych. Jako adwokat imigracyjny mam szanse zaobserwowac wielkie roznice w urzedach imigracyjnych. Kiedy poczekalnie urzedu imigracyjnego dawniej potrafily gromadzic jednorazowo powyzej 500 osob czekajacych na interview na zielona karte, obecnie 40-50 osob czeka w tej samej sali, badz jest rozeslanych do kilku oddzielnych sal na roznych pietrach. Zgola przeciwna jest sytuacja w sadach imigracyjnych, rozpatrujacych sprawy deportacyjne. Tam sale sadowe, poczekalnie i korytarze sa przepelnione. Przed nami kolejne wybory, i wiadomo ze nie ma zadnych szans w najblizszym czasie na reforme prawa imigracyjnego i jakiekolwiek polepszenie sytuacji milionow nielegalnych. Prezydent Obama wykorzystuje co prawda luki w przepisach, i poprzez swoje zarzadzenia czy instrukcje wplywa na zlagodzenie sytuacji imigrantow, zwlaszcza tych znajdujacych sie w postepowaniu deportacyjnym, bez przeszlosci kryminalnej, majacych silne zwiazki z USA, jednakze jest to kropla wody na pustyni. By Polonia w USA wzmacniala sie, konieczny jest doplyw swiezej krwi, konieczni sa nowi przybysze z Polski, konieczne sa naciski na kongres w celu zniesienia wiz dla Polakow. Polonia musi sie sprezyc i wykorzystac coraz silniejsza pozycje w wymiarze ekonomicznym i edukacyjnym, i przelozyc ja na silniejsza pozycje polityczna, i co za tym idzie na zwiekszenie naciskow na kongresmenow i senatorow. Polska potrzebuje silnej Polonii w USA, zwlaszcza w sytuacji zaostrzajacego sie kryzysu ekonomicznego w Europie. Miejmy nadzieje ze Europa sobie poradzi z kryzysem ekonomicznym, i z duzo powazniejszym kryzysem zaufania do struktur Unii Europejskiej. Jest jednak bardzo prawdopodobne ze jednak nastapi krach Unii, a wtedy jedyna nadzieja Polski bedzie mocna i prezna Polonia w USA, potrafiaca wywrzec skoordynowany nacisk na kongres, partie polityczne i na wladze wykonawcze USA w celu ochrony niezaleznej pozycji Polski w podzielonej Europie.

JANUSZ ANDRZEJEWSKI (TEL.212-634-4250) "PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION" AS A TOOL TO STAY AND WORK LEGALLY FOR CERTAIN ALIENS IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS

Since there is not much happening regarding reform of immigration law and amnesty, the aliens, particularly those already in deportation proceedings pending in immigration courts, have to console themselves with a so called prosecutorial discretion. Pursuant to John Morton Memorandum, dated June 17, 2011, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (the "ICE") may use in certain deportation cases prosecutorial discretion in granting various forms of relief to aliens in deportation proceedings, meeting some of the following factors: person's length of presence in the US, circumstances of arrival and manner of entry to the US, pursuit of education in the US, military service of the person or her immediate relatives, criminal history, immigration history, national security risk, ties and contribution to community, ties to home country, age, immediate relatives in the US, health, pregnancy, likelihood of obtaining permanent residency in the US or temporary status, cooperation with federal or local law enforcement authorities, etc. Not all of the above factors have to be met and some of them are more important than others. Since the relief is withing discretion of the ICE, it is important that each case is properly presented to ICE by an experienced immigration attorney. As a result of prosecutorial discretion being exercised by ICE, an alien might be granted the following forms of relief: dismissal of deportation proceeding, deferred action, parole, stay of order of deportation, etc..

Janusz W. Andrzejewski, Attorney-at-Law (212) 634-4250 is located in New York City,  where for a period of more than 26 years he has conducted practice of law in the areas of personal injuries and medical malpractice, immigration law (including deportation defense), family law,  and some aspects of criminal law, landlord & tenant law, and residential real estate. The above information, being subject of this post, does not constitute a legal advice, which may be given by this attorney only upon consideration of all the circumstances, which usually vary with respect to different persons.