Castro Resigns--in my lifetime!!

[azraelle]

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Any thoughts??

[ILWL]

I just cannot wait for Myron's response to this.

As for me I am actually in two minds concerning his leadership and rule. Ok he is not a democrat, or a capitalist and has more than likely committed some atrocities. But there is still a lot to be said for his leadership in standing up to the US in both a financial and political sense. It seems there is has been a degree of peace and stability in the country (Despite Americas best efforts) and there is a Social welfare system that has a lot to be said for it.

This is an outside opinion and no doubt some people will disagree, some possibly quite strongly.

[Lena]

I like him

Why ? When in south Florida we met some people from Cuba but who had been here for years who hated castro . What they didn't know was my bf spoke spainish and he could understand all the bad stuff they were saying about America and Americans ..............

So anyone those dam ingrates hated can't be all bad !!!!!

I love that dictaor Chavez too since he annoys george jr. so much too.............

[Bushwalker]

1. There haven't yet been any really gross atrocities recorded yet against Castro and his regime - the American government, and its lickspit redneck 'patriots' like Myron Myron Tumbleweed and Lord Fred', hate him more for continually thumbing his nose at them, rather than anything he's actually done...

2. Cuba has been topping the USA in standards lists on health care and education since the 1980's..

3. Universal Health care, AND a literacy rate > 90% (compared to < 80% in the USA..) - well, there are such things as benign dictators.

4. Cuba produces cigars that US politicians and bosses must have;
* Cuba grows bananas, pineapples, sugar cane - the US just wishes they could..

5. Cubans living in Miami ( those "damn ingrates"..) are ALL drug dealers, smugglers and scamsters - gangsters that fled Havana because the Cuban government won't tolerate them - any wonder they look down on Americans - it's the USA drug addicts and losers that support these crims...

Guess What !! I've just listed Several Reasons Why Lord Fred and Myron' can Hate Cuba, even more !!!


P.S. Let those Abducted Aliens in the Cuban Cigar factories and Banana farms GO FREE !!!

[Fred75]

[GayandProud]

Fred you are officially GAY !

[azraelle]

[AussieAdam]

[Gibbous Moon]

Castro’s not a democrat but then nor was Batista. Cuba swopped a corrupt and incompetent dictator for a competent and righteous one. He always struck me as a pragmatic man and deeply committed to improving the lives of his fellow Cubans. Cuba is a socialist state with an official black market; you have to register to stay in an illegal hotel. Genius.

One of Fidel Castro’s last act as President before he fell ill was to deal with an energy shortage. He increased electricity prices by 333% because people weren’t treating this scarce resource with enough respect and then went and bought 100,000 new energy efficient fridges and freezers from China to replace all the old 1950’s American vintage fridges left over from before the revolution. Tough love.

I think the fact that he’s retired on health grounds just proves that he was a good guy all along. Unlike a whole host of dictators around the world who are clinging onto power as if it were the elixir of life itself he’s happy to say “Job done, feet up, pass my that cigar.” Mind you the fact that he feels able to retire speaks volumes about how much his people love him and how he’s treated them. Compare the life expectancies of Fidel Castro and Robert Mugabee in their home countries post retirement.

Incidently, if we were to divide up the world’s GDP evenly using current food and energy production technology the standard of living would be just about Cuban. Perhaps we should look a little closer at how they do things.

GM

[melissalive33]

It was time for him to step down. It was a long winding journey for him to rule Cuba that long and he's getting old too.

I wonder if there's a possibility that the trade embargo will be lifted.