Cuba has lowest infest death rate..........

[Leonard]

I'm not sure I believe the article. Is there any accurate way to determine what goes on in that country? I think not.

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Just because it isnt in America does not mean it is a country of mindless savages.

Cuba has one of the best education, health and welfare setups in the world, it is a fantastic place to live, just because you ahve been brainwashed that "anything that even remotely resembles left wing politics equals bad" does not make it right.

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A.J. Rimmer: I grew up in a communist family, and was absolutely RAISED on the lying tripe you are trying to sling around here. FACT: Cuban families are limited to ONE CHICKEN PER WEEK!!! You call that paradise? If you do, you've got a pretty queer view of paradise. Meanwhile, Papa Fidel is one of the RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD, with 50+ villas in gorgeous settings all over the globe. Your communist propoganda GOES NOWHERE WITH ME! I'm wise to the lies, even if you are ill-informed enough to believe them.

[Guest Arnold J.Rimmer]

I'm not sure I believe the article. Is there any accurate way to determine what goes on in that country? I think not.

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Just because it isnt in America does not mean it is a country of mindless savages.

Cuba has one of the best education, health and welfare setups in the world, it is a fantastic place to live, just because you ahve been brainwashed that "anything that even remotely resembles left wing politics equals bad" does not make it right.

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A.J. Rimmer: I grew up in a communist family, and was absolutely RAISED on the lying tripe you are trying to sling around here. FACT: Cuban families are limited to ONE CHICKEN PER WEEK!!! You call that paradise? If you do, you've got a pretty queer view of paradise. Meanwhile, Papa Fidel is one of the RICHEST MEN IN THE WORLD, with 50+ villas in gorgeous settings all over the globe. Your communist propoganda GOES NOWHERE WITH ME! I'm wise to the lies, even if you are ill-informed enough to believe them.

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Lol! That's Christian love right there for ya! Incorrect and full of lies as usual!

[Leonard]

Answer the FACTS, Komrad Rimmer, the accusation and slur is the last refuge for one who knows he's lost a debate. CAUGHT YOU, DIDN'T I?

PS: NOT ONCE, did I indicate a lack of love, or that I wished you ill. What's going on in your head? Come on; tossing out that 'no love' thing is just like throwing out an accusation of 'racism': a handy 'trick.' Fear of the accusation itself will make many opponents scatter in terror, but it's really nothing but a shibboleth. AND IT'S A TACTIC STRAIGHT OUT OF V.I. LENIN'S 'REVOLUTIONARY CATECHISMS'. Tell me, did you learn it there, or does it come naturally to you?

[IslandRose]

I'm not sure I believe the article. Is there any accurate way to determine what goes on in that country? I think not.

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Just because it isnt in America does not mean it is a country of mindless savages.

Cuba has one of the best education, health and welfare setups in the world, it is a fantastic place to live, just because you ahve been brainwashed that "anything that even remotely resembles left wing politics equals bad" does not make it right.

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As one who as actually been to Cuba a few times and has friends who live there now, I would like to say that although Cuba is a beautiful country and has some of the sweetest people I have ever met, I wouldn't live there on a bet. It is an awful place for day to day living. You can rarely take money , go to a market and by food. One must usually stand in lines for rations. A small hard roll for each member of the family each day. Everything from sugar to spaghetti noodles is rationed. When you go into the markets, the shelves are empty. A few shelves had cans on them, but the signs above the cans stated...'The cans are empty.' They were only put there to keep the shelves from being completely bare. I saw markets with no food, meat markets with no meat, pharmacies with no medicine....not even aspirin.

I carry medicine to churches, because when people get sick even their little local clinics, which Cuba has in abundance, have no medicines. Churches , like the one we help are the places where people go to get OTC meds, bandaids and in some cases even prescription drugs.

I know of which I speak. I have visited many countries and have lived in Indonesia and the Philippines. Cuba is not a place I would choose to live unless the Lord sent me there for a reason. Then I know that HE, not Fidel, would meet my needs.

IR

[Leonard]

Thanks to Island Rose for helping these oppressed people! Blessings on you for your efforts.

[amor]

I'm not sure I believe the article. Is there any accurate way to determine what goes on in that country? I think not.

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Just because it isnt in America does not mean it is a country of mindless savages.

Cuba has one of the best education, health and welfare setups in the world, it is a fantastic place to live, just because you ahve been brainwashed that "anything that even remotely resembles left wing politics equals bad" does not make it right.

Edited to remove profanity reference.

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As one who as actually been to Cuba a few times and has friends who live there now, I would like to say that although Cuba is a beautiful country and has some of the sweetest people I have ever met, I wouldn't live there on a bet. It is an awful place for day to day living. You can rarely take money , go to a market and by food. One must usually stand in lines for rations. A small hard roll for each member of the family each day. Everything from sugar to spaghetti noodles is rationed. When you go into the markets, the shelves are empty. A few shelves had cans on them, but the signs above the cans stated...'The cans are empty.' They were only put there to keep the shelves from being completely bare. I saw markets with no food, meat markets with no meat, pharmacies with no medicine....not even aspirin.

I carry medicine to churches, because when people get sick even their little local clinics, which Cuba has in abundance, have no medicines. Churches , like the one we help are the places where people go to get OTC meds, bandaids and in some cases even prescription drugs.

I know of which I speak. I have visited many countries and have lived in Indonesia and the Philippines. Cuba is not a place I would choose to live unless the Lord sent me there for a reason. Then I know that HE, not Fidel, would meet my needs.

IR

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Perhaps as well as sending the Cubans sticking plasters you should also work to get the US government embargo on the country lifted. It is hardly surprising that the country faces so many shortages when when the most powerful country in the world, which also happens to be its nearest neighbour is so keen to prevent it from importing the goods that it needs. The USA has cordial relations which much nastier dictators than Castro, leading regimes that have done far less for the people that they govern. As far as I can see the US government is still smarting from the fact that Castro kicked out JFK's Mafia cronies.

Furthermore whatever the Castro regime's human right's abuses, it's worth remembering that the Bush regime is running a concentration camp in their bit of the island, where people are being held and without access to justice.

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[IslandRose]

Oh but what I know, and you evidently do not, is that while the US is sticking to it's guns on the embargo, we are the only ones who are. Spain is building big beautiful hotels in the resort areas. Canada does much business with Cuba. Medicines are manufactured in Cuba....for EXPORT. Cubans are forbidden from taking lobster from the waters....as they say...all the lobsters belong to Fidel. They are exported. Even sugar which is made in Cuba is rationed because most of it is exported.

All the money from these thing is going somewhere, but it is most certainly not into the hands of the people or for the good of the people.

It is not US policy that is hurting the Cuban people. It is the Communist system. which is not truly "communist" at all or the people would be sharing in the profits. It is the Dictatorship of Fidel Castro who is squandering everything on himself and his cronies.

[amor]

Oh but what I know, and you evidently do not, is that while the US is sticking to it's guns on the embargo, we are the only ones who are. 

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Nobody else is "sticking" to this embargo, because no other government actually supports it. It is just an example of a large state bullying a small state.

[IslandRose]

so....where is all the money going from the countries that are investing in Cuba? The US embargo is simply something for Castro to blame for the failure of His government to supply the needs of the people.

[Guest Arnold J.Rimmer]

Answer the FACTS, Komrad Rimmer,  the accusation and  slur is the last refuge for one who knows he's lost a debate.  CAUGHT YOU, DIDN'T I?

PS:  NOT ONCE, did I indicate a lack of love, or that I wished you ill.  What's going on in your head?  Come on; tossing out that 'no love' thing is just like throwing out an accusation of 'racism':  a handy 'trick.'  Fear of the accusation itself will make many opponents scatter in terror, but it's really nothing but a shibboleth.  AND IT'S A TACTIC STRAIGHT OUT OF V.I. LENIN'S 'REVOLUTIONARY CATECHISMS'.  Tell me, did you learn it there, or does it come naturally to you?

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Your reveiw is very agressive and I find averything that you have said, aspecially the tone and your anti-communist slur to be incredibly offensive. Dont lecture me you fool.