Wednesday Open Thread: Castro Edition
by PubliusToday, in 2008, Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba, after holding complete power for almost 50 years. Never in the history of the world has any man been so thankful for a U.S. trade embargo. Here’s hoping the U.S. trade embargo doesn’t extend to the afterlife, because Castro really needs to get what’s coming to him.
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And they thought Batista was a bad guy…?
What does Micheal Moore and Sean Penn have to say about this?
How about this one instead
"February 24, 1803
Marbury v. Madison establishes judicial review
On this day in 1803, the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, decides the landmark case of William Marbury versus James Madison, Secretary of State of the United States and confirms the legal principle of judicial review–the ability of the Supreme Court to limit Congressional power by declaring legislation unconstitutional–in the new nation.
The court ruled that the new president, Thomas Jefferson, via his secretary of state, James Madison, was wrong to prevent William Marbury from taking office as justice of the peace for Washington County in the District of Columbia. However, it also ruled that the court had no jurisdiction in the case and could not force Jefferson and Madison to seat Marbury. The Judiciary Act of 1789 gave the Supreme Court jurisdiction, but the Marshall court ruled the Act of 1789 to be an unconstitutional extension of judiciary power into the realm of the executive.
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In writing the decision, John Marshall argued that acts of Congress in conflict with the Constitution are not law and therefore are non-binding to the courts, and that the judiciary’s first responsibility is always to uphold the Constitution. If two laws conflict, Marshall wrote, the court bears responsibility for deciding which law applies in any given case. Thus, Marbury never received his job.
Jefferson and Madison objected to Marbury’s appointment and those of all the so-called “midnight judges” appointed by the previous president, John Adams, after Jefferson was elected but mere hours before he took office. To further aggravate the new Democratic-Republican administration, many of these Federalist judges–although Marbury was not one of them–were taking the bench in new courts formed by the Judiciary Act, which the lame-duck Federalist Congress passed on February 13, 1801, less than a month before Jefferson’s inauguration on March 4.
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Any why I couldn't post this fully in the first place Grrr.
Castro stepping down didn't change Cuba one bit except in the minds of the Progressives/MSM that only love the power he held and wish to do the same here !!!
We do need to change the " Lame Duck Voting " as this always seams to Help the Gov.or a party and never the People !!! If Anything Congress should not be alowed to seat from Nov. 20 till the new members are being sworn in and seated…
We may see health care passed in a lame duck congress this year if the Tea Party wins !!!
Another one of Obumbles idols, along with Marx, Mao, et al!!!
At first glance it looks like he is wearing an American flag.
I wonder how those Americans who spied for Cuba are doing in jail? Remember them? The ones who dreamed of sailing to Cuba on their YACHT and living there. They hated America, worked for Castro and owned a YACHT and lived in a nice HOUSE on the east coast.
Wait a second, I'm confused. If he resigned as President, then who's currently responsible for the awesome health care, financial markets and quality of life that the lucky Cubans currently have (this according the Hollyweird crowd)?
Castro: lawyer, Marxist, thug, sought social justice, etc.
Obamao: ditto, ditto, ditto
Why is he wearing something made by some greedy profiteering capitalist enterprise that exploits the proletariat?
MMMmmmmmm ! Is that an American flag draped over the hero of the leftist Marxists or a Tommy Hilfiger creation ?
THIS is what Cuba wanted….THIS is what THEY call freedom…??? THIS is proof that the people NEED to pay attention to what they are 'voting' for!!!!
But Castro was a decent ballplayer. Could have made the big leagues. Obama? Pine-polisher all the way.
I don't give a damn about Castro anymore. Kill him or make up with him, I don't care. Anything to start sending the Cubans back to Cuba.
They can either put up with him, or "man up" and do something about Castro. It's not like the USSR is propping him up anymore.
Not so sure about Castro's baseball skills, but no doubt Obama is PPOTUS! (long time since I heard the term pine-polisher)
Viva Fidel!
Fidel needs to go be with his amigo Che'.
And his other buddy Breshnev…
Funny.
For 50 years, we have boycotted Cuba and it has deteriorated into a tropical third world ghetto.
For 50 years, we have shoveled boatloads of cash money into Haiti, and it hasn't risen to third world ghetto.
I wonder, which, if any, was the better decision?
When I try to register here it comes up page unavailable? If someone could give me a link to the page or some type of help with this that would be great.
Your name might be too long.
This intense debate is a fickle deal. I had a real hard time when I first registered. I still don't know how I managed to do it, but it works, most of the time.
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I can only imagine the party around the world when that two-bit dictator finally dies. I'm personally inviting my friends over for a celebration. Rot in hell, old man.
Based on GDP per capita, Cuba has fared much better by bending their "communist" roots and allowing foreign investment "capitalism" in resorts and other businesses. Haiti, for lack of better words, has no clue. How two nations can be located on the same island and have such a large discrepancy in productivity just doesn't make sense. At least the Dominican Republic has some attractions that take advantage of their climate… and they have exported some pretty darned good baseball players.
Friends, forgive me for I have sinned.
I got a call from NRSC (national republican senatorial committee) the other day. And I donated. I have donated to different republican committees in the past.
After the call was over, something didn't feel right. So I went and looked at their website ….. nrsc.org. Then I realized, that they support John McCain and Charlie Crist. I feel like I supported the enemy.
There is this mental shift going on inside me. Things have to be different. It wasn't a lot of money, but I should have given it directly to JD Hayworth or Marco Rubio.
So anyway, I am posting here to remind you of the change going on : the republican establishment is not necessarily your friend. I don't support splitting the party or anything, and good incumbents like Jim DeMint need our support. But we have to get the hosehead RINOs out. And I feel like I was taken.
Sometimes it is hard to know what to do.
Just expressing some emotions on open thread Wednesday.
Cuba. A working model of where the US is headed under the progressives. Re-distribution is folly.
Bautista just had a problem with adhering to the Hippocratic Oath.
I sent them an e-mail I have signed up but it won't let me log in. I'll wait to see what they say I'm putting way too much effort into this when its not working properly.
I thought it was an American flag too…lol…Thought maybe
Obumble sent it to him via his buddy Hugo Chavez, but then
I looked at google and the Cuban flag is striped red, white
with a blue triangle…….
If we were serious about applying pressure to Cuba, we would not have passed the wet foot/dry foot law. We would also not allow money to be wired from the U.S. to Cuba. Once our money leaves us and goes to Cuba, it never comes back as a result of the embargo, therefore, it only aids Cuba by boosting their GDP.
You want DeMint's Senate Conservatives fund (I think it's called that).
When I was 15, I had a friend named Carlos who's parent's snuck him out of Cuba to New York to escape Castro's communism. They had to stay behind and were oppressed beyond belief. They were forced to give up their careers and become what the government forced them to become, and their land and money were taken by Castro to be
Re-distribued for the good of all.
-Now Cuba has 50 yrs. of indoctrinated communists. How can that mind-set ever be reversed if they are ever liberated? So sad.
Ok, I'll be honest, I have less problem with Cuban relatives sending money back to family stuck there than I do with the idea of wholesale foreign aid. At least family moneys are targetted to small groups whom we hope do desparately need to cash to help themselves, like a private charity. Wholesale foreign aid only benefits the ones who "distribute" it.
Curtis LeMay should have been allowed to provide air support to the Bay of Pigs. This murderer and his useful idiots would be dead.
Orlando Zapata, an anti-Castro, anti-communist Cuban protester died yesterday in that brutal prison country after an 84 day hunger strike. Silence from the left.
http://www.onenewspage.com/news/UK/20100224/85737...
How can that mind-set ever be reversed if they are ever liberated? So sad.
Good question. I look to the example of West Germany / East Germany for some insight. The former East Germans, from what I understand, are still lagging. What was the former communist state is still not on par with the west. It will take at least a generation to purge the effects of the poison that is socialism.
Appropriately enough, Reason today just published an article ripping two comsymp idiot's paen to Cuba in Playboy:
http://reason.com/blog/2010/02/23/libertarian-pla...
Brother Raul
I believe that Castro has been dead since August 2006. For a man, in reality a devil, who couldn’t shut up for 50 years not to have said a word in 3 1/2 years is suspicious. All the Cuban government and media (one and the same) have given us are still photos and op-ed pieces. Though the un-dearly departed has received guests, all of the guests have been fellow travelers. These idiots view Castro as a demi-god and WILL not say anything to the contrary. I hope he’s roasting in satan’s oven…
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YA, YA THATS WHAT WE NEED GOOD OLD FASHION TRYANNY, CUBA IS A UTOPIA.
MICHELLE O WAS INTERVIEWED, PEOPLE SWOONED, SHE SO NICE, RESPECTFUL, COURTEOUS, WARM, SO WARM ETC. HEADING UP THE HEALTHCARE FOOD POLICE.
WHY SHES WONDERFUL, OH I FORGOT TO TELL YOU I LOST MY JOB, MY CAR AND HOME GETTING FORCLOSURE. THEY SAY 300,000 FORECLOSURES EVERY MONTH, INTEREST ON THE DEBT 150 BILLION A MONTH, I GUESS I’LL GO GET A REALLY LARGE BOX TO LIVE IN, THANKS BARACK, HE’S SO NICE!!!
Big Brother . . .
http://vpike.com/
Any guesses how much Castro's NET WORTH is in his elderly retiremant? $500 Million? More?
That whole "worker's paradise" bullsh!t worked out for him, too bad for the proletariate though…
This pig should NOT be allowed to pass natuarally…hes should see the muzzle and know it is going to end…
then curtains…done.
Thanks AreaMan66. That's comforting. Hopefully we won't have too many more cultures ruined by socialism>communism.
Amen!
If the people in Cuba are good with using donkeys to pull their carts around, why should I complain.__All an embargo of Cuba has done is to make better Nicaraugan cigars.
The newspaper that Castro is holding has the word History in the headlines and he seems to enjoy that. obama, pelosi and reid are always talking about going down in History with their fantastic Health Care Takeover. What is it with these dictators? It seems that they are obsessed with making history at the expense of their people.
He got it off a Yuma in exchange for a box of fake cigars
What an injustice. That is why this thread is so valuable. We are free to speak, and that person wasn't.
Like others on this site, I will always be active against those who thwart our Constitution, Bill of Rights etc.
Obama, pelosi, reid and all progressives are under a microscope from now on, in this 6 second News Cycle world!
No one should ever have to starve themselves to death for basic freedoms. God bless him and our Freedom Patriots here in America. We have the numbers: 300,000,000 of us. Strongest caucus in the world!
Enough,……….thx for your post, agree on L D voting, Obviously the Pres inauguration date
has been moved around, through the years. With today's excellent transportation system,
why wouldn't we just set up a staggered system over the month following the election for 25%
of cgs to transition out weekly, with the new guys phasing in. This way we would have a sit-
ting congress, in case of attack, but would eliminate LD voting. What am I missing here?
Castro lied to the Cuban people. He denied he was a Marxist. Then he came out and declared the fact. Obama has pretty much done the same thing only his actions have spoken out, not his words. He is not the brave man Castro is.
I grew up in South Florida when Macky Airlines flew people to Cuba just long enough for dinner and and a show. It was our backyard. I also remember wealthy Cubans after the revolution buying houses – perhaps 3 families in one house. They did this in my middle class neighborhood. They could not drive because they were used to chauffers. Were they the spoiled children of wealth. Not at all. They were hard working and strong and started over and thrived again. Cuba lost its most talented people. Castro's loss is our gain. However, with the rise in power and riches of his leftist allies in South America, Castro is more of a danger now than at any other time.
See my article on SouthAmerican politics IS Chavez Using The Falklands and Columbia to Draw Britain and the US into Regional Conflict? at http://samandimp.wordpress.com.
Castro is just a meat puppet at this point.
Senior party and military personnel have been looting the national treasury, establishing dual citizenship in countries from which extradition would be difficult (Mexico, Spain, Nicaragua, etc) and are now nicely positioned for the eventual "change".
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………and I read of our best & brightest quietly 'diversifying' their portfolios, & most recently their
living situations to other nations. Why would this be? They are willing to cut bait, move to their
alternative location to begin again, before the US completely falls apart. At least they are able to
afford to have an 'exit' plan. It has already happened in this country, after the War Between the
States, when hoards left the South, after the war.
Want to know why they didn't provide air support at the Bay of Pigs…
Here it is (by Big Government contributor Humberto Fontova) Mr. Wonderful and the Bay of Pigs
Ya, I read that's why cash transfers to captive Cubans benefit the government. These guys capture the U.S. $$$ coming in, skim and pass the leftovers to the intended reciptients.
So sending cash to help people in Cuba really helps the powerful elites in a larger %.
Yes, but it was happening before that. Senior officials in Cuba are much like the "generals" in North Korea are all wealthy from the illegal activities they oversee for the government.
Ever wonder why some North Korean general just doesn't put a bullet in the Dear Leader's head and take over? Hey, there's won's to be made baby…don't rock the boat.
I heard yesterday morning on Rush's show that Romney was stumping for McCain's campaign, Mitt took himself out early for the 2012 campaign (and I say GOOD).
Cuba is the abused child of Castro. They love him and call him father because their streets are paved. And have curbs! They have electricity most of the time and can smoke pot all day on Sunday in their hovels without indoor plumbing. They have modern *ahem!* pharmacies with no drugs in them at all. If they don't grow a bit of their own food, they will have nothing to eat All this their Father gave to them!
They are so happy and equal, all races are equally poor, except for the well-heeled government satraps. The rest live in divided up mansions in the city, or minimal cinderblock hovels in the country.
Some of Castro''s children keep trying to point this out, but you know, Hollywood knows so much more about their neighbor than the Cubans who know how he beats his "children" when no one else is around, where CBS camera crews aren't allowed. Where an incurious press is rewarded with "exclusives" .
Like Saddam Hussein bought out CNN. . . how soon we forget.
I beleive if we are attacked, The enemy would have already declared war on us so their is little need to have the Congress aprove a war as we would be on defence ( WW2 we never declared war on Germany as Hitler declared war on us I would view this the same as I do with Al Queda )..
As far as stagering out the congress, I would just go with 1 week to allow the new member to be sworn in and contested elections could be left until it is decided, it shouldn't matter if we have 100 senators or 75 seated if they are working for US and not their parties.. Theres never an urgent need for congress, remember they have VERY limited powers the states retained the power not granted to congress but courts have seen an end to that since the progressives moved in..
And hopefully soon joined by their comrade Hugo
how can Castro honestly survey what he has done and be satisfied? In my opinion Cuba and her People would be much better off by allying with America, i believe it shows the sefishness and self-deception of the socialist mindset
I've been waiting for that justice all these years. After seeing what Carlos and his family went through I have always despised Castro et. al. Now I realize from what you said that there seems to be a quasi-relationahip going on.
It's too bad because so many people died trying to get across the water. Those poor desperate people.
I would be all for the Trials of Justice for those monsters. I guess we can only hope that situations will align and a strong President in 2012 will see the value in Liberating Cuba finally. It may be late, but it's never too late. We are here and we remember.
I understand more now the reality of the situation. I will never give up the cause. You never know.
I know this is way off the topic of Castro, but it is an open thread so I feel the need to ask: Just what is going on with the Catholic Church on the 9 year old in Brazil getting an abortion? Apparently, she was raped by her stepfather and got pregnant with twins, and the church is excommunicating her family and the abortionist for terminating the pregnancy. What on earth were they thinking!?
Thanks. I just read up on that. Now I understand what happened.Too bad that good people are overcome by evil so that evil people prevail.
I knew it! Adidas ,the German based shoe company is behind Castro!
…unless there is a lot of 'folly' to re-distribute!
I hope I didn't mislead you. I am not optimistic on Cuba's future.
I was born in Cuba and while I am not an expert in geopolitics I listen to those that are (from the left and right) and I have concluded that the future of Cuba is precarious at best.
I believe the U.S. State Dept will take the "realpolitik" approach and make nice with the commies in charge for the sake of "stability" and keep them in charge.
Cuba, much like China, will be allowed to still run you over with a tank when they feel like it, but there will be a Starbucks and McDonalds on every corner.
What should happen with Cuba is what happened to Nazi Germany. Justice.
Outlaw the Communist / Socialist Party
Nuremberg style trials for the government and military leaders
Extradition of senior party / military members back to Cuba for trial
Disband the military and allow only defensive forces
Just pipe dreams.
They can either put up with him, or "man up" and do something about Castro.
I think they tried something like that back in '61. We suckered a few hundred guys to go take back the island and then left them to die.
Our illustrious president limp- wristed his way into allowing the U.S.S.R. to establish a beach-head 90 miles south of Florida and then for he sake of "stability" condemned an entire country to life under a commie police state.
The seat of power hasn't really shifted at all — it simply went to Fidel's brother Raul. Raul Castro is pretty much in the position of a ventriloquist puppet — everything he says or does is dictated by his brother's hand up his ass… and now that I mention it, he'd probably enjoy a good fisting, if the stories in Miami about Raul being a particularly depraved homosexual are true.
And where's the proof that that money actually goes to the people for whom it's intended?
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