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guajira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:48 AM Original message |
Execs Have Eyes on Cuba (Vulture Alert) |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Artilce in t odays Miami paper about racetrack owners paying |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Not just Miami |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. If anything could convince me of a higher power it is the natural beauty |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's their plan for Cuba too. |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. the reefs in/around cuba are already in bad shape- |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:59 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. What?? Cuba's reefs are some of the best in the world. |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:15 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. not having been there, i guess i'm a victim of mis-info... |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
56. wildlife?? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. Some of us DU posters were all posting on another message board |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I just wish you could go there, Judi. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Wonderful! I've never seen photos close up of those little mountains. |
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not fooled (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:21 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Perfect site for a golf course |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
72. Do you think we'll be allowed to use the "eminent domain" law? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Gotta love the Bendixen poll |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
3. Look at the lies and hype |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. Cuba will get Lincoln Diaz Balart's 100 orders (like Bremers 100 orders) |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. The cruise ships are ready in Key West. Soon as Cuba opens |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Umm.. Cuba IS open. It is the US that bans US cruise ships. |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Cuba Is Open For Cruise Ships? Izzat So? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. LOL. A LTTE isn't fact |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 08:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Castro's Cruise Ship Remarks And More Unpleasant Facts |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. The key is this.. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 03:52 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That's the closest some of the right-wing visitors and pre-revolutionary |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 06:24 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I'll Let Other DU Readers Check The Sources THEMSELVES |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 07:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Your link and Judi lynn's confirm what I have repeatedly said.. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 07:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
47. If cruise ships |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 07:47 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. What's so bad about that? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. In Cuba cruise lines operate on Cuba's terms NOT their own. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. good. n/t |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:59 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. many islands already charge tourists who disembark from the ships |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. In Cuba the cruise lines build the docks w/their own money.. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:06 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. hmmm...interesting other islands governments build the piers |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:12 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Yep. Taxpayer cost & risk/corporate profits. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:22 AM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Doubt it makes the difference |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. I'd LOVE a Carribean destination with NO cruiseships. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. If you like diving you'd love Cuba |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Part of the reason they may be so pristine- |
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formerrepuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. Varadero Beach will become like Cancun...wet t-shirt contests, drunk-off |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. I find it rather funny... |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not only Miami Cuban mobsters.. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I can't imagine that a successor with the same ideals hasn't already |
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Ben Ceremos (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Cuba is socialist |
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guajira (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. htuttle, I Hope You're right! Problem is... |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. More like Plan Haiti. |
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rog (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. ... plans for upgrading Cuba's health and education system. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Well, seeing as they ain't allowed to vote... |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I think you need to learn more about Cuba |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Tut, tut. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Get back to me... |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 08:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
55. You should learn about Cuba before spouting nonsense |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:02 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. what other parties in Cuba are there besides the Communist Party? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:08 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Here's a few, but there's more |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. I ask because of this |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:25 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Wikipedia isn't the most reliable source |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. and oddly the Communist Party is the only one that wins |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. No. Not correct. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:43 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. and which party controls always?? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 03:56 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Don't be so Muddled. You keep asking questions that have been answered. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. you are being deceiving. those are parties in exile!!! |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:46 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. No they aren't. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:53 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. what better way to retain power than to not allow |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:00 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. What better way to retain power than secret back room nominations.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Deleted message |
IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Are you speaking of Black voters in Ohio and Florida? |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. the people won't but Havana might--we've all seen what's going |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. you know it is funny |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. I hope a post-Castro government will itself var Pino and his like. |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. The Right-Wing Exiles Are In For Disappointment |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. Execs have eyes on Cuba |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Maybe the US can round up all Cubans in Cuba ("terrorists") |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Pipe dreams and propaganda. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. How the hell are they sure that the next Cuban leader will let them in |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. How will Cuba automatically have a "democratic government".. |
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mirandaod (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. I really want to visit Cuba |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Check this out! |
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mirandaod (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. We live in the Netherlands |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. The media takeover is always FIRST..Gotta propadandize |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I'd say the vultures began circling c.1998 |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. what makes them think Cubans want them? n/t |
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ckramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. After Castro, Cuba probably will go the way China did: |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Have you noticed? EVERYTHING is a money moment for the US. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
62. "a country that doesn't care about their people" . Hmm. Didn't Cuba offer |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
73. Baltimore Sun article about the Embargo (from 2000) |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
79. fuck these anti-castro dicks. Castro CAREs about his people more than bush |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-05 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
85. Huh... Deja vu and all that... |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-15-05 09:40 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. 2 links to back up your statements. |
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