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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | OH GOD NO! Castro Steps Down! |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7252109.stm Castro...Is stepping down... |
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| Author: | Beyond the Grave [ Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:50 pm ] |
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The man's over 80 years old and in deteriorating health, plus he's really been out of power since last year. Uis brother has been running the show. |
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:41 am ] |
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Eh it doesn't mean anything. His brother is still in charge. You have one big a-hole step aside for another one. |
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| Author: | Capt. Ido Nos [ Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:18 am ] |
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How old is the brother? They can't be terribly far apart, right? |
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| Author: | ed 'lim' smilde [ Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:25 am ] |
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Capt. Ido Nos wrote: How old is the brother? They can't be terribly far apart, right? 76... but he is the youngest brother. At least he's the last one. |
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| Author: | Capt. Ido Nos [ Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:05 am ] |
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Well, at least that's good. At 76 there's not a terrible lot left in him either. In b4 this guy lives to 120. |
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| Author: | Acekirby [ Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:00 pm ] |
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WHY IS THIS AN OH GOD YES WE HAVE LOST A HERO |
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| Author: | ChickenLeg [ Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:51 pm ] |
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Acekirby wrote: WHY IS THIS AN OH GOD YES WE HAVE LOST A HERO CUBA NEEDS ALBERTO MORE THAN EVER NOW. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:09 am ] |
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Acekirby wrote: WHY IS THIS AN OH GOD YES WE HAVE LOST A HERO I said "Oh God No" but some mod decided it would be OLO FUNNEH if they windmill'd and asserted their former power and changed the title+locked the post. And I gotta say: 
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| Author: | Biscuithead [ Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:12 am ] |
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Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest wrote: Last edited by Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest on February 20th, 2008, 1:36 pm, edited 1 time in total. This seems to suggest otherwise. In other news I thought Cuba was in the middle east.  Something I probably shouldn't admit here. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:15 am ] |
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Biscuithead wrote: Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest wrote: Last edited by Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest on February 20th, 2008, 1:36 pm, edited 1 time in total. This seems to suggest otherwise. In other news I thought Cuba was in the middle east. Something I probably shouldn't admit here. I added the part "Castro Steps down" before hand, because it just said "OH GOD NO." charlatan. |
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| Author: | this-guy [ Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: OH GOD WHAT?! Castro Steps Down! |
Biscuithead wrote: In other news I thought Cuba was in the middle east. Isn't that your stereotype of US?
Something I probably shouldn't admit here. |
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| Author: | Beyond the Grave [ Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:47 pm ] |
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this-guy wrote: Biscuithead wrote: In other news I thought Cuba was in the middle east. Isn't that your stereotype of US? Something I probably shouldn't admit here. |
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| Author: | furrykef [ Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:58 pm ] |
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Biscuithead wrote: Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest wrote: Last edited by Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest on February 20th, 2008, 1:36 pm, edited 1 time in total. This seems to suggest otherwise. I know for a fact that the thread's title was edited at least twice, and it still says only once. For some reason it doesn't seem to count mod edits... it's always been like that. |
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| Author: | Acekirby [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:51 am ] |
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It doesn't count mod edits unless you sign them, but I digress. |
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| Author: | ramrod [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:23 pm ] |
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Beyond the Grave wrote: this-guy wrote: Biscuithead wrote: In other news I thought Cuba was in the middle east. Isn't that your stereotype of US? Something I probably shouldn't admit here. True. But there are folks that can't tell their state on a map, and that's sad. |
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| Author: | ed 'lim' smilde [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:38 pm ] |
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ramrod wrote: True. But there are folks that can't tell their state on a map, and that's sad. I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some... people out there in out nation don't have maps, and, uh, i believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and... I believe that they should, our education over here in the US should help the US, er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up a future for our children.
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| Author: | furrykef [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:45 pm ] |
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Sigh. I was tired of that clip the first time I saw it. |
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| Author: | ed 'lim' smilde [ Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:50 pm ] |
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You didn't even enjoy it once? Actually, maybe we should get back on topic. Eventually... |
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| Author: | bwave [ Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:40 am ] |
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Castro's kinda been outta commision for a while, since that one time he got surgery and some close loyal whatever took over. |
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:52 am ] |
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bwave wrote: Castro's kinda been outta commision for a while, since that one time he got surgery and some close loyal whatever took over. That'd be his jerk-wad brother. Yeah, I have nothing good to say about Castro. I've pretty much been convinced Castro and his whole group are total scum by a Cuban expatriate I work with. |
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| Author: | Mikes! [ Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:10 pm ] |
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You have to give Castro some credit. He managed to liberate an oppressed banana republic. Batista was a terrible guy. I'm in no way supporting dictatorships, but you gotta remember how crap things were for Cuba before the revolution. Now hopefully Cuba will start to liberalize and Cubans will gain more civil liberties without Castro around. But it would still be cool to see a country untouched by America. |
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| Author: | Beyond the Grave [ Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:33 am ] |
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I for one would love to see that embargo go bye-bye. It's as outdated as and Apple IIe. |
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| Author: | furrykef [ Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:16 pm ] |
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I don't see that happening until either Cuba gives up Communism, which would most likely take another revolution, or the US realizes that punishing a whole country for the actions of its leader is kind of stupid logic. |
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| Author: | Mikes! [ Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:35 am ] |
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See, I don't see the embargo as that much of a bad thing. Cuba should have the right to self-determination. The second that Coca-cola sets up shop in Havana, Wall Street's gonna try to put it's hand on the Cuban government. I point to the history of US relations with the rest of the Americas. |
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| Author: | Beyond the Grave [ Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:03 am ] |
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Mikes! wrote: The second that Coca-cola sets up shop in Havana, Wall Street's gonna try to put it's hand on the Cuban government. I point to the history of US relations with the rest of the Americas. Well the thing is how much the government would allow. It wasn't until the 1980's that Castro opened up Cuba for tourism. I don't think lifting the embargo will do a thing. If anything it will help Cuba.Plus, I want some Cuban cigars. |
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| Author: | Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest [ Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:42 am ] |
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Beyond the Grave wrote: Plus, I want some Cuban cigars. Oh yeah. |
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| Author: | The Zephyr Song [ Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:02 am ] |
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The Spanish teacher I had last year is Cuban; she was glad when Fidel Castro took sick, but the fact that Raul was there to take his place kind of dampened her spirits. |
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| Author: | StrongRad [ Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:24 am ] |
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The Zephyr Song wrote: The Spanish teacher I had last year is Cuban; she was glad when Fidel Castro took sick, but the fact that Raul was there to take his place kind of dampened her spirits. There was a flood of letters in the local papers from Castro apologists saying how he was only viewed negatively because of the way the US told everyone to view him. One of the letter writers was a girl I knew from college. By "knew" I mean that I had the misfortune of living next to her and having to put up with her rants about all things evil (and by evil I mean corporate, capitalist, or otherwise rewarding someone who worked hard). You know the type; the rebel without a clue. They wear the Che shirts and talk about how the corporations are evil and sit in their big corporation buildings being all corporationy. Her letter was the typical socialist, blame america first type garbage people of that sort often write. To read her letter, you'd think George Bush would have soldiers raping children and kittens in the streets of America if he didn't have them raping children and puppies in Iraq so he and his big oil buddies can make billions without paying taxes since corporations don't pay taxes because they own the government, while Cuba is a land with fountains of chocolate, and happy children all living in complete happiness without a care in the world. Anyway, this one guy, who claims he is from Cuba (and with a name like Fuentes, I'm inclined to believe him, as I work with a Cuban expatriate with the same last name) wrote in and pretty much torpedoed everything she said, using my favorite "Cuba is a lot better than the United States, that's why we use boats, doors, and anything else that will float to head south from Miami, right? He then offered to buy her a one way ticket to Cuba so she could live happily and freely with Castro. Much to my surprise (although it shouldn't have surprised me), people were actually defending her, saying she has the freedom to say whatever she wants and shouldn't be attacked for it. One writer even went so far as to say that the negative portrayal of Castro is perpetuated by "self-serving immigrants". Yeah. They're so self-serving, leaving their homeland and all that. Call me crazy, but I'll take the words of someone who lied to escape Cuba (he bought a ticket to Argentina and told the Cuban government he was going there for vacation) over some rebel without a clue, middle class, white girl. |
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| Author: | netzen [ Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:48 pm ] |
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HERE HERE!!! |
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