Go for it.

And once again, Laca evades the question.

One wonders why.....

Matt

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De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

If Cuba is such a great country, why are so many of her citizens trying to run away from it? Its called voting with their feet (since they can't vote any other way).

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Don't worry about what people think. They don't do it very often.

I asked you if it is possible that the use of command economics to improve the economic situation of a nation might not be as easy as you think.

In your " response " you discuss which type of goverment can most easily implement command economic policy.

You appear to be either purposely refusing to answer the questions asked as some type of debating tactic or are completely incapable of examining your own beliefs, to the point that you cannot even "hear" questions that ask you to do so.

Man, you really are bloodthirsty aren't you. How many people do you imagine will die in the "liberation"? And when you talk about reeducation, you are talking camps, right?

What other borders do you want to redraw? Just how many wars do you want?

That's a good point. Americans who embraces Socialism should migrate to Cuba to get a taste sample.It would be good if there was some desirable quality in Cuba to draw some of the Leftist in the United States down there. It doesn't appear to have many who want to live there. Democrats seem to prefer Castro and his Socialist buddies to President Bush.

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United We Stand.

If laca is actually Cuban, then he's one of those that voted with his feet and talks about how great Cuba is via satellite.

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"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

Let's send all of the US Socialists to Cuba. I bet we'd clear out almost 1/2 of Congress on the first try.

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"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

Except for ideology, it is as easy as taking a voice vote in some forms of statism. Socialism can be used to promote the general welfare of the welfare-state, instead of the general warfare of the warfare-state. Any private sector would benefit from improvements in infrastructure.

Why is the US more interested in promoting the general warfare, instead of the general welfare? We could have maglev technology, modern energy transmission systems, and research facilities on the moon.

Is it any harder to create legislation to promote the general welfare, than it is to promote the general warfare?

Cause we like killing babies.
Yes, all of us warmongering Americans love a good war. The smell of flesh burning after a good napalm strike.....ah....there's nothing quite like it.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

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843rd Bomb Wing - Strategic Air Command
"Peace is our Profession"

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. . . . Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants.
" - James Wilson, U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution

I suppose that is what happens when don't elect good patriots to our republic and constitution.

I don't know if you know alot of facts about such trips. Tourism promotion certainly won't spend alot of time informing about it.

As much as I would love to go to Cuba, I feel it is wrong for myself or any other non-Cubans go to Cuban resorts until such time as its people can enjoy the same thing in their own country.

Cuban citizens are barred from the hotels, resorts, beaches, and other such tourist and quality places. Besides reserving the crème de la crème of Cuba to themselves, the Cuban government reserves such places only for foreigners so they can get tourism money from the tourists to sustain their power over the people. They do not want the ordinary Cuban people to increase their expectations and/or be exposed to outside influences of foreigners, something they deem threatening to their own power given this may encourage uprisings.

The Cuban government's practice is called 'tourism apartheid' and the Cuban practice has been condemned by Human Rights Watch.

Human Rights Watch:

http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/cuba/Cuba996-03.htm

Some general background about Cuba's tourism apartheid:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegat...rtheid_in_Cuba

I believe attending such things provides direct financial support and encouragement to the suppression of people and no person who genuinely believes in liberal thought ought to be a part of it.

He's not Cuban. He is an Aussie.

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Indeed, he is not Cuban. His IP and post timing place him in Sydney, NSW, Australia. His board name, 'laca,' is also not appropriate for a male Spanish speaker, given it means a kind of tree-made varnish that the oldtimers in Latin America used as butch wax for men and the women used for hair gell. I know that his choice of 'laca' is based upon something French instead. I won't say what French connection that is, but this should be sufficient to dispel his academic dishonesty in his last post here where he still claims he is a Cuban posting from Cuba.

As for Cuban internet access as general information, unless you are one of the elite, internet access for the general Cuba public is illegal:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3386413.stm

Given the poverty, access would be largely unavailable to much of the public anyway.

Why does the US insist on engaging in foreign entanglements, and then complaining about it?