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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Carl on February 19, 2008, 05:16:22 AM
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 02:45 AM
Original message
Fidel Castro Resigns As President
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Source: Sky News
Fidel Castro has resigned as Cuba's President and commander in chief.
In a statement issued to a Cuban newspaper he said he would not be returning to the Presidency.
Castro has not been seen in public for 18 months since he underwent emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006.
Born into a wealthy landowning family, he turned to Marxism because of the poverty he saw around him in Cuba.
He came to international prominence in 1959 when, along with Che Guevara, he led the uprising which overthrew the corrupt government of President Fulgencio Batista, who had turned Cuba into a decadent playground for America's rich.
Promising to give the land back to the people, he received the backing of the Soviet Union, driving a wedge between Cuba and the US that has never been removed.
Read more: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1305917,00...
Any guesses how the DUmmies feel?
donheld (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 02:48 AM
Response to Original message
2. I hope this doesn't cause to much trouble
Bushie will try to claim credit.
Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 04:09 AM
Response to Reply #38
46. Point
That's going to be the real danger: The US, goaded by those idiots in Miami has been running interference against Castro for fifty years, Lord knows what's going to happen now.
Of course, if Raul's smart, he'll only take power as an interim measure in preparation for full elections.
texasleo (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 03:02 AM
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11. We get to lose two scumbags in the span of one year (Fidel and W)
Shouldn`t have mentioned Castro in the same sentance as President Bush,now you`re going to get it.
ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 03:13 AM
Response to Reply #11
15. You regard your former governor who murdered a million in Iraq to someone who sent doctors? How deluded is that?
ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 03:39 AM
Response to Reply #20
28. Maybe do a body count.
Who wins?
Maybe do a count of lives saved through medical assistance.
Even if you love US imperialism and regard the mass slaughter of Iraqis as a good thing, you can at least see that Castro did nothing remotely similar. Or are you so truly deluded that you cannot admit to even that simple fact. Comparing a true monster like Chimpy to Castro is simply an admission of blind ignorance.
ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 04:20 AM
Response to Reply #41
49. cute
and utterly ignorant. A charming combo. Just a simple test. Run the numbers. How many have various US presidents murdered to support imperialism, capitalism, trans-national corporatism, free enterprise, whatever you want to call it, which I gather you support, and how many have died because of Castro during those years? Your sense of "morality" is as bizarre as your reasoning.
Keep sucking up that Kool-Aid. But being among the willfully blinded who see Castro as some sort of evil monster is just evidence of your being a gullible sucker. Give one set of facts ro prove the moral equivalence of Castro and the insane mass killer who governs your country. Just one.
KillCapitalism (405 posts) Tue Feb-19-08 03:28 AM
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21. Hopefully the U.S. will stay out of Cuba's business.
Long live the Revolution!
Capitalism will hurt the environment and the people of Cuba.
That officially makes you DUmber then dirt.
Swagman (240 posts) Tue Feb-19-08 05:31 AM
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54. whatever happens in Cuba-let's hope the USA stays the hell away
from the place. Wherever America goes hell follows.
Then leave.
Honest to God the only reason they want to be in this country they so hate is to destroy it.
Go to hell commies.
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 04:20 AM
Response to Reply #41
49. cute
and utterly ignorant. A charming combo. Just a simple test. Run the numbers. How many have various US presidents murdered to support imperialism, capitalism, trans-national corporatism, free enterprise, whatever you want to call it, which I gather you support, and how many have died because of Castro during those years? Your sense of "morality" is as bizarre as your reasoning.
Keep sucking up that Kool-Aid. But being among the willfully blinded who see Castro as some sort of evil monster is just evidence of your being a gullible sucker. Give one set of facts ro prove the moral equivalence of Castro and the insane mass killer who governs your country. Just one.
What the hell??
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Give one set of facts ro prove the moral equivalence of Castro and the insane mass killer who governs your country. Just one.
How about comparing the number of people trying to flee Cuba on homemade rafts through shark infested waters, vs the number of Americans tying to flee America????????
What an asswipe.
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Give one set of facts ro prove the moral equivalence of Castro and the insane mass killer who governs your country. Just one.
How about comparing the number of people trying to flee Cuba on homemade rafts through shark infested waters, vs the number of Americans tying to flee America????????
What an asswipe.
Exactly waht I was getting ready to post!!!
Hey, DUmmy Constantliar:
YOU are apparently so deluded that you laud a dictator who ruled so brutally that mothers were willing to die (and many, many did) for the chance to get their babies the hell out of Cuba. Good Lord, the stupidity is strong over there. If you hate this President so much, start building a raft, Comrade.
I'm truly embarrassed that people THIS stupid are free to wander the earth, telling others that they are American.
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Stupidity, thy name is DUmmie.
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Since their beloved Castro took over in '59, Cuba's been a wasteland and refugees have floated on innertubes, old cars, and even the doors of their houses to get here. Before the DUmmie's hero took over, Cuba would have seemed like Miami... well, at least with less gangs.
Those are the facts, DUmb shits.
BTW, I don't think "Rual" (sp?) Castro's going to be any better though... some speculate he might be worse.
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I think some of my brain cells died reading this thread.
Cindie
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I have a clean crisp $100 bill for any DUmbass giving up it's United States citzenship and heads off to Cuba.
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I have a clean crisp $100 bill for any DUmbass giving up it's United States citzenship and heads off to Cuba.
Yeah, but he provides free healthcare.
http://www.therealcuba.com/Page10.htm
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ConsAreLiars (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 03:13 AM
Response to Reply #11
15. You regard your former governor who murdered a million in Iraq to someone who sent doctors? How deluded is that?
The only problem is that the "doctor" that the Bearded bastard sent anywhere was Dr. Guevera.
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The US, goaded by those idiots in Miami has been running interference against Castro for fifty years
Many of those 'idiots in Miami' are former Cuban citizens numbskull. you don't suppose after living there they have ample reason to want to get their country back from a dictator do you? But i guess since their 'power to truth' is against communism and Castro it adds up to idiocy. We all know protesting the Marines in the states is a far less idiotic prospect. :whatever:
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Give one set of facts ro prove the moral equivalence of Castro and the insane mass killer who governs your country. Just one.
How about comparing the number of people trying to flee Cuba on homemade rafts through shark infested waters, vs the number of Americans tying to flee America????????
What an asswipe.
Exactly waht I was getting ready to post!!!
Hey, DUmmy Constantliar:
YOU are apparently so deluded that you laud a dictator who ruled so brutally that mothers were willing to die (and many, many did) for the chance to get their babies the hell out of Cuba. Good Lord, the stupidity is strong over there. If you hate this President so much, start building a raft, Comrade.
I'm truly embarrassed that people THIS stupid are free to wander the earth, telling others that they are American.
Absolutely! The discussions on Cuba and Castro are a hot topic for me having lived in the area and counting a number of Cuban-Americans as friends. People who either first hand risked their lives or had parents who did in the interest of freedom. Cubans I have known dream of the same freedoms in their homeland someday. I hope they will eventually get their wish.
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"Happy that Fidel Castro is stepping aside, but we'd rather see him drop dead and not just resign. He caused a lot of pain and killed a lot of people."--Cuban American Emilio Yazquez ie in DUmpster's eyes one of those 'idiots in Miami' :whatever:
But I guess DUers living in any number of enclaves in the US are better able to judge what and how Cuba is then people who have actually lived there at some point in their lives. :banghead:
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I think some of my brain cells died reading this thread.
Cindie
Which is why I limit my exposure to the DUmp.
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That reminds me, I need to pick up some Kool-aid from the store.
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-19-08 03:20 AM
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19. I can see it now - GWB singlehandedly caused Castro to age and become ill
to the point of deciding to relinquish power. If Kerry had been president, Castro undoubtedly would have endured another 15 years.
Well hell, he can steer hurricanes with a wave of his hand and mow down a million Iraqis with his smirk. Surely he ought to get a little credit for squishing one fatigue-clad cigar-chomping communista.
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I'm really getting ****ing sick and tired of the blow job the media are giving Fidel today on the announcement of his resignation.
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I'm really getting ****ing sick and tired of the blow job the media are giving Fidel today on the announcement of his resignation.
Apparently you forget the tears they had to fight back upon hearing of Yassir Asserfat dying in 2004.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/arafat/2895657.html