Comments on: Russian Destroyers Pull In To Havana

First Such Visit Since Soviet Era; Relations Warming Between The Cold War Allies

[spinproof]

Cuba has an interesting way of electing their President, the current President just hands power to his brother, you can''t get any shadier than that, is that shady or what? lol Who will Pres. Raul Castro hand power to? Are there any more Castro brothers in line or will Cuba hold elections? Cuban leaders came to power by the "gun" and hold Cubans hostage by the "gun". If Cuba let their citizens travel legally, the Island would be completely empty in a year, no one would return! Cuba is a Communist prison camp!

[spinproof]

Chavez was elected legitimately by the Venezuelan people,

Posted by mtee12 at 12:44 PM : Dec 20, 2008

Unfortunately Chavez wants to cancel Venezuelan elections and implement a power grab and be President for life like the Communist Castro brothers! If the Venezuelan people fall asleep at the wheel Chavez will be President for life and Venezuela will end up Communist like Cuba stuck with Chavez forever! Chavez wants to throw away the Venezuelan Constitution and Venezuela should continue to reject that proposition!

[spinproof]

The US is not a democracy. The majority of Americans voteing, voted for Al Gore. In a democracy, Gore would have been president. I have no idea if he would have been better that Bush, but I cannot imagine that he would have been worse.

Posted by TangoUniforn at 11:43 AM : Dec 20, 2008

The American President is not elected by a majority of the popular vote which Gore did win, but is elected by the Electoral College, a majority of U.S. States!, as much as I don''t like the way Pres. Bush came to power because it was a little messy, Gore could have won if he carried his own State, not carrying your own State is a little embarrassing! If your own state don''t support you why should the rest of the nation? hmmm. Most candidates carry their own State regardless of Party affiliation!

[spinproof]

spinproof-love your insight into the Bay of Pigs debacle. You have learned well at the knee of the lib msm, grasshopper. Now, others would say that Pres Kennedy encourged the invasion, backed it to a point but would not give any air support to those he sent in.You know, sort of like failed Vietnam, and let''''s not forget our troops that were butchered in Somolia under clinton. So, that being said, yep, it was your typical democratic stab at "democracy".
Now, retort with all kinds of name calling but try and remember, I still am permitted to voice MY opinion.

Posted by Xlib at 11:00 AM : Dec 20, 2008

Pres. Kennedy had personal views and opinions and he had official views and opinions about Cuba, Pres. Kennedy knew how to separate personal from official. Pres. Kennedy did have personal views and opinions about Cuba and the Bay of Pigs he refused to implement "officially" because they were illegal. Some leaders implement their personal and religious views whether they are legal or not! This is the problem with Islamic Religious States, there is no separation between Church and State, no separation between personal and official which is dangerous.

[lewiston14]

Prop 8 is not on topic and has been reported

[downsteamjim]

mtee12: So Venezuela had been giving us free oil until Chavez took over. It is a shame that fact never made the news.

[lewiston14]

Part 2
No matter how slow or how painful Cuba is changing. They have to if they want to survive. As Fidel fades from memory the country can make great strides of change. We supply most of their food and if we wanted to push the issue we could cut it off. Would not make us look very good in the worlds eyes. What was 50 years ago is not today. You want ethanol guess who grows a lot of cane and other fuel crops we could use. OB should invite the new ruler of Cuba to the Whitehouse and see if things can be patched up some. Kennedy is gone, Clinton is gone, bush 1 and 2 are gone time for some real change. Did I mention I want to try one of them hand made Cuban cigars. Sure I could do it over the net but it would not be the same if you know what I mean. If we really want change put this idea on the things to do list.

[lewiston14]

So a Russian ship docked in Cuba so what. Some posted that is 90 miles from the US mainland. As if our navy is not parked in ports all over the world. The only thing a single destroyer could do in that 90 miles is get sunk was it to fire on anything of the US. A few weeks ago another Russian ship went through the Panama Canal. Last time I checked if you pay the transit fees anybody can use the canal. Making too much of nothing. Many talk like it%u2019s the 1960%u2019s again.

[tangouniforn]

The US is not a democracy. The majority of Americans voteing, voted for Al Gore. In a democracy, Gore would have been president. I have no idea if he would have been better that Bush, but I cannot imagine that he would have been worse.

[tangouniforn]

sockpuppet4
You forgot that Bush ran the greatest ponzi scheme the world has ever seen. He has borrowed trillions and trillions of dollars from our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren so as to distribute that money to his political allies.