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Sat Dec-17-05 08:11 PM
Response to Reply #11 |
| 17. So are you telling me that Castro is not the |
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dictator that our government tells us he is?
Shame on you!
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| -Castro's 'miracle' cures the poor of blindness |
Thom Little |
Dec-17-05 07:06 PM |
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I wonder if they'd take me? |
Warpy |
Dec-17-05 07:08 PM |
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Worth investigating |
Voltaire99 |
Dec-17-05 07:15 PM |
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I don't think Castro would be your problem. Check about going |
tsuki |
Dec-17-05 07:18 PM |
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Not a good idea. |
Mika |
Dec-17-05 07:25 PM |
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Wow! This is the first time I've heard that! nt |
babylonsister |
Dec-17-05 07:41 PM |
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I'd like to see that. |
drm604 |
Dec-17-05 09:22 PM |
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Someone with smarts |
dutchdemocrat |
Dec-18-05 06:47 PM |
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I like it. |
drm604 |
Dec-18-05 11:09 PM |
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PM Warpy. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Dec-19-05 08:56 PM |
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"I'd like to see that" The problem is |
pokercat999 |
Dec-24-05 04:43 AM |
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Nothing like good old travel controls, eh? |
yibbehobba |
Dec-18-05 12:53 PM |
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The travel controls have been in place long before Bush |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 02:05 PM |
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Given the choice between being blind and owing |
Wabbajack |
Dec-18-05 06:43 PM |
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Yeah but.. |
cannabis_flower |
Dec-20-05 12:15 PM |
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go for it anyway |
pitohui |
Dec-22-05 08:42 PM |
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I would google and check it out |
wakeme2008 |
Dec-17-05 07:19 PM |
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Castro is a medical doctor now? |
Mika |
Dec-17-05 07:22 PM |
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He holds the keys to the treatment |
wakeme2008 |
Dec-17-05 07:29 PM |
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How so? |
Mika |
Dec-17-05 07:36 PM |
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So are you telling me that Castro is not the |
A Simple Game |
Dec-17-05 08:11 PM |
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No, shame on you for believing what our media's been telling us. |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Dec-17-05 09:35 PM |
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You are correct |
malaise |
Dec-18-05 05:13 AM |
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Just about the whole world's citizens visit Cuba, except US citizens.. |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 12:23 PM |
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you might try contacting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.... |
mike_c |
Dec-17-05 07:36 PM |
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I know it's not free.... but there are other sources for materials |
4MoronicYears |
Dec-17-05 08:20 PM |
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Chavez was talking about letting people in the US come down |
killbotfactory |
Dec-17-05 09:44 PM |
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Even Cuba accepts you, what makes you think our government will let you? |
Massacure |
Dec-17-05 10:04 PM |
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As soon as the govt lifts the economic embargo |
Spinzonner |
Dec-17-05 10:37 PM |
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Ask around for US docs local to you who participate in SEE (read on) |
Hekate |
Dec-18-05 04:40 AM |
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There is an organization here, 'Orbis' |
Catrina |
Dec-22-05 03:29 PM |
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Write to the Venezuelan Embassy |
LeighAnn |
Dec-19-05 07:50 PM |
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check with your state's Vocational Rehab |
ima_sinnic |
Dec-22-05 03:06 PM |
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What a great opportunity for those afflicted, and |
babylonsister |
Dec-17-05 07:18 PM |
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Everyone is the Caribbean knows about this! |
DELUSIONAL |
Dec-17-05 07:23 PM |
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Wow.....definitely an "outpost of tyranny" |
cire4 |
Dec-17-05 07:23 PM |
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More from the "outpost of tyranny" |
Mika |
Dec-17-05 07:52 PM |
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Indeed. |
yibbehobba |
Dec-18-05 12:54 PM |
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Except that it is the USA that prevents open travel, not Cuba |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 01:07 PM |
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this is wonderful, no matter who provides it. Kudos, Cuba. |
roguevalley |
Dec-17-05 07:38 PM |
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But...but....but...This is GODDAMED SOCIALISM!!!!! |
bvar22 |
Dec-17-05 08:04 PM |
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but...but...but....they told me Marx is God |
enigma000 |
Dec-17-05 08:19 PM |
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I bet they use ionic silver for infections n/t |
bonito |
Dec-17-05 08:40 PM |
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Shine the light n/t |
Clara T |
Dec-17-05 09:06 PM |
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I have never been a fan of Castro as he is a brutal dictator. |
Poppyseedman |
Dec-17-05 09:09 PM |
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I thought he had emptied those |
BareNakedLiberal |
Dec-17-05 09:15 PM |
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Yes, I remember when Castro dumped 3,500 of his drug addicts |
Poppyseedman |
Dec-17-05 09:26 PM |
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No, he is not a saint |
BareNakedLiberal |
Dec-17-05 09:28 PM |
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And we know Castro did this because our mainstream media told.... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Dec-17-05 09:39 PM |
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The Marial Boatlift is well documented. |
Poppyseedman |
Dec-17-05 09:52 PM |
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Castro didn't "dump" them on the US. Miami Cubans picked them up and.. |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 04:14 AM |
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What I've heard coincides with what you posted, Mika. |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-18-05 04:24 AM |
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The US's Radio Marti told Cubans that the Peruvian embassy would .. |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 05:07 AM |
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what does our gov't atrocities have to do with Castro's atrocities? |
nodehopper |
Dec-18-05 11:07 AM |
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First off, |
manic expression |
Dec-18-05 02:49 PM |
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uh... |
nodehopper |
Dec-18-05 03:58 PM |
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Umm, this thread was supposed to be about Cuba's helping the blind. |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 04:12 PM |
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uh...indeed |
manic expression |
Dec-18-05 04:48 PM |
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this thread was about castro and chavez helping the blind |
nodehopper |
Dec-18-05 05:47 PM |
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You're speaking to quite a few DU'ers who have BEEN to Cuba. |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-18-05 06:10 PM |
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ok, whatever, Cuba is a socialist paradise that does not |
nodehopper |
Dec-18-05 07:32 PM |
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Please |
manic expression |
Dec-18-05 08:50 PM |
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have you gone to Cuba? |
nodehopper |
Dec-19-05 09:15 AM |
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Have you? |
manic expression |
Dec-19-05 05:47 PM |
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try looking at Human Rights Watch records on Cuba |
nodehopper |
Dec-19-05 06:53 PM |
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I have done so |
manic expression |
Dec-20-05 04:38 PM |
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those "dissidents" took funds and support from the US? |
nodehopper |
Dec-21-05 10:36 AM |
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So where does all of the US congressional allocations that support.. |
Mika |
Dec-21-05 07:33 PM |
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God, I remember the Helms-Lieberman bill, Mika! What a monstrosity! |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-21-05 08:57 PM |
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But Bush policy supporters say that this is all Castro propaganda |
Mika |
Dec-22-05 08:08 AM |
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I was talking about |
nodehopper |
Dec-22-05 03:00 PM |
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You're the one with the obsession with Castro |
Mika |
Dec-22-05 05:25 PM |
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I am well-educated about Cuba |
nodehopper |
Dec-22-05 02:52 PM |
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First of all |
manic expression |
Dec-22-05 05:35 PM |
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It's simply illegal here, isn't it? Absolutely. |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-22-05 05:44 PM |
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If you don't agree w/it, then why are you defending it? |
Mika |
Dec-22-05 05:53 PM |
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I was talking about people |
nodehopper |
Dec-22-05 08:40 PM |
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Family remittances are completely legal and wanted. |
Mika |
Dec-23-05 08:46 AM |
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You nailed it.Very shifty, cheesy, un-straightforward way of doing bidness |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-23-05 09:21 AM |
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Reiterating the paid dissident budget from last year. Lotsa taxpayer cash. |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-23-05 04:53 PM |
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I am not "making shit up" |
nodehopper |
Dec-23-05 04:32 PM |
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Making stuff up isn't sharing info. |
Mika |
Dec-23-05 05:29 PM |
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Your observations were absolutely accurate. |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-23-05 04:43 PM |
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Name removed |
Dec-18-05 09:40 PM |
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first of all |
nodehopper |
Dec-19-05 09:19 AM |
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I see no DU post that says "Castro is good" |
Mika |
Dec-20-05 07:45 AM |
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The powerful Cuban "exiles" have nothing but contempt for the Mariel.... |
Bridget Burke |
Dec-19-05 07:03 AM |
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"Brutal dictator"?? No, sorry....that was Batista, the guy Castro..... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Dec-17-05 09:34 PM |
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Please, you can stop the propaganda. I used to live in Miami. |
Poppyseedman |
Dec-17-05 09:44 PM |
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Are Cuban defectors as reliable as Iraqi defectors? |
killbotfactory |
Dec-17-05 09:47 PM |
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Since I personally know these Cuban defectors and their families |
Poppyseedman |
Dec-17-05 09:56 PM |
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And |
manic expression |
Dec-17-05 11:36 PM |
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Defectors are notoriously unreliable |
killbotfactory |
Dec-18-05 10:09 AM |
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Is it possible that you are particularly gullible, because they |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Dec-18-05 11:50 AM |
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A firing squad, eh? |
yibbehobba |
Dec-18-05 12:51 PM |
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You got it. I don't swallow all the liberal bullsh*t on here. I come |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Dec-18-05 06:14 PM |
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Ah, yes |
manic expression |
Dec-17-05 11:48 PM |
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Cuba has a huge civil militia. |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 10:59 AM |
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It's like going to FreeRepublic to learn about Clinton |
killbotfactory |
Dec-18-05 11:06 AM |
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Very true n/t |
manic expression |
Dec-18-05 11:41 AM |
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er if you heard it from someone else that makes it 2nd hand |
soda |
Dec-20-05 12:49 PM |
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Are you saying there's something odd about our Free Speech Zones? |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-20-05 01:52 PM |
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how come we didn't hear much from the Soviet people |
nodehopper |
Dec-18-05 11:08 AM |
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How is he |
manic expression |
Dec-17-05 11:30 PM |
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Gee, you must have missed these sentences |
Poppyseedman |
Dec-18-05 05:34 AM |
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Not really |
manic expression |
Dec-18-05 10:00 AM |
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"Those dissidents are left alone by the government. " |
yibbehobba |
Dec-18-05 12:47 PM |
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Again, do you have a link? |
manic expression |
Dec-18-05 12:59 PM |
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Your position becomes clearer |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 01:26 PM |
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I remember when the Varela petition was being promoted. |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-18-05 01:50 PM |
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The pols and journalists made false visa declarations upon entering Cuba |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 12:17 PM |
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For fuck's sake. |
yibbehobba |
Dec-18-05 12:49 PM |
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Perhaps this will help |
manic expression |
Dec-18-05 01:20 PM |
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It has happened before.. |
Mika |
Dec-18-05 01:56 PM |
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'I defy you to find a similar incident anywhere in recent US history. ' |
Catrina |
Dec-22-05 04:49 PM |
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Effectively playing Christ to shrub's Satan. Bravo Fidel. |
Vidar |
Dec-17-05 10:08 PM |
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If that's meant to be ironical, you've just shot yourself in the foot! |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Dec-18-05 12:03 PM |
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Beware of Cuba's Gulags. There are people locked in inhumane |
followthemoney |
Dec-18-05 12:20 AM |
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Nice one, followthemoney! |
KCabotDullesMarxIII |
Dec-18-05 12:04 PM |
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It's just like a political prisoner franchising business there, isn't it? |
yibbehobba |
Dec-18-05 12:51 PM |
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Oil for Doctors |
NI4NI |
Dec-18-05 03:24 AM |
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I say the real difference between the two forms of government is: |
reprobate |
Dec-18-05 03:48 PM |
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Impressive. nt |
Miss Chybil |
Dec-18-05 06:16 PM |
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As a Cuban, let me say that none of you would like to live there. |
skipos |
Dec-19-05 07:46 AM |
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CIA: Most Cubans loyal to homeland |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-19-05 06:22 PM |
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The US will destroy this, as well as their nearly 100% literacy rate |
Gloria |
Dec-19-05 07:45 PM |
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Commit civil disobedience. |
roody |
Dec-19-05 08:08 PM |
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Castro's publicity bid is pathetic. |
robcon |
Dec-20-05 08:10 AM |
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I don't think so. Roman circuses never cured the blind. |
Mika |
Dec-20-05 08:22 AM |
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Castro is far from the despot that Bush is. I applaud any act that helps |
cantstandbush |
Dec-20-05 12:39 PM |
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I rather have PR to help the masses than PR to fool the masses |
cantstandbush |
Dec-20-05 12:43 PM |
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WOW!!!......This is such a wonderful gift!!! |
goforit |
Dec-20-05 12:44 PM |
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Sheesh. |
TheWraith |
Dec-20-05 09:30 PM |
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"But all will be able to see perfectly before they leave" |
fishnfla |
Dec-21-05 11:29 AM |
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Some causes of blindness are easily remedied.... |
Bridget Burke |
Dec-22-05 08:46 AM |
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The article says that ALL of them will see PERFECTLY |
fishnfla |
Dec-23-05 09:45 AM |
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Thanks for pointing out just how extensive the help Cuba is giving |
Mika |
Dec-23-05 10:05 AM |
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That's Cool |
stepnw1f |
Dec-21-05 07:44 PM |
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Cuba had a blindness epidemic in its recent past.Heard about this |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-23-05 06:34 PM |
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More info. on former Cuban blindness epidemic: |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-23-05 06:42 PM |
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Cuban Medicine Receives International Recognition (ophthalmology) |
Judi Lynn |
Dec-23-05 06:50 PM |
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Another great series of posts, Judi Lynn. |
Mika |
Dec-24-05 05:21 AM |
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what a great program! n/t |
orleans |
Dec-24-05 04:12 AM |
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