Reply #125: Uh, yeah...?

[brentspeak]

I'm sorry that I wasn't glued to DU for your convenience.

They're quotes meant to sum up real quotes like the following:

"You see, I have been to Cuba many times since the mid '70s for long durations that included the entire '97-98 election season. I've seen Cuba's democratic system evolve over that time. It is fair, open, representative..."

"Wrong. Most Cubans lived in squalor before the 1959 revolution.
Now, things are much better.
Before the 1959 revolution

# 75% of rural dwellings were huts made from palm trees.
# More than 50% had no toilets of any kind.
# 85% had no inside running water.
...(etc.,etc.)"

"I love it when someone decides he'll give DU'ers a view of Cuba
without realizing many people in this large group have BEEN there, for Chrissakes, and can spot a lie about Cuba a mile away.
Repeating propaganda and all right-wing "news" about Cuba really only works well within the right-wing: people too lazy to start doing research for themselves."

"Not only that
they are exporting doctors, people are enjoying free education and healthcare.
Cuba is truly a lighthouse among the cruel unchecked-capitalism world."

"There are many people who have started watching the content of HRW, etc. HRW has direct ties to American governent organizations, which some of us have already realized. They will be expected to parrot American attitudes..."

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There's more where that came from: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1576905