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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:45 AM Original message |
Fidel Castro Resigns As President |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. I hope this doesn't cause to much trouble |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Nailed it! |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. I can see it now - GWB singlehandedly caused Castro to age and become ill |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
158. No doubt. Don't I remember just a few years ago, people were |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. FIRST THING I THOUGHT!!! |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Same here |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Oh, I think Reagan's increased military spending... |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:05 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Russian records say otherwise |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
139. A lesson to learn from the russian people |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #139 |
239. Open question |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:41 PM Response to Reply #239 |
284. Bread and circuses |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #284 |
301. Interesting way of looking at it |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #139 |
292. Bingo. They decided they couldn't afford to be an imperial power anymore |
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AlertLurker (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:04 AM Response to Reply #42 |
62. One name: Gorbachev. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #62 |
185. Right on |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #42 |
121. This canard about US military spending under Reagan & the USSR is hogwash |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #121 |
162. Yeah, I guess that's true |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
159. What bankrupted the soviet union was not MX missiles and Star Wars, |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
69. Maybe this was his (early) October Surprise? nt |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Me too |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
63. It's the same scheme that has proven so successful against bin Laden... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #63 |
160. LOL |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
70. DoubleDip finally has a legacy |
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racaulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
110. Absolutely. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wow |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Raúl Castro was born in 1931. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Hey bro |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Things are pretty good here, thanks. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. Wow... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
5. surprising |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. He must be nearing the end, then. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. Pretty sure that means either he is already dead |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Probably the latter |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Middle of the night announcement??? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Point |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:31 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. I wonder if he feels that confident. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
71. I think they'll make a big display of celebrating it in the streets... |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
317. Koenigsbarg/Kaliningrad and Aged exiles |
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RuleOfNah (603 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
53. Has anyone checked if McCain/Castro polls well? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
118. My thought too.. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. Wow is right, thank you. n/t |
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texasleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. We get to lose two scumbags in the span of one year (Fidel and W) |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Suh-weet! |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You regard your former governor who murdered a million in Iraq |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Oh boy--he sent doctors. Monkey did too, to the tsunami victims. |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Maybe do a body count. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Now see, that's lazy thinking, right there. |
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:20 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. cute |
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BestCenter (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. So because a person killed less people than others, he's no longer responsible? |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
76. Probably every sitting president we have ever had... |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #51 |
130. There's a huge amount of room between beatification and equating Fidel Castro with W ... nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #49 |
105. I have bad news for you. Just because you continue to misuse the word "ignorant" |
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CanSocDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #105 |
300. huh....???? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
163. Cuban 'adventurism' in South America and Africa |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #163 |
170. One more time, to one more "Two Wrongs" aficionado |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #170 |
177. Check out the fucking LOG in your eye |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #177 |
183. There you go with the TWO WRONGS again. |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #177 |
201. Don't even bother |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #201 |
267. The only ones who are angry are the ones who think that, by continuing to hector me, |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #163 |
199. Hear hear |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #163 |
291. Many wrongs do not make a right. n/t |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
116. Oh fer crying out loud! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #116 |
144. It's funny how those of us who have experience with repressive regimes |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #144 |
180. Amen, MADem! |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #180 |
189. I was in WATTS in 1992 and had the same experience |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #189 |
203. I know what you're saying, Alpha. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #144 |
188. What you call repressive regime? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #188 |
192. Shah, Iran, pre-revolution. Khomeini, Iran, post-revolution. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #192 |
207. So you must be talking about the Shah's brutal secret police force |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #207 |
264. It's not his speed skating team. NT |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #144 |
193. My husband did relief work in El Salvador during their US sponsered civil war |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #193 |
230. The atrocities have been committed by those |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #230 |
242. That's true, but when you have the guy with most of the guns backing you up... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #242 |
247. That's true. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #116 |
151. I know people living in Cuba today |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #151 |
187. What are their views |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #187 |
194. Well, I haven't talked to them in the last week or so. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #194 |
197. It does. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #151 |
191. 11 millions won't leave Cuba, just wondering? n/t |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #191 |
195. Sorry, could you rephrase that? |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #195 |
204. I should say, there are 11 million Cubans who do not want leave Cuba. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #204 |
206. Yes. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #206 |
208. the perception is that they are seeking "freedom" abroad |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #208 |
210. Well, my feelings on that are mixed. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #206 |
228. You may recall a small girl in Miami who was the subject of a dispute last summer. |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
68. Gee-I didn't know Castro had that much in common with Bush. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #68 |
146. Another lazy "two wrongs" thinker. Feeling smug? You shouldn't. |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #146 |
168. Can you reply ONCE to a statement without cursing, namecalling or otherwise being rude? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #168 |
172. Stop assuming you know anything about my "ideology" and stop talking |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #172 |
186. Poor thing- you need to go to some anger management classes |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #172 |
196. wow you sound more worry about losing your enemy |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #146 |
169. Can you reply ONCE to a statement without cursing, namecalling or otherwise being rude? |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #146 |
221. You are being simplistic and naive |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
75. good deeds abound |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
124. Do you have any idea what life was like in Cuba for the common |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #124 |
135. Agree on the stats. But, Castro didn't do these things. The Cuban people did. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #124 |
142. Ahhh, the TWO WRONGS argument. Spare me. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #142 |
165. You are not responding to my question. Again, do you have any |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. YOU are not responding to my POINT. You are suggesting, that because |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #167 |
229. I know whose side I'm on and it's definitely not the casino owners or sugar |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #229 |
268. I am not on the side of the casino or plantation owners either. |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #142 |
209. Most nations do things that are inappropriate. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #209 |
249. gad... |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
128. Some of these accusations against Fidel C are true, but others are NOT: |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #128 |
149. Uh, Angola wasn't their only adventure, by any stretch. |
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liberalsoldier5 (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
269. Indeed, my friend! |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. For all his faults, a notable man of the 20th Century |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. Good riddance to bad rubbish. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. A free Cuba is bad news for Puerto Rico. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
198. and for Florida too |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #198 |
315. It'll go back to being the sleepy geezer snowbird haven it once was, perhaps? nt |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. and let's hope those in Miami don't start fucking with whatever happens next. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Which they will |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. They've only been waiting for 49 years. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #35 |
73. Yup. They'll be buying Cuba as soon as they can. nt |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #35 |
132. someONE? What kind of bet is that? I bet Kucinich doesn't get the 08 Democratic prez nomination |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
200. There will be a mass migration from Florida to Cuba |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Yes, and may the beaches be covered with Ramada Inns...... |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #27 |
78. Why not? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #78 |
120. You think tourist dollars will have them rolling in money? |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #120 |
173. So no income is better than some income? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #173 |
250. Huh? |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:19 PM Response to Reply #250 |
263. Betcha... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #263 |
288. You seriously, seriously do not know what you are talking about. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #288 |
303. I did not claim otherwise. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #303 |
304. Yeah, actually, you did claim otherwise. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #304 |
306. That's fo sho. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #306 |
307. This is useless. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #307 |
309. You're probably right. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #309 |
313. The Batista 'government' |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #313 |
314. You are right. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #314 |
316. Ok. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #313 |
318. REALLY appreciate your post. I'm coming back later to read it thoroughly. Thanks so much for taking |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #318 |
319. That means a lot coming from you, Judi Lynn |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #250 |
287. Don't even bother |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #78 |
152. Yeah, cause it worked SO well before. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #152 |
175. How did it work before? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #175 |
179. The Way It Was -- |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #179 |
211. Sounds like they needed labor protection. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #211 |
220. They just might have gotten them, too, in 1959 (or 58?) when Castro came to |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #211 |
299. protection is a racket, they needed and got worker control of the government |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #175 |
184. It didn't. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #184 |
214. Sounds like they needed some Unions. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #214 |
222. Most of that money making machine was basically taking the wealth of Cuba... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #214 |
226. I don't think so. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #226 |
231. I disagree... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #231 |
235. Cuba already has resorts. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #235 |
253. Again I disagree... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #253 |
270. US tourism would probably increase their tourism revenues |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #270 |
274. I remain unconvinced. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #274 |
275. Well, maybe do some extensive reading and research on the subject. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #275 |
276. I know, I was just being spiteful. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #276 |
278. Ah, ok |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #226 |
232. The unions in CA beg to differ. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #232 |
234. Look at the situation of workers, as a whole, in the US. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #234 |
237. True, many of them ( myself included) |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #237 |
240. I'm not saying they haven't accomplished anything. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #237 |
241. True, but that was after over 50 years of blood being spilled... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #241 |
245. Absolutely! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #78 |
174. It makes for great partnerships |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
21. Hopefully the U.S. will stay out of Cuba's business. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
36. Some hope n/t |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
96. so you're cheerleading for continued communism in Cuba? nice! n/t |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #96 |
122. What should we do? Bring them Iraqi-style "freedom" and "democracy"?..n/t |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #122 |
138. How about we let the Cuban people decide for themselves? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. In a perfect world... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #138 |
153. A capitalist stye economy is not best for anyone. |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #138 |
171. Uh-you can't |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #171 |
181. that's wrong. but okay.... |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #181 |
212. You are right- I got life expectancy and infant mortality rate mixed up |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #212 |
219. You misunderstood me... |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #219 |
225. Free healthcare and free education (+ nationalized industries) |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #96 |
141. Yes, I am a Marxist afterall. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #141 |
145. No. It's not. Nobody with a reasonable thinking mind would agree with you. n/t |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #145 |
155. Hey I would emigrate to Cuba if I could. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #155 |
164. "Hey I would emigrate to Cuba if I could." |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #164 |
205. Wow, talk about obnoxious. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #205 |
213. Your quote: "This "America is so great!" bullshit makes me sick." |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #213 |
224. My reading comprehension is fine. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #224 |
265. "If I had to live in either, I would live in Cuba." |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #265 |
272. Man, you are such a.... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #213 |
227. The United States was extremely lucky, compared to the rest of the world... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #227 |
273. Quick - Put on your stars and stripes tighty whities |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #164 |
293. That's pretty presumptuous. One can wish to live in Cuba while |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #293 |
305. It is a wonderful place. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #155 |
202. Maradona and Gabriel Garcia Marquez do it all the time |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #145 |
215. That's an opinion-everyone has one |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #141 |
150. So, who are you voting for in November? lol! n/t |
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ORDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #141 |
223. It's apples and oranges I'm afraid (not tropical pun intended) |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #96 |
285. Communism does not exist |
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speedbird (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
24. nothing changes, Dear-Leader Raul taking over |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. He's just going to wind up shooting himself in the back of the head. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. I would think he's on his death bed, wouldn't you all? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Maybe, maybe not |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Castro |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. oh, thank you for the info! n/t |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Could be either |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
85. He has been very ill |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
32. "Promising to give the land back to the people" Did he ever do so? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
43. Depends how it's defined |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. If he came to power "Promising to give the land back to the people" |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Checked Wiki, turns out he did give the land back, sort-of |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
77. Inmates in American prisons also |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #77 |
98. So? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
79. Cuba offered compensation long, LONG ago. Agreement was made with owners in other countries, |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
40. NOW can the US normalize relations with Cuba? Interesting times ahead. nt |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #40 |
88. Let's hope so....Together we can get Cuba back on track. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. We can get Cuba back on track by BUTTING THE #### OUT of Cuba's business. n/t |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #90 |
154. Thank you. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #88 |
93. The only decent thing to do would be to remove the +45 year old embargo & illegal, extraterritorial |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #93 |
133. this is the kind of post I like to see at DU -- chock full of info, I'll need to read more closely |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #133 |
296. Judi Lynn is truly an asset. n/t |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #88 |
117. And which track would that be. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #117 |
123. Ending the embargo would allow Cuba to find its own track |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #117 |
244. See post #155. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #244 |
248. In fact, yes. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #248 |
251. Then why are refugees leaving |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #251 |
279. They're not. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #279 |
281. Please elaborate. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #244 |
282. That isn't the issue |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #282 |
308. I understand that. |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #88 |
119. I Suspect That Cuba Is Heading Into the EU's Economic Orbit |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #119 |
127. There is already the situation |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #119 |
143. Yep. No convertable dollar in Cuba. Now its only Euros & Cuban pesos. n/t |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #143 |
283. That's simply because they don't want US$ |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #88 |
176. Maybe Cuba can get US back on track. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #176 |
216. LOL . Lord knows someone has to get the US back on track. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #88 |
294. No, Cubans can get on their own track all by their lonesomes, sez me. n/t |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
47. Wow! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
52. Mexico reaches deal with Havana to restructure Cuban debt |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
54. whatever happens in Cuba-let's hope the USA stays the hell away |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #54 |
137. Fat chance. They're dusting off the Shock Doctrine right now. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #137 |
147. Cubans have been inoculated against shock doctrine. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #147 |
157. We'll see |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
55. Embargoes, Blacklists and Assassination Plots: Bush's New Cuba Plan |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Lol that reminds me... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #57 |
64. Here's a photo you might find amusing, from Agence France-Presse: |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
166. Front page news in Cuba, |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #166 |
236. I'm sure not one of them. |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #236 |
277. "(Ha!) " |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
56. He could have waited a little bit. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #56 |
66. I know what you are thinking. Bush will take the "credit." |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
218. Never fear. Bush has lost credibility within the thinking |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
58. We've already got the cruise ships set up in Key West just waiting for the US |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Wonder how that will work with Bush's travel ban to Cuba? He has tightened it to the point |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #61 |
86. ummm...the cruise ships would be lining up to travel to Cuba with American tourists |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. That would not be possible until Congress removes the travel ban. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #86 |
92. Read: there will be no instantaneous change in US-Cuba relations |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Then what do you suggest is the purpose of the flotillas the "exiles" have been discussing and |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #95 |
126. I have no idea, you are the expert |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #92 |
100. Where WOULD the cruise ships be going, if they are in American ports? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #100 |
125. again, as long as the governmental system and tight controls remain in Cuba |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #58 |
107. No Cruise Ships For A Few Years Yet |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
60. Good f*ing riddance, despot. |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #60 |
136. You sound like a republican |
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mcg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #136 |
290. Many democrats feel that way, I do. He is a despot. |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
65. I can count on DU as the best for latest breaking news. |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
67. I remember a Letterman line where he said |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:46 AM Response to Reply #67 |
74. HAH! |
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tinymontgomery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
72. He resigned because knuklehead attacked Iraq |
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From The Left (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
80. Too Bad It Happened On Bush's Watch |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #80 |
94. Just like Reagan cashed in on the Soviet Union as it already was going south |
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From The Left (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #94 |
103. So True. Wingtards Still Credit St. Reagan for the Collapse of Commism |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
81. WE WIN!!!! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #81 |
97. "We Win"? Who is "we" and What Does "We" Win, underpants? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #97 |
109. WE WIN!!! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #109 |
111. lol.... so true, underpants |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #109 |
217. All I can think is, he did it. He didn't sell out Cuba to the US |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
82. BREAKING: Bush orders Reagan exhumed to get tips on taking credit for resignation |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
83. The Republican slant |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
84. A shame. Hasta la victoria siempre, Fidel! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. If they lose Fidel Castro, they got nada!They've been hating Fidel Castro too long to turn back now. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #87 |
101. Don't Fret, Judi, they have Chavez Now |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Riiiight! And Evo Morales is on the deck behind him. They have been doing some preliminary |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #104 |
112. Perception is Changing Judi.... Take Me for Instance |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 05:48 AM Response to Reply #112 |
297. Really hope you're right. The success of this smoke screen concerning Cuba depends on getting |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #84 |
106. A shame but it will show the world the will of the people of Cuba |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #106 |
131. That is a truly great picture |
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sandrakae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
91. SOME COUNTRIES HAVE ALL THE LUCK.!!!! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
99. He retires undefeated by the US. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #99 |
102. That includes unpoisoned, and un-exploded, no thanks to the C.I.A.! |
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bpeale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
108. Bush says: "This will end staged elections" |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
113. Castro kicked the MAFIA out of Cuba, and the MAFIA is still the entity that |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #113 |
190. I hear you! |
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The Onyx Key (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
114. Well, you can only imprison so many journalists.... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #114 |
156. Ever BEEN to Cuba? |
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Mik T (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #114 |
266. Why inprison them when you can blow them up? |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
115. Bush Greets Castro Resignation |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #115 |
129. Pot calling the kettle.................... |
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SpikeTss (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #115 |
178. Bush and his henchmen belong to The Hague. Nowhere else |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #178 |
302. The Hague is a city in the Netherlands. |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
134. With recent Cuban Oil Field find, intrepid C.I.A. Eagerly Plans Bloody Coup..... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
148. A new excuse to feed the wild hogs with taxpayers money |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
161. When will elections be held? |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #161 |
182. last month |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
233. It sounds as if Castro's medical condition has stabilized. |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
238. One less homophobe with power in the world. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
243. Y si caigo |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
246. Good riddence to another dictator. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #246 |
252. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
254. Ailing Castro steps down as Cuba’s president |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #254 |
255. Raul is 76 -- 76 -- that means he won't be president long |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #255 |
257. Depends on where Raul |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #255 |
259. Do Fidel or |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #259 |
260. It's a dictatorship, not a monarchy. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #260 |
289. syria |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #289 |
295. Syria is also a Baathist fascist state, not a 'People's Republic'. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #295 |
310. what about |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #310 |
311. Again, a different dynamic. NK was never a real communist state, |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #311 |
312. actually |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #255 |
261. Long enough to keep Communism from falling during chimpy's reign. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #255 |
262. That was my first thought. If Castro insists in keeping it in the family, |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #254 |
256. Don't know |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #256 |
258. Lobbyists have been wooing Cuban leaders for years... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
271. He's dead Jim |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
280. Florida congress critter looks to file murder chargers against Castro... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
286. Not exactly unexpected |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-20-08 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
298. A job well done! |
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