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I guess the old bastard just isn't as committed to La Revolucion as we all thought:

[URL="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/19/world/main3843492.shtml"]Fidel Castro Steps Down As Cuba's Leader, Ailing Communist Leader Resigns Post Held Since 1959; U.S. Will Keep Embargo Intact - CBS News[/URL]

Stalin, Mao, or Vladimir Ulyanov would never have given up so easily. I guess that's why Fidel's victims only number in the thousands -what an amateur.

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i think this is more about his health, then anything else

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It's most likely in preparation of his funeral. He'll probably he dead any day now and wanted to make sure his brother would take over to extend his reign for a bit longer and so that he can go out on his own terms.


SO, who wants government-run healthcare? Fidel has a good plan.

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[quote=Buster;423940]It's most likely in preparation of his funeral. He'll probably he dead any day now and wanted to make sure his brother would take over to extend his reign for a bit longer and so that he can go out on his own terms.


[B]SO, who wants government-run healthcare[/B]? Fidel has a good plan.[/quote]
i do. christ, the guys smoke tons of cigars, and look how long he lasted:)

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[quote=dmek25;423964]i do. christ, the guys smoke tons of cigars, and look how long he lasted:)[/quote]
Yea, I bet he stood in line like everyone else and received the same treatment as his everyday citizens do.

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so does this mean I can legally travel to CUba and land me one of those James Bond chicks like Jinx mixed with Salma Hayek?

Suh-weeeeeeeet...

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[quote=firstdown;424046]Yea, I bet he stood in line like everyone else and received the same treatment as his everyday citizens do.[/quote]
yeah, just like our president and his staff does

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[quote=dmek25;424067]yeah, just like our president and his staff does[/quote]

Ding, ding, ding! End of round one, gentlemen back to your corners.

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good evening hoo. how is school going?

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[quote=dmek25;423964]i do. christ, the guys smoke tons of cigars, and look how long he lasted:)[/quote]

He flies doctors in from other nations. :)

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[quote=dmek25;424067]yeah, just like our president and his staff does[/quote]

President Clinton had extra medical attention too and even put in a jogging path that you paid for.

I hope you were joking.

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i wasn't. no one that runs any country, or has money, normally waits for anything. i wasn't picking on that moron that happens to be in the white house right now. none of presidents have to wait. i was referring to firstdown. he made it sound like a big deal that Castro doesn't have to wait for his medical attention

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I was laughing my ass off when I heard word "resign" yesterday cause I didn't really know a dictator could resign! Anywho, his [URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-cuba-castro-text,1,3295710.story"]resignation letter[/URL] was even funnier:

[quote]For many years I occupied the honorable position of president. On Feb. 15, 1976, the Socialist Constitution was approved with the [B]free[/B], [B]direct[/B] and [B]secret vote[/B] of over 95 percent of [B]eligible voters[/B]. The first National Assembly was established on Dec. 2 that same year, and it elected the State Council and its presidency. Before that, I had been a prime minister for almost 18 years. I always had the necessary prerogatives to carry forward the revolutionary work with the support of the overwhelming majority of the people.[/quote]

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[quote=dmek25;424092]good evening hoo. how is school going?[/quote]

Just saw your post, but school is going well it is the internship search that currently is very difficult.

I am looking for consulting internships and having a tough time, but hey I guess that is life.

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[url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.top10/index.html]Assassination plots and schemes: Castro in the crosshairs - CNN.com[/url]

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;424474][url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.top10/index.html]Assassination plots and schemes: Castro in the crosshairs - CNN.com[/url][/QUOTE]

There are some seriously hare brained ideas there. Didn't/doesn't our CIA have either better things to do or more intelligence to come up with more reasonable ideas?

No wonder they blew the WMDs. They were probably too busy reading books on indigenous cacti which they could rig to blow up when Osama went to take a pee.

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[QUOTE=FRPLG;424509]There are some seriously hare brained ideas there. Didn't/doesn't our CIA have either better things to do or more intelligence to come up with more reasonable ideas?

No wonder they blew the WMDs. They were probably too busy reading books on indigenous cacti which they could rig to blow up when Osama went to take a pee.[/QUOTE]

I'm sure a lot of those were intended to be very off the wall "Ok, let's just go around the room and each of you throw out your most extreme idea."

The CIA is an interesting group. For all we know amongst us here on the Warpath is an undercover CIA operative (Hooskins, I'm looking in your direction)

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[quote=SmootSmack;424511]I'm sure a lot of those were intended to be very off the wall "Ok, let's just go around the room and each of you throw out your most extreme idea."

The CIA is an interesting group. For all we know amongst us here on the Warpath is an undercover CIA operative [B](Hooskins, I'm looking in your direction)[/B][/quote]

Muahaha, and all along you thought I was a silly college student.

On a related note, I took a history class called "history of espionage" taught by an ex-CIA guy. We talked about all the crazy ways people tried to kill Castro, including poisoning drinks. One story was how the CIA got to get one of Castro's mistresses to try to kill him. Castro found out or something and gave her the gun and told her too assassinate him, but she couldn't because he was "too amazing" and she loved him too much or something. Crazy stuff. Apparently there is museum in Cuba where Fidel has displays for every US failed assignation attempt.

It is just comically embarrassing.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;424511]I'm sure a lot of those were intended to be very off the wall "Ok, let's just go around the room and each of you throw out your most extreme idea."

The CIA is an interesting group. For all we know amongst us here on the Warpath is an undercover CIA operative (Hooskins, I'm looking in your direction)[/QUOTE]

I know it just sounded so kooky.

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[quote=hooskins;424516]Muahaha, and all along you thought I was a silly college student.

On a related note, I took a history class called "history of espionage" taught by an ex-CIA guy. We talked about all the crazy ways people tried to kill Castro, including poisoning drinks. One story was how the CIA got to get one of Castro's mistresses to try to kill him. Castro found out or something and gave her the gun and told her too assassinate him, but she couldn't because he was "too amazing" and she loved him too much or something. Crazy stuff. Apparently there is museum in Cuba where Fidel has displays for every US failed assignation attempt.

It is just comically embarrassing.[/quote]

I took a class that sounds pretty similar. It was called 'radical change' and we discussed all sorts of revolutions through history and obviously Cuba was a big topic. Our prof told us something about someone trying to use an exploding cigar to try to kill Castro.

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I think it should be noted that [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Project"]Operation Mongoose [/URL]was implemented at the insistence of the Kennedy Brothers and was overseen personally by Bobby Kennedy. The extreme pressure they were putting on everyone to get rid of Castro was no doubt a major reason some of the more outlandish ideas were not immediately shot down. Smart people at the agency understood that this was bad news and stayed the hell out of it.

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Here is question to the Castro lovers: If Castros' style of government is so good, then why are so many Cubans leaving that great Utopia to come to America, sometimes floating on shelled-out Chevys? This country is so diverse, because those diverse people wanted a better life. How many people emigrate to Cuba for a better lifestyle?

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[QUOTE=4mrusmc;424837]Here is question to the Castro lovers: If Castros' style of government is so good, then why are so many Cubans leaving that great Utopia to come to America, sometimes floating on shelled-out Chevys? This country is so diverse, because those diverse people wanted a better life. How many people emigrate to Cuba for a better lifestyle?[/QUOTE]

Are there any Castro lovers here, or anywhere for that matter?

One of my good friends from undergrad was and is pretty liberal, but after she visited relatives in Cuba she briefly turned into Bill O'Reilly. She was absolutely appalled by the conditions in Havana, could not believe what a police state is really like, and was basically disgusted with the failed state of Cuba.

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[quote=Sheriff Gonna Getcha;424879]Are there any Castro lovers here, or anywhere for that matter?

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one of the first words in Mike Moore's blog is "jokes". did you happen to catch that 70? i probably doubt it

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It's pretty wild to think how vibrant Cuba was back in the first half of the 20th century. Seems like that was place to be back in the day, smoking SJ9s in the VIP room of La Tropicana while listening to Desi Arnaz rocks the drums

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your not old enough to remember old Desi, so you got some splainin to do :)

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[QUOTE=dmek25;425141]your not old enough to remember old Desi, so you got some splainin to do :)[/QUOTE]

who doesn't know Desi?

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[url=http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/cia_finally_unseats_fidel?utm_source=onion_rss_daily]CIA Finally Unseats Fidel Castro With Retirement Cigar | The Onion - America's Finest News Source[/url]

"Cigar-based attempts to depose him"