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Castro
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Handed over power to brother Raul...suffered massive internal bleeding.
First time he handed over power since 1959, when he assumed control of Cuba.
First time he handed over power since 1959, when he assumed control of Cuba.
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it's a favorite of those fun loving Canadians! Cuba is MUCH
cheaper to vacation in![:D]
Fidel's been dancing to the music for almost 50 years. Guess what????
I'd like to sun on some of those legendary Cuban beaches -
it's a favorite of those fun loving Canadians! Cuba is MUCH
cheaper to vacation in![:D]
I had one of those "legendary Cubans" and it kicked my *! I was so freeking dizzy after smoking that thing, that I didn't feel very safe behind the wheel of my humvee. Just thinking about how nautious I was is giving me a headache.
Teddy Roosevelt is grinning like a cat tonight.
So long Castro, hello sweet opportunity America.
Be careful of what you ask for...you might get it, after all....
Just what we need..another jolly little war, 90 miles off our coast.
Handed over power to brother Raul...suffered massive internal bleeding.
First time he handed over power since 1959, when he assumed control of Cuba.
Without Fidel it's Communist Cuba 3 more years tops.
His strength of personality are all thet keeps it that way.
quote:Originally posted by zipperzap
I'd like to sun on some of those legendary Cuban beaches -
it's a favorite of those fun loving Canadians! Cuba is MUCH
cheaper to vacation in![:D]
I had one of those "legendary Cubans" and it kicked my *! I was so freeking dizzy after smoking that thing, that I didn't feel very safe behind the wheel of my humvee. Just thinking about how nautious I was is giving me a headache.
I hear you about those wonderfull cuban cigars. I bought a few and the first one made me so sick I tossed my cookies and was dizzy for two days. I gave the rest to a relative who has smoked cigars for years. He loved them.[:0]
When the day finally arrives that the U.S. and Cuba trade with one another once again and fine Cuban cigars become available here, Cuba's economy will skyrocket a hundred-fold from where it currently is.
Pity many of the Central American countries whose now-favored fine cigar exports to the U.S. will quickly take a distance back seat to the Cubans.
Arrrgh! More foreign aid!!!!![;)]
"In the note read by secretary Carlos Valenciaga, Castro said he underwent surgery after suffering gastrointestinal bleeding, apparently due to stress from recent public appearances in Argentina and eastern Cuba."
Here's a link.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060801/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_castro
Its funny how so many liberals in America LOVE castro and Cuba and their government. I was just curious how those same Americans would feel if Bush announced tommorow that instead of an election in 2008 he was just going to hand over the presidency to Jeb Bush for 20 years
Castro WAS a lot better for Cuba than that gentleman Batista. You see, as a "democracy" (really a democratic republic) we Americans are reluctant to recognize dictatorships as legitimate governemnts. The Cubans, on the other hand, were for the most part willing to accept a better dictator than the * they had before.
Here you go Sig, he had some surgery for some bleeding.
"In the note read by secretary Carlos Valenciaga, Castro said he underwent surgery after suffering gastrointestinal bleeding, apparently due to stress from recent public appearances in Argentina and eastern Cuba."
Here's a link.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060801/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_castro
Thanks for the link. I was not aware of his illness. I wonder what will happen after Raul passes on. I hope Cuba can enjoy freedom soon.[:)]
Knowing the typical Commie propaganda, he may already be dead or nearly so.
I remember seeing his picture on the cover of Look or Life during the revolution back when I was a kid. He was sitting in an American jeep, I believe with his brother and Che Guevara.
you'll get trade and all the cuban cigars you want when, and only when, they have become our little *. it's all about the power game. just like venezuela but much more important to our image.
his faults aside, that dude was 20x more of a man than any of us here could ever be. you could learn much from his past life but you get nothing from mindlessly celebrating his (possible) death.
What happened that sparked the whole anti-Cuba thing in the US? I know about the Cuban Missile Crisis during JFK's administration, but obviously there was something going on prior to that.
Any takers?
Cuban Missile Crisis? check wikipedia.org.
The C-M-C was not the beginning of bad relations with cuba.
The Kennedys detested him so much, they tried for years to assassinate him. It was called Operation Mongoose.
Corruption was the order of the day. Castro took over..and we had the chance to work with him. He absolutely was not going to allow the old order to happen, however....and the big money in this country made him an enemy.
One thing I like about Caxtro..all Aid's 'victims' are put inside barbed wire. They have plenty to do and eat and play with...but don't run in the general population.
Trinity +++
one guy interviewed thinks he's really dead but they're just not saying so yet to keep public order for a little bit. -which is nothing our own government wouldn't do to us.
you'll get trade and all the cuban cigars you want when, and only when, they have become our little *. it's all about the power game. just like venezuela but much more important to our image.
his faults aside, that dude was 20x more of a man than any of us here could ever be. you could learn much from his past life but you get nothing from mindlessly celebrating his (possible) death.
Their faults aside, Stalin and Hitler would probably be NASCAR fans too, but let's not put their faults aside.
Castro did not allow complaints. He killed fellow revolutionaries rather than share power, freedom of speech or opinions didn't exist under him.
If he created a "paradise", how many drowned trying to get there rather than flee?
Send flowers if you want, I won't.
In time all bad things and people must past.
Teddy Roosevelt is grinning like a cat tonight.
So long Castro, hello sweet opportunity America.
Dude, be caureful what you wish for, really. Saying that Raul is better than Fidel is sort of like saying Usai was better than Saddam.
Raul is more of a nutjob than Fidel is, far more radical.
Having said that, it would be interesting what would happen with their economy if America made a complete reversal of policy. Suppose Amercia said "Go ahead and call yourself a Communist state. We are going to flood your economy. We will vacaction in Cuba. We will buy whatever we can from the Cuban people. Raul, just try to keep control of your economy. Just try to surpress the people standard of living. You think communisimis good? The people are going to like capitalism so much better."
I think America could flood that economy like nothing seen before if we could look past the fact Cuba is a dicatorship.
Capt. Plaid you are exactly right. This is the policy the US should have undertaken years ago, and we probably would have, except that Presidents feel the need to pander to the fanatical Cuba lobby in Florida.
I see these Cubans dancing around in the streets, celebrating. They are yelling about freedom and democracy.
What a bunch of heros. They sat around for 45 years, waiting for a guy to die. When he does, they will all drink another rum and Coke, and cross their fingers and hope that the dictator's brother will be a nice guy. Guess what? The brother will be worse.
If these Miami Cubans were half the men that Castro was, they would have gotten their guns and gone to the Sierra Maestra mountains and started a war to kick Fidel out. What, a couple hundred guys got killed at the Bay of Pigs, so the rest decided there was nothing to be done? What a bunch of losers.
I sure won't mourn his passing when it occurs, but my main concern is the aftermath. Castro has ruled with a combination of a personality cult & brutal repression with all power firmly in his hands alone. At best, this doesn't make for an orderly transition. At worst, there is the potential for a devastating civil war. As with any dictatorship, there are others biding their time in hopes of becoming the next absolute power.
Adios mutterfocker
I'd drink to that![:D]