Comments on: Castro Praises Obama In Blog, Alludes To Waning Health

[walterlx]

Thanks to CBS for the report. Most people from the United States are prevented from seeing Cuba with our own two eyes. It''s the only country on earth for which people from the U.
S. need a permission slip from the federal government to go for a visit. Fidel Castro is smart enough to be telling his people he''s history, and has been stepping aside graciously.

It''s time and overtime to free the people of the United States from US government restrictions which prevent them from seeing Cuba for themselves. Castro''s not afraid of contact with the US. What are WE afraid of?

[cvenable39]

Castro complimenting our president causes me some concern!

[indamiddle]

Fidel,,,if you are reading this..

you subjected your people to decades of poverty, torture and misery to feed your ego...

without the guns that seperates you from your subjects..they would tear you apart

[indamiddle]

Evidently that socialized medicine works - Cuba has a lower Infant Mortality Rate than the US.
Posted by IOWEIGN at 05:28 AM : Jan 23, 2

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HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

CUBA is such a paradise..americans find anything that floats and paddle themselves into cuba..

[deathofusa]

That''s great! First it was that the Arabs were happy, then Chavez and now Castro. Great! We should be proud that these nations that ignore any kind of human rights love the idea of Obama as the president of the United States. You stupid democrats should be proud of yourselves.

[presjfk]

"
"What Nixon omitted from his report was ... the rampant government corruption under Batista -- and the extreme poverty of most Cubans. The American vice president also ignored Batista''''''''''''''''s suspension of constitutional guarantees, his dissolution of the country''''''''''''''''s political parties, and his use of the police and army to murder political opponents. Twenty thousand Cubans reportedly died at the hands of Batista''''''''''''''''s thugs." --Don Fulsom, The Mob''''''''''''''''s President: Richard Nixon''''''''''''''''s Secret Ties to the Mafia Posted by mtee123"

The highest standard of living ever in a communist nation, was communist Czechoslovakia of the 1980''s. This was well reported by the communist press and free press and is not just my opinion. I visited the country during those days, and I can tell you that it was horrible.

As bad as Czechoslovakia was, Cuba on its best day under Castro never even approached the standard of living the Czech and Slovaks had in those days.

To defend the Cuban Revolution and Castro by comparing it to the Batista days if done honestly, is an admission that a corrupt, "free" State is infinitely better than a Communist dictatorship. If you disagree, you need to do some traveling.

I am happy to say that the Czech and Slovak Republics have accomplished a lot since sending communism, they are 2 very prosperous and free countrie and I can only wish the same for Cuba someday.

[presjfk]

""Before January 1959, Cuba''''''''s economy was dominated by US interests, which owned 40% of the sugar production, including seven of the ten largest estates, 90% of the telephone and electricity utilities, the oil refineries, most of the mining industry, and some of the banks." --Oxfam America, Cuba: Going Against the Grain Posted by mtee123"

Look at it now. They sure did a great job of it. Now the estates are occupied by communist party leaders, these estates are largely in disrepair as is most of the country, the country is ruled by a dictator, electricity is spotty, lines for basics are long, those who do not have relatives overseas to send them money are second-class citizens, the cars are US made from the 1950''s.

There is no comparison. Any Cuban that can remember the country before the Castro Revolution would happily go back to those days over what they have now.

[truthin2009]

So is Castro on this blog?

[ausus-2009]

Any of you leftie twits ever been to Cuba?

It is obviouus from your repeating of your cut and pastes over and over to try to drown out other comment that you hate freedom of the press and freedom of speech.

Then I know that at least one of you is thriving in a totalitarian country and not living in the US.

Cuba is one of the world''s last bastions of Stalinism.

[b4ucmyi]

Evidently that socialized medicine works - Cuba has a lower Infant Mortality Rate than the US.
Posted by IOWEIGN at 05:28 AM : Jan 23, 2009

Most of them die on boats trying to get to the U.S.