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41. If we got all pissy about having to deal with police state/dictatorships.......

Wed May 7, 2014, 04:12 PM

May 2014

.......our Walmart and Target stores wouldn't have such a nice variety of products to sell, and this country would be scrambling around, trying to find some nation besides China to lend us money. I hope you're not losing much sleep about how things are in Cuba, these days.

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Congress members visit American jailed in Cuba [View all] Judi Lynn May 2014 OP

Working for a CIA front MyNameGoesHere May 2014 #1

"hard-to-detect Internet networks" dipsydoodle May 2014 #2

15 years pipoman May 2014 #3

For a tourist maybe dipsydoodle May 2014 #4

If he was working for the government, the government pipoman May 2014 #5

Bad blood there dipsydoodle May 2014 #6

Let's be serious here MyNameGoesHere May 2014 #7

+1 Daniel537 May 2014 #65

Cheers for the progressive reps visiting him. geek tragedy May 2014 #8

Its called sovereignty, FYI. Mika May 2014 #9

It's an authoritarian dictatorship geek tragedy May 2014 #10

Sorry, gt. Not so. Mika May 2014 #12

Right, right, they just happen to vote for the same guy for 40+ years....lol EX500rider May 2014 #16

Ranked 190 out of 197...! EX500rider May 2014 #17

Thanks for bringing us the Freedom House (and other contrived BS) numbers. Mika May 2014 #18

Not quite as funny as you thinking it's a vibrant democracy... n/t EX500rider May 2014 #19

I'm basing my comments on actual experiences IN Cuba. Mika May 2014 #20

Ah, the Dennis Rodman argument. nt geek tragedy May 2014 #22

haha +100 n/t Bacchus4.0 May 2014 #29

Gosh I've never been to N Korea either.. EX500rider May 2014 #25

And reporters without borders...they make up their numbers also? EX500rider May 2014 #26

Then, tell us their sources of information in Cuba. Because Rw/oB isn't in Cuba. Mika May 2014 #42

If the internet is controled and the press is restricted then it's easy to see where the score came EX500rider May 2014 #47

Freedom House? Not a trustworthy source, by any means. Judi Lynn May 2014 #23

None of that changes that it is a police state dictatorship. n/t EX500rider May 2014 #24

A country that forbids Internet access to most citizens geek tragedy May 2014 #21

Why did you leave? And is everyone free to leave? nt okaawhatever May 2014 #38

I'm American. Mika May 2014 #44

Oh. Well maybe soon all the travel restrictions will be removed. I thought maybe Cuba had changed okaawhatever May 2014 #45

The Castros have nothing to do with it. It is the US that makes travel difficult. Mika May 2014 #50

Changed back in 2012 dipsydoodle May 2014 #55

Now, now geek, you know we got some lovers of the gilded cage here.. n/t EX500rider May 2014 #15

Thank you... Deuce May 2014 #11

Democrats know the U.S. has been trying to completely crush Cuban independence since the 1800's. Judi Lynn May 2014 #13

Amazing that so many "democrats" support nations with far less democracy than Cuba's. Mika May 2014 #14

Reserve those jeers for the US govt. Daniel537 May 2014 #64

Judi, u got a star..why not post a poll over in GD: Cuba: vibrant democracy/police state? EX500rider May 2014 #27

How many more years of U.S. sanctions do you think it will take...... Paladin May 2014 #28

So a US trade embargo means you have to have a 1 party state? EX500rider May 2014 #32

Ask the Castro brothers that one. Paladin May 2014 #33

I am all for normal relations with Cuba... EX500rider May 2014 #35

If we got all pissy about having to deal with police state/dictatorships....... Paladin May 2014 #41

heck no, pretty island.....just hope they get some more freedom some day EX500rider May 2014 #46

Hard to lose sleep over something one doesn't know anything about. n/t Mika May 2014 #49

Lets do that poll, but, for those who have actually been to Cuba. Mika May 2014 #30

So what other parties can you vote for besides the Communist Party? EX500rider May 2014 #31

One doesn't vote for parties in Cuba. No party organizes any candidates. Mika May 2014 #34

Uhuh, what u mean is there is ONLY the Communist party. n/t EX500rider May 2014 #36

No. Don't put words in my mouth. Mika May 2014 #39

What's the name of the main opposition party geek tragedy May 2014 #37

Probably the Cuban Christian Democratic Party Mika May 2014 #40

Does the CCDP have a mailing address in Cuba yet? geek tragedy May 2014 #43

Yes they can. And they do. Mika May 2014 #48

If everyone loves the government and Communist party so much, why geek tragedy May 2014 #51

The entire communities get involved in the elections. Why didn't you know this? Judi Lynn May 2014 #52

The CDRs' function is monitor dissidents as well as elections. geek tragedy May 2014 #54

Lies. You don't know this. You're making shit up. Mika May 2014 #56

You've never seen or heard the slogan: geek tragedy May 2014 #58

Its back to that pesky sovereignty issue you don't like. Mika May 2014 #59

No, opposing Cuba's authoritarianism and mass surveillance geek tragedy May 2014 #60

Cuba's mass surveillance? ROFL. Mika May 2014 #61

Exactly dipsydoodle May 2014 #53

It's as simple as this: same family in control for over 50 years= 1 party state EX500rider May 2014 #57

See what I mean, fellow informed DUers. Mika May 2014 #62

And the 1 party state fans bois dream on.. EX500rider May 2014 #63