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madokie

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4. Thank you Josh
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 04:32 AM
Sep 2013

I truly enjoyed that trip back in time to a place that truly makes me happy to be an american living here in oklahoma.
I'm 65 years old and remember well when C&H stood for Cuba and Hawaii sugar. Not sure what it stands for today, California and Hawaii maybe, just not sure. The people there live in tough conditions but somehow some of them are able to smile, a testament to the power of the human spirit. We must encourage our government to drop the embargo as its only hurting the people. We didn't see any one from their government and how they lived or what their living conditions were but I suspect it is quiet different than the people living under roofs that are at some point going to come crashing down on them as sure as I'm sitting here typing.
When I say I enjoyed this what I meant is I had no idea of how life really was for the Cuban people until this and that is what I enjoyed, learning, not the squalor, the hard times, the uncertainty they live with.

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