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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:57 PM Original message |
For those who support Castro here.... |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. "They who give up essential liberty or freedom to attain a little bit of |
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kiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. I really hate that quote... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
135. What are you talking about? That (mis)quote is from Benjamin Franklin |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
146. The fledgling US army was hardly "powerful." |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Castro stole everything from my grandparents, including their dignity. |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. I understand your frustration |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. i've met many people who were like your grandparents. they had |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Holy shit...you have no idea how goddamn insulting that was. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. excuse me. don't be so touchy. i know people who were |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. No, it's time for you to get a grip really fucking quick. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. i never said that. i just said i knew people who left everything |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Your words verbatim: |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. your words verbatim |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. They earned every dime of their "comfortable life" and it was stolen. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. the woman i talked about did not come from wealth. her |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
113. Never try to talk sense with cat people. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #113 |
237. So where do you stand on Batista? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
151. I expected as much |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #151 |
169. When You Work Hard And Make Money |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #169 |
182. Work hard? |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #182 |
203. Education Is The Great Equalizer |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #203 |
205. Why, exactly, was that? |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #205 |
208. So This Has To Do With The OP's Grandparents How? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #208 |
213. The OP's grandparents |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #213 |
225. Now Wait A Minute |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:36 AM Response to Reply #36 |
65. You implied that they didn't earn what they had. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #65 |
74. "bourgeois bastards". where the hell did that come from? i'm |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
171. I Think If You Go Back And Re-Read |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Exactly |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
168. I Think He May Have Had The Right To Feel That Way |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #168 |
186. you're right. i did not mean it the way he interpretated. i've |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
88. So you are entitled to total agreement from everyone because |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #88 |
172. WTF? |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #88 |
188. i tried telling him that last night. |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
144. The majority of Cubans supported |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #144 |
165. Deleted message |
SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #144 |
173. They Were Oppressed By The Wealthy |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
153. Try thinking instead of reactionary drivel |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #153 |
174. Wow, Just Wow |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #174 |
181. Well |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #181 |
202. Yeah, I Got It The First Time |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #202 |
207. Good |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #207 |
209. By Your Standard |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #209 |
212. Classic argument |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #212 |
224. I Won't Argue That There Are Rich That Don't Work Hard |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:47 AM Response to Reply #209 |
215. I think he's saying that cutting sugar cane for not enough to live on-- |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #215 |
223. Not Everyone Is Able To Manage A Drugstore |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #223 |
231. How do you account for people like Jonas Salk, then? |
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IntiRaymi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #181 |
245. Agreed, 100% |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
68. For progressives who want a real discussion about Cuba |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I think the argument likewise is obscured |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I have no idea what you are saying???? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. I'm saying |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Who are these people? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. That wasn't an angry post |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #80 |
83. For evidence read thread 2 and encompassing comments |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #83 |
85. But, that isn't what you said. |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #85 |
95. Here is what you said - "bourgeois motherfuckers" |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #95 |
154. No, more a response to |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. How long have you been here? Oh - for less than a year |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Actually since 2004 |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #92 |
121. Your profile says November 2005 |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. That was when I registered, not when I started reading DU posts |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #124 |
176. okey dokey |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #176 |
183. Yeah, you're quite the sleuth |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 06:59 AM Response to Reply #183 |
197. ha! |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #87 |
93. dupe |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #68 |
110. You were doing well until your final ad hominem sentence. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Who is the better murderor in your opinion... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #112 |
119. Impressive all-or-nothing thinking. |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Maybe you prefer a different question then: |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #112 |
125. I'm a unibomber man myself |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:15 PM Response to Reply #112 |
145. Neither |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #110 |
239. He did promise elections |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:48 AM Response to Reply #68 |
216. They come here because they can-- |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #216 |
229. They also come here because they are given a large array of |
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theanarch (523 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #68 |
236. the contention that the majority of Cubans who came here |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. A few living comfortably, at the expense of the many |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
62. I'll defend Castro |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
217. I'd say he's far too much of a micromanager. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 06:44 PM Response to Reply #217 |
226. Oh Goodness. The Most Concise Summation of Cuban Politics I've Ever Seen |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #217 |
228. Why don't you provide a link to examples of people who were imprisoned |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #228 |
232. Anarchists have not fared well |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
70. Dignity cannot be stolen--but it can be discarded. |
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oc2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
97. Maybe your grandparents deserved what they got from Castro? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #97 |
240. You'd sure hope |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
128. Yes and Batista was a fucking pig who allowed his own people to rot |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
138. I wonder what your G-Parents employees would say about that? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
149. It's called justice |
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chunkylover55 (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #149 |
164. Its crap ideas like yours that give Democrats a bad name. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. Crap ideas like equity? Right |
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chunkylover55 (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #167 |
177. Tell me then. . . . |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #177 |
180. According |
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blue2helix (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:05 PM Response to Reply #180 |
184. Che was PLAYED by Castro |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #184 |
199. How so |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:55 AM Response to Reply #177 |
219. Because engineering is fun and empowering |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 03:54 AM Response to Reply #164 |
218. Nobody earns anything all by themselves |
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IntiRaymi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:32 AM Response to Reply #164 |
247. It is red herrings like yours that give fish a bad name. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
187. i'm back and i'm angry now. what makes your grandparents |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
227. If You're Going to Use Threats and Draw Lines In the Sand |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's very easy to support a system |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
122. You're talking about the US right? nt |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #122 |
241. That's what I've been thinking too |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. As a Cuban, I can tell you that everyone in my family thinks Castro |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Like all other despots, Castro had a lust for power. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
53. You mean to say there are no elections in Cuba? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. In name only, though. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #60 |
89. Not true |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Interesting Spin |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:12 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Not spin. Just obvservation from someone who has actually seen it. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Question |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Where? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Anywhere |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Sorry, I edited my previous post. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I've read that book |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Nope. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. Whatever |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #107 |
150. Read this very slowly |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:04 AM Response to Reply #150 |
189. In effect, that is not true |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #189 |
195. Not so. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #107 |
155. "Open mind" = "Miami mind set" n/t |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #107 |
158. Nowhere does it state that the Communist party is the absolute power. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #158 |
191. You forgot the bit |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #191 |
194. That just isn't the process. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #194 |
201. That description does not match my sources |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #105 |
178. ...and YOU went to Cuba when??? n/t |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Just like Eastern European countriest had elections too.... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 04:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
220. There was a reason why things went wrong |
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oc2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
99. As a Cuban, I disagree that Castro is as evil as you say. |
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skipos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #99 |
104. Show me where I used the word "evil." I said he blows. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
131. You read DU in Cuba? |
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BeTheChange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. When did Castro become the new Che? |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. from what i remember it was Che who was behind castro's |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
82. It might have been when Reagan set up all those death squads |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
147. You're *way* behind. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. For most people, anywhere, the freedoms you mention are ignored. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. okay talk about freedoms. why are we not allowed to go to |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. I doubt anyone here supports Castro. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. See the "Castro is a coward? polll" n/t |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So if you don't think he's a coward you support him? |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No...never said that...just merely pointing out that |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. He is a complex and controversial figure |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. He also has a beard. |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
49. "I like Fidel Castro and his beard" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 05:53 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Al Gore wore a beard |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #50 |
86. J Edgar Hoover said it best |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #86 |
109. Speaking of dictators who last for 50 years |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #86 |
118. Sayings such as that |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Nevermind me, |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
55. And don't forget, at Trudeau's funeral... |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. That's reason enough to love Castro |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #63 |
114. And it was enough reason to love Trudeau |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. He was a great great man |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:11 PM Response to Reply #117 |
132. Yet so many Canadians hated Trudeau in the 80's |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #132 |
139. he always provoked extreme feelings |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #117 |
163. Trudeau |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Hear Fucking Hear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
90. Yep. This accusation is like the "supporter of Hezbollah" one |
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diamidue (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
162. I doubt anyone here supports Castro. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. I am no defender of Castro but... |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. STOP ! Only "certain" truths will be tolerated ! |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. good question. there are many of them too. |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. hmmmm about 70% of the population |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. I don't know where you live |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
129. Jose Contreras? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. "a very small group of wealthy people " |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Good for castro |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
37. All financed by the US mafia n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
58. "Godfather II" is very accurate with all of that n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
57. Cuba was a frigging slave system for most people |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:07 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. They're not the only ones who freak out about Cuba. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
192. What is true of middle-class Cubans is true of middle-class Latvians |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
190. Years ago, I knew a couple who spent their honeymoon in Cuba in |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
64. A Massive Redistribution of Wealth |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
242. Why would anyone flame you |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
14. My view on Castro is mixed. |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why do you hate Cuba? |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Cause I am envious of Castro's beard... |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. What I will say is Castro is only one side of the equation. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
134. You bring up the best argument yet, IMO |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #134 |
140. Thanks for your input |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. Yes, and as an example to the rest of Latin America |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
28. I hate all dictators n/t |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Good summary. nt |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
152. What dictatorial powers does Castro have? n/t |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #152 |
156. The power to make his brother succeed him as President-for-life |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. The power to appoint a successor |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. Alright, you obviously have some romantic notion of the revolution... |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #160 |
161. Obviously, you are unable to grasp the reality of the situation |
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chunkylover55 (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #159 |
166. You failed to mention the very obvious and important fact that, |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #166 |
170. Doesn't change that it is a similar measure |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. We forget that Batista (sp) was no prize either |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. Batista was clearly a paw of Washington, just like |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
157. Batista is dead, and no longer the alternative. n/t |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. What about Poland? |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Cuban people have a long history of ousting oppressors |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. The Cuban people have a long history of being oppressed |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #39 |
243. Cuba and Puerto Rico |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
40. You so funny! Thanks for the laugh! |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. I neither support nor oppose Castro. |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-01-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. me too. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
136. Agreed |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
206. +1 |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
244. The book I just read "After Fidel" |
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jpkenny (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
56. Haven't we already given these things up without anything in return? |
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rniel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
61. Can you imagine |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
67. Cuba does worry about terrorist attacks...from Miami Cubans |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 05:01 AM Response to Reply #67 |
221. Thanks for pointing out this info. concerning Manuel Noriega. |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
69. I don't "support" Castro, but we've constructively engaged with worse |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
72. I met some Cuban artists who had freedom of expression.... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
75. You know |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. I'm not sure which I would choose if I had to. But it's a false dichotomy |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. It's false to say those are the only two choices ever |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Fair enough. |
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tarkus (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
91. It isn't easy being so close to the United States |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
102. No need for dictatorship. Not being a US lapdog is enough. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #102 |
115. Tudo bem rapaz? |
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FooFootheSnoo (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
108. I'm not a supporter of Castro |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
111. That's a pretty big assumption to make. |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
116. I don't like Castro |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
123. As Ch. Mao said, Away with all pests nt |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
126. I don't support Castro, or his authoritarian system |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. democratic country |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #127 |
130. I realise that the term "democracy" means different things to different |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #130 |
137. Yes then |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
133. Polarized, narrow thinking. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #133 |
185. Holy crap that was |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 07:13 AM Response to Reply #133 |
198. well said |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
141. The hatred of Castro never fails to amuse me |
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JackDragna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
143. Castro is a dictator, to be sure. |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
148. At least Cubans get education and health care |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
175. how about this vibe: what fucking free speech are you talking |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #175 |
193. Simple |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 02:18 AM Response to Reply #193 |
196. Maybe the DoD will look into it. [nt] |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #193 |
200. Please--begin the experiment. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 05:15 AM Response to Reply #193 |
222. Go to the Versailles restaurant in Little Havana and yell "Elián should |
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RadiDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-02-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
179. Viva Fidel! Get well soon, Amigo Mio! |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
204. Question is fallacious. Terrorism is a tool of fascism, they go together. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #204 |
214. I just watched "My Home in Havana" on LinkTv |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #214 |
234. I'm so glad you saw that. It's a real eye-opener. isn't it? |
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truth2power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
210. Ahem....Cuba under Batista |
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catmother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-03-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #210 |
211. i've been asking that question for years. why can't we go to |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-04-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
230. More and more since the bush mis Administration, I am not a friend |
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ausus (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
233. Fidel Castro: Worlds biggest PIMP |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #233 |
235. Do you have links to sources for your "how slim the Cuban women were" |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #233 |
248. I *love* stuff like this. |
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Codeblue (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-07-06 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
238. What will happen when Castro's government falls/fails? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #238 |
249. Here's a different take |
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Codeblue (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #249 |
251. Well if that's the case |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
246. What do you mean "give up things like free speech and expression?" |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:36 AM Response to Reply #246 |
250. You can do all that.... |
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evox (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #250 |
252. Technically ... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 12:57 AM Response to Reply #246 |
253. Regarding that area in front of the Lincoln Memorial, you can't protest |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #253 |
255. Holy shiiiii.......... LOLOLOL!!!!!! |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-08-06 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
254. My question is why do governments have to force the rich |
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