NorthofDetroitGuy's Blog

First off , Cuba has had five decades of comunist indoctrination . In short , their people have been indoctrinated like the old world commies . They have improved on nothing . They have not greased any axle , exept for Castro's axle . Second , of they had a 1200 mile boarder with us , there would be no-one left exept Castro in Cuba . It would have taken about ten years for a total exodus . If you think that Castros brother is any different than he is , better think a bit more on that , because if he wasn't just like him , the throne wouldn't have been handed down to him . It would be more cost effective to just destroy the regime , and hand the country back over to the unions , err , I mean the mob , and let them have their whore houses back , so that they can deal with the problems of Cuba . We need another banana republic on our side like we need another hole in uor BLEEP . [ Which we may need if they keep figuring out more ways of taxing us ]

1) just because one Castro is out does not mean anything will change. I am sure is brother is just as bad or worse then fidel

2) if the people wanted change don't you think by now they would have had a uprising

3) russia is far far from a democracy. I do not turst putin as far as i could toss his commie azz. you do not go to bed a commmie and wake up a freedom loving capitalist

4) china the revolt i think you mean was in 1989 when tens of thousands were slaughtered

5) free this and that. nothing is free! some one has to pay for it and the people of cuba pay for it in many ways including NO FREEdom.

you like many other liberals think there is some utopia, ahte to break it to you there is not.

so if we have free medical care then we can assume there will be no money for research, who will pick up the slack?

liberalism is a mental illenss that is killing our nation and our kids everyday!

Very good points, but in America we are taxed more than many other countries and then STILL have to pay for healthcare and college.
If you incorporate the cost of healthcare and college into the equation, we more than double the taxes. My issue is not that things will change, but now is the opportunity for us to get change to happen. Let the American people decide whether or not to go to Cuba. Let some of these right wingers take a vacation there and start a protest. Send Shehan over that to start harassing Raul and let's see how long he can take it. After all, they don't want to start a real war with us. The best way to make a regime collapse is from the inside out. The people of Cuba don't want change because they are brainwashed. Let's at least unbrainwash some by showing them American's at their best. Not the bitter we hate Cuba because it is communist type of attitude. Show them the gracious America that exists everywhere else in the world. We are more friendly to Arab countries that screw us on Oil prices and send their terrorists here then we are to the people of a country that may not even have a desire to harm us. Why should we give aid to countries that spur terrorism and not help the people of Cuba. Never the less, why not let people travel to Cuba. We are the only country in the world prohibiting travel there. I.E. I can fly to Toronto, and go to Cuba. Canadians vacation there all the time. Maybe that should be enough to spread democracy. Maybe not. I don't think Canadians are as outspoken as most Americans. The message of democracy is los

Morning all,
I think we need to leave things as they are and stay away from cuba. In the long run it will only cost the american taxpayers as does all these other countries that we send aid to.American's lose jobs everyday because company's move to china,mexico etc. for cheap labor or illigals come here and take employment from american's and now people want to open our doors to another country and a communist one? enough America need's to concentrate on Americans.

I need to post some replies.
1) Colt, YOU ARE AN IDIOT, or maybe a JACK A$$, I can't decide which.
You can clearly travel to Cuba as long as you don't spend your own money there. You can spend your own money to get there as long as it doesn't directly go to the Cuban government in any direct way. In 2006 almost 40 Thousand Americans visited Cuba. Some by sail, but most by way of Canada and Mexico. Some Michiganders did get fined because they brought back items by way of Canada and explained that they bought them in Cuba, which violates the law. Visit the link below, I think it explains it best. Now this might be tough for you colt, because you need to be able to read to go to the link. Have Mommy Help You!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20704879/


2) Patobello, you the man! Buy American! How many people visit China each year to see the great wall, go to Shanghai, etc. How many of us shop at China Mart, I mean Wal Mart?

Great Post there Michigan_Man. That's the most information on Cuban tourism I have seen.
I had heard about many laws going into place at new hotels in Cuba to avoid prostitution. So I don't know if the apartide thing is because they are "cuban" or because they don't want their own people selling themselves to try to survice.

Define democracy for me. On the national level, isn't it political office that is bought by the highest bidder? Sure, the people get to vote on it but candidates run on one platform and when elected do whatever they want. I don't think any of us could afford political office.
Granholm's pal Hillary loaned her campaign 5 million so what is the net worth of those making the decisions?
As far as medicine and the reliance of research being done in this country, do you think that's why medications cost so much here? Think we're paying the cost of that research? And how much of it is actually done here? You think some of it is outsourced so profits increase to pay the salaries of the corporate executives?
Don't know much about Cuba but will visit Michigan_Man's listed web site to broader my knowledge.

Globalization is what gives us this internet, you and me our phones, uplifts extreme poverty, and reduces the costs of goods here at home so that we have more of our checks to spend on other things in our local economy. We have free trade between Michigan and Ohio, Michigan and Texas, Michigan and California, why not Michigan and Canada? Canada is closer? If we banned any form of outsourcing then we would have no oranges or orange juice because all the orange growing jobs are in Florida or California. If California, Florida, Canada, and everyone else took the approach that you suggest then we would have no auto industry because there would be nobody to drive our cars. Why not trade with our neighbors in Canada? Why not trade with our brethren in Africa and China? Trade helps everyone. Two heads are always better than one, so why not bring in more people into the economy?

I should note that www.therealcuba.com is not my website, it is simply a link to a website run by Cuban Americans attempting to provide information on Cuba that the government suppresses.