U.S. message scrolls during Castro protest

[DoYouEverWonder]

January 25, 2006

MIAMI - Havana's billboard war saw more salvos fired Tuesday between the U.S. and Cuban governments.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro shepherded about 1-million people to a protest outside the U.S. diplomatic mission in one of his periodic rallies against Washington.

But just as he was about to speak, U.S. diplomats lit up the electronic ticker-tape recently displayed on the side of the building.

"To those who may want to be here, we respect your protest. To those who don't want to be here, excuse the bother," the sign declared in a reference to government pressures that ensure attendance at such protests is high.

Castro was clearly irked by the billboard, calling it another "provocation" aimed at forcing a total break in U.S.-Cuba relations.

"They turned on the little sign. How brave the cockroaches are," Castro retorted.

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/01/25/Worldandnation/US_message_scrolls_du.shtml

[leftchick]

1. I found a photo....

I just can not even believe they did this...



People march as the red luminescent messages are displayed along the fifth floor on the building of the US mission during a march in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Jan 24,2006. Fidel Castro directed a protest march past the U.S. mission , leading many thousands of cheering Cubans who carried signs equating U.S. President George W. Bush with Adolf Hitler and accused the United States of preparing to free one of the hemisphere's worst terrorists. (AP Photo/Jorge Rey)

[leftchick]

2. Nice signs!

Cuban carry signs depicting U.S. President George W. Bush, Adolf Hitler and Cuban-born Luis Posada Carriles during a protest march past the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana January 24, 2006. Cuban President Fidel Castro had called out for the march in protest of a ticker that streams news and human rights messages across the mission's windows. Castro also denounced Bush's government of harboring Posada Carriles, a Cuban-born former CIA operative who is wanted by Cuba and Venezuela for the blowing up of a Cuban airliner in 1976. REUTERS/Claudia Daut

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. Shouldn't the equation be

Posada + Hitler = Bush.

Posada is bad but no where near as bad as Bush.

[0007]

5. Would have been more fitting if they had put up Orlando Bosch

and George Bush's pardon of anti-Cuban terrorist Orlando Bosch

[JohnnyRingo]

4. It's well known that Fidel has to put a gun to their heads to get them to

go to these anti-American rallies.

Then if someone doesn't show up, his secret police show up at the house and tells them: "We didn't see you among the millions at the protest". "We were looking for you". Then the secret police takes them out in the street and executes them.

He has to do it this way because everybody naturally loves America, GW, and the freedom he gives us. They all hate Castro because he makes them work in poverty and uses the money for propaganda and probably to prepare his plans for a secret invasion of the USA after which he's going to make us all "speak Cuban".

I love viewing complicated geo-political situations through the simplifying lenses of a wing-nut.

[Ben Ceremos]

6. All of my family

was in attendance and not a single threat or recrimination was involved.
Venceremos! Count on it!!!

[EuroObserver]

8. ¡Sí señor! Saludos n/t

[Mika]

11. It was not an anti American rally! It was a rally for justice.

The MSM lies by calling Cuban rallies "anti American".

Cubans do not hate the US. They hate injustice.

Cubans want normalization between the US and Cuba, and they have thrown their doors open to us, but, it is our US government that prevents what the majority of Americans want their government to do - normalize relations. Worse yet, the US government forbids and has criminalized travel to Cuba by Americans - something that Cuba hasn't done.

[MrPrax]

13. LOL...

Yeah... how delusional can you be to think you can't find 100,000 people to freely protest Bush and the US in any jurisdiction, especially Latin America?

Castro is bucking the trend in that traditionally in Latin America, the government actually SUPPRESSES large demonstrations--and then call it freedom.

[LynnTheDem]

15. Of course it's well known!

And after he executes the MIA protester, he sprinkles their bodies with chicken guts.

Or is it salad dressing?

I never can remember.

[cantstandbush]

7. Would we allow "regime change" billboards in USA or Iraq? n/t

[wordpix2]

9. no, * won't allow any "disrupters" at his events and that means signs, t-

t-shirts

[saigon68]

16. Our Gestapo will arrest you in a Nano-second

[Vidar]

10. "Cockroaches" describes our government pretty well.

[revolutionrock]

12. Cool...

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[LynnTheDem]

17. bush does get into a tizzy, doesn't he.

His little gestapo army cap gets into a tizzy coz it's smarter than the head it covers.

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[LynnTheDem]

20. You swallowed far too much of the koolaide.

Sad.

[saigon68]

21. Clutch apparently does not like Fidel

[LynnTheDem]

22. Doesn't like Chavez, either.

Love the "search by author" feature on DU.

PS; Hiya saigon68! :hi:

[saigon68]

24. Hiya Lynn

Busy day here isn't it.

With all the Fidel bashing going on

[LynnTheDem]

29. 'Tis busy uh huh.

What with the Fidel, Chavez, & Galloway bashing, there's hardly any time for them to post any Dem-bashing.

Sure is amazing tho how well the US "media" has done over the years to misinform so many Americans.

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[saigon68]

31. Adios

Vaya con dios

[redqueen]

30. Yes, that feature is very helpful!

:D

[FlaGranny]

23. I'm wondering if he believes

governments chosen by supreme courts are better than governments with elected leaders. Damn those democratically elected leaders. Can't have countries voting in their own leaders. Must have the good old corporate USA choosing their leaders for them.

[saigon68]

25. Wait until the results in Palestine are released later today

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[FlaGranny]

28. Do you despise

what is going on in our country right now? How do you feel about our government refusing to allow representation for most of it's citizens? How do you feel about an administration that says it can do anything it wants to do and doesn't have to worry about any law if it doesn't want to? How do you feel about an administration where many of its members have been arrested or convicted of crimes (sometimes it seems that is a job criteria)? Does that sound like a dictatorship? Or are dictatorships just fine, if you agree with the dictator's agenda?

Edit: "He who is without sin, cast the first stone."

[FlaGranny]

18. Yes, Bush is like that

isn't he. ;-)

[pinniped]

32. Nothing like a good unbiased article on Cuba.

-- Cuban leader Fidel Castro shepherded --

[HuffleClaw]

33. they are REALLY going to regret this once other nations

start installing similar devices on their embassies in DC.

[saigon68]

34. I can't wait. It will be a hoot

[Mika]

35. Other nations aren't as craven.

I doubt that any would try.