Zut alors!
One French television program has exposed the full farce of King Raul’s dinner feast in Paris.
This is definitely worth watching. Follow the link above. Even if you don’t understand French, it’s worth watching. It’s a lot like looking through a microscope. You may not fully understand what’s being said, but the spectacle itself can be mesmerizing.
The video clips are saturated with sarcasm — Daily-Show-style.
At one point, you will get to see the host of the show poking fun at King Raul’s bodyguard (his grandson). You will also get to see Raul reading a menu while Grand Bouffon Hollande greets him, and you’ll also get to hear Raul say “mesibocú” (merci beaucoup)
At another point, a French journalist asks King Raul in Spanish: “When will Cubans be allowed to vote?”
That question led to another exchange, described below (picture above), in which some Castronoid tells that reporter that he deserves to be dead or in prison, and that if he had asked that question in Cuba that would have been his fate (in Cuba, you’d be in prison, you’d be dead!).
From No Pasarán:
Pro-Castro Frenchmen to Journalist (2 Videos): If You’d Behaved That Way in Cuba, “You Would Be in Prison, You Would Be Dead”
This is supposed to be an argument in favor of the Castro brothers and in favor of the Caribbean island’s socialist paradise model?!?!
Members of the rabidly pro-Castro ¡Cuba Si! association tell (warn) a reporter what the consequences would be in Cuba if journalists like him had behaved like his television show had:
“In Cuba… you would be dead!”
There are actually two stories here:
The first story goes as follows: As Raúl Castro pays a visit to France, Cuban state television showed a couple of Frenchmen expressing hearty welcomes to the líder maximo (or to the brother of the líder maximo).
“Bienvenue au président Raul Castro et qu’il revienne le plus souvent possible” (Welcome to president Raul Castro and may he return as soon as possible.)Strangely enough, it turns out that the two men supposedly representative of the French people seemingly filmed in two widely different locations of Paris (intercut with images of the Champs-Élysées bedecked with Cuban flags, it seems to take place there) happened to be filmed on… opposing sidewalks of… the same street in the 15th arrondissement, 20 meters away from… the Cuban embassy!
(Sounds like Cuban state TV personnel would have no trouble finding work in the mainstream media of the United States and other countries in the West.)
The second story concerns a further report by Canal +, as Le Petit Journal found out (warning: shocker ahead) that the Frenchmen interviewed by Cuban TV turned out to be members of the pro-Castro ¡Cuba si! association.
The journalist proceeded to try to ask them some questions. An aging member of ¡Cuba Si! tells the cameraman of Le Petit Journal‘s Hugo Clément to cut the camera, after which the conversation continues as follows:
• Hugo Clément: We have freedom of the press in this country, Sir; we’re not in Cuba here!
• Moustache: Well, you’re lucky that we’re not in Cuba, you’re lucky!
• Hugo Clément: Otherwise, what would have happened?
• Fellow in the background: They would be in jail!
• Moustache: Don’t provoke, it’s not worth it. Don’t provoke!
• Hugo Clément: Well, you are threatening me, you said I was lucky. Otherwise, what would have happened?
• Fellow in the background: Pff, you would be dead, whaddya think!
The reason for the grandson as bodyguard for Raul is that the latter would rather expose the little thug to potentially deadly danger than risk depending on someone less than absolutely trustworthy. Of course, the goon isn’t just protecting grandpa; he’s protecting the considerable gravy train off which the whole Castro family lives–and lives very, VERY nicely, thank you.