Comments on: Reclaiming history http://babalublog.com/2009/10/reclaiming-history/ ...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: Mr. Mojito http://babalublog.com/2009/10/reclaiming-history/#comment-102673 Mr. Mojito Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:38:24 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=27897#comment-102673 They should do a coffee table book with all the old ads and pictures from 1958. Many would buy it. The lefties would be shocked when Meyer Lansky wasn't on every page. They should do a coffee table book with all the old ads and pictures from 1958. Many would buy it.

The lefties would be shocked when Meyer Lansky wasn't on every page.

]]> By: Alley Kat http://babalublog.com/2009/10/reclaiming-history/#comment-102656 Alley Kat Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:07:22 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=27897#comment-102656 Oh, Ziva, how do I explain the feeling of looking through that phone book? The only way I can possibly come close to describing it is the time after I had seen the Titanic exhibition for the first time. There they were, relics attesting to the existence of people forgotten after a sudden catastrophe plunged them to their deaths. The artifacts screamed silently out to us, spectators frozen in disbelief and anguish. This is the feeling I got when looking through it. I found names of people related to me who are long gone. I barely knew some of them. Their voices and stories are lost forever, but they were real. They lived normal lives in a warm, prosperous country. They were embarked on their life's journey, totally unawares that suddenly, to their horror, life as they knew it would be engulfed by an evil ocean of communism. Yep, that's what that phone book has reminded me of - Cuba as the Titanic. Oh, Ziva, how do I explain the feeling of looking through that phone book? The only way I can possibly come close to describing it is the time after I had seen the Titanic exhibition for the first time. There they were, relics attesting to the existence of people forgotten after a sudden catastrophe plunged them to their deaths. The artifacts screamed silently out to us, spectators frozen in disbelief and anguish.

This is the feeling I got when looking through it. I found names of people related to me who are long gone. I barely knew some of them. Their voices and stories are lost forever, but they were real. They lived normal lives in a warm, prosperous country. They were embarked on their life's journey, totally unawares that suddenly, to their horror, life as they knew it would be engulfed by an evil ocean of communism.

Yep, that's what that phone book has reminded me of - Cuba as the Titanic.

]]> By: Mr. Mojito http://babalublog.com/2009/10/reclaiming-history/#comment-102650 Mr. Mojito Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:34:23 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=27897#comment-102650 Those who control the present, control the past. 1984 ... 25 years later. Those who control the present, control the past. 1984 ... 25 years later.

]]> By: Robert Molleda http://babalublog.com/2009/10/reclaiming-history/#comment-102640 Robert Molleda Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:14:36 +0000 http://babalublog.com/?p=27897#comment-102640 This is great stuff, Ziva. I actually visited that site a few years ago when it first came up, but for whatever reason seem to forget it exists. Thanks for posting this. This is great stuff, Ziva. I actually visited that site a few years ago when it first came up, but for whatever reason seem to forget it exists. Thanks for posting this.

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