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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:12 PM Original message |
Cuba will become Obamas First Major Crisis |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. So will Iraq, |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Obama Flip Flops position on Cuban Embargo |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. so you keep saying and posting over and over....get over yourself! Cuba is not that f'n important! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Thanks for the link. n/t |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. You're welcome. |
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cayanne (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Hi to you too Judi |
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cayanne (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Hi Billy |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. A blast from the past! A BIG hello to you, bevb. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. He will open trade relations with Cuba in his first year |
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SwampG8r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. i hope so |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. they'll get some new parts for those vintage cars they drive. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. The parts needed for the Cuban fleet of aging American cars are shipped from Canada and Mexico |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Those old cars are disappearing. Newer Asian cars are taking over. |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I hope so |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, it will look like a free Haiti or a free Dominican Republic, or a free Jamaica. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Democracy != Laissez Faire Capitalism |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I recall they were pissed off in Chile back in the 70s. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. dup |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Obama could seal FL for Dems |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Normalize relations. End of "crisis". |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. Once Fidel Dies, |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. Shades of JFK and the Cuban missle crisis - that is the first thing I thought of! :( |
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One Taste (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. west wing insanity |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. What crisis? Just lift the fucking embargo. Crisis solved. |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. I wonder if Cubans who came to the US would go back then.... |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Most of us that have left the island in recent years have not done so for political reasons |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. News flash, LOL...we're a poor country now too. |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I get the feeling you'd drown yourself if you experienced real poverty |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No, I'd do whatever it took to get out of it. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. A lot of DUers are clueless about actual poverty. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. I doubt it. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
18. Cuba is gonna have to get in line. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bullshit. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. That 'civil war' reference struck me also |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Cuba has always put more of their GDP into ed and health care than most countries. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Agreed with all you say. |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. And it is a great number of Cubans that lobby to keep the current practices just as they are...n/t |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. Please stay out of my country. I've seen how you bring 'Democracy' to the oppressed masses |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Haven't seen any mention of it on the MSM, but both the Russian and Chinese president |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. Canadian and European DU'ers who have come and gone to Cuba regularly |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Cuba will not qualify as a crisis even when Fidel dies. There will be no civil war. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. There will be massive collective grief when Fidel dies. It will be a national day of remembrance. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. There was no secret that when he fainted in public several years ago after speaking for hours |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Cubans were just as horrified after he tripped and fell down some steps at a ceremony. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-17-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. Cuba is already in the democratic fold. America is the one in dictatorship |
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happychatter (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
43. will there be gambling, prostitution and cheap cocaine? |
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