Volveran
 

Come on all you so fair minded americans explain this to me.

http://hometown.aol.com/temacuba/volveran.html

well, it's quite easily explained...

you see, us fair-minded Americans are in the grips of a radical, neo-conservative right-wing government who are, due to the nuances of electoral politics, required to curry favor with the large and influential Cuban population in the crucial swing state of Florida in order to win the next election and maintain power. therefore, in the grand US tradition of trampling human rights to perpetuate foreign policy objectives, which in turn are designed to achieve political objectives, the Bush administration has made it policy to keeps it's nose buried deeply in the asshole of the anti-Castro lobby and crush any flies who happen to have been buzzing around, attracted to the stink.

clear as a fucking bell, no?

clear as a fucking bell, no?



Perfectly :ND: :D

It goes deeper than that. More fundamental and to the point is the fact that capitalism cannot tolerate any economic or social system that makes a mockery of it's ruthless and rapacious exploitation of physical and human resources. As we sit here the US is planning on doing the same thing to China and the EU in the future. It's the old Scorched Earth Policy they took over, whole cloth, from the Nazis. BTW England ain't exactly innocent in this case either.

not bad so far
 

Interesting,so far.
I have a book called the people of cuba v the u.s.government.
it lists lots of things that the u.s.has done over the years to cuba.
I always like to here both sides.
Politics I can understand.
But having been in Florida last year and talking to a lot of people,
I'm not covinced.
I did travel about a bit over a three week spell.
Anyway I have just returned from cuba and I found to my surprise,
the people I met and talked to had nothing bad to say about the american
people.
As for the us goverment they had lots to say.None of it good.
As to cubans who have left cuba and now plot againest cuba they have nothing good to say either.
When I asked about their own goverment I was more surprised,
The surport for castro and goverment seems to me to be very strong.
I found the cuba people to be a very mixed bunch.
When we talk about racism cuba have got it sorted.
Everybody was great I had no problems at all.
Havana was a strange place with such a mix of people.
Again I travelled all about.
I knew nobody in cuba when I went.
I now have a dozens of new friends.
Lots of invites to go back.
Anyway,back to the main point.
I have been to the us lots of times and love the place.
It seems to me that this anti-cuban thing needs to be sorted out.
I am very disapointed(not surprised) that the american people allow thier
goverment to treat a small country like cuba the way they do.

you give the US policy makers far too much credit, mon frer...the motivations behind our Cuba policy are not so deep or complex. it's presdential politics that drives the Cuba policy and has thru the last 25 years.

the US stands alone in their attempts to isolate Cuba politically and economically - most other countries feel the strategy of fostering economic interdependence is a far more effective way of creating a climate of change in Cuba, just as we do in China (the result of which are little fissures of capitalism and free enterprise breaking out all along it's economic seams). the difference is that there is not a strong, influential, and politically active Chinese expatriate community here in the US that can swing a key battleground state in an election.

well, there you go...i agree and i feel the same about the war in Iraq (very disappointed but not surprised that the american people allow thier government to invade Iraq for no apparent reason). once again, you have our foreign policy in the hands of a very small, ideologically bent group of people pursuing a political agenda because it favors a particular constituency. the administration needs a bogeyman (be it communism or terrorism), they attach a face to it (like Saddam or Fidel), throw out a few buzz words like "freedom" and "liberty", and the US public generally will buy it - we're not famous for our long attention spans or our ablity to think these things through.

so far so good
 

Yes all of that makes sense,
but is it true?

"that capitalism cannot tolerate any economic or social system that makes a mockery of it's ruthless and rapacious exploitation of physical and human resources"

because,if it is we are all guilty.
usless you are prepared to accept that no one person deserves more than
another it will always happen.
capitalism,is about exploitation.
We all do it in one way or another.

Two quotes.

"If you have money in the bank, in your wallet,
and spare change in a dish...
you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy."

"6% of people,possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
and all 6% live in the United States."

Where would you rather be in the 8%
or the 6%

"What are you prepared to do"

To help change the world

Indeed, we all exploit. Not just capitalists but all living things. Until we have evolved beyond the need for physical bodies (est. 10 million years) it will be so. Even then we may rely on some force from a higher dimension to sustain us. /Carl Sagan mode off.


I like this quote though:

“From each according to his abilities,
To each according to his needs”

- Karl Marx

That seems the most fair and efficient way. Anything else is just crass and obsessive.

(And now all America can hate me, except for a few old Jews from Miami and ex-pat Cubans.)

Congrats on your new friends.

i swear, you can never find a rightie when you really need one...

In 1998, five such individuals were arrested and tried in, of all places, Miami, Florida, despite their attorneys' requests to move the trial to a city where anti-Cuban prejudice would be less, such as Fort Lauderdale.

don't see how you can blame this one on the Bush administration tk :W:

Yes, it is a good way to live, but it's a bad way to govern a people. Mormons call this idea the Law of Consecration, but whereas the LDS church seeks to establish Zion, Communism only seeks to destroy the notions of economy and wealth, and more than a few communists have also sought to destroy or severly subsidize religion, science, higher education, media, and military, giving Marxism a bad reputation in the process. Karl Marx was a smart man, but far too many of his followers have been very stupid people. From a philosophical standpoint I see Communism as a bad thing, but then as TK points out the reality is that Communist nations do not exist in vacuums, they're constantly influenced by the world economy. Whenever Castro finally dies of old age his people will mourn him and then promptly forget their allegience to his government. Communism in Cuba won't last long without Fidel around, after that who knows what will happen?

only by default, dd, coz they're the administration in currently in power. but you're quite correct - this case would have to have Janet Reno's fingerprints on it and cerainly the Clinton's were as guilty as anyone of perpetuating this silly Cuba bullshit. this stuff goes back to the 50's, i believe, thru Dem & GOP administrations alike....i never understood it - how one group has managed to hold US foreign policy hostage to their wishes for the last 50 years. the only thing i know for sure is that the Cuban ex-pat faction is very powerful - they give lots of money, have great lobbyists, and everyone is scared to piss them off coz the conventional wisdom is that they can make or break a candidate in Florida.

we've had an embargo against Castro for 50 years and it hasn't moved him an inch - you'd think we might think about trying something different:uu:

Google "bay of pigs" and "cia castro assassination".

Don't you weenies learn anything except commie propaganda?

There was a lot of Cuban military intervention in Africa and sneakier stuff in Latin America and the Caribbean as well.

Try learning more and getting high less.

I can see you people's infatuation about the "from each according to his abilities" thing though....you wouldn't have to do squat.

theknife
"i swear, you can never find a rightie when you really need one..."

Uh oh, I think I've got a live one!

;)

He's in there, in my wild gypsy soul, with Mao and Genghis and the whole crew, with his weapons, and genocidal passions. I've learned to shorten his leash considerably though, even laugh at him. I'm laughing at a lot of things these days. Maybe I've finally tripped the boobie hatch, I don't know... that's a lie, actually I do......

:D

Yes Masser....
 

Spoken like an old timey slaver. Is that really your view of humanity, that we'er all shiftless and worthless unless forced into involuntary servitude buy one of the (no doubt) God's chosen?

You must be a very discontented or frustrated person at times like that. Try to feel that side of yourself when you think things like that, Go deeply into it and sit back and observe what happens to you emotionally. Don't think about it, don't criticize, just observe.

Let that be your meditation for today.

I dare you. I double dog dare you.

:/

all very well
 

O.K. so to keep people happy,the policy againest cuba continues.
Thats politics.
What I would like to know.
Did these men get a fair trail?
The Cuban people don't think so.
Therefore to win hearts and minds a retrail might be in order.
I found the Cuban people to be well informed and educated.
Not a repressed people at all.
Of couse I know it's in their interests to be friendly to visters,but
to invite people into their homes and help my wife and I to travel
most of their country was above the call of duty.
My own views are put aside when I am treated with such kindness.
I never once felt uneasy,the same cannot be said about when I was
in Miami last year.
As to what will happen when Castro dies I'm don't know.
The health and education in Cuba is fantastic and is regarded by most of the Cubans I met,as the most importent things.I got the feeling that they would
defend these things,should anybody try to change them.

Guess you didn't meet any Cuban political prisoners. They're a little off the beaten path. Try to arrange a tour next time you're there.
Kind of weak minded of you if that's all it takes. I base my views on less superficial things and don't change them so easily.
Same with the Cubans. Not letting them run their own country leaves them lacking the neccessary experience to take over.
Of course they'd defend them, they're free. Try to seperate an American from his government benefits, or anyone probably, and you'll get a fight.

I ask you, what about the IRA members sitting in English jails. At least the cubans received a trail, the English arrested, jailed, killed Irish men, women and children, sometimes just because they were Irish. Shouldn't the English government release them? Hey my fair minded Englishman? Explain to me why they should not be free.



I have a book explaning 800 years of wrong doings by the English towards Ireland and other Countries.

Really? On all subjects?

So then you understand why bombs were going off in London? Good.


Are you disappointed by the way you and all other English people allow there government to treat a small country like Northern Ireland the way they do????

Why can't you just stick to the topic Spart, instead of hijacking every other thread for another Ireland/Britain or Palestine/Israel whining rant?

It got old a long time ago.

Can't you figure how to start a new thread?

Yes I can...and Okay.......

?

good questions
 

]yes I am. but not how I treat them.
Have spent time in Irland as well North and South

If we could get away with it, we would squash Castro like the cockroach that he is, then steal all his Cuban Cigars! :eek:

Hi malvo,

When in Cuba by chance did u ask if they would be like to have a diff gov?

I have been there too.

Rights and wrongs
 

I was always told two wrongs don't make a right.
The fact that lots of countrys do others wrong.
Does not make it right ever.
I just heard about the case of these five men.
If we in the west are going to preach to the rest of
the world about freedoms,we must at least be transparant.
If these five men did something wrong lets prove it fairly.

Oh and by the way,dont get the idea that I don't
like the US,it has it's faults but it still has it's good points.

yes if couse
 

Hi Nic,
What were your experiances.
The ones I met and talked to about it seemed to be
quite surportive of Castro.
The Cubans I met were very well educated about the ways of the
world,and blamed the states for most of their problems.
If fact dispite how poor some of them were,they seemed to
enjoy life and were very wellcoming.
I had a lot of fun talking music with a few youngsters.
I went to a festival in Valadero over two days and had a great time.
I have been to a lot of places around the world and Cuba I found
to be one of the friendlest.
Havana was a little differant with all the beggers.
I was with locals so I had no problems,but it's something that would
put me of visting Havana without local people with me.

About 3 years ago. It was a trip booked out of Canada to Havana.

It was nice that I had some US$. Over all the trip was ok, don't think I'd do it again.

Cuba should be opened up to USA visitors. It would help the poor people there alot. However, no big deal, Castro will croak soon enough.

in the 80's i worked with a Cuban refugee named Agustin. he described to me the event which convinced him that his future lay elsewhere.

snack time had arrived at the school where he worked, and the teacher told the small children to bow their heads and pray to God for milk. they did, and no milk appeared. again, the teacher told the children to pray "really hard this time" to God for milk. they did, and once again no milk appeared.

then the teacher told the children to pray to Castro for milk. and by golly, wouldn't you know it, a couple of people brought in some trays of milk for the thirsty kids.

so, at least in the state-sponsored schools, children learned early on that God was worthless, and Castro provided.

i'm certainly not condoning the Battista regime, but it doesn't surprise me in the least the cult of personality that surrounds the benevolent dictator Fidel Castro.

the U.S. will not try to assasinate Castro as per the agreement that ended the Cuban missile crisis, but they're certainly not going to make life easier without Castro making concessions.

i guess that's the price you and your unfortunate subjects pay when you bring the U.S. to the brink of thermonuclear war.

U.S. visiters
 

How is it closed to U.S. visiters?
You don't mean a free country like the US stops it's people getting there.

Anyway Nic I had a good time.
Will I go back maybe,I'll see.
I liked the people very much.

good story
 

"God was worthless, and Castro provided"
Interesting statment.When I was younger I wrote to santa.
I don't belive in him any more.

The rights and wrong,of the regime could be debated for evermore.
What about these five men?
Are they guilty?
If so lets prove it and be seen to be fair.

Here you are
 

I thought these pages might be of interest to all you fair minded americans out there.

http://cubamigo.com/
http://hometown.aol.com/juliancindy/march1.html
http://hometown.aol.com/juliancindy/fideleng1.html

Guess what
 

Oh look in the square where Castro makes his speachs.

all over Cuba
 

These pictures are all over Cuba.

Fidel Castro: "Bush couldn't debate a Cuban ninth-grader"
 

Shortly after US president George W. Bush praised a plan to realize a "transition to democracy" in Cuba, Fidel Castro challenged Washington to be "clear" about such plans, and criticized American capitalism.

"The US economy hangs by a thread", told the 77-year old revolutionary leader, in a 4 + hours speech addressed to economists from all around the world, in Havana.
In his speech, Castro also wondered whether those plans involve a plot to kill him. Since he took power in Cuba in 1959, the CIA has plotted to assassinate him 600 times, all unsuccessful, of course.

Castro, also made a defense of his revolution stating that Cuba, after four decades under Washington's economic blockade, "continues to offer free health care and has an infant mortality rate lower than that in the United States". "The great difference" between Cuba and the United States is that Cuba "has learned to do a lot with very little," Castro said at the Sixth International Meeting of Economists on Globalization and Development Problems.

However, Castro's attacks to the US Bush-led administration did not end there. After laundering "keen observations" made by the US economist, Daniel L. McFadden, the Cuban leader said that the United States, with a fiscal deficit of more than $520 billion, was handling its economy as a "banana republic".

Then, the attacks were straight to the White House. Making fun of George W. Bush mistakes, Castro said Bush couldn't debate a Cuban ninth-grader," as he leaned across the podium.

Fidel Castro also lashed out at what he called the foolishness of the US economic blockade, saying it has not stopped Cuba from surpassing the United States in many areas. Cuba, he said, has no illiteracy, a lower infant mortality rate than the United States, lower student-teacher ratios, and higher levels of educational achievement.

George W. Bush promised to set up a plan "to drive Cuba into democracy" early this year, as part of his campaign to obtain Cuban-exiled in Florida at the presidential race of 2004. However, neither the White House, nor the State Department made clear the details of such plans.


from

Didn't you know that?

here's an interesting Cuba stat for you: the US Treasury Dept's Office of Foreign Assets Control has 21 agents assigned full time to enforcing the Cuba embargo. how many do they have tracking the finances of Al Qaeda and Bin Laden? 4.

yeh i read somewhere they caught some guy that ran marine parks buying dophins from cuba..

you can feel safe that your government keeps all your marine parks free of filthy communist dolphins..