tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post1009094823363728585..comments2024-03-27T19:54:34.479+00:00Comments on Falling On A Bruise: Bye Bye CastroFalling on a bruisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-57742207915381915662008-02-25T15:41:00.000+00:002008-02-25T15:41:00.000+00:00Cheezy,PSS - there are some disadvantages to learn...Cheezy,<BR/><BR/>PSS - there are some disadvantages to learning things by reading about them. I have never known of or heard of a person that learned how to ride a bike by reading. They all had to get on the bike - many times...<BR/><BR/>QLiber - Latin for "The Free One"https://www.blogger.com/profile/11062374696609211815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-83063063415300719952008-02-25T15:38:00.000+00:002008-02-25T15:38:00.000+00:00Cheezy,Ok. I apologize. My note was mean spirite...Cheezy,<BR/><BR/>Ok. I apologize. My note was mean spirited. I like your use of humor. You win.<BR/><BR/>For the record... In the colonies we often joke with women by implying that they are much younger (and frequently, much lighter) than they really appear. <BR/><BR/>I was just joking (at least trying to) with her when I asked if she was 8 or 9 at the time of Tiannaman square. I wasn't trying to say that a person has to be present or alive for an event to know about it or understand it. <BR/><BR/>Frankly, she is the only person that I know of that knows the name Xiaoping - including me. I wikied it!!!<BR/><BR/>Q<BR/><BR/>PS - Texans say "never take a knife to a gun fight." Bang. You didn't get to finish the Biff!Liber - Latin for "The Free One"https://www.blogger.com/profile/11062374696609211815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-43236447320774467342008-02-25T12:18:00.000+00:002008-02-25T12:18:00.000+00:00biff! kapow! boff! eee-yow! ooooff! zowie! thunk!biff! kapow! boff! eee-yow! ooooff! zowie! thunk!Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-28287192361180164352008-02-24T18:40:00.000+00:002008-02-24T18:40:00.000+00:00Cheezy,How would you know? Did someone tell you?Q...Cheezy,<BR/><BR/>How would you know? Did someone tell you?<BR/><BR/>QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-63352635667016873882008-02-23T19:09:00.000+00:002008-02-23T19:09:00.000+00:00Q - Tiannaman Square was in 1989 and i was born in...Q - Tiannaman Square was in 1989 and i was born in 1969. I was wearing lace up shoes and everything by then.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-37976427666963169112008-02-23T16:18:00.000+00:002008-02-23T16:18:00.000+00:00Um, I'm more worried about Daniel's new identity, ...Um, I'm more worried about Daniel's new identity, it does seem a little creepy.Cody Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743998050700202712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-88478985658947975452008-02-23T08:10:00.000+00:002008-02-23T08:10:00.000+00:00Who thinks this 'Anonymous' person is trying to be...Who thinks this 'Anonymous' person is <I>trying</I> to be a wanker? And who thinks it's just coming naturally? Show of hands? <BR/><BR/>Yeah, um, 'Q'... Y'see, it's quite possible to know about stuff that happened when you were young, or even - get this - <I>before you were born</I>. Some of this stuff has been written down, y'know, in books and stuff. Serious. <BR/><BR/>Run along now.Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-81178504239702002352008-02-22T21:58:00.000+00:002008-02-22T21:58:00.000+00:00Lucy,I was trying to impress you and your readers....Lucy,<BR/><BR/>I was trying to impress you and your readers... guess I wasted that.<BR/><BR/>I'm impressed by your database in this case. What were you at the time... 8 or 9 years old?<BR/><BR/>QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-70488066922784953962008-02-22T16:55:00.000+00:002008-02-22T16:55:00.000+00:00Xiaoping will be forever linked in my mind with th...Xiaoping will be forever linked in my mind with that young student stood infront of the Chinese tank at Tiannaman Square. <BR/>So yes, i would imagine most people know who he was although i did wonder why you didnt go with the more obvious choice of Mao instead.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-22265382891611853562008-02-22T15:27:00.000+00:002008-02-22T15:27:00.000+00:00Lucy,Tell the truth... you didn't know Xiaoping's ...Lucy,<BR/><BR/>Tell the truth... you didn't know Xiaoping's name did you? You had to look it up right?<BR/><BR/>QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-6605957442646467422008-02-22T01:01:00.000+00:002008-02-22T01:01:00.000+00:00Four. Castro was a tyrant too.QFour. Castro was a tyrant too.<BR/><BR/>QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-74543641176949976622008-02-21T20:42:00.000+00:002008-02-21T20:42:00.000+00:00Not just Hitler but Stalin and Xiaping also. Tyran...Not just Hitler but Stalin and Xiaping also. <BR/>Tyrants are like buses, you wait ages for one and then three come along at once.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-69242213544851579072008-02-21T18:48:00.000+00:002008-02-21T18:48:00.000+00:00Funny, I was just thinking that what this thread r...Funny, I was just thinking that what this thread really needed, and was conspicuously missing up until now, was a gratuitous Hitler reference!Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-79335777434456016872008-02-21T14:36:00.000+00:002008-02-21T14:36:00.000+00:00Michael Moore makes money off of people that feel ...Michael Moore makes money off of people that feel oppressed by telling them it is not their fault - he is an ass. <BR/><BR/>Castro is a bigger ass. He threw out ALL law (he didn't just interpret it creatively or manipulate it) and a lot of bodies and used force to impose his way of life on the people that he led. He provided them with "just enough" to keep them from doing what he did - coup. <BR/><BR/>Also, using an undercurrent of the logic prevailing here, we could say:<BR/><BR/>- we learned a lot about the human anatomy from Hitler thanks to all of the experiments he had conducted on the Jews so he wasn't all bad - his dog liked him too<BR/><BR/>- we learned a lot about economics from the oppression imposed by Stalin et al so they weren't all bad - their dogs liked them too <BR/><BR/>- we learned a lot about how to run an autocratic goverment at Tiananman Square so Xiaoping wasn't all bad - his persian cat like him too<BR/><BR/>QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-59355065048679498312008-02-21T08:09:00.000+00:002008-02-21T08:09:00.000+00:00"I don't think quoting Michael Moore as a serious ...<I>"I don't think quoting Michael Moore as a serious unbiased source works all that well in my world."</I><BR/><BR/>Now, I never said for an instant that Michael Moore was 'unbiased' now, did I? All I did was refer Ruth to a recent movie that shows the reason why Cuba is 'swarming with doctors'. Whatever you think of MM or his movies, these scenes show that. <BR/><BR/>And nor did I make any qualitative comparison between the health systems of Cuba or the US or the UK. I didn't mention a thing about any of them. <BR/><BR/>This issue is a complex one, and would demand a much more comprehensive answer than (a) I have time to give, or (b) Rudi Guiliani is capable of giving without telling lies... :) <BR/><BR/>All I said was that the Cuban health service was 'impressive', which, when you consider the relative impoverishment of this nation, it is. To me anyway. Not many countries of Cuba's ilk are able to offer free, comprehensive health care to all its citizens, or are able to export health care services around the world, sending doctors to countries throughout Latin America and Africa, provide medical support after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, or are able to offer assistance to the US after Hurricane Katrina (which was obviously turned down, but it was offered anyway)...etc, etc. <BR/><BR/>Right, I'll put my Zippo away now :) <BR/><BR/>Anyway, this is funniest thing I've read about Castro's departure so far: <BR/><BR/>http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/mark-steel/mark-steel-so-farewell-fidel-ndash-but-please-dont-give-a-speech-784363.htmlCheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-33386290884200964442008-02-21T00:37:00.000+00:002008-02-21T00:37:00.000+00:00i found the following in a post by brad at "sadly,...i found the following in a post by brad at "sadly,no" today. it sort of sums up what i think about the concept of nasty dictator. thanks for indulging me, lucy.<BR/><BR/>"Why is support for one nasty dictator considered the Worst Sin Ever and a Sure Sign of Super-Duper Mega Unseriousness, while praise for another nasty dictator gets you speaking gigs on the wingnut welfare college lecture circuit?"Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03520811677683114077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-67535543463370690532008-02-21T00:28:00.000+00:002008-02-21T00:28:00.000+00:00Castro watched nearly 10 American Presidents come ...Castro watched nearly 10 American Presidents come and go but his major joy must've been the creation of the Guantanamo Bay Torture Centre.<BR/><BR/>Surely, despite all the criticism he received from the U.S., to have them build such a place on Cuban soil must rank as one of the world's greatest ironies and a huge monument to American hypocrisy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-26635313896128455812008-02-20T23:30:00.000+00:002008-02-20T23:30:00.000+00:00Cheezy, Leaving aside for a moment the argument ab...Cheezy, Leaving aside for a moment the argument about whether the Cuban health system is superior or inferior to the U.S or NHS system (BTW, I think inferior, big shock, I know), I don't think quoting Michael Moore as a serious unbiased source works all that well in my world. But, than again, I do realize that I reside in a strange and colorful world with ponies and rainbows, and eternal optimism about the Chicago CubsCody Boneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12743998050700202712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-36191896847051640922008-02-20T22:50:00.000+00:002008-02-20T22:50:00.000+00:00The last paragraph was supposed to be a biting soc...The last paragraph was supposed to be a biting social commentary on Castro's style of Government versus our version of Democracy and how we want to replace him with a leader in the style of what we have. Cuba has better schools and better health care than us and achieved it during a crippling embargo. We are rich and are not even in his league in these things. <BR/>Of course i went for the humourous last line and it sort of lost its message.Falling on a bruisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518409624331248084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-66455311393453337822008-02-20T19:20:00.000+00:002008-02-20T19:20:00.000+00:001) There's a saying going around (at least around ...1) There's a saying going around (at least around where I'm from in Texas): "Why don't we just give the Iraqis our constitution? We aren't using it anymore."<BR/><BR/>We Americans could donate our unused constitution to the Cubans.<BR/><BR/><BR/>2) Horrible doctors and a bit of freedom is a better option than great doctors and lots of oppression. If I die at 50 because of the flaws in non-Cuban medical care I think I'll have lived better with plasma TVs, modern art (well maybe not modern art), indie rock, and McDonald's (maybe not McDonald's either) than any Cuban making it to 125 in miserable poverty.Noghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741030321448255586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-12207378084075251352008-02-20T17:29:00.000+00:002008-02-20T17:29:00.000+00:00For Castro shits and giggles (yeah, you heard me) ...For Castro shits and giggles (yeah, you heard me) check out this awesomely-not-intended-to-be-but-funny-but-oh-it-is feature posted on cnn.com this morning.<BR/><BR/>My fave is the "Nair to the beard" attack.<BR/><BR/>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.top10/index.htmlJodie Kashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393736844570543146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-57136456731787463612008-02-20T17:00:00.000+00:002008-02-20T17:00:00.000+00:00that's a great scene, cheezy. corrupt, with excell...that's a great scene, cheezy. corrupt, with excellent medical care. sounds like an improvement to me.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03520811677683114077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-7188658194540138232008-02-20T08:00:00.000+00:002008-02-20T08:00:00.000+00:00"I didn't know Cuba was swarming in doctors"The mo...<I>"I didn't know Cuba was swarming in doctors"</I><BR/><BR/>The movie 'Sicko' highlights the very impressive state of the Cuban health service, as Michael Moore takes 9-11 relief workers (whose medicial insurers have let them down) to Havana to get treatment.Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-69596027482218814232008-02-20T07:55:00.000+00:002008-02-20T07:55:00.000+00:00I agree with much of what Jefe says about Castro.....I agree with much of what Jefe says about Castro... but still, old Fidel ran a much better government than that murdering, torturing piece of human garbage known as General Batista - who the USA got along with very nicely. Funny, that. <BR/><BR/>Castro wasn't perfect, but still... I'm definitely going to smoke a nice cohiba in his honour. Anyone who's survived that many assassination attempts must have something going for him!Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484626660177622626.post-22166000103731925402008-02-20T07:54:00.000+00:002008-02-20T07:54:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cheezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176170186766506070noreply@blogger.com