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Sailing Cuba - a hysterical perspective
A bit exaggerated but there is a thread of truth. Actually, one of the
current main forces behind the embargo is Alfonso Fanjul, owner of Flo-Sun Sugar. He is probably one of the most powerful figures in Florida politics and gets about $65 million a year in government sugar subsidies while he pours tons of nitrogen into the Florida Bay poisoning the keys and blaming it on us boaters. Dan Burton and Jessie Helms (of the Helms-Burton embargo act) got about 15% of their campaign funds from the Fanjul family. In '92 Alfonso was co-chair of the Clinton Florida campaign while his brother Pepe was treasurer for Bush I and Dole. BOTH Fanjuls are big buddies with brother Jeb and have close access to the White House. Vito wrote: Blame Mussolini (sp?)! He was so hard on the Mafia that US mobsters helped allied intellegence during WW2. Ike got so indebted to them for this help, and some 'personal' things they did for him that Charlie Lucky was released and allowed to carry his $millions back to Sicily. Meanwhile Ike's yes-man J-Edgar was proclaiming that no mob ever existed; but somehow non-existent US criminals controlled Cuba, made big $$$ off gambling and pimping local pretties and, more important, laundered the extortion money made in the USA. This in turn gave them even more $$$ to spend on crooked cops and politicians - which in turn gave them more political clout. Some thot it utopian. I mean why bust yer ass cutting cane when your 13 year old could turn tricks in Havana? But then Castro kicked out the mob-owned government, and became an international hero - until he stupidly interfered with Ike's buddies. Then Lansky & friends called in some chips and in the midst of a US tour Castro suddenly became a communist! I mean we *knew* he was a filthy commie because he appropriated 'private property' - namely the mobs casinos and whore houses - closed them down, and sent the girls home. So we slapped sanctions on him and he became worse! He nationalized the medical business and MDs could no longer make $million/year like in the states, so all the MDs moved to Florida. He cracked down on crime, so all the criminals moved to Florida. And when we really tightened the screws he got into bed with Kruchev! No wonder Bush hates him so. How can an honest criminal make money with the likes of Castro around?? Jeeze, it just 'taint right. And that's why you can't go there ..... (c: -- 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 |
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