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keithyboy

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Mon May-03-04 10:06 PM
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Cuba challenges America and Europe

http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_1382.shtml

Great read.

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ShaneGR

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Mon May-03-04 10:09 PM
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1. Fu*k Castro

Damn lyar, thief, murdering motherfu*cker. No better than Bush, even worse. Screw him.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26324

Belgium's legal structure was used to bring charges against Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator.

Judicial Watch's accusations against Castro and his government include murder, political imprisonment and rape, according to Klayman and a Judicial Watch press release.

The charges, filed in October, were initiated by Jose Basulto, sole survivor of a Cuban air force jet attack on aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, a Cuban exile group that assists others fleeing the communist controlled island.

Some 160,000 individuals have joined the suit, alleging a variety of criminal activities including murder. New complainants come forward "each week" forcing the petition to be continually amended, Klayman stated.

Asserting that many think of Castro as a "Woody Allen comic figure," Klayman emphatically stated that "he is not." Castro and his regime have "raped or killed tens of thousands" of Cubans, he said.

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JanMichael

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Mon May-03-04 10:16 PM
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2. Worldnetdaily? Larry "I sued My Mommy" Klayman?

Yowza, with those sources it must be true:eyes:

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ShaneGR

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Mon May-03-04 10:17 PM
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3. Actually, I was hoping someone like you would reply

Wihtout reading the whole article of course. Let me enlighten you:

Charges of crimes against humanity filed against Cuban President Fidel Castro are proceeding "quite well," despite a lack of support from the Bush administration and self-proclaimed human-rights groups, according to Judicial Watch Chairman and General Counsel Larry Klayman.

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JanMichael

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Mon May-03-04 10:23 PM
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5. Read it, not impressed. Klayman quoted umpteen times is crap.

He's got zero credibility. Nice try. And Worldnetdaily is a conservative shitrag.

Thanks:-)

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GirlinContempt

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Mon May-03-04 10:33 PM
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9. Totally off topic

But hey long time no see :)

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JanMichael

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Mon May-03-04 10:24 PM
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6. It doesn't surprise me that "someone like you" would use those sources.

Ciao.

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el_gato

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Tue May-04-04 08:20 AM
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10. Cuba has more freedom than the U.S. at this time

They also are a major source of doctors for other countries.
The demonization of Castro is for suckers who lap it up with glee.
I guess if you can always put down someone else you don't have to look in the mirror.

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radwriter0555

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Tue May-04-04 08:28 AM
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11. Yeah, most americans don't realize that the campaign to demonize

castro is astoundingly effective.

Cuba is doing very well considering the decades of unwarranted sactions. Most Americans are also completely in the dark about why the sanctions took place to begin with; the history is fantastic.

The world could use more leaders like Castro.

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mike_c

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Mon May-03-04 10:19 PM
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4. maybe if we invaded, cubans would greet us with flowers....

Gotta stop all those doctors of mass destruction....

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GirlinContempt

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Mon May-03-04 10:24 PM
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7. *snicker*

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GirlinContempt

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Mon May-03-04 10:30 PM
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8. Oh for godsake

I just can't believe that crap. I've been to Cuba, hung out with Cubans... They don't seem scared or anything... they talk about politics and religion and whatever you want, if you aren't too pushy and have some patience... They just seem, oh I don't know, HEALTHY and WELL FED. Not that the Cuban government is the bestest best evar in the world, but people who live in little glass houses shouldn't throw stones. How many people has the American government killed? How many rapes are they responsible for? That doesn't make Castro killing people OK, if he is, but get the fuck over yourself and your high and mighty country.

Bush no worse than Castro? Oh, I'm sorry, he just slaughters people, destroys countries and homes, steals from the workers, lies, steals COUNTRIES in ELECTIONS, erodes human rights, and treats people like crap. But, he's no worse than Castro, who is possibly killing people (I can't say he isn't, I don't have those facts), but is also doing a lot of great work in the world community. Not that it would excuse his wrong doings, but Bush being a fucking American president shouldn't make him any less of an asshole than any other fucking asshole.

Thats as much as I can stomach right now.

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radwriter0555

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Tue May-04-04 08:29 AM
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12. Well said, thank you.. Cuba is on my MUST GO list of destinations..

Edited on Tue May-04-04 08:29 AM by radwriter0555

that's for sure.

bush et al WISH they had the integrity and temerity of Castro.

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GirlinContempt

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Tue May-04-04 03:39 PM
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14. No kidding

Go to Cuba, its an incredible country, beautiful. Everywhere I went was so... clean and peaceful. Most of the people I met loved to talk, and great food... Only problems I had were, a couple of things I bought were cofiscated at the airport as National Treasures (art).

Castro has done some amazing things for the human race, the people of his country, and people everywhere. People just can't seem to look past the slander, and the 'red menace'.

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Mika

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Tue May-04-04 08:36 AM
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13. While America exports death, Cuba exports doctors

http://www.ratb.org.uk/html/cspeaks/fidel_mayday.html

- Illiteracy rate: Latin America, 11.7%; Cuba, 0.2%

- Inhabitants per teacher: Latin America, 98.4; Cuba, 43, in other words, 2.3 times as many teachers per capita

- Primary education enrolment ratio: Latin America, 92%; Cuba, 100%

- Secondary education enrolment ratio: Latin America, 52%; Cuba, 99.7%

- Primary school students reaching Fifth Grade: Latin America, 76%; Cuba, 100%

- Infant mortality per thousand live births: Latin America, 32; Cuba, 6.2

- Medical doctors per hundred thousand inhabitants: Latin America, 160; Cuba, 590

- Dentists per hundred thousand inhabitants: Latin America, 63; Cuba, 89

- Nurses per hundred thousand inhabitants: Latin America, 69; Cuba, 743

- Hospital beds per 100 thousand inhabitants: Latin America, 220; Cuba, 631.6

- Medically attended births: Latin America, 86.5%; Cuba, 100%

- Life expectancy at birth: Latin America, 70 years; Cuba, 76 years

- Population between 15 and 49 years of age infected with HIV/AIDS: Latin America, 0.5%; Cuba, 0.05%

- Annual AIDS infection rate per million inhabitants, i.e. those who develop the disease: Latin America, 65.25; Cuba, 15.6

- The first international study of the Latin American Laboratory of Evaluation of educational quality, carried out in 12 Latin American countries including Cuba, produced the following results. Although these data have been already mentioned, I would like to briefly refer to them in detail:

- In Language, 3rd Grade: Cuba, 85.74 points; the remaining 11 countries, 59.11 points

- In Language, 4th Grade: Cuba, 87.25; the rest, 63.75

- In Mathematics, 3rd Grade: Cuba, 87.75; the rest, 58.31

- In Mathematics, 4th Grade: Cuba, 88.25; the rest, 62.04

What is or will be the future of those countries?

According to these figures, of the seven Latin American countries that voted against Cuba, four --Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay-- that had boasted in the past of being the most advanced in the region,fall well behind Cuban figures. In some of these, they reach or scrape past the half way mark in comparison to Cuba, but in others they are very well below. This is the case of pre-school education for 0-5 year olds, for example, that only reaches 15.8% of the children in that age group in Chile as compared to Cuba's 99.2%.

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GirlinContempt

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Tue May-04-04 08:33 PM
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15. Pinko!

You and your FACTS and your NUMBERS :eyes:

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