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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-16-08 09:36 PM
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25. And they left the paradise of cuba why again?
maybe they just wanted to move to another country. Not sure why really - anyone have any idea why anyone would want to leave Cuba??? ;)
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  - Elian Gonzalez joins Cuba's Young Communists rsmith6621  Jun-16-08 09:36 AM   #0 
  - Cuba needs that publicity  treestar   Jun-16-08 09:38 AM   #1 
  - Gee, how cute!  Spouting Horn   Jun-16-08 09:54 AM   #2 
  - Cuba  redstorm20   Jun-16-08 10:06 AM   #6 
  - From whom are all the people in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Central America, Mexico  Judi Lynn   Jun-16-08 10:12 AM   #8 
  - "Hundreds of thousands who tried to escape" - got any links to support that absurdity?  Mika   Jun-16-08 08:18 PM   #15 
  - Why in the hell are we still talking about this kid for?! Leave the kid alone already  raystorm7   Jun-16-08 09:57 AM   #3 
  - Maybe the capitalist shouldn't have wielded such a big gun near such a little kid.  Wilms   Jun-16-08 10:00 AM   #4 
  - Maybe that creepy guy shouldn't have been in a closet with him  Crunchy Frog   Jun-16-08 10:19 AM   #10 
  - Wasn't aware.  Wilms   Jun-16-08 09:08 PM   #22 
     - Here's a couple of links.  Crunchy Frog   Jun-16-08 10:12 PM   #27 
  - The exiles acting as "security" for the drunken uncle's family were more heavily armed than that.  Mika   Jun-16-08 08:22 PM   #16 
  - My sense at the time was that the kid belonged in Cuba.  Wilms   Jun-16-08 09:11 PM   #23 
  - maybe the rednecks who manipulated him and wouldn't give him  roguevalley   Jun-16-08 09:02 PM   #21 
  - You should have heard some of the hyperbolic rhetoric  DailyGrind51   Jun-16-08 10:03 AM   #5 
  - His mother, Elisabet Broton, was a communist. Why wouldn't he choose this, too, if he wanted?  Judi Lynn   Jun-16-08 10:09 AM   #7 
  - Why not indeed?  MathGuy   Jun-16-08 10:15 AM   #9 
  - His father is a party member as well.  David__77   Jun-16-08 03:41 PM   #13 
     - Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure if his dad was or not. His life was hideous,as their fetish!  Judi Lynn   Jun-16-08 07:49 PM   #14 
     - Juan Miguel Gonzalez was elected (and reelected) and is serving in the national assembly in Cuba.  Mika   Jun-16-08 08:27 PM   #17 
     - Not much choice, is there?  marshall   Jun-16-08 09:23 PM   #24 
  - Being forced to join the communist party isnt news worthy  surf   Jun-16-08 12:27 PM   #11 
  - Only about 15% of Cubans are official communist party members.  Mika   Jun-16-08 08:30 PM   #18 
  - And your proof he was "forced" comes from where?  Wednesdays   Jun-16-08 08:48 PM   #19 
  - Nobody in Cuba is "forced" to join the Communist Party  Paint It Black   Jun-17-08 07:13 AM   #34 
     - They're just forced to submit to it, is all nt  Dreamer Tatum   Jun-17-08 09:01 AM   #36 
  - He's not a child any longer. Hard to believe he's this old.  Judi Lynn   Jun-16-08 12:40 PM   #12 
  - What a beautiful young man he's become  Alameda   Jun-16-08 08:57 PM   #20 
  - And they left the paradise of cuba why again?  The Straight Story   Jun-16-08 09:36 PM   #25 
  - The mother was chasing dick.  Crunchy Frog   Jun-16-08 10:17 PM   #28 
     - Very low quality material, at that::  Judi Lynn   Jun-16-08 10:30 PM   #29 
     - And fidel was chasing power over others for their own sake  The Straight Story   Jun-16-08 10:34 PM   #30 
        - And people risk their lives to get here from Mexico too.  Crunchy Frog   Jun-17-08 12:30 AM   #32 
  - Elian, you make me proud! You've grown up with principles. n/t  bluesmail   Jun-16-08 09:44 PM   #26 
  - Look if the Cubans didn't want to be Communist they wouldn't have voted for it..... NT  Carnea   Jun-16-08 10:41 PM   #31 
  - Elian looks great  TaffyMoon   Jun-17-08 04:18 AM   #33 
  - The picture caption pisses me off  bezdomny   Jun-17-08 08:56 AM   #35 
 

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