MSNBC.com Breaking Banner: "Castro in Serious Condition"

[blitzen]

another false alarm? who knows...

[MadMaddie]

1. Seriously...the Cuban population has been waiting for him to pass on

Once he dies...is American going to continue to hold the sanctions against them? It's getting old..

[malaise]

2. Fidel is adored in Cuba

Not sure which Cubans are waiting for him to die, but they sure aren't the majority of the people living in Cuba or the rest of this region.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. Probably the ones who put together cars and driftwood to come to the U.S.

over 90 miles of open sea don't fall into the category of adoring Castro. :hi: MKJ

[WinkyDink]

16. Maybe brainwashed by their Miami relatives.

[bdamomma]

3. is bush going to invade Cuba now?

:sarcasm:

[IDemo]

6. Why the sarcasm tag?

[bdamomma]

13. Well, maybe bush wants to spread his vision of democracy there.

[mod mom]

20. BFEE'S TIES TO CUBA + WHY THEY ARE ANTI CASTRO:

KEVIN PHILLIPS: George H. Walker was a real piece of work. I mean, he was a buccaneer. He was sort of a Joe Kennedy, but with a social register type qualification. He got involved in the 1920's with a bunch of Cuban companies, because of his ties to Percy Rockefeller and the National City Bank. They handled a lot of investments in Cuba. He was a director during the 1920's of eight or nine Cuban companies. George H. Walker had ties to the -- investment ties that were independent, so he had invested in some of these companies. One of them turned out several -- several turned out to merge into something called West Indies Sugar. West Indies Sugar became one of the major American companies in Cuba, and George H. Walker Jr., the son of George H. Walker and Prescott, Bush's cousin was a director, held a family seat on West Indies Sugar. Now during the late 1950's, West Indies Sugar was based in the Indy province in Cuba. That's where the Castro insurgency was developing. Castro and his people sort of shook down West Indies Sugar. They used their trucks and hit them up for money and so forth. They were unhappy with the Castro movement. In 1959 or 1960, I forget which year, Castro's people nationalized West Indies Sugar, and at this time George H. W. Bush's uncle was Director of West Indies Sugar. The value of West Indies sugar had been about $50 million and it wound up being virtually peanuts. I don't know how much their stake was. I couldn't begin to guess. It may not have been nearly as much as one would suggest from the bigger numbers. They were an unhappy set of campers when West Indies Sugar went bye-bye.

-snip
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/12/1448237


PS BTW THERE IS TALK OF SUGAR CANE BEING USED AS AN EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE FUEL, as is used in Brazil.
(more on sugar cane ethanol at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_Brazil

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. Good Riddance To Him Too, If This Time It's For Real. n/t

[SoCalDem]

7. Sheez-Louise.. he's been in "serious" condition for over a decade.

The guy's in his 80's.

[Big Pappa]

11. Exactly

What else is new?

[cal04]

8. link:Castro in serious condition - Spanish newspaper

Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in serious condition after complications following three failed operations on his large intestine for diverticulitis, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Monday.

Castro suffered an infection that worsened to peritonitis, the newspaper's Tuesday edition said, citing two medical sources at the Madrid hospital where a surgeon who visited Castro in December works. The report was posted on the newspaper's Web site.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=80112007

Castro suffered an infection that worsened to peritonitis, the newspaper said, citing two medical sources at the Madrid hospital where a surgeon who visited Castro in December works.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15453011.htm

[Mz Pip]

9. Whatever

He's old and sick and his days are numbered. He'll die eventually and his brother will take over.

Meet the new boos. Same as the old boss.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[MrSlayer]

10. No brainer move to put him in the death pool this year.

Though my tin foil hat tells me he's probably been dead for a month.

:tinfoilhat:

[El Supremo]

12. Diverticulitis developed into peritonitis

Is what Yahoo News says.

It also said that he has had several unsuccessful operations.

They keep repeating that he doesn't have cancer.

Diverticulitis isn't usually too bad, but peritonitis is. But, with proper medications and treatment (surgery is strange)he really should recover even at his age. Something is amiss.

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[MidwestTransplant]

15. Elian for President!

From what I understand Raoul (his bro.) is less dem. than Fidel.

[WinkyDink]

17. In due time. For sure. Elian will lead the next revolution---against the U.S. capitalists.

After we try to make it MobLand again.

[roody]

18. The State Department plans are here

except for the secret part. http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/cuba/commission/2004/c12237.htm
Similar to what is being done in Iraq. Plunder the common good and sell it to greedy corporations.

[hogwyld]

19. Maybe Cuba and Venezuela

Will be the first 2 "states" in a new united Latin America to counter the U.S. Can you imagine the thorn Hugo would be to this cabal if he had similar resouces?

[UTUSN]

21. Now watch what will happen HERE (on DU)

I will say: CASTRO is a totalitarian.



THEN: The Hugo-Fidel group will ATTACK moi PERSONALLY, calling me a CAPITALIST/CORPORATIST-Ahole.


Notice that I did NOT ATTACK them personally.



And it means THEY have an anti-democratic, authoritarian streak directed AGAINST opposing OPINIONS.

But, let me be SHUNNED.


P.S. Fidel, go to HADES.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

22. Is the Hugo-Fidel group a DU group or forum? I've missed that one.

BTW, linking someone, ala Fidel is a totalitarian, to a political view is attacking him/her in the eyes of those who believe otherwise. It's hardly an "innocent" proclamation.

MKJ

edited because I accidentally posted the draft.

[UTUSN]

23. As I said: I attacked HIM, yet predictably YOU attack ME. Bye

I'm putting the FOURTH Edit here FIRST, because I think I misunderstood your post. If you're saying I attacked Fidel, well, then YES, that's me!!!!1 I do NOT attack his idolaters (except for calling them IDOLATORS)!!!1




And I see your McCAIN/Shrub hug and raise you a couple. (I'll be adding on here)


On 2nd Edit: Oh, yes, I remember now:: There's always that snarky, sarcastic, withering personal attack/tone.

Basically, you cannot tolerate an oposing OPINION to YOUR OPINION. That's totalitarian.


And on 3rd Edit: Notice how you prefer to ATTACK a good, Democratic Party voter from over 30 years, instead of attacking WINGNUTS. Think about it. Take it with you. But also, COME BACK with something SUPERCILIOUS, INSULTING, and FACIL.

[UTUSN]

24. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression. n/t

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

25. So who would my "enemy" be, in this case? n/t

MKJ