Cuba 'celebrates' 50 years of Communist rule.

[gsvol]

Leftists the world over rejoiced on 1 January, but it wasn't to ring in the new year. They were celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fidel Castro's seizure of power in Cuba. Congratulatory statements flooded in from the leaders of China, Russia and Venezuela, in addition to other leftist Latin American countries, to commemorate a failed social experiment that has continued for half a century at the expense of millions of Cubans.

True to the communist tradition of placing the rhetoric of revolution over the lives of the citizens for whom they claim to fight, Raul Castro declared, "This hasn't been a failure, not even under these conditions. It has been a constant fight." The "conditions" Castro refers to are the 46-year-old U.S. economic sanctions. Throughout its 50-year run the Castro regime has blamed everything and everybody -- from the Americans, to the Soviets, to the weather -- but its own ruthless plundering of a previously prosperous nation.

Proponents of Castro's revolution have touted his health care and education reforms. But surely those reforms could have been brought about without executing 16 million people, imprisoning another 100,000 in labor camps, and reducing the gross national product to five percent of what it was pre-revolution. But this loss of life and liberty is apparently nothing to those in the communist camp who believe, as Scottish columnist Gerald Warner so eloquently put it, "[that] murdering members of the bourgeoisie is just breaking eggs to make the Marxist omelet."

Perhaps the Castros really do have reason to celebrate: the impending ascension of Barack Obama this month. President-elect Obama has also promised them change -- in the form of unconditional talks and relaxed rules with Cuba. Si, se puede!

 

[volmanbill]

Well dang. Guess I'd better fire up a Romeo y Julieta to celebrate.

 

[KingNick865]

Leftists the world over rejoiced on 1 January,

You act like all Dems and liberals were just celebrating like it was 1999 all over again. Most democrats are not communists, most are not wacko liberals who seek to destroy the way things are done.

 

[MG1968]

You act like all Dems and liberals were just celebrating like it was 1999 all over again. Most democrats are not communists, most are not wacko liberals who seek to destroy the way things are done.

tell that to all the democrats who signed that "Dear Commandante" letter to Castro a few years ago. Most, if not all, Democrats in leadership positions in Washington DC are socialists. They try to hide behind the "progressive" label, but their contempt for capitalism, the 2nd Amendment, and the military are thinly veiled and reveal their true nature.

 

[KingNick865]

tell that to all the democrats who signed that "Dear Commandante" letter to Castro a few years ago. Most, if not all, Democrats in leadership positions in Washington DC are socialists. They try to hide behind the "progressive" label, but their contempt for capitalism, the 2nd Amendment, and the military are thinly veiled and reveal their true nature.

Again, that's not all of us. Those are just the crazy one.

 

[MG1968]

Again, that's not all of us. Those are just the crazy one.

then it's up to you to vote the crazy ones out of office, but considering how many people your age fell for Obama's line of crap, I'm not encouraged that the democrat party will halt it's slide toward socialism any time soon

 

[milohimself]

tell that to all the democrats who signed that "Dear Commandante" letter to Castro a few years ago. Most, if not all, Democrats in leadership positions in Washington DC are socialists. They try to hide behind the "progressive" label, but their contempt for capitalism, the 2nd Amendment, and the military are thinly veiled and reveal their true nature.

The vast majority of self-described "Conservatives" are gun-toting, bible thumpers who promote free market capitalism only out of interest for their own bank accounts and have little compassion for the rest of humanity except forcing western values on the rest of the world.

 

[MG1968]

The vast majority of self-described "Conservatives" are gun-toting, bible thumpers who promote free market capitalism only out of interest for their own bank accounts and have little compassion for the rest of humanity except forcing western values on the rest of the world.

and your point is?

a Christian capitalist is, by his very nature, a more caring and compassionate human being than any Godless communist ever thought of being.

I say that as an agnostic, btw.

 

[milohimself]

They are equal opposites. You have some in each group who genuinely believe what they fight for, and others who use it as a veil in order to look out for themselves.

It's balanced. That's the way of the world, and why I like playing devil's advocate in most debates.

 

[overseasorange2]

and your point is?

a Christian capitalist is, by his very nature, a more caring and compassionate human being than any Godless communist ever thought of being.
I say that as an agnostic, btw.

Not true in my experience.....:hi:

 

[gsvol]

The vast majority of self-described "Conservatives" are gun-toting, bible thumpers who promote free market capitalism only out of interest for their own bank accounts and have little compassion for the rest of humanity except forcing western values on the rest of the world.

I'll let you know the next time I need my barn painted, you would surely do a great job.

Gee whiz, Obama said almost the same thing.

Surely you have more brains than that?

Not true in my experience.....:hi:

Then I pity your experience.

Let me see here, consider this list of wonderful humanitarians who have been so caring of the proletariat and the petit bourgeoisie:

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Josef Vissaryonovich Stalin
Mao Tse Tung
Fidel Castro
Robert Mugabe
Josef Tito
Adolph Hitler (yes he was a socialist)
Benito Mussolini (yes he was a socialist)
Nicolae Ceausescu
Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (yes another socialist)
Yasser Arafat
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Boleslaw Bierut
Pol Pot (when he achieved power, Cambodia was received in the United Nations, does that speak to your heart?)
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Hugo Chavez
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Raila Amolo Odinga (cousin of Obama, schooled in East Germany who named his children 'Fidel' and 'Winnie")
Antonín Zápotocký
José Eduardo dos Santos
Umar al-Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir
Alija Izetbegovic
Hashim Thaçi
Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini
Ayatollah Sayyed
Mohammad Ali Hoseyn Khamenei
Bashar al-Assad
William (Bill) J. Clinton
Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I'm sure all the above listed anti-capatalists are far worse than anyone you have ever worked for, research their humanitarian records.

 

[KingNick865]

I'll let you know the next time I need my barn painted, you would surely do a great job.

Gee whiz, Obama said almost the same thing.

Surely you have more brains than that?



Then I pity your experience.

Let me see here, consider this list of wonderful humanitarians who have been so caring of the proletariat and the petit bourgeoisie:

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Josef Vissaryonovich Stalin
Mao Tse Tung
Fidel Castro
Robert Mugabe
Josef Tito
Adolph Hitler (yes he was a socialist)
Benito Mussolini (yes he was a socialist)
Nicolae Ceausescu
Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (yes another socialist)
Yasser Arafat
Kim Il Sung
Kim Jong Il
Boleslaw Bierut
Pol Pot (when he achieved power, Cambodia was received in the United Nations, does that speak to your heart?)
Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi
José Daniel Ortega Saavedra
Hugo Chavez
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Raila Amolo Odinga (cousin of Obama, schooled in East Germany who named his children 'Fidel' and 'Winnie")
Antonín Zápotocký
José Eduardo dos Santos
Umar al-Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir
Alija Izetbegovic
Hashim Thaçi
Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini
Ayatollah Sayyed
Mohammad Ali Hoseyn Khamenei
Bashar al-Assad
William (Bill) J. Clinton
Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I'm sure all the above listed anti-capatalists are far worse than anyone you have ever worked for, research their humanitarian records.

:lolabove::lolabove:

How funny, yet completely crazy at the same time

 

[Brog]

I don't see all the hatred for the ideas of communism. Communism, socialism, and capitalism are all good ideas that work in theory, but they all fall because of the natural greed of humans.

 

[rjd970]

Wow, Bill Clinton included in a list with Hitler, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il, and Saddam Hussein.

Please tell me that had to be a joke.

 

[BigPapaVol]

I don't see all the hatred for the ideas of communism. Communism, socialism, and capitalism are all good ideas that work in theory, but they all fall because of the natural greed of humans.

Communism doesn't fail becuase of greed. It fails because it suppresses human need for self determination.

 

[SavageOrangeJug]

The vast majority of self-described "Conservatives" are gun-toting, bible thumpers who promote free market capitalism only out of interest for their own bank accounts and have little compassion for the rest of humanity except forcing western values on the rest of the world.

Sounds good! :good!:

 

[MG1968]

I don't see all the hatred for the ideas of communism. Communism, socialism, and capitalism are all good ideas that work in theory, but they all fall because of the natural greed of humans.

capitalism never fails because it provides the greatest level of individual freedom. Imagine the Boston marathon being run with huge barricades in front of the runners that forced them all to move at the same speed, that's socialism and communism.

 

[joevol320]

The vast majority of self-described "Conservatives" are gun-toting, bible thumpers who promote free market capitalism only out of interest for their own bank accounts and have little compassion for the rest of humanity except forcing western values on the rest of the world.

your post is truly ignorant, it's the post a spoiled liberal who's never read an accurate history.

 

[gsvol]

Wow, Bill Clinton included in a list with Hitler, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il, and Saddam Hussein.

Please tell me that had to be a joke.

If you could manage to pull your head out for a second you would see it is no joke.

I asked a young congressional aide once if he were concerned with the unusual amount of deaths surrounding the white house and tears welled up in his eyes as he nodded yes.

Slick Willy said Rwanda was his worst mistake but I submit it was no mistake at all, it was a planned genocide and he was in on it from the beginning.

He had the responsibility of stopping that slaughter of a million people who had been disarmed by the UN and he not only let it happen, he encouraged it.

Yes Bill Clinton belongs on that list of psychopathic socialist, he fits the mold perfectly.

 

[rjd970]

....Slick Willy said Rwanda was his worst mistake but I submit it was no mistake at all, it was a planned genocide and he was in on it from the beginning.

....He had the responsibility of stopping that slaughter of a million people who had been disarmed by the UN and he not only let it happen, he encouraged it.

....Yes Bill Clinton belongs on that list of psychopathic socialist, he fits the mold perfectly.

You should seriously consider some psychological help.

 

[gasguy98]

You act like all Dems and liberals were just celebrating like it was 1999 all over again. Most democrats are not communists, most are not wacko liberals who seek to destroy the way things are done.

Man I love political debate!

You quoted LEFTIST but in your response you write about Dems.
A Freudian slip perhaps?

 

[gasguy98]

Perhaps the Castros really do have reason to celebrate: the impending ascension of Barack Obama this month. President-elect Obama has also promised them change -- in the form of unconditional talks and relaxed rules with Cuba. Si, se puede![/QUOTE]

I live in south Florida so I work with more than just a few Americans of Cuban ancestry.
When Castro dies I will not got to work that day. The expectations are of wild celebrations going into the wee hours of the night and major roads (like the Palmetto expressway) being parking lots.

Virtually every Cuban American I know votes Republican, some with great earnest and some light hearted.
Interestingly enough the ones that are fervent Reps are the hardest working and most successful.
I know many CA's voted Obama...but the few I know that did are not what one would call "go getters". However, many voted Obama hence south Florida was what put the State in the blue column.


However, the Reps had a lousy candidate this go around, and W sure did not help the conservate movement in his 8 years in the WH.

 

[gsvol]

How funny, yet completely crazy at the same time

Not so funny if you had to live under the rule of such despots.

Write down the following;

EYE YAM WEE TAH DID
EYE YAM SOFA KING
WEE TAH DID

Now go into the nearest bath/mens room and
read it three times while looking in the mirror.

You should seriously consider some psychological help.

You offer that in lieu of intelligent, rational argument?

Not at all out of character for you, thanks for your concern.

Now, to pop your little cubist bubble.

Your revolutionary hero, WJ Clinton showed his hand right away in Croatia when he sided with the Nazis.

Franjo Tudjman's Main Kampf

Today's Independent State of Croatia has the same:
- Name
- Flag
- National Emblem
- National Anthem
- Currency
- Uniforms (Nazi black shirts)
- Pure blooded police
- Nazi terminology of WWII
- Sieg Heil salute

State sponsored atrocities toward Serbian civilians are the same.


The Big Lie is live and well. The "Ministry of Truth" is working full speed. Orwell's fear expressed in his novel "1984" is becoming true... Very little of what is really happening in Croatia and Bosnia passes the censorship of the Big Brother.

Do yourself a favor and read this!

My parents did not save me from Communism and Nazism for me to go gently into dhimmitude or slavery.

In the year before the bombing, some 2,000 people had been killed in a civil war in Kosovo. A conservative estimate is that 6,000 were killed by U.S. and NATO bombs.

Clinton was summoned to testify in the Hague but then Milosevic died in his jail cell just had another prominent Serb.

NATO has targeted many hospitals and health-care institutions, which have been partially damaged or totally destroyed. These include 13 of the country's major hospitals. More than 150 schools (including pre-primary day care centres) have been damaged or destroyed. According to Yugoslav sources, more than 800,000 pupils and students do not attend schools in the wake of the war destruction. There is almost no pre-school institutions (nurseries and day-care centres) which are operational.

Anyone have a favorable opinion toward Clinton is either ignorant or has no moral fibre.

I live in south Florida so I work with more than just a few Americans of Cuban ancestry.
When Castro dies I will not got to work that day. The expectations are of wild celebrations going into the wee hours of the night and major roads (like the Palmetto expressway) being parking lots.

Virtually every Cuban American I know votes Republican, some with great earnest and some light hearted.
Interestingly enough the ones that are fervent Reps are the hardest working and most successful.
I know many CA's voted Obama...but the few I know that did are not what one would call "go getters". However, many voted Obama hence south Florida was what put the State in the blue column.


However, the Reps had a lousy candidate this go around, and W sure did not help the conservate movement in his 8 years in the WH.

What time is it???

Reflecting back on 2008, we can say we had a great year because:

The blacks are happy - Obama was elected.
The whites are happy - OJ is in jail.
The Democrats are happy - George Bush is leaving office.
The Republicans are happy - Democrats will finally quit saying George Bush stole the election.


And all of us are so happy - The election is finally over!

2009 will be even better: Immediately after his inauguration, Obama will balance the budget, revive the economy, solve the real estate problem, solve the auto industry problem, solve our gas/alternative energy problem, stop the fires and mudslides in California, ban hurricanes and tornadoes, stop identity theft, reverse global warming, find Osama, solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, get rid of corruption in government and achieve world peace. Then on the 7th day, he will rest!


Best wishes for 2009.............and remember:

"The government cannot give anything to anyone that it does not first take from someone else."

I once worked in Miami, was shown a very good time in Little Havana and loved that Cuban food, there was one restaurant that would never take my money.

If Fidel ever kicks the bucket, I would love to come down and help them celebrate.

 

[milohimself]

Sounds good! :good!:

your post is truly ignorant, it's the post a spoiled liberal who's never read an accurate history.

I love you guys

 

[rjd970]

You offer that in lieu of intelligent, rational argument?

Not at all out of character for you, thanks for your concern.

I have tried rational arguments with you, all I get in return is the same schizophrenic bipolar babble you continually post on here.

You're argument is pathetic, and is aiken to me blaming Reagan for all the people Saddam killed because he tacitly supported that regime in the 80's.