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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 07:31 AM
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63. ticked my off as well
And the EU isn't too friendly with Castro either. However sometimes it looks like a (unnamed) nation is communist-phobic.



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  -Cuba restricts the Internet. How can people say this nation is free? Blue_Chill  Jan-09-04 07:01 PM   #0 
  - It is also one of your favorite subjects for "discussion"...  ret5hd   Jan-09-04 07:08 PM   #1 
  - So you agree right?  exCav   Jan-09-04 07:29 PM   #6 
  - So you agree right?  ret5hd   Jan-09-04 08:22 PM   #22 
     - Armando Valledares  Penible   Jan-09-04 09:29 PM   #25 
     - I suppose you imagined no one here knows about Vallarares' bogus claims  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 05:21 AM   #59 
     - Murderous, maybe; tyrannical, most certainly  NV1962   Jan-10-04 03:44 AM   #57 
        - Where were you when it was revealed that Cuban undercover agents  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 06:16 AM   #60 
           - Looking elsewhere, I guess - thanks for that info, but...  NV1962   Jan-11-04 04:41 AM   #109 
  - yes it is  Blue_Chill   Jan-09-04 10:18 PM   #26 
  - Were you born and raised in the United States?  0007   Jan-12-04 10:09 PM   #168 
  - Cuba is doing no more than the US is doing in Iraq. Ban the propaganda  loudnclear   Jan-11-04 04:55 PM   #158 
     - Cuba is occupying how many countries?  Mika   Jan-11-04 05:54 PM   #159 
  - "US restricts canibus"  Sterling   Jan-09-04 07:13 PM   #2 
  - Restricted Internet access vs Canibus wow  exCav   Jan-09-04 07:27 PM   #5 
  - There are a lot of good americans in prison right now.  DrWeird   Jan-09-04 07:30 PM   #8 
  - There in lies the problem  Sterling   Jan-09-04 07:43 PM   #14 
  - So you compare freedom of information  Blue_Chill   Jan-09-04 10:18 PM   #27 
  - how about the freedom to grow your own medicine?  drdigi420   Jan-09-04 10:27 PM   #33 
     - I'm not saying the weed issue doesn't have it's place  Blue_Chill   Jan-10-04 01:45 AM   #49 
        - yes, you can  drdigi420   Jan-10-04 11:34 AM   #83 
  - There are far more compelling issues to deal with.  blondeatlast   Jan-11-04 04:22 PM   #154 
  - duplicate  DUreader   Jan-09-04 07:14 PM   #3 
  - Totalitarianism is allowed if you are a leftist...  RUexperienced   Jan-09-04 07:23 PM   #4 
  - Is it? I tought it was allowed if you:  Sterling   Jan-09-04 08:09 PM   #20 
  - your point?  Kellanved   Jan-09-04 07:29 PM   #7 
  - I don't want to speak for the poster, but  RUexperienced   Jan-09-04 07:35 PM   #9 
  - I know I dont plan on moving there anytime soon...  Dr Fate   Jan-09-04 07:38 PM   #10 
  - Flag skull with swastikas  Penible   Jan-09-04 11:00 PM   #38 
     - You need to spend more time reading  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 06:51 AM   #62 
     - Righteous and Thank YOU  MrPrax   Jan-10-04 10:27 AM   #78 
        - We were carefully insulated at the time of El Mozote, weren't we?  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 10:45 AM   #80 
           - Yeah...no kidding  MrPrax   Jan-10-04 11:09 AM   #81 
     - Huh? I never said I hated America OR supported Castro!!!!  Dr Fate   Jan-11-04 04:36 PM   #156 
  - You're right, how can anyone say the US is free?  Terwilliger   Jan-09-04 07:39 PM   #11 
  - while i think castro and his regime are poisen  corporatewhore   Jan-09-04 07:40 PM   #12 
  - You said it in a nutshell.  blondeatlast   Jan-11-04 04:25 PM   #155 
  - In one sense they are free  corporatewhore   Jan-09-04 07:42 PM   #13 
  - Debunked in LBN , Crackdown is on Black Market Access  DUreader   Jan-09-04 07:44 PM   #15 
  - For some the agenda trumps truth.  Sterling   Jan-09-04 07:46 PM   #16 
  - Truth? lol  Blue_Chill   Jan-09-04 10:20 PM   #28 
  - Bullshit  KFC   Jan-09-04 07:51 PM   #17 
  - Another Idiotic Comment From Someone Who Didn't Even Read The Link  DUreader   Jan-10-04 09:02 AM   #69 
  - yes...Cuba is becoming more Americanized everyday!  flaminbats   Jan-09-04 08:09 PM   #21 
  - source  Blue_Chill   Jan-09-04 10:22 PM   #30 
  - It Is From Your Own Link!!! WTF You Didn't Even Read Your Own Link!  DUreader   Jan-10-04 07:42 AM   #64 
     - Whoops!  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 07:59 AM   #66 
     - AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  DUreader   Jan-10-04 09:01 AM   #68 
        - Did YOU read it?  Blue_Chill   Jan-10-04 04:28 PM   #90 
     - I am laughing my ass off  Ardee   Jan-10-04 10:43 PM   #105 
  - Debunked is Relative  Crisco   Jan-09-04 10:40 PM   #35 
     - Cute, try reading the LINK we're discussing in this thread  DUreader   Jan-10-04 09:03 AM   #70 
        - If You're Referring to the Wired Story  Crisco   Jan-10-04 09:26 AM   #72 
           - It's Not a Wired Story Its An AP Story DUH! Guess You Didn't Read It  DUreader   Jan-10-04 12:10 PM   #85 
              - You missed the entire part about  Blue_Chill   Jan-10-04 04:29 PM   #91 
                 - yeah and you must have missed the bit about the FBI and Carnivore  meluseth   Jan-10-04 04:33 PM   #94 
                    - That has to do what with Cuba?  Blue_Chill   Jan-11-04 04:03 AM   #106 
                       - I just meant that "privacy" is relative  meluseth   Jan-11-04 12:26 PM   #138 
  - The USA restricts health care, education, housing, is it "free"?  bandera   Jan-09-04 08:03 PM   #18 
  - Restricting the net to control information is huge  Blue_Chill   Jan-09-04 10:22 PM   #31 
  - But castros not OUR dictator  corporatewhore   Jan-09-04 11:08 PM   #39 
  - Cuba v. Israel  Penible   Jan-10-04 12:28 AM   #42 
     - yeah challenged to the tune of $2 billion dollars a year  meluseth   Jan-10-04 12:39 AM   #43 
     - uh exuse me...  corporatewhore   Jan-10-04 12:43 AM   #45 
     - never mind n/t  meluseth   Jan-10-04 12:46 AM   #46 
     - You need to check your facts  Mairead   Jan-11-04 08:10 AM   #111 
  - "socialist friendly "  Sterling   Jan-09-04 08:06 PM   #19 
  - ticked my off as well  Kellanved   Jan-10-04 07:31 AM   #63 
  - Notice the low-cost phone service  PsN2Wind   Jan-09-04 08:30 PM   #23 
  - They must have actually listened to that telemarketer  KFC   Jan-09-04 08:37 PM   #24 
  - Don't tell me people here defend Castro's Cuba?  Indiana Democrat   Jan-09-04 10:21 PM   #29 
  - Yes they do actually  Blue_Chill   Jan-09-04 10:24 PM   #32 
  - Don't tell me people here defend Red baiting?  Minstrel Boy   Jan-10-04 12:02 AM   #41 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-10-04 01:47 AM   #50 
     - "this thread is the product of Castro apologists not the other way around"  Osolomia   Jan-10-04 10:28 AM   #79 
        - Are you calling me a Bush apologist?  Blue_Chill   Jan-10-04 04:25 PM   #89 
        - Naw, this thread isn't “pointless flaming” is it  Osolomia   Jan-10-04 06:29 PM   #96 
           - How about you answer the question?  Blue_Chill   Jan-11-04 04:04 AM   #107 
              - DU's double standard's forbid an honest answer to your question  Osolomia   Jan-11-04 07:11 AM   #110 
                 - In fact, for those who want to know the truth of the matter  Osolomia   Jan-11-04 09:05 AM   #113 
                    - A certain bias  Mika   Jan-11-04 10:24 AM   #124 
                    - What the powers that be don't want you to see  Osolomia   Jan-11-04 10:50 AM   #126 
                    - I'd ask Skinner for a link to back up his claim  Osolomia   Jan-12-04 09:47 PM   #167 
                    - But where are those threads and those posts????!!!  meluseth   Jan-11-04 12:37 PM   #139 
                       - Locked, tombstoned, & deleted  Mika   Jan-11-04 01:08 PM   #141 
                       - Sorry Mika that's not what I meant  meluseth   Jan-11-04 01:32 PM   #143 
                       - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-11-04 02:03 PM   #148 
        - Good point.  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 04:31 PM   #93 
           - Am I anti or pro embargo?  Blue_Chill   Jan-11-04 04:05 AM   #108 
  - They defend Cuba all the time  RowWellandLive   Jan-10-04 12:54 AM   #48 
     - Sad  Crisco   Jan-10-04 09:36 AM   #74 
     - Yep. Some defend what is actually going on currently in Cuba  Mika   Jan-10-04 09:41 AM   #75 
  - who said it was...?  number6   Jan-09-04 10:31 PM   #34 
  - nobody ever said it  meluseth   Jan-10-04 12:42 AM   #44 
     - Just wait  Blue_Chill   Jan-10-04 01:48 AM   #51 
        - I find those replies suspect quite frankly since they don't include links  meluseth   Jan-10-04 02:42 AM   #55 
        - still waiting  meluseth   Jan-10-04 04:31 PM   #92 
        - kicking again for those promised links  meluseth   Jan-10-04 07:12 PM   #97 
        - Hope you're in no hurry  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 08:39 PM   #99 
           - naw I got all the time in the world  meluseth   Jan-10-04 08:49 PM   #101 
              - Ha! You guessed it.  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 10:15 PM   #104 
        - crickets  meluseth   Jan-12-04 01:09 PM   #161 
           - It's been a while  JudiLyn   Jan-12-04 01:34 PM   #162 
           - Do you think such references exist?  meluseth   Jan-12-04 01:53 PM   #163 
              - I've never seen one, yet  JudiLyn   Jan-12-04 01:59 PM   #164 
           - Still, crickets  JudiLyn   Jan-12-04 06:49 PM   #165 
           - This site's approved flamers never have links to back up their claims  Osolomia   Jan-12-04 09:36 PM   #166 
              - In all the years since Elián Gonzalez was held hostage in Miami  JudiLyn   Jan-12-04 10:43 PM   #169 
  - "on the black market"  FDRrocks   Jan-09-04 10:43 PM   #36 
  - OK  Snappy   Jan-09-04 10:55 PM   #37 
  - Oh my, by all means, let's oppress for another fifty years...  BackDoorMan   Jan-09-04 11:58 PM   #40 
  - So you support this horror because  Blue_Chill   Jan-10-04 01:50 AM   #52 
  - Cuba is not FREE, as we understand it,  fabius   Jan-10-04 12:49 AM   #47 
  - No one at all is claiming the US is Utopia  Blue_Chill   Jan-10-04 01:50 AM   #53 
     - nor are castros faults a valid defense for the us  corporatewhore   Jan-10-04 02:01 AM   #54 
  - China monitors and filters their Internet access too.  japanduh   Jan-10-04 03:25 AM   #56 
  - Nice Spin  rman   Jan-10-04 04:03 AM   #58 
  - US Restricts Internet - How Can People Say This Nation Is Free?  REP   Jan-10-04 06:25 AM   #61 
  - "socialist-friendly members"? what does that have to do w/anything?  ima_sinnic   Jan-10-04 07:50 AM   #65 
  - A lot of people have started to suspect  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 11:36 AM   #84 
     - Marxist yearning Castro apologists  Foswia   Jan-10-04 03:26 PM   #87 
        - Try to determine if the world has changed since Harry S. Truman  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 08:48 PM   #100 
  - Many nations do this...  LeahMira   Jan-10-04 08:33 AM   #67 
  - Finally!  Crisco   Jan-10-04 09:45 AM   #76 
     - So illiteracy means freedom?  Mika   Jan-10-04 12:28 PM   #86 
        - I've seen "exiles" posting at message boards  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 03:30 PM   #88 
  - What part of "black market" don't DUers understand?  Osolomia   Jan-10-04 09:19 AM   #71 
  - It seems that Black Market = Open Market to many DUsers  Mika   Jan-10-04 09:28 AM   #73 
     - Thanks for explaining it  JudiLyn   Jan-10-04 10:21 AM   #77 
  - the official line is an exaggerated view of Cuba's "brutal dictatorship"  Cocoa   Jan-10-04 11:24 AM   #82 
  - Cuba  bluestateguy   Jan-10-04 04:40 PM   #95 
  - About what kind of people are you talking?  Dirk39   Jan-10-04 08:21 PM   #98 
  - hundreds, perhaps thousands...  Dirk39   Jan-10-04 09:06 PM   #102 
  - US restricts travel. How can people say this nation is free?  Osolomia   Jan-10-04 09:09 PM   #103 
  - But the most important form of travel is not restricted in the US  slackmaster   Jan-11-04 10:11 AM   #122 
     - Cubans can't leave? WTF  Mika   Jan-11-04 10:56 AM   #127 
        - Good information, but the core of my point is this  slackmaster   Jan-11-04 11:35 AM   #133 
           - The USA's refuses to issue entry visas  Osolomia   Jan-11-04 11:45 AM   #135 
           - You said Cubans can't leave  Mika   Jan-11-04 12:01 PM   #137 
  - Freedom from thought  Good Fences   Jan-11-04 08:48 AM   #112 
  - Your source, Cubanet is a U.S. Government funded program  JudiLyn   Jan-11-04 09:08 AM   #114 
  - The source is  Good Fences   Jan-11-04 09:22 AM   #115 
     - "Journalists" writing anti-government material here  JudiLyn   Jan-11-04 09:48 AM   #120 
        - Journalist working in the US and funded by  Good Fences   Jan-11-04 10:02 AM   #121 
           - Cubanet still has dozens of reporters reporting from Cuba every day  Mika   Jan-11-04 01:53 PM   #146 
           - Look what I stumbled across, while looking for something quite different  JudiLyn   Jan-12-04 10:51 PM   #170 
  - With so many Dems with blinders firmly glued to their faces  Osolomia   Jan-11-04 09:23 AM   #116 
  - Sorry  Good Fences   Jan-11-04 09:28 AM   #117 
  - I Don't Think Owning Property Equates Bravery  Crisco   Jan-11-04 09:31 AM   #118 
     - Responding to you unedited post  Good Fences   Jan-11-04 09:40 AM   #119 
  - Who is more free? A poor person in Cuba or in Dominican Republic?  WhoCountsTheVotes   Jan-11-04 10:16 AM   #123 
  - Dominican Rep. has much better standard of living!!!!  MacCovern   Jan-11-04 12:40 PM   #140 
     - Gee. Do you think that the US embargo has anything to do with that?  Mika   Jan-11-04 01:37 PM   #144 
     - misses the point?  WhoCountsTheVotes   Jan-11-04 02:01 PM   #147 
        - Isn't easy to answer for Americans, we can't go there to see it easily  Mika   Jan-11-04 02:35 PM   #151 
  - Do you just unquestionably believe everything that's printed??  eablair3   Jan-11-04 10:34 AM   #125 
  - some previous LBN threads for people to check out  eablair3   Jan-11-04 10:59 AM   #128 
  - Is It So Difficult  Crisco   Jan-11-04 11:10 AM   #129 
     - Why is it so difficult for DUers to discuss the information  Osolomia   Jan-11-04 11:23 AM   #130 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-11-04 11:33 AM   #132 
     - That's Just It  Crisco   Jan-11-04 11:59 AM   #136 
        - What's apparent is ...  eablair3   Jan-11-04 06:34 PM   #160 
     - Please, show us the posts that claim Cuba is in every way ideal?  Mika   Jan-11-04 11:44 AM   #134 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-11-04 01:14 PM   #142 
           - no threads should ever be locked  drdigi420   Jan-11-04 02:19 PM   #150 
              - I agree  Mika   Jan-11-04 03:14 PM   #152 
                 - With so many Republicans defying the Bush Doctrine on Cuba  Osolomia   Jan-11-04 04:06 PM   #153 
  - What do you think is happening here?...  Media_Lies_Daily   Jan-11-04 11:27 AM   #131 
  - I can only say one good thing about Castro...  Bush loves Jiang   Jan-11-04 01:38 PM   #145 
  - People are thrown in jail for possesing a plant  drdigi420   Jan-11-04 02:17 PM   #149 
     - Why should "we"  Mika   Jan-11-04 04:53 PM   #157 
 

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