Comments on: Chris Simmons Now “Respectable” http://babalublog.com/2009/06/chris-simmons-now-respectable/ ...an island on the net without a bearded dictator Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:38:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: antonio2009 http://babalublog.com/2009/06/chris-simmons-now-respectable/#comment-97081 antonio2009 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:02:31 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=23175#comment-97081 Carlos Alberto Montaner omits mentioning that his intimate friend Marifeli Perez-Stable has been accused of being a Castro spy. Montaner and Perez-Stable are both members of the Miami Herald's Board of Contributors. They have frequently appeared together on TV programs in Miami. Montaner has been telling the Cuban exile community that those are lies against Perez-Stable. In contrast, last Thursday, Armando Valladares published an article in the Washington Times directly accusing Perez-Stable, Julia Sweig, and their comrades of being Castro agents. Read it here at http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/18/their-men-in-higher-ed/ When these accusations against Perez-Stable surfaced in Nov. 2006, http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/espionage/marifeli.htm she had ACLU attorney John de Leon send threatening letters to those circulating the facts. She failed to follow up with legal action. Perez-Stable has not dared to respond to the Valladares accusations in the leading conservative newspaper in America. Carlos Alberto Montaner omits mentioning that his intimate friend Marifeli Perez-Stable has been accused of being a Castro spy. Montaner and Perez-Stable are both members of the Miami Herald's Board of Contributors. They have frequently appeared together on TV programs in Miami. Montaner has been telling the Cuban exile community that those are lies against Perez-Stable. In contrast, last Thursday, Armando Valladares published an article in the Washington Times directly accusing Perez-Stable, Julia Sweig, and their comrades of being Castro agents. Read it here at
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/18/their-men-in-higher-ed/
When these accusations against Perez-Stable surfaced in Nov. 2006,
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/espionage/marifeli.htm
she had ACLU attorney John de Leon send threatening letters to those circulating the facts. She failed to follow up with legal action. Perez-Stable has not dared to respond to the Valladares accusations in the leading conservative newspaper in America.

]]> By: Mr. Mojito http://babalublog.com/2009/06/chris-simmons-now-respectable/#comment-97072 Mr. Mojito Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:48:10 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=23175#comment-97072 I'm probably in the minority on this, but I think we should trade Castro these 2 old senile geezers for Oscar Biscet. Then if Cuba wants the "Cuban 5" back, they can trade every single political prisoner on the island for them (500 or more). I'm probably in the minority on this, but I think we should trade Castro these 2 old senile geezers for Oscar Biscet. Then if Cuba wants the "Cuban 5" back, they can trade every single political prisoner on the island for them (500 or more).

]]> By: Henry Louis Gomez http://babalublog.com/2009/06/chris-simmons-now-respectable/#comment-97070 Henry Louis Gomez Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:27:38 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=23175#comment-97070 Money quote: <em>After the inevitable disappearance of the communist dictatorship in Cuba, when the intelligence archives are opened, we shall see how the Ministry of the Interior -- trained by the KGB and the Stasi but with a lot more imagination, with its thousands of agents and collaborators, its dozens of satellite organizations and its huge resources devoted to collecting information, releasing disinformation, disseminating propaganda -- or even killing, if necessary -- achieved such amazing successes.</em> Volumes will be written. Money quote:

After the inevitable disappearance of the communist dictatorship in Cuba, when the intelligence archives are opened, we shall see how the Ministry of the Interior -- trained by the KGB and the Stasi but with a lot more imagination, with its thousands of agents and collaborators, its dozens of satellite organizations and its huge resources devoted to collecting information, releasing disinformation, disseminating propaganda -- or even killing, if necessary -- achieved such amazing successes.

Volumes will be written.

]]> By: Larry Daley http://babalublog.com/2009/06/chris-simmons-now-respectable/#comment-97064 Larry Daley Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:41:35 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=23175#comment-97064 Related but not on topic Today I could not open Miami Herald News on the web Is this a general failure? Larry Daley daleyl@peak.org Related but not on topic

Today I could not open Miami Herald News on the web

Is this a general failure?

Larry Daley
daleyl@peak.org

]]> By: asombra http://babalublog.com/2009/06/chris-simmons-now-respectable/#comment-97063 asombra Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:54:24 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=23175#comment-97063 So are the Miami Herald and FIU doing anything about Perez-Stable and others like her? Are they even acknowledging that there is, shall we say, legitimate cause for concern? I seriously doubt it. Don't ask, don't tell. When and if the government acts as it did with the Myers couple, then maybe they'll (gasp!) admit that, just possibly, they should have looked into the matter a bit more. Perhaps. So are the Miami Herald and FIU doing anything about Perez-Stable and others like her? Are they even acknowledging that there is, shall we say, legitimate cause for concern? I seriously doubt it. Don't ask, don't tell. When and if the government acts as it did with the Myers couple, then maybe they'll (gasp!) admit that, just possibly, they should have looked into the matter a bit more. Perhaps.

]]> By: George Moneo http://babalublog.com/2009/06/chris-simmons-now-respectable/#comment-97058 George Moneo Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:38:20 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=23175#comment-97058 I respect my cat's litter box more than the "respectable" circles you're talkin' about... I respect my cat's litter box more than the "respectable" circles you're talkin' about...

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