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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Carl on January 19, 2008, 04:29:13 PM
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 07:26 PM
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Castro: I'm too ill for public life
Source: al Jazeera
Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader, has said he is still not well enough to return to public life and campaign in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections.
Castro said in a letter published in several state-owned Cuban newspapers that he was "not physically able" to perform his public duties but would instead continue to write.
Castro, 81, underwent stomach surgery in July 2006, handing over power temporarily to his brother, Raul.
He has not been seen in public since, although he has appeared on television and writes in state newspapers.
Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FFD79B71-174C-46...
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AGirl (149 posts) Wed Jan-16-08 07:48 PM
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3. because I like Castro. I love Chavez more, hes democratic
and pro gay rights.
Someone looking for granite on the thread though...
hack89 (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:26 PM
Response to Reply #10
12. You really think Castro successor will be freely elected?
Anyone can start a political party and run? I don't think so.
Elections do not equal democracy. North Korea, China and the Soviet Union hold/held elections routinely - just like Cuba they are one party states.
Feel the love...
Vidar (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-19-08 03:57 PM
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55. I hope he lives to dance on Bush's grave.
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-19-08 03:57 PM
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55. I hope he lives to dance on Bush's grave.
....and I hope someone pisses on yours.... :censored:
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 07:26 PM
Original message
Castro: I'm too ill for public life
Source: al Jazeera
Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader, has said he is still not well enough to return to public life and campaign in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections.
Castro said in a letter published in several state-owned Cuban newspapers that he was "not physically able" to perform his public duties but would instead continue to write.
Castro, 81, underwent stomach surgery in July 2006, handing over power temporarily to his brother, Raul.
He has not been seen in public since, although he has appeared on television and writes in state newspapers.
Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FFD79B71-174C-46...
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AGirl (149 posts) Wed Jan-16-08 07:48 PM
Response to Reply #2
3. because I like Castro. I love Chavez more, hes democratic
and pro gay rights.
Someone looking for granite on the thread though...
hack89 (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:26 PM
Response to Reply #10
12. You really think Castro successor will be freely elected?
Anyone can start a political party and run? I don't think so.
Elections do not equal democracy. North Korea, China and the Soviet Union hold/held elections routinely - just like Cuba they are one party states.
Feel the love...
Vidar (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-19-08 03:57 PM
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55. I hope he lives to dance on Bush's grave.
Can we question their patriotism/judgment/sanity now?
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Can we question their patriotism/judgment/sanity now?
We sure can with posts like this:
ngant17 (841 posts) Thu Jan-17-08 05:41 AM
Response to Reply #10
22. Cuba is a robust democracy
and all votes are hand-counted.
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 07:26 PM
Original message
Castro: I'm too ill for public life
Source: al Jazeera
Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader, has said he is still not well enough to return to public life and campaign in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections.
Castro said in a letter published in several state-owned Cuban newspapers that he was "not physically able" to perform his public duties but would instead continue to write.
Castro, 81, underwent stomach surgery in July 2006, handing over power temporarily to his brother, Raul.
He has not been seen in public since, although he has appeared on television and writes in state newspapers.
Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FFD79B71-174C-46...
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AGirl (149 posts) Wed Jan-16-08 07:48 PM
Response to Reply #2
3. because I like Castro. I love Chavez more, hes democratic
and pro gay rights.
Someone looking for granite on the thread though...
hack89 (1000+ posts) Wed Jan-16-08 10:26 PM
Response to Reply #10
12. You really think Castro successor will be freely elected?
Anyone can start a political party and run? I don't think so.
Elections do not equal democracy. North Korea, China and the Soviet Union hold/held elections routinely - just like Cuba they are one party states.
Feel the love...
Vidar (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-19-08 03:57 PM
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55. I hope he lives to dance on Bush's grave.
Can we question their patriotism/judgment/sanity now?
You mean you still are waiting to do so? I beat the rush and started doing that in 2001. :rotf:
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ngant17 (841 posts) Thu Jan-17-08 05:41 AM
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22. Cuba is a robust democracy
and all votes are hand-counted.
Yeah, you DUmbshit. Robust democracies often keep reelecting the same guy for 49-FriCKen-YEARS! :whatever:
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ngant17 (841 posts) Thu Jan-17-08 05:41 AM
Response to Reply #10
22. Cuba is a robust democracy
and all votes are hand-counted.
Yeah, you DUmbshit. Robust democracies often keep reelecting the same guy for 49-FriCKen-YEARS! :whatever:
Well, I think the dissenters discovered early on that if anyone voted for anyone else, they found themselves in prison, at minimum, or at the extreme, found themselves with an extra hole in the back of their head.
There's a reason for the handcounting the votes in Cuba...it's easier to identify the troublemakers.