U.S. rejects Cuban piano tuner's visa request

[Say_What]

Only in the USA. What a f*ck'n joke. How petty can the Bushies get?

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Armando Gomez is suddenly a subversive. And only an act of God - or George Bush - will allow him to attend the piano tuners convention in Dallas this week.

Gomez laughed at first when U.S. authorities refused his travel visa.

"What am I? A Taliban?" the Havana piano technician recalled saying.

Then it sank in. He can never again travel to the United States unless the American president intervenes.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/world/6256492.htm

[rock]

1. The good news is

that the phrase "the American President" is likely to refer to someone else after 2004.

[Mika]

2. This is sick.

They've {the US gov} rejected visas for everyone from Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's national assembly, to Chucho Valdes, an acclaimed Cuban musician who won a Latin Grammy in 2002.

And the anti Cuba propagandists insist that it is the Cuban government that won't allow Cubans to travel to the US.

[Muddleoftheroad]

4. No

No, all we insist is that Castro keeps a tight rein on those who oppose him as all dictators do.

[Mika]

3. This is sick

Sorry. My message got posted twice :shrug:

[guajira]

5. Armando Should Take a Raft or Get a Smuggler with a Go-fast boat!!

If he gets to US shore by smuggler or stolen boat, he will be able to stay forever, (wetfoot/dryfoot Cuban Adjustment Act), becoming a legal resident after one year here. No background check or documentation needed!!!!

[Chicagonian]

6. The only Cubans allowed in the U.S.-

are the ones that don't want to go back home.




Avoid any unnecessary farting.