A certain individual left a comment on a blog that shall remain nameless. Here is the comment in its entirety with a link to said commenter’s Blogger profile:
Fantomas
said…Mat esoy considerando to blog less or to quit blogging and commenting for a while
Any tips how to do this?
My Miami trip has disgusted me, our situation stinks por donde quiera que lo veas
No end in sight for our suffering, los protagonistas de la novela cubana cada cual tiran por su lado, no hay lider capaz de unirnos a todos
Iam afraid to accept the fact que los comunistas tienen todo el tiempo a su favor, we dont5/22/2008 3:44 PM
So here’s my question? Why did you come to Miami? To what end do you take the generosity and friendship offered to you and then cavalierly shit on it by saying that the trip “disgusted” you. Was it the food? The people you met at Cuba Nostalgia? The venue? The authors? The radio personalities? What was it? Or is it more of the same hypocrisy I know you are capable of. There is nothing worse than an ass-kisser who turns around and shits on his friends.
All I can say is, if I went out of my way to vow solidarity and friendship with those I disdain, I guess I’d feel disgusted to. I’d say the source of Fantomas’ disgust is the face in his mirror.
All I can say is PITBULL IS BACK!!! YAY!!
A more unified group of people I have never met. I have two regrets: 1) that I couldn’t stay longer and 2) that I wasn’t Cuban.
no se de que habla este idiota moneo pero si vas a traer comentarios de otros blogs traelos todos
Nostalgia Review
PS – Fantomas, what happened? Did you see the light?
La luz siempre la he visto
Lo que pasa es que una vez te acercas a los protagonistas o estas a 90 millas de los ” otros protagonistas” entonces la luz se hace mas resplandeciente..
Nostalgia 2008 estuvo un poco lento este año comparado con 2007. Quizas se debia al calor o a los precios. Me atrevo a decir que quizas habia menos gente este año
Actualmente hay un gran incendio forestal en la Florida que desde el viernes pasado esta afectando la calidad de vida. Se siente bastante fuerte el olor a quemado especialmente en las mañanas y al atardecer. Las temperaturas altisimas y una gran sequia estan afectando al sur de la Florida
Para los que no vivimos en Miami el hecho de estar alli nos acerca mentalmente a nuestras costumbres culinarias , forma peculiar de hablar, andar , actuar etc..
Fue gratificante ver , hablar y compartir personalmente con otros blogeros. Independientemente si estamos de acuerdos con sus puntos de vista o no.
Creo que existe un respeto mutuo entre la mayoria de los blogeros cubanos.
Tuve la oportunidad e hablar con ” el gusano” Potts , George Real Cuba, Jose Varela ( el cual me obsequio su libro) y muchos otros mas.
Converse con Tany Perez ( Big Red Machine), tome cerveza Hatuey ( la cual sera reelanzada otra vez por Bacardi Corp)y disfrute de las delicias de la comida cubana
Para resumir, no es lo mismo ir a Nostalgia la segunda vez ..Creo que la novedad del asunto tiene mas efecto , cuando se repite se pierde un poco la emocion
El booth de Babalublog estuvo siempre lleno, muchas personas firmaron la peticion ” online” para la liberacion de los presos politicos en Cuba
La situacion actual de Cuba para mi no tiene arreglo inmediato. No creo que estemos listos para asumir el rol de liderato desde el exilio. Los cubanos exiliados que estamos aca pensamos y actuamos muy diferente a los que se han tenido que chupar al regimen por mas tiempo y creo esa brecha sera muy dificl de cerrar. Percibo mucho odio entre nosotros mismos . Los cubanos exiliados estamos divididos en 3 o 4 renglones .. los exiliados de la epoca del 60 y 70…los del mariel, los balseros y los actuales… Cada grupo tira para su lado es intransigente con el otro , mira con desprecio al que llego ultimo… Hay diferencias de razas marcadas cubanos blancos y no blancos, hay tremendo racismo entre nosotros mismos, siempre se humillara al negro o al menos inteligente y esas son cosas que ha muchos no le gusta hablar..
En Miami nadie tiene la verdad, nadie tiene la razon, nadie sabe mas que nadie, pero no todos los cubanos son iguales
Y esto se demuestra en lo demografico, la mayoria de los cubanos con posibilidades viven en las mejores areas coral g, miami beach, kendall etc , mientras que los otros se han quedado rezagados en hialeah, calle 8, sw , flager etc..
El sur de Miami tiene sus areas lindas pero tambien sus areas malas donde se palpita la pobreza..
Me llamo mucho la atencion no ver anglos en toda esa area , ahora entiendo porque algunos norteamericanos piensan que el sur de la florida es una republica latina como otro pais..latinoamericano
Sin embargo una vez te mueves al norte o al oeste en lugares como Miramar, Pembroke Pines en el condado Broward enseguidas notas la diferencia en la calidad de vida . Es otro mundo . Un mundo mejor
Escuche en la Radio miammense que estan tratando de dividir a la Florida en dos ..Es decir el norte se desprenderia del sur y se formaria otro Estado o un commonwealth ..It is an idea in the early stages for now .. pero tiene mucho que ver en los recaudos , taxes, seguros etc
Si desean ayudar a la deportista judoka cubana campeona que se quedo en la florida pueden llamar al 1 305 952 2715 para enviarle ya sea dinero o ayuda material. el dueño del versailles le ofrecio trabajo en dicho local .
esto es todo por ahora
el viernes Obama almuerza con la gente de la fundacion …
veremos que dice concretamente
5/22/2008 6:01 PM
let me answer those questions before it is too late
So here’s my question? Why did you come to Miami? To what end do you take the generosity and friendship offered to you and then cavalierly shit on it by saying that the trip “disgusted” you. Was it the food? The people you met at Cuba Nostalgia? The venue? The authors? The radio personalities? What was it?
who the fuck are you to ask me why i went to miami
i went there because i wanted to go period (have may relatives in several cities in mia area)
the whole trip disgusted me in general about the whole cuban situation not just one event, I remained there 3 days after nostalgia
the food was great overall, i can eat anything i even had frog legs in the Indian reservation in the Everglades
the people I met at nostalgia were all nice . I met Tany Perez, met the pianist chia, josevarela el caricatiurista and all the bloggers , the one thing iam glad now is that i did not meet you , for that iam grateful
the venue was great i had been there last year
the authors , nothing to say about them i dont buy the books they write
radio personalities in Miami… cow manure exept a few
what is was is that the closest i got to Cuba the farther I saw the end result for our 50 yearl suffering
and to top it all off we have a president making celulars available in cuba … what a sinister bush..i meant george w flush( cabeza de toilet)
y recuerda soy republicano con Obama pero no puedo votar
all questions answered
dispara
All questions answered? Not even close. Remember our coversation el hipócrita de mentira? You shit in your own bed.
“George W. Flush.” How original. Very nice.
Enrique, this is not the first time you have done this, so you can dispense with the faux outrage and crocodile tears.
We don’t need you to tell us how bad the situation in Cuba is. We know how bad it is. But you sound pretty disgusted with Miami, our fair city, in your screed. Your extensive experience in our town obviously colored your opinion. Did any Miamians offend you in any way? Was our hospitality less then stirling? Were the Babalu writers rude to you?
You can be depressed and sad about the situation in Cuba, but don’t project that to our city and the folks who live here, folks who suffer the pain of the Cuban diaspora in their bones on a daily basis. Don’t project it unto the people you met at Cuba Nostalgia who work their asses off for a free Cuba on the blog and behind the scenes.
If you want to feel “disgusted,” just turn around and face those who shit on their own for the sake of their egos. They could care less about Cuba. Cuba is nothing but a prop for self-congratulatory and pompous preaching to the lower forms of life that surround them (you included), with the constant waving of the hands and yelling, “Here I am! Notice me! Please! I’m better than all of you!”
Enrique, you would never have left either comment on Babalu. Ever. You know it and I know it. The fact that you left it there speaks volumes. I’ll just chalk it up to the fact that you are so desperate for approval from your master Screwtape that you’ll write just about anything on that blog.
By the way, nice touch calling me “idiota Moneo.” Good way to ingratiate yourself.
Thanks Claudia. I am back — and full of piss and vinegar!
tomate la pastillita y acuestate a dormir , busca en cualquier escrito mio cuando yo escribi algo no correcto en contra de alguien en Nostalgia . parece que el español suyo es bastante limitado. My disgust with the cuba situation is an overall feeling of mine which is not directed at one particular person or group, it is the whole
Por eso es que estamos como estamos y siempre estaremos divididos, ni mas Canosa pudo aglutinar a todos los sectores. cuando hay muchos capitanes los barcos siempre se hundiran
By the way I could be moving to South florida soon to live maybe as early as 2009. Hopefully things will be much better once i get there..
Let me use Fantomas’s own words about Miami:
Enrique, move to Ohio where the folks are much nicer…
done that george , i will move to South F , where the action is , ohio has been conquered already
2009? Great! If you thought you were disgusted this year, you’re really gonna love it next year…
Ladies and gentlemen of the Jury, Exhibit A:
He he. Really, truly. This is too good.
Sounds like a scene in The Silence of the Lambs where Lecter is talking to that guy in the next cell…
Recuerda moneo que el que escribe esas cosas es una persona que tiene sus razones de hacerle daño a ustedes
Do not and I repeat here , do not believe que yo pienso igual que este individuo..si no te has dado cuenta he is using me as bait ..usted mordio el anzuelo , se revolvio en la mierda , safeze si quiere but dont drag me into this affair ..i had nothing to do with the lecter movie
lol
I see. You’re completely innocent. You’re just a victim of the Emperor of the Blogosphere, the Hannibal Lecter of Union City. Of course you are. But his words are just a form of low-class entertainment. Like the bad movies you saw at the drive-in theater, or the cheap novel you pick up at a drug store while on a business trip, or American Idol: entertaining (maybe, sometimes), but thoroughly devoid of art and importance.
But I’m reading your words, Enrique, not his. It’s your words I focus on. Your words left there that you would not dare to leave here.
Exhibit B:
Lecter whispering to Miggs…
This guy is nuts and Cuba Nostalgia rocked – I can’t wait to come back next year.
the words that i write aqui alla o acuya son para todos leer and since you are a regular reader there there is no need to repeat them here
democracy and free speech is what iam all about bro
i have written many coments here that i dont repeat elsewhere
This guy is nuts and Cuba Nostalgia rocked – I can’t wait to come back next year
este mandingo parece que se acaba de levantar, tambien necesita tomarse la pastillita y volver a la cama
… quien ha dicho que Nostalgia no sirve..I may be there in 2009 as well since the may 15-may 20 has become now my time in miami 2 years in a row
Is this referring to Manuel Tellechea?
Welcome back George!
Moneo,
I’m glad you’re back!!
Thanks!
Enrique,
It was nice to see you again at Cuba Nostalgia. I’m sorry your emotions were so mixed during the trip, but in the end…the way we look at the world is a reflection of OUR OWN feelings, not necessarily what the world really is. I have lived in Miami almost my entire life, and yes there are many good and not so good areas, kind of like anywhere else. People can be rude as well as very nice. A lot of the way people act around you is based on your own feelings and actions. Remember that. Miami has been nothing but good to me and my family, and that is my personal feeling and everyone has their own valid experiences and conclusions that they arrive at.
It is disappointing that you used harsh words to describe your feelings towards Cuba, etc. after breaking bread and spending time with us. It’s OK and even good to be critical, but the manner and timing was off, in my opinion. That’s what stung some of the commenters.
As far as Cuba Nostalgia is concerned, I have to admit that after the first couple of times you go, it’s kind of the same old, same old. Not bad, mind you, but something you’ve already seen before. My wife was turned off last year by the palpable and excessive “commercial” and corporate feel of CN, and she’s not off the mark in feeling that way. In some ways, Cuba Nostalgia has lost some of the charm that it had when it was back in Coconut Grove. Having said this, Leslie Pantin and the crew at CN work their butts off every year, and it is still the event to attend to learn about our past and remember the good old days.