Castro, 79, Goes In For Surgery...

[glokstadt]

[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
<br>Oh I almost forgot...WE ARE #1 We Are #1!!!!! USA USA USA!
[;)]winkie winkie...see that shows its a joke.


By the way, I'm sure the cubans will love us more than...lets just see.... THE INQUESITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who was involved with that? I forget.
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The catholic church and pope in the holy sea/vatican area, and not started by any country, just catholics in counties following orders... [xx(]

[glokstadt]

[quote][i]Originally posted by marie3[/i]
<br>Just think how great it would be for the Cubans who are here in America. If Cuba were no longer Communist and they could come and go to Cuba as they pleased. Families would be united. And children born here could visit where their ancesters came from.
I know I am jumping the gun. But it's nice to think about.[/quote]

It would be great for families to be back together, when East (DR) and West (BDR) Germany re-united we gained the other half of our klan back!!! [:D]

As far as what I saw of the Cubans in the U.S. last night on CNN, there were driving up and down the main street in Little Havana at $3.50 per gallon, through Greenhouse Gases into the environment because they thought castro was dead! [:(] [xx(] They are very American-ized by what they were doing,and showing some ignorance as to the operation Castro was having done (if that's the truth)... so there was no need to celebrate Raul taking over power for the moment, it's like when Busch and Cheney take cover seperately in some nuclear bunkers from the cold war with drinking water, c-rations, saltine crackers (NOT, I'm sure, just for the miitary guys!), and whatevr else they got going, maybe Al Gore's Internet, etc. [:o)] [:o)]

Anyway, just some random thoughts... [:D] You guys keep going at it... and where is that enz Fan guy when you need that ugly American opinion stated???? [:)]

[fortyfives]

[quote][i]Originally posted by marie3[/i]
<br>I don't think anyone was talking about "American" control. Just the thought of Fidel Castro out along with his government would be a great thing.
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Oh, but it will be under American control. Every major U.S. corporation can't wait to get it's hooks into Cuba. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if Halliburton doesn't go in to "modernize" the place but of course with Dubya's and Dick's blessing. I'm sure they will get a nice piece of the pie.

[Opera Prima]

@ Blir, Philly and anybody else that might have felt offended:
I think I've always addressed to you in a quite polite way and haven't attacked anybody specifically or in a general way. I think it would be great if everybody could expose their POV on any matter without being insulted (as I've seen some people do here).

Sure I know the US is a very diverse nation, most countries are, and as I said in a previous post in this thread it's great that people have different ideas and a diverse viewpoints, that makes societies richer. And I have nothing against Americans, I know the government is one thing and the people other... I just don't like many of your government policies (as I don't like many other countries' policies, for example our former government's). Agressive and imperialist policies (of any government or country)only make the world more unstable and more dangerous. And of course all governments lie, but some lie more than others.

[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
I was just showing that ALL countries are guilty of something. The French(booooo), the English, The Dutch, and The Spanish divided up the world between them for money. Millions were killed in the name of...money. So now other countries are doing it. Yes it is wrong. My point is that so are you and everyone else.
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Sure all countries have done something wrong at any point in their history. But just because someone else does something wrong or bad doesn't mean you can or must also do it.

In the 15th century it was legal to claim as yours a discovered land, as it was perfectly accepted to fill a ship with black people from Africa to use them as slaves in cotton plantations in America or to massacre the indigenous population to get their lands and riches. Fortunately, things have changed and nobody is burnt alive anymore for "being a witch", or tortured in the Bastille,... Societies and countries evolve, death penalty was abolished in Europe, now workers have many rights, etc. The past can't be changed, but the present can be, so I think governments and people should try to avoid making the same mistakes and bad things done in the past.

[quote][i]Originally posted by phillyidol[/i]
Great for all the reasons you said. Great for the reasons Marv said. Every country is represented here because you get a chance to better yourself. I work with Jamaican, Haitian, Puerto Rican, Jews,Russians, and Indians. We all discuss this stuff all the time. But in the end they agree its better here. Not perfect but better.
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That's funny, you know philly, there are many South and Centre Americans in Spain, also many Eastern Europeans, Africans, Asians... and they say its better in Spain than in their countries.
By the way, have you ever asked a Western European if the US is also better than their countries? I think you should come and visit Western Europe, there are lots of beautiful places to see and nice and interesting things to do here [8D]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Blir[/i]
So Zapatero is now friends with murderous leftists like Chavez, Castro, and Evo Morales instead of murderous rightists like Bush...ooooh, big difference. [}:)]
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You call Evo Morales a murdeous leftist? Why? Because he defends indigenous' rights and doesn't want that big part of Bolivian society to live in poverty or because he nationalized Bolivian gas so that companies like Repsol (from Spain) don't steal it while leaving not a single Bolivar in the country?

[MARV]

YAY! The end is near!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/ ... index.html

This guy's on his way out:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6281621.stm

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