Is Morales doing Castro's dirty work?
On Tuesday morning, after two days of silence, the Bolivian Interior Ministry announced the arrest and imminent extradition to Cuba of Cuban dissident Dr. Amauri Sanmartino Flores at his home in Santa Cruz, according to The Miami Herald.…
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76 - Dave Nalle
Moonraven, there's something inherently flawed in a world view which in which being anti-castro is anything but the proper norm for the editorial perspective of ANY paper in the free world.
Dave
77 - moonraven
I see, Homeboy: Being a member of the Cuban Mafia is just fine because its premise is anti-Castro.
And the Cosa Nostra?
There is something inherently flawed in a worldview that only promotes fascism. That got the planet into a lot of trouble a few years back....
But then I guess you are in mourning because one of your heroes, Pinochet, died.
I should be more sympathetic.
But I am not inclined to sympathize with fascists. No matter how many of their heroes kick the bucket.
78 - Dave Nalle
But I am not inclined to sympathize with fascists.
No, you're inclined to sympathize with communist dictators. I'm just siding with those who'd like to see the people of Cuba free. You operate under the delusion that their current status as slaves of a totalitarian state is a good thing.
Dave
79 - moonraven
As usual, you didn't answer my question, Homeboy:
And the Cosa Nostra?
I am on the side of those who would like to see the people of the US free, Homeboy, but with folks like you making up a big chunk of the population, I am not going to hold my breath....
The people of Cuba, so far as I know, have not ordained you to speak in their behalf.
80 - Dave Nalle
The people of Cuba get thrown in jail if they speak on their own behalf, so those of us who live in freedom have to speak for them. I know you'd prefer the silencing of all dissent, but thankfully you haven't got the power to force that on anyone.
As for the Cosa Nosta, wtf are you jabbering about?
Dave
81 - moonraven
Mafias, Homebody.
You're all for the Miami Cuban Mafia--but what about the Cosa Nostra?
Homeboy, luckily, you speak for only the Mobutos of the US. Speaking for Cubans, indeed--you have some nerve, especially since you don't even speak their language!
82 - Dave Nalle
Ah, the same old argument again- you can't support people being free unless you speak their language. What an arrogant and ridiculous position to take.
As for the Cuban mafia, I haven't said one word about them. I support the rights of all people to be free. That has nothing to do with any crime organizations.
Dave
83 - moonraven
Not one word, huh? Well, when you stroked old clavos for quoting an opinion piece from The Miami Herald, you were sure as hell mentioning the Miami Cuban Mafia.
You cannot interpret the wishes of people when you cannot speak their language. Stop poking your snout in other folks' countries and cultures that you don't understand.
You have more than your hands full trying tounderstand your own.
84 - Clavos
Oye, martita,
As you well know, the "Miami Cuban Mafia" is an artificial construct from Fidel's twisted, fevered, fanatical brain, and has no relationship whatever with organized crime.
The phrase refers to the Cuban exile community in Miami generally, and specifically to its leaders, such as Jorge Mas Canosa (now deceased), José Basulto, and Ramón Saul Sanchez and their organizations, CANF (Cuban American National Foundation), Brothers to the Rescue, and the Democracy Movement.
85 - Dave Nalle
Not one word, huh? Well, when you stroked old clavos for quoting an opinion piece from The Miami Herald, you were sure as hell mentioning the Miami Cuban Mafia.
Odd, I thought I was mentioning a newspaper.
Miami Herald Executives:
Steve Landsberg, Publisher (Jewish?)
Tom Fiedler, Executive Editor (Jewish?)
Susan Rosenthal, CFO (Jewish)
Craig Woishwill, VP Operations (Jewish)
So what you're saying is that a bunch of Jews are the Cuban Mafia, right?
BTW, they do have cubans on their staff. Their web page is run by Raul Lopez.
You cannot interpret the wishes of people when you cannot speak their language.
What if they speak my language? What if some trustworthy fellow like Clavos translates for me?
Or howabout if I just assume that all people want to be free?
Dave
86 - STM
Dave asked: "What if they speak my language?"
Why bother going to America in the first place if you don't??
87 - Dave Nalle
Lots of people go places where they don't speak the local language, STM. But I'm sure that Marthe thinks that tourism is a form of capitalist exploitation.
Dave
88 - STM
I'm talking about mass immigration, though, Dave. Surely one needs to need to learn the lingo first. If I was moving to the US, I'd learn American first as I've always had a great deal of trouble making myself understood over there, especially after 10 beers.
Marthe also thinks Chavez is the most influential man in the hemisphere, possibly even the world. Hemisphere-wise, my money's on Graham Henry, the New Zealand rugby coach, as he has a much wider TV audience, sells a far more interesting product - and doesn't have a head like a smashed crab.
89 - troll
on the other hand...tourism/voyeurism is disrespectful
I live in in the Southwest US and wouldn't consider going on Pueblo land except on the invitation of a family - why treat any culture/country differently - ?
if your just going to 'learn' and gawk then don't bother I guess
(though my observation is that plenty of the gawkees don't mind if the tourista drops some loot on them)
90 - Clavos
He's probably smarter too, STM.
And as a coach, I'll bet he's a waaay better motivator than our friend Hugo.
91 - Dave Nalle
Idi Amid coached basketball and oppressed Uganda for decades. The two jobs - coach and dictator - may be compatible.
Dave
92 - Clavos
My wife worked for one of the best motivators I ever met in my life.
He had been a football coach at a high school in a small, rural southern town when his mother died without life insurance.
By the time he hired my wife as his Director of Customer Service, he had built a business of selling term life insurance into the largest such firm in the world, with 90,000 (no typo) salespeople worldwide, and was well on the way to his first billion.
I used to go to his sales meetings to watch him work; the man was amazing. He once told me that all he was doing was using the same techniques that he had used with his football players.
The guy could have motivated cadavers to sell insurance for him.
And he wasn't a dictator; in fact, he was a very charming and likeable guy.
93 - STM
Dave said: "Idi Amin coached basketball and oppressed Uganda for decades. The two jobs - coach and dictator - may be compatible."
I'll call Mr Henry and let him know there's a country available on the north-eastern coast of South America. I'll even show him where it is on the map.
He's probably not that interested though: coaching the All Blacks is considered a far more important and financially rewarding job in New Zealand than being the Prime Minister. Until they lose, of course, which doesn't happen often but is likely to happen at the World Cup, where they have habit of choking against teams like Australia and France.
Well, that's what I'M hoping, anyhow.
Now, back to Chavez: he could be a chance to make an appearance in an All Black guernsey, having as he does a head like a badly smashed crab.
94 - STM
PS, I notice Moonraven's been let out of her box again. Her job must be to search the internet looking for posts on that well-known rugby player, "Dirty" Chavez.
95 - moonraven
Moonraven doesn't have to have a job.
The first law of money: Money comes to you when you do the right thing.
96 - STM
"The first law of money: Money comes to you when you do the right thing."
You must be struggling then, dear ... as we'd expect of you, of course.
The socialist manifesto encourages constant struggle, particularly against the bourgeoisie.
97 - moonraven
There is no such thing as a socialist manifesto.
98 - Dave Nalle
Well then, get to work writing one, Moon.
Dave
99 - STM
"There is no such thing as a socialist manifesto."
Que? What rock have you been hiding under. There are many, although one could lump them all together generically if one wanted to, particularly for the purposes of a gee-up of someone who seems to lack even a smidgeon of genuine humour.
100 - moonraven
STM--I suggest you lump them all together then. I could not possibly be less interested in ideological promotion of that sort.