Letters. Do we get letters.
We received this in our inbox tonight:
It is about time that we start thinking for ourselves, rather than mindlessly voting Republican. It makes us no better than those indoctrinated cubans still on the island. Isn't it time we forgave the dems. for the Bay of Pigs? Do we reeeeally believe the war in Iraq was a great idea? Do we reeeeally buy that the largest deficit in our nation's history is nothing to worry about(as is global warming)? Do we truly think Bush is the best thing since plantains? Come on,chicos,let the new generation of cuban-americans vote logically, not by rote. A former Rep. who no longer buys the rap.
Here are my answers:
- Yes, I do think for myself as do all of the others who write on this blog.
- No, I will not forgive the Dems for Bay of Pigs.
- Yes, the war in Iraq was a necessary first step to combat Islamic fascism. Next stop: Iran.
- We have been in a deficit spending economy for the better part of seventy years so, no, I am not worried.
- No, I am not worried about global warming. We are in a natural cycle that the Earth goes through. Anyone who thinks we puny humans can hurt a planet that has been around for four billion years is an imbecile.
- No, Bush is not the best thing since plantains. Plantains are the bomb. However, the alternative to Bush is like eating plantains out of a dirty toilet.
- I have always been an independent thinker. Unfortunately, until the Dems stop fielding candidates like Algore, John "I have a plan and served in Vietnam" Kerry, and the execrable Hillary, I won't be voting for them within the next two or three geologic periods.
Those are my answers. Feel free to answer away in the comments
Any other questions?
Ditto, all of the above, and I'd add that I will never forgive them for Elian, or for the lack of response to the BTTR murders either.
Amen to the comments by George Moneo and Ziva.
George,
Awesome response. Couldn't agree with you more.
The DEMS are full of many more Castro bootlickers than the Reps - Rangel, Serrano, McKinnney, Waters, Dodd, etc.
If many of the Dems had had their way, Castro would be "president" here.
Ziva hit the nail right on the head. The response (or lack of response) to the BTTR murders was f-ing disgraceful.
And it wasn't just the Bay of Pigs. How about the Missile crisis that was created when JFK and the "best and brightest" didn't believe exile reports about nukes in Cuba and resulted in a pact that has left Cuba locked in a totalitarian nightmare for 47 years. Every Democrat administration has been disastrous for the cause of Cuban liberty. I'm upset with with Bush but it's not because he's too conservative. Quite the opposite, he's been too liberal. The education bill, the medicare drug benefit, trying to be everybody's buddy by spending a fortune. I got newws for W, people are still going to hate you so you might as well be conservative.
like eating plaintains out of a dirty toilet
RRRROOOTTTFFFLLLMMMAAAOOO!!!
Eeeeeew!!!!
Would make as much sense to vote Jackass as to be Jewish and vote NSDAP.
I will never forgive Janet Reno, Bill Clinton, and their cabal of sympathizers for returning Elian. But, damn right plantains are the bomb!
I don't think it's a question of blaming the Democrats for the Bay of Pigs fiasco - collective responsibility for individual malfeasance is a totalitarian trope - so much as taking them to task for their continuing support of and acquiescence to the Cuban tyranny (among others).
Well said George!
ja! ja! "global warming"....
...every time somebody mentions global warming their credibiity goes out the window
Awesome responce George. However, I have to say that I was infuriated with this question:
"Isn't it time we forgave the dems. for the Bay of Pigs?"
How can we forgive something that the dems. aren't even sorry for? AND THIS CAME FROM A CUBAN AMERICAN?!?!?!?!?!?!
uh... who is the one being mindlessly indoctrinated?
Forgive the Dems for bay of pigs... the nerve. I'll be ready to forgive them the day they're ready to admit it's there fault and ask for forgiveness.
Until then: what exactly is there to forgive?
Sonquacassal makes an excellent point. They have never asked for forgiveness because they have something better -- spin. The "official" (whitewash) version is that JFK inherited the plan from Eisenhower. But (and here's the after the fact wiggle room) he never believed in the invasion.
You know, JFK could have canceled the invasion or he could been up front and withdrawn his promise of support BEFORE the invasion, when there is still time to reassess the plan. But what he did was the worst of all possible options. You don't change your mind once the operation is underway. That's unpardonable. Even if they ask forgiveness can anyone really forget?
i will vote democrat, when hell freezes over....time and time democrats have raped us cubans of our dignity.
just to start mentions
-liberal democrats praising castro's regime
-elian
-bay of pigs
though i have forgiven kennedy ...because the man atleast tried helping us. .....men like bill clinton...are unforgivable they do it doliberatly to oppress us, because we are sworn voters to the republican party....when democrats stop trying to make america socialist(ted kennedy, hilary clinton)......stop going to cuba praising castro, stop promising less average income people some much and never come through. when they stop pushing there welfare programs...
which will never happen...so ill continue to be a republican..and if republicans continue to fall towards big government...then i soon see a 3rd party forming but...men like reagan need to uprise once again...
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viva cuba libre !
p.s im not going to even discuss... about how democrats continue to push ridiculis canadites who only get into power through mob rule , or liberal hollywood pushes there canidacy.....and even more how democrats some how hold the black vote which republicans freeed the slaves.....passed womans rights in during ww1 which democrats filabustered...and democrats filabustered during the civil rights...for god sakes theres a democrat senator in west virginia who was part of the kkk.
-- i think im done with this.
any one ever hear of operation omega (aka plan to invade cuba dec.1, 1963).. ??? it was suppost to happen...but he was shot. nov.22 , 1963
From what I have heard, Operation Omega, was just BS to keep us "exiles" preoccupied. Remember that the situation around that time in South Vietnam with President Diem was ready to explode. As a matter of fact, Diem was assassinated on November 1, 1963, one month before the fictitious invasion of Cuba.
I made that plantain comment my funny quote of the day. Truly brilliant!
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I agree with George Moneo about Operation Omega being a smoke screen. If you want your blood to boil, watch JFK making the famous speech in the Orange Bowl in which he promises that Cuba will be free one day. (Talk about cara dura!) And people bought it! They went wild! If Operation Omega had been for real, wouldn't Johnson have followed through with it? Johnson believed in Kennan's theory of containment. He believed that communism had to be stopped everywhere. Consequently, he escalated the war in Vietnam. No, other than during the Missile Crisis, I don't think JFK ever took Cuba seriously.
Questions:
3. Wasn't the war about disarming the WMDs that were a supposed threat to the US? and subsequently spun into a ploy to make Iraq democratic? Never heard Bush's regime say it was a step against Islamo-fascism. You have access to files that the rest of us don't?
5. Never heard of the damage to the ozone layer? Humans have made a HUGE impact on the earth, which is more fragile than you think. Global warming, though scientists are coming to more of a consensus that humans contribute to it, is still be debated by those with the credentials. However, your statement is nothing short of ridiculous. Don't forget a key to the issue is that human population is growing exponentially. In 30 years what humans do in their daily lives will have a HUGE impact on the earth. Why would you choose not to care?
Fielding, you are making the assumption that WMDs weren't there. I don't buy that and I never have. EVERY intelligence agency said they were: CIA, MI6, Mossad, all of them. Recently info has been coming out that our "friends" the Russians may have helped Saddam move them into the Bekka Valley. You can believe whatever you want to satisfy your fantasy world, but the WMDs are there somewhere and someday we will know what happened. Not that it matters since facts are irrelevant to libs like yourself.
As for the weather, I know there is climate change happening. Anyone with eyes can see that. My problem is that "climate change" has become a political issue. The left's version of "global warming" is just another ploy to redistribute wealth from us to the rest of the world (see: Kyoto).
As for the ozone layer, if what you are saying is true then why is it the ozone layer grows then shrinks, then grows then shrinks again. You give us way too much credit. The Sun is primarily responsible for our troubles. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for you 'cause you can't pin the blame on [insert favorite Republican scapegoat here]. The Earth will cleanse itself of us just like it has done with other species. And if it's not the Earth doing it, then an asteroid or comet will do it.
As St. Francis of Assisi said when asked what he would do if he knew the end of the world was nigh, "I'll just keep tilling my fields."
George,
Great way to tackle this "straight from the Liberal Red Book" letter.
I seriously doubt that "John" was ever a Republican ... how about "a closet liberal"
Bay of Pigs, is just one of many reasons not to vote Democrat ... sometimes is a matter of principles ...
"Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party."~ Churchill
Melek
George,
I was arguing the assumptions of WMDs. I was arguing the language you used to describe the war. The Bush regime changed its tune on the war, but I don't recall a holy war being the stated objective. Maybe its the unstated, Christian objective.
About the environment, the ozone layer depletion is an accepted theory, period. You don't remember when Mcdonalds used styrofoam for its burgers? Maybe you were joking that you think its a sham. I just don't understand your contempt for the environment. I'm not making it a political argument, its more of a spirital one. I believe in business and progress, but no reason we can't take care of our own yard. Your contempt for our impact on the planet is perplexing. Us little humans can't make an impact? Maybe you were just joking.
Fielding, ozone layer depletion may be a fact but the cause is not. The environmentalist whackos take a theory (not a fact) and then turn into political hay. If the politicians left it alone maybe I would be more receptive. The problem is teh left has turned environmentalism into their new religion and that invalidates it for me. Sorry.
George,
The problem is you must only be reading the "whackos." That's probably why you have a contempt for nature and the world your KIDS are going to inherit from your actions. A direct cause of ozone depletion was CFCs that came from aerosol sprays, air conditioners, and styrofoam. Nothing they don't probably teach in elementary school in Coral Gables. There are lots of dedicate scientists all over the world that care nothing more than protecting the environment without a political stakehold. Unfortunately FoxNews and Front Page Magazine don't get ratings by giving a balanced analysis on the topic. Has to be "tough talk" against these "green whackos" like this: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Climate_Change/Solutions/ Wait a minute, those news organizations don't know who David Suzuki is...
Returning to your statement "Anyone who thinks we puny humans can hurt a planet that has been around for four billion years is an imbecile", well, who would uh thunk spraying deodorant would send gas to the outer atmosphere and increase our risk to skin cancer. Anyways, I kinda think you were just saying that comment tongue n cheek.
Id like to chime in for a second.
First, I love nature and i do what I can to maintain it pristine for those who come along after me. And I'll grant that there are some legitimate concerns regarding preservation and resouces and such.
However, I find it somewhat arrogant that some within a science that, according to Earth's real time is still in the fetal stages, can conclude with such certainty the demise of a planet that has existing for billions of years. The earth, as with all things in nature, has its way of righting itself and everything within it will adapt. So forgive me if Im not all "doomsday" chicken little.
But, if I may, suggest to all of those who are so overwhlemingly concerned with global warming to do everything you can personally to help control it: dont use anything electrical, do not use any gas powered engines, and do not, under any circumstances use air conditioning. lead by example.
Val,
If you go to the link I posted (of a leading environmentalist) you'll see that many aren't preaching "dont use anything electrical, do not use any gas powered engines, and do not, under any circumstances use air conditioning. lead by example." They preach sustainability, conservation, and promoting efficiency and devlopment of alternative, cleaner energy sources.
"The earth, as with all things in nature, has its way of righting itself and everything within it will adapt"
Given your hypothesis, how would the ozone layer of adapted if we kept emitting CFCs?
You may not agree with everything environmentalists say. For example, some prioritize profit over environment. Some people don't care about the damage of off-shore drilling compared to developing alternative energy. Though if you look hard enough you can find environmentalists that are radical and have egos and political agendas, if you also look in the scientific community there are many truly educated specialists that have either come to consensus on many environmental problems or agree that further research may be necessary on a topic, but if you listen to the experts, humans have had, and will have, unprecedented impact on this planet. Val, in roughly the middle of this century the world's population will reach 9 billion. You really think it is appropriate to disregard consumption and pollution? Things like protecting fresh water? The majority of non-political scientific literature around the world has several concerns about the planet that are legitimate. I don't think we should disregard these problems because "we think" the problems will work themselves out. People make lives studying global warming and are still trying to find conclusive evidence. Is there something you know that educated scientist in all countries of the world working most of their lives to understand don't know? Ever been to D.F.? Is the air pollution working itself out there? Remember the dumping of toxins in the great lakes? Remember there was a consensus that no amount of industry could end up affecting such large bodies of fresh water? Well, there is consensus that the Great Lakes couldn't keep up. It is not "chicken little" mentality. It's about sustainable development.