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Hell . . . If I wasn't married I'd move to Venezuela (Margarita Island, Bonair, or somewhere like that). ;) No need to have our government screw up another country. MMM . . . I love cuban sandwiches.

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Ok, so we oust Castro's old A$$ from Cuba, make it state #51...then use it as staging for takin' over Venezuela...here Chavez...smoke on dis M-1 :o...I'll PUSH my empty truck past a Citgo B4 I pull in and buy... ;) :D...

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THANK YOU REELAPEELIN FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT
CASTRO AND CUBA. BEING A CUBAN-AMERICAN, I SECOND YOUR MOTION FOR STATE 51ST.

BAY OF PIGS DID NOT SUCCEED BECAUSE KENNEDY CHICKENED OUT, HE SENT 2,000 MEN TO FIGTH AND THEN CANCELLED THE AIR SUPPORT HE HAD PROMISED.

MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THEM, HE WENT BY BOAT BEFORE THE INVASION TO ORGANIZE INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND AFTER THE FIASCO WAS CAPTURED AND SPENT 22 YRS. IN JAIL, LUCKLY HE WAS NOT KILLED LIKE MANY OF HIS FRIEND.

LESTERUS

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YOU KNOW? IT IS VERY INTERESTING, WE CUBANS IN MIAMI ALWAYS THOUGT THAT NEWS ABOUT CUBA AND VENEZUELA OFTEN DON'T MAKE IT OUT OF MIAMI, BUT TO MY SURPRISE YOU GUYS ARE VERY WELL INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON, AS FOR CITGO, I DON'T SPEND A PENNY IN THEM SINCE THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO THAT PARROT CHAVEZ.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN ONE OF HIS SPEECHES, HE LOOKS A PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR PARROT JUNGLE.

LESTERUS

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I have sen many of his speeches, as a matter of fact,
every Sunday night my friends in Venezuela are put through 4 hours of what they call torture (Hola Presidente).

The only thing is, I don't speak enough spanish to know what he is saying.
I do however understand the charts and numbers he holds up.

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DON'T WORRY, I DO SPEAK PERFECT SPANISH AND STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND THE S%&T HE SAYS!!!!!

AS FOR THE 4 HRS. SPEECH, WHEN I WAS LIVING IN CUBA THE FORCED US TO GO TO CASTRO'S SPEECHES AND THEY LASTED ANYWHERE FROM 6-8 HOURS IN 100 DEGREES SUN.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT VENEZUELANS WATCH THEM ON T.V. (FOR NOW)

LESTERUS

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Lesterus, I take my hat off to you and yours that risked all to try for a better life. It's people like you that best understand the meaning and the cost of freedom.

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OOH YES, I DO!!!!

I LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE 80% OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE AMERICANS, AND I WAS VERY DISAPOINTED THAT LAST 4TH OF JULY MY HOUSE WAS THE ONLY ONE FLYING AN AMERICAN FLAG, MY SON DID NOT UNDERSTAND MY DISAPOINTMENT AND TOLD ME: "DAD, THEY ARE FREE TO PUT IT OR NOT, WHY DO YOU GET DISSAPOINTED?"

MY ANSWER WAS: "LET IT BE THE DAY THAT THEY ARE NOT ALLOW TO PUT THEIR FLAG FREELY IN THEIR DOORS AND YOU WILL SEE HOW MUCH THEY WILL MISS IT"

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Lesterus...you raise a very important issue...I fear those of us who were born into freedom don't TRULY appreciate it as do those who have gained it...thanks for stickin' a pin in my butt ;) :)...

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Really, I was born and raised here in the U.S.
and it is really an eye opener to just travel
into th ereal parts of foreign countries.
In other words, not the tourist areas that are squeeky clean to
put up a front.
When I come home from my South American business trips,
I always feel like falling down and kissing the ground,
after I get through customs of course. :D