As long as travel ban to Cuba is enforced, Americans aren't free

[Mika]

Move along.. nothing to see here.

As long as travel ban to Cuba is enforced, Americans aren't free
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/120203/opi_20031202001.shtml

In September, the U.S. House voted 227-188 to bar the Treasury Department from enforcing the travel ban. The Senate followed this lead by a vote of 59-36.
   The provision to essentially lift the travel restriction was included as an amendment to a transportation spending bill. Because the House and Senate approved the same amendment, it was considered safe when a conference committee began reconciling differences in the two versions of the overall bill.
   But, as often happens, election-year politics have a way of making exceptions to the rules. Despite its bipartisan support in Congress, the amendment was quietly stripped from the bill by White House allies.

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While American troops fight for freedom abroad, it is shameful to watch our national leaders continue restricting it at home.

Ahhh.. the sweet smell of hypocrisy.

[Say_What]

1. True, but Joe Sixpak thinks he's free and that the US brings

*democracy* to peoples around the globe. True and pathetic.

Last sentence in that article says it all:

While American troops fight for freedom abroad, it is shameful to watch our national leaders continue restricting it at home.

[rudeboy666]

2. And i'm sure that Americans are dying to go to Cuba. ;-) n/t

[Mika]

3. Our authoritarian government bans us from Cuba

We need to get special approval from Ashcroft's justice dept to go to Cuba.

No big deal.. move along.



_{"Freedom is messy" - Rummy}

[Say_What]

4. Beats going to Miami by a long shot