Reply #9: Mika...

[Ben Ceremos]

I wish to remind you that the revolution started with Fidel and has been maintained by force of will and vision. Fidel is doing good. This program, along with many others are initiatives of the PCC and the PCC is loyal to the president. Others want to continue to tar Fidel with his intrigues and anti-counter-revolutionary persecutions/prosecutions. Do you honestly think that any of these progressive programs would exist without El Lider Maximo's consent and his struggle against US hegemony? Fidel represents the best hope for the people of developing nations and he puts his political power to use for the benefits of much of the world. I wish people here would begin to consider the issue from some independent position instead of spouting the hackneyed slogans of American fascists and jingoists(NOT you Mika). We could do with more Fidels and less Bushits.

I would also add that the American ideology of "liberty and personal freedom" are amongst the reasons the USA is such an easy mark for conmen. Solidarity begins at home and then it spreads to the world. Liberty talk is only talk in that most in the USA are just as "enslaved" to the mainstream political parties and the "issues" as they define them. No independent political movement...just a lot of disenfranchised people who think they are being protected and their liberties safeguarded. Time to examine the problem more closely. Perhaps capitalism isn't such a powerful system, except in terms of generating opportunities for the capital-holders. Most others seem to get considerably less than liberty...