On Tue, 11 May 2004 14:15:11 GMT, Dick Locke
wrote:

The Secretary is authorized to inspect any vessel, foreign or
domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, at any time;
to place guards on any such vessel; and with my consent expressly
hereby granted to take full possession and control of any such vessel
and remove the officers and crew and all other persons not
speciffically authroized to go or remain on board the vessel when
necessary to secure the rights and obligations of the United States."


"Susceptible" indeed. What boat that can sail 90 miles isn't?

A lawyer could probably tell us whether "take full possesion and
control" means the same as confiscating and terminating ownership
rights.

So if I as a Canadian wish to sail to Cuba, which is really no foreign
country's concern, I guess I'm going via the Azores, because I'll be
damned if I'll enter the waters of the Fatherland if it can steal my
boat because I might visit a country some bagmen in Miami don't like.

Keep your laws off my boat, Bush. No wonder a lot of American sailors
argue the merits of sailing armed...it's to dissuade the Feds.

R.

Doug Dotson wrote:
So what has Cuba done to protet this action?


Well, we just found out. Castro has closed all stores that sell any
imported items claiming a need to conserve foreign exchange funds.
Obviously a political ploy because the new rules do little to actually
reduce the flow of money form Florida but it does give him one more
hardship forced on the Cuban people by the Bush administration.

If you look back at history for the past 50 years, Coca Cola, Levis and
rock and roll have been more effective at bringing down dictators than
any embargo.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Glenn Ashmore wrote:

If you look back at history for the past 50 years, Coca Cola, Levis
and rock and roll have been more effective at bringing down
dictators than any embargo.

Are you referring to _our_ dictators, or those other guys?

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/

Dick Locke wrote:
The proclamation language is: [...]

The entire thing can be found via a web search for "Proclamation 7757 of
February 26, 2004"; it's available in a few corners of the web at this point.

It should also be available starting on page 9515 of this year's US
Federal Register (via http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/), but that's down as
I write this so I can't provide a URL.

It's interesting reading, both in the justifications and the edicts.

The entire thing can be found via a web search for "Proclamation 7757 of
February 26, 2004"; it's available in a few corners of the web at this point.

FR Doc 04-4634 This is frightening. If I had any doubts about getting rid of
Bush before, this cleared them up. It is ridicules for him to be doing this to
Cuba just to get the $ support from the Cuban exiles in Florida.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...t.access.gpo.g
ov/2004/04-4634.htm

Same would apply to JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush 1,
& Willy the Sleeze as well.


In article , RWKxxx
wrote:


The entire thing can be found via a web search for "Proclamation 7757 of
February 26, 2004"; it's available in a few corners of the web at this point.

FR Doc 04-4634 This is frightening. If I had any doubts about getting rid of
Bush before, this cleared them up. It is ridicules for him to be doing this to
Cuba just to get the $ support from the Cuban exiles in Florida.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...t.access.gpo.g
ov/2004/04-4634.htm

Rich Hampel wrote:
Same would apply to JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush
1, & Willy the Sleeze as well.

Agreed, but we already got rid of those guys, Rich. In about 6 months we'll
finish the job, and then it's smooth sailing to La Habana.

--
Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://kerrydeare.home.comcast.net/

Has Kerry stated his position vis-a-vis travel to Cuba? If so, I
haven't heard it. Has anyone else?

Armond Perretta wrote:

Rich Hampel wrote:

Same would apply to JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush
1, & Willy the Sleeze as well.


Agreed, but we already got rid of those guys, Rich. In about 6 months we'll
finish the job, and then it's smooth sailing to La Habana.


--
Dan Best - (707) 431-1662, Healdsburg, CA 95448
B-2/75 1977-1979
Tayana 37 #192, "Tricia Jean"
http://rangerbest.home.comcast.net/TriciaJean.JPG

I agree !!!!

But then we'll have to put up with rampant socialism, income taxes that
match the EU (70+%), .... maybe Ill even throw my medals across the
fence on the white house lawn.

Bush2 may be an idiot but the other is just a waffle.



In article , Armond Perretta
wrote:

Rich Hampel wrote:
Same would apply to JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush
1, & Willy the Sleeze as well.

Agreed, but we already got rid of those guys, Rich. In about 6 months we'll
finish the job, and then it's smooth sailing to La Habana.

Rich Hampel wrote:
Same would apply to JFK, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush 1,
& Willy the Sleeze as well.

Well, actually not quite. Carter did a major relaxation on the travel
ban, Reagan and George 1st sort of ignored it and Willie got scared of
the Miami Cubans and reinsitiuted most of it when that Cessna was shot down.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com