M$M instructed not to refer to Raul Castro as President Castro. "Cuban Leader" is the new script.

[Mika]

Our President refers to President Castro using his official title as Head of State of Cuba.

Seems to have started this weekend.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. You nailed it.

This all started the day of the visit announcement. Remember who coined the phase Commies,it was the Right Wing nut jobs of Truman's era. Blame it on the New York Times the paper of record.

[Judi Lynn]

2. That's completely conspicuous, isn't it? So petty, so shabby, it embarrasses us.

It's hard to believe the news media in the US once had a respected place in the culture.

[Mika]

3. New openings require new NLP language engineering to maintain the thin veneer of lies.

Many more people will be going to Cuba, but, still, not many in total in the big picture.
Gotta get the USM$M on all the hotel teevees before the complete "normalization" for Americans.
Interesting that the telecommunications infrastructure is at the top of the list.
Its like an episode of Survivor or Top Chef to see who's gonna get State Dept approval for the contract$$$$.
Hil sez she's been working on this for a long time. Hmmm.

[roody]

4. The idiots can't even pronounce Raul.