Posts Tagged ‘cuba’

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Oct11

Swimming from all that wonderful health care

by Duane on October 11th, 2011 at 7:04 am
Posted In: World

Cuba government supporters go silent again.
“Reversing a three-year trend downward, the number of undocumented Cubans intercepted at sea or who reached U.S. shores in the past 12 months soared by more than 100 percent

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Sep09

Knowing now what we did not know then (Cuba)

by Duane on September 9th, 2011 at 6:45 am
Posted In: Remember

Here is your history in check read for today.

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Dec02

Can Someone Please Turn Up The Mic?

by Duane on December 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Posted In: Headlines, World

(miamiherald.com) A group of prominent African Americans, traditionally sympathetic to the Cuban revolution, have for the first time condemned Cuba, demanding Havana stop its “callous disregard” for black Cubans and declaring that “racism in Cuba . . . must be confronted.”
“We know first-hand the experiences and consequences of denying civil freedoms on the basis of [...]

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Aug30

The Ignorant Class

by Duane on August 30th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Posted In: Commentary, Headlines, Obama Health Care, Politics, World

On the vast political map of any nation, you will always find a group of individuals the political class can always depend upon to keep them in power. I call this group of individuals “The Ignorant Class”.
It’s people like Rep. Diane Watson of California who will never be questioned or even challenged by the ignorant [...]

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Apr16

Not feeling Cuba

by Duane on April 16th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Posted In: Politics, World

Rep. Kendrick Meek opposes remittances to Cuba
At a Monday morning rally for his U.S. Senate campaign, Meek said he supports curbing the amount of money Cuban Americans can send to their relatives because the communist government takes a 20 percent cut.
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‘I want to talk to the president about the unlimited remittances, if that’s what he [...]

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Apr09

The CBC’s useful idiot tour to Cuba

by Duane on April 9th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Posted In: Headlines, Politics, Should Be Slapped, World

“To see all of these myths melt right in front of my eyes was something to behold,” he said. “We’ve been led to believe that the Cuban people are not free, and they are repressed by a vicious dictator, and I saw nothing to match what we’ve been told.” (Congressman Emanuel Cleaver)
Apparently, the people are [...]

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Apr07

Yeah, I’m sure

by Duane on April 7th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Posted In: Politics, World

State Department spokesman Robert Wood had this to say regarding the recent trip to Cuba taken by members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
“Members of Congress have the right to travel where they want and to discuss issues with whom they want,” Wood said. “And I am sure members of that delegation will be raising some [...]

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