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Old 08-28-2010, 06:33 AM
 
Location: texas
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Well, this is a start in the right direction
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Old 08-28-2010, 08:35 AM
 
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Well, this is a start in the right direction
Now, if they will just stop putting political dissenters in prison they'll really be headed in the right direction.
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Old 08-28-2010, 08:38 AM
 
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Good news.

But boy is Oliver Stone going to be unhappy.
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Old 08-28-2010, 08:54 AM
 
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Now, if they will just stop putting political dissenters in prison they'll really be headed in the right direction.
Agreed I am hoping within the next 5 years they become less like Venezuela and more like us.
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Old 08-28-2010, 09:00 AM
 
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Well, this is a start in the right direction
Glad to hear they weren't invaded by Amway and Las Vegas.

Still, this doesn't leave much for the inhabitants.
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Old 08-28-2010, 09:01 AM
 
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Good news.

But boy is Oliver Stone going to be unhappy.
LOL, yep that is about right
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Old 08-28-2010, 09:03 AM
 
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Glad to hear they weren't invaded by Amway and Las Vegas.

Still, this doesn't leave much for the inhabitants.

Not leave much for them in what way? Any democracy in that country is better than what they have had since Castro took over.
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Old 08-28-2010, 09:12 AM
 
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Not leave much for them in what way? Any democracy in that country is better than what they have had since Castro took over.
Not if they're forced to watch golf every day.

They'll probably all be "hired" as security guards locked to golfing monitors.

This can be worse than waterboarding.
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Old 08-28-2010, 09:14 AM
 
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Not if they're forced to watch golf every day.

They'll probably all be "hired" as security guards locked to golfing monitors.

This can be worse than waterboarding.

ha! , Yeah ok
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Old 08-28-2010, 09:18 AM
 
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Well, this is a start in the right direction
Funny, I'm wondering who is going to be the crazy one to invest in Cuba; a place where there is no rule of law. A 99- year lease, that remember me of the 90s when the Cuban goverment was; as it is right now, in dire need of money, and started to sell condos and businesses in Havana. Oh Boy, after five years, those poor Spanishs and Canadians were in same spot that their American counterparts where in 1959 when Castro took all their properties and businesses; with no property, and trying to play in a system where the rule of law is followed only when it is in benefit of the "goverment." The Cuban goverment has a credit rating of CCC-( Junk Credit) and a fame of never paying back its debts, any person with some use of reason will never invest in that island at least untill the current goverment fades away.
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