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[LESTERUS]

I get into frecuent fiendly arguments with some of my friend that are americans, either of Cuban descent or
4th or 5th generations american. They claim that because I love my country of origin, Cuba , I can't love the U.S., nothing further than the truth, I always use this example: "You love your wife, dont'n ya?, Is that mean you stop loving your mother?, no. Well, I love Cuba, because i was born and raise there, but I also love this country, because I'm an American by choice.

Lesterus

[reelapeelin]

Sounds like your heart and mind are in the right place...anybody who can't understand that probably can't understand how the wheel works ::) ;) ;D ...

[LESTERUS]

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEAR THE NEWS YET, BUT LAST
NIGTH, THERE WAS A BIG FUSS DOWN HERE, CASTRO (ACCORDING TO CUBAN TV) TRANSFERED ALL THE POWERS "TEMPORARILY" TO HIS BROTHER, RAUL CASTRO, BECAUSE HE WAS OPERATED FOR INTERNAL BLEEDING. KNOWING HOW THE CUBAN "GOVERMENT" OPERATES I THINK THE OLD MAN EITHER DITCHED IT OR IS READY TO DIE. IN ANY CASE WE'RE ALREADY HAVING FUN.

LESTERUS

[Pipe_Dream]

Just read this:

In one rare interview in early 2001, Raul spoke with unusual frankness about his older brother's eventual death and encouraged the United States to make peace with Cuba while Fidel was still alive.

"I am among those who believe that it would be in imperialism's interest to try, with our irreconcilable differences, to normalize relations as much as possible during Fidel's life," Raul said in the interview with state television. Later, he said, "it will be more difficult," implying he would be harder to deal with.

Raul, a political hardliner, belonged to a Communist youth group even before the revolution. The elder Castro didn't publicly embrace socialism until 1961.

But on the economic front, he showed signs of flexibility.

As defense minister, Raul has overseen some of Cuba's most important experiments with limited market-style reforms. Military units produced and sold food at free markets and the military ran an important tourism company, Gaviota.

He also expressed interest in China's version of free-enterprise socialism during a November 1997 visit.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/31/D8J7CLM80.html

BTW if we're going to continue on this tack maybe we should move to Off Topic section. ;)

[reelapeelin]

Maybe TS Chris will jog SW a little and SUCK both the Castro bastards right off that beautiful island and drop their dead, broken bodies into the Gulf of Mexico for the sharks to feed on...I hate bullies on any scale...They've brought so much pain and suffering to their people while living a great life themselves...they are thugs too stupid to realize what a great country Cuba could be...

[LESTERUS]

PIPEDREAM:

IT'S FUNNY HOW THE AMERICAN MEDIA HAS BEEN TRYING TO ANALIZE THE CUBAN SITUATION, AS FOR MY
RAUL IS AS GUILTY AS FIDEL IN THE CUBAN ORDEAL, AND DESERVES THE SAME PUNISHMENT AS HIS BROTHER.

NOW, AS TO THE ECONOMY, HE LIKES THE CHINESE MODEL, THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE NOT CHINESE, CUBA WAS, BEFORE THIS SOB, A FULL BLOWN CAPITALIST COUNTRY, CUBANS NEVER VIEWED AMERICANS AS ENEMIES, BUT RATHER AS GOOD NEIGHTBOURS THAT WERE WELCOMED IN ORU COUNTRY.

WHEREAS CHINA WENT FROM FEUDALISM TO COMUNISM,
NEVER KNEW CAPITALISM NTILL NOW.

THE OTHER THING IS THAT CASTRO'S REVOLUTION WAS BASED ON FIDEL'S PERSONALITY, I DON'T THINK HIS BROTHER WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME, AT SOME POINT, IF HE'S SMART, WOULD HAVE TO LET IT GO.

LESTERUS.

i am all for people celebrating thier heritage and thier culture. i just get agrivated sometimes cause we in the south get called so many bad things for celebrating ours. all to often criticized by peeps who can barely speak english. we cant pray in school. cant even teach about jesus as a man, much less an entity. in texas, teachers cant teach about the alamo anymore cause it might make the mexican students look bad! did you know that lowes doesnt even sell christmas trees anymore! now thier holiday trees. seperation of church and state? wake up and smell the christmas! what the date anyway? bring us ur tired, ur hungry, ur weary! but dont tell us how to live when you get here! the clan were a bunch of ignorant, tobbaco road rednecks but, when i drive past a house and see a mexican flag, or a peurto rico flag, or any foriegn flag i cant help but think, "theres a good place to burn a cross". united =unity wich means, one country, one language, one flag!
i know this wont be a popular post. might hurt someones feelings. might even get me banned from this forum. but, i love my country and i will bleed on the flag if thats what it takes to keep the stripes red!

whats the frequency keneth?

[reelapeelin]

I was on the lake recently and idled past a dock in front of a half-million+ home...above the dock the owner was flyin' an American flag and a Canadian flag...and I gotta tell ya, burnin' a cross didn't come to mind ::) ...

[LESTERUS]

GUYS, MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOUGHT ME TO RESPECT OTHER PEOPLES' CULTURES, RELIGIONS AND OPINIONS
AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A GOOD ADVISE. I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE BEING PROUD OF THEIR
HERITAGE, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH FLY THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, THAT DOES NOT OFFEND ME.
BUT I WAS ALSO TOUGHT TO RESPECT OTHER PEOPLE HOMES AND I CAN NOT FORGET FOR A SECOND THAT I LIVE IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LAND, (EVENTHOUG I'M A US CITIZEN) WOULDN'T CROSS MY MIND TO CHANGE THE RULES OF THIS COUNTRY. IF YOU WERE A MUSSLIM I BET YOU COULD SAY ALLAH IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL, NO BIG DEAL, AHHH, BUT DON'T SAY "UNDER GOD" BECAUSE
YOU'RE IN TROUBLE.
IT'S NOT US REFUGEES DOING THIS, IT'S THE AMERICAN
LIBERAL MEDIA. I BET YOU ANYTHING THAT I LOVE THIS COUNTRY MORE THAN THOSE IN CNN AND COMPANY, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH.

LESTERUS