"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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MMC wrote:
Yeah, remember they tried that one time and were given the high hard one
by
CIA. The Shiite tried it too. So did the Kurds. And we let them all
down.
Ease travel to all US citizens and Fidel and co will be sitting in the
corner wondering what hit them. The only reasons for the continued
embargo
is strong lobbying by FL Cubans, the voting block, and the complete lack
of
interest on the part of the rest of the US.

When you sit down and compare the past 50 years, Coca-Cola, Levi's and
Rock and Roll have been more effective at bringing down totalitarian
regimes than blockades and embargoes. The embargo gives Castro a
scapegoat. Interaction breeds decent and gives the decenters courage to
act. US culture is the most dangerous weapon on the planet.

US culture? hmm.... . Yeah I guess it is kind of dangerous. Almost an
oxymoron.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
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I suspect that things will change after the November
election, regardless of who wins. This is election year politics.

I do not expect loosening of anything if Bush wins re-election. That 2nd
term he will not be restrained by any thought of needing to win another
election and will ram through laws and regulations that make the current
crop look like school house rules. It will be plunder and oppression on
a grand scale.

Subject: A taste of their own Frijoles
From: Glenn Ashmore

Tomorrow the new restrictions on travel to Cuba take effect. Up until
now, Cuban Americans could go to Cuba once a year, carry anything that
they could pack in 140 lbs of luggage and spend $167/day. This is a
right that no other American citizen has had for 40 years. Effective
tomorrow Cuban Americans can only go once every 3 years, can carry no
more than 44 pounds of luggage and can spend only $50 a day.

Now the South Florida Cubans are screaming that they are being treated
unfairly and that the new restrictions are "unconstitutional".

My heart bleeds. At least now they get a taste of what they have
inflicted on the rest of us.

--
Glenn Ashmore

It's about time.

Capt. Bill