Hoody Hoo.
Must...control...urge...to say...ayup...
In the big picture, how much of a change will this mean for Cuba? Will the brother keep the government running in the same vein? or is there a chance for positive diplomatic relations to begin between Cuba and the United States?
Is George W. Bush resigning too ?
No. He has a term limit. Then, we elect somebody else, that isn't necessarily his little brother.Is George W. Bush resigning too ?
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Made me do a big-ass double-take this morning when I brought up CNN. I can with complete honesty say I never thought I would read that...
He must be on death's door and knockin' pretty damn loud.
I agree. I expected him to be in a rest home, running Cuba, Howard Hughes style, from a kingsize bed in front of a bank of televisions.
There are talks of free elections, time will tell. We have “a lot” of Cuban ex-pats in the US. I bet they are really looking forward to a warming of relations, and the current administration could really use some face saving gestures.
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The whole thing really doesn't faze me much, aside from wondering what would have happened had Che not been killed. I mean, I was somewhere between the ages of four and six when the Cold War ended, so in my mind, Castro has always been just some crazy old guy with weird ideas.
Anyway, I do hope that Cuba does what's best for Cuba, and not what's best for Cuba's leaders.
Bella Sara Charter Superscriber
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...Or its son or its wife ;No. He has a term limit. Then, we elect somebody else, that isn't necessarily his little brother.Is George W. Bush resigning too ?
Okay, I get it. You don't like George Bush.
Buh-bye.
I thought that was a Hilary reference...
My personal hope is that we elect Hilary, then Jeb Bush, then Chelsea, then some other Bush, then some other Clinton, then maybe the two royal families could each have a child and those children would fall in love and the families would get all hostile and there could be some crazy tragedy/romance thing. But it would all end with Texas, California and New York nuking each other. That would be awesome...
(I've always had a soft spot for Castro. He looks like someone's nutty grandpa. If you can overlook that whole nutso murderer thing, I bet he's not a bad guy.)
...Or its son or its wife ;No. He has a term limit. Then, we elect somebody else, that isn't necessarily his little brother.Is George W. Bush resigning too ?
Okay, I get it. You don't like George Bush.
Buh-bye.I thought that was a Hilary reference...
My personal hope is that we elect Hilary, then Jeb Bush, then Chelsea, then some other Bush, then some other Clinton, then maybe the two royal families could each have a child and those children would fall in love and the families would get all hostile and there could be some crazy tragedy/romance thing. But it would all end with Texas, California and New York nuking each other. That would be awesome...
(I've always had a soft spot for Castro. He looks like someone's nutty grandpa. If you can overlook that whole nutso murderer thing, I bet he's not a bad guy.)
*Sobs*
Us insane murderers is always persecuted against!
My uncle bore a striking resemblance to Fidel.
I miss my uncle. :(
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...Or its son or its wife ;No. He has a term limit. Then, we elect somebody else, that isn't necessarily his little brother.Is George W. Bush resigning too ?
Okay, I get it. You don't like George Bush.
Buh-bye.I thought that was a Hilary reference...
My personal hope is that we elect Hilary, then Jeb Bush, then Chelsea, then some other Bush, then some other Clinton, then maybe the two royal families could each have a child and those children would fall in love and the families would get all hostile and there could be some crazy tragedy/romance thing. But it would all end with Texas, California and New York nuking each other. That would be awesome...
(I've always had a soft spot for Castro. He looks like someone's nutty grandpa. If you can overlook that whole nutso murderer thing, I bet he's not a bad guy.)
I get it now. Duuuuh....
Castro.
Didn't the CIA put him in power?
His brother sounds like a piece of work too, but at least he's not very charismatic.Roger Clinton?!?!? You take that back!!!
I miss making fun of Billy Carter.
His brother sounds like a piece of work too, but at least he's not very charismatic.Roger Clinton?!?!? You take that back!!!
Are you a Roger Clinton goupie? Do you follow him around the country as he tours?
If so, would you get me an autographed T-shirt?
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Bella Sara Charter Superscriber
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No, silly bean! Castro's brother--what's his name....Castro.His brother sounds like a piece of work too, but at least he's not very charismatic.Roger Clinton?!?!? You take that back!!!
I think his name is Lidef Ortsac. And have you ever noticed that he doesn't have a beard?
BIG JIM SLADE!!!!!
Fidel resigns...proof that communism works!!! Someone let the Boyscouts of America know that they wont have to be airdropped into Cuba to walk the old guy into an old folks home afterall.
Proof that our genetic code, programmed to slowly cripple and then inevitably murder us works as well. ;)
Castro.
Didn't the CIA put him in power?
Not all dictators were put in power by CIA. Some, and worse than Castro, but not all. Which probably explains why USA and Castro didn't like each other from the start.
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Cubans have to decide by themselves what to do with their country, democratically (which is really far away from what the USA want for Cuba).
Meanwhile, I'll keep demanding my right to vote on the USA elections, since every decision made by your government affects me.
The spanish election system lacks from some democratic requirements, as does the USA election system too. So start criticizing and fixing your own "democracy" at least as much as you try to "fix" others'. Like Cuba, for example.
Aritz Cirbián
Barcelona, Spain
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Fidel resigns...proof that communism works!!! Someone let the Boyscouts of America know that they wont have to be airdropped into Cuba to walk the old guy into an old folks home afterall.Proof that our genetic code, programmed to slowly cripple and then inevitably murder us works as well. ;)
Actually "The Jade" stringtheory invalidates religion and evolution...so it aint your genetic code that is doing it to you...its the need to validate a given reality through change in possibility.
Want to live forever...go kill the doctor whose reality is validated by you being sick.
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Cubans have to decide by themselves what to do with their country, democratically (which is really far away from what the USA want for Cuba).
Meanwhile, I'll keep demanding my right to vote on the USA elections, since every decision made by your government affects me.
The spanish election system lacks from some democratic requirements, as does the USA election system too. So start criticizing and fixing your own "democracy" at least as much as you try to "fix" others'. Like Cuba, for example.
Aritz Cirbián
Barcelona, Spain
Just think...communist cuba might have wound up like the charnal slaughterhouse Hatii if Doctor Che had not been assassinated. But then again perhaps it would have been a better healthier cuba.
Siren Sounds.
"HUMMMMHUUUUM!"
"Daily Exercise Hour begins now!" THe voice on the loud speakers echoed out across Havana.
"And now a special treat...Jane Fonda's Exercise Hour".
AND PS You need to demand your right to vote on USA elections because you lost the right to directly and regularly approve every act of Government, Law, and Constitution.
Not all dictators were put in power by CIA. Some, and worse than Castro, but not all. Which probably explains why USA and Castro didn't like each other from the start.Castro.
Didn't the CIA put him in power?
Charming.
Guess what... my post was not a generalism posed by some dick who thinks "all dictators were put in power by CIA" or I would have said so. It was actually a serious question. Years ago I heard an argument that there was CIA money behind him and was fishing to see if anyone else has heard of this. Of course I know the US backed Batista but a lot of stuff goes on that we don't know about, doesn't it.
As far as America's 'crusade' against Cuba (crusade as in indicting Canadian companies that do business there), my understanding is that the USA and Castro didn't like each other because he threw Americans out and nationalized their properties. Added to this the fact that having a communist regime so close to America amounts to a chink in America's strategic defenses.
As far as America's 'crusade' against Cuba (crusade as in indicting Canadian companies that do business there), my understanding is that the USA and Castro didn't like each other because he threw Americans out and nationalized their properties. Added to this the fact that having a communist regime so close to America amounts to a chink in America's strategic defenses.
Ok, no, haven't heard of CIA involvement on Castro's rise to power...and the dictators supported by CIA were usually the ones who overthrew the governments which went for nationalization, so that would go against the common logic.
I just don't see Cuba as being a "big fish" in our foreign policy any more--most nuclear superpowers have the ability to launch an attack w/o needing Cuba as a staging point (as was threatened during the Cuban Missle Crisis). Of course I wish Cuba's citizens well, but even if democracy comes it in no way guarantees an improved lifestyle for the average citizen--democracy can put idiots into power just as easily as a military coup. Money, popularity or power--these three things usually propel men and women into positions of leasdership--but none of these factors guarantee wise or compassionate governance.
Fidel resigns...proof that communism works!!! Someone let the Boyscouts of America know that they wont have to be airdropped into Cuba to walk the old guy into an old folks home afterall.Proof that our genetic code, programmed to slowly cripple and then inevitably murder us works as well. ;)Actually "The Jade" stringtheory invalidates religion and evolution...so it aint your genetic code that is doing it to you...its the need to validate a given reality through change in possibility.
Want to live forever...go kill the doctor whose reality is validated by you being sick.
You mean killing doctors is some sort of fountain of youth?! YES! I've already buried two urologists this year! (I told them both never to approach the beast from its right side or they might startle it and get bit but they didn't listen.)
I know people who don't believe they'll age until they start believing they'll age. It's always sad to watch when reality comes a knockin'. :\
I know people who don't believe they'll age until they start believing they'll age. It's always sad to watch when reality comes a knockin'. :\Stupid reality, anyway...
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I've always kind of been a "hey, you kids... get offa my lawn" kind of guy at heart... but then one day ten years ago I saw these tresspassing kids were having a battle royale squirt gun fight. I drove to the store and bought the two biggest water cannons I could find. I charged the kids with these crop waterers and unleashed Lake Huron on them. Their parents showed up and noticed that their kids were entirely soaked through, cloth to skin, but the kids were so giggly and pleased about their waterlogging that they were the only ones to garner a disapproving parental headshake.
So I guess my point is don't just tell kids to get off your lawn... say it with high powered weaponry.
AND PS You need to demand your right to vote on USA elections because you lost the right to directly and regularly approve every act of Government, Law, and Constitution.
No such right exists, in the U. S. Constitution.
No such right exists by universal fiat either.
He's right. Which is why I don't vote. That, and I hate choosing the lesser of two evils. F*$%, I hate politics.
And, I hate talking about politics. Let's stop.
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So I guess my point is don't just tell kids to get off your lawn... say it with high powered weaponry.Soooo... Should I or should I not replace the LAW missile launchers mounted in my yard with:
a.) Super Soakers,
b.) Tasers, or
c.) Tactical nukes?
I'm a big fan of Dogs.
And Bees.
And dogs with beehives inside of them so that they shoot bees out of their mouth when they bark.
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So I guess my point is don't just tell kids to get off your lawn... say it with high powered weaponry.Soooo... Should I or should I not replace the LAW missile launchers mounted in my yard with:
a.) Super Soakers,
b.) Tasers, or
c.) Tactical nukes?I'm a big fan of Dogs.
And Bees.
And dogs with beehives inside of them so that they shoot bees out of their mouth when they bark.
And Explosion Dogs.
I'd recommend digging holes and covering them with sod, so kids fall leg down into the pit. I fill the pit with Ben Gay, that way when the tingling starts they think they've been poisoned. Run home to your mommy! Tell 'em the jellyfish man got you! That's right!