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Judi Lynn

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96. Uh, huh. Police state. Just the way you saw for yourself on your many visits from the U.S. n/t

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Mon Nov 28, 2016, 10:27 PM

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Silent thread for Fidel Castro. R.I.P [View all] DonCoquixote Nov 2016 OP

Is this a joke? oberliner Nov 2016 #1

The cold war's over... Cooley Hurd Nov 2016 #3

The Cold War is irrelevant. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2016 #55

Agree with you 100%... I was in Havana in 2011, saw old people rummaging through garbage, looking secondwind Nov 2016 #10

Where the fuck do you come up with this bullshit? Mika Nov 2016 #15

They have better health care than we do. I know that. cwydro Nov 2016 #21

That's so odd! You are so right. Someone imagines Democrats are stupid, apparently! Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #49

I've NEVER seen LWolf Nov 2016 #54

Unreal. And folks wonder what drives people to vote 4 ogres like Trump. shira Nov 2016 #48

Anyone who thinks "President Donald Trump" is a great idea . . . . HughBeaumont Nov 2016 #53

... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2016 #2

... milestogo Nov 2016 #4

.... Warpy Nov 2016 #5

... flamingdem Nov 2016 #6

... ucrdem Nov 2016 #7

... silverweb Nov 2016 #8

..... gopiscrap Nov 2016 #9

It's time to party! William769 Nov 2016 #11

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... William769 Nov 2016 #14

US imperialism caused all of Fidel's choices. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #20

So people risk thier lives to flee Cuba for no reason? William769 Nov 2016 #22

Some people want to leave. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #23

And we will now pay the price. pangaia Nov 2016 #25

And perhaps... 2naSalit Nov 2016 #68

From whom do you imagine all the people who die in the desert in Mexico are fleeing? Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #52

Good reply burrowowl Nov 2016 #99

Bull shit hack89 Nov 2016 #35

Complete bullshit, from healthcare to education too. Defending evil. Gross. n/t shira Nov 2016 #47

Why not share your secrets of divination? Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #56

Show me the election where Castro was nearly voted out of office hack89 Nov 2016 #66

Five years before the Cuban Revolution came to power, our country overthrew Jacobo Arbenz Ken Burch Nov 2016 #87

Dictators always have reasons why they should rule forever hack89 Nov 2016 #89

Pathetic, blaming the USA for Fidel's brutality. Worse is when you demonize Cubans.... shira Nov 2016 #46

Do you have good links for that? All I could find quickly was Wikipedia: Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #57

Links for what? Russian or Communist rule pre-WW2? n/t shira Nov 2016 #72

I suggest you look up Pogrom REP Nov 2016 #81

I'm just saying it isn't as simple as "Fidel bad...U.S. good". Ken Burch Nov 2016 #70

He didn't make life better for the people. shira Nov 2016 #71

Free education and healthcare didn't make life better for the people? Ken Burch Nov 2016 #78

That's like arguing Hitler was good for the German economy. shira Nov 2016 #83

Fidel has nothing in common with Hitler. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #84

"Cuban healthcare and education systems are models for the world." shira Nov 2016 #107

Exactly "He made the trains run on time!" EX500rider Nov 2016 #94

That was Mussolini, ffs. And he only did that by making them set the clocks back Ken Burch Nov 2016 #104

Just as Mussolini's trains were an illusion, so is Castro's great healthcare system.... shira Nov 2016 #106

Neither of those things are true. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #110

Yeah I know who it was... EX500rider Nov 2016 #108

Fidel isn't remotely comparable to Hitler or Mussolini. Ken Burch Nov 2016 #111

... BlueCaliDem Nov 2016 #12

R.I.P Mika Nov 2016 #16

... Raine Nov 2016 #17

WTF? lillypaddle Nov 2016 #18

A silent thread for a dictator? Nt LostOne4Ever Nov 2016 #19

One man, one vote. His. dumbcat Nov 2016 #41

Oh c'mon now. Drunken Irishman Nov 2016 #24

... cwydro Nov 2016 #26

About as silent as a night in October 1962. VOX Nov 2016 #27

I was certainly around, then. That was not the case, as most people know. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #58

... malaise Nov 2016 #28

one less communist dictatorship. stonecutter357 Nov 2016 #29

... Sunsky Nov 2016 #30

RIP NeoConsSuck Nov 2016 #31

Fuck that pintobean Nov 2016 #32

Yankee imperialism bad, Batista bad, Castro bad Grey Lemercier Nov 2016 #33

Fuck that shit. hack89 Nov 2016 #34

Fuck Castro. Nt Dr Hobbitstein Nov 2016 #36

No jehop61 Nov 2016 #37

I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure. Travis_0004 Nov 2016 #38

We choose to believe the government's viewpoint of the Cuban Embargo? kentuck Nov 2016 #39

Fidel enid602 Nov 2016 #40

Too good malaise Nov 2016 #44

..... riverbendviewgal Nov 2016 #42

Fuck this. I fart in your "silent" thread. Adrahil Nov 2016 #43

Not worth the silence IMHO. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2016 #45

. . . Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #50

HAHAHAHA! Fuck No. DetlefK Nov 2016 #51

Who was your government trying to kill during the Bay of Pigs attacks? malaise Nov 2016 #59

First, two wrongs don't make a right. DetlefK Nov 2016 #60

How many times did your governments try to kill Fidel Castro? malaise Nov 2016 #61

Honestly? I don't know. How many innocent people did Castro kill as "dissidents"? DetlefK Nov 2016 #62

Yours killed a million Iraqis malaise Nov 2016 #63

Yippie!!! That means I can commit any crime I want and there's nothing the US can do about it!!! DetlefK Nov 2016 #64

Heal thyself malaise Nov 2016 #65

Plus/Minus a few thousand innocent victims he imprisoned and killed. DetlefK Nov 2016 #67

Fidel was one of the world's great leaders? Tell that to his people he oppressed/murdered.... shira Nov 2016 #73

No, he wasn't. -nt Bradical79 Nov 2016 #75

That's the way he's seen by the countries which didn't try to assassinate him, overthrow him. Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #91

Sure, who doesn't love a dictator run police state? EX500rider Nov 2016 #95

Uh, huh. Police state. Just the way you saw for yourself on your many visits from the U.S. n/t Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #96

lol...when were you there? I haven't been to that shithole North Korea either.. EX500rider Nov 2016 #98

... 2naSalit Nov 2016 #69

No. Bradical79 Nov 2016 #74

. mike_c Nov 2016 #76

May the good Lord find a nice cool spot in hell for him! hrmjustin Nov 2016 #77

um..how about if you wished he would drop dead to? MFM008 Nov 2016 #79

What next? sarisataka Nov 2016 #80

Philly DUers: Free cuba libres at Cuba Libre - now through Dec. 4 name not needed Nov 2016 #82

He was less evil than any American President tenderfoot Nov 2016 #85

* sarisataka Nov 2016 #88

UNREC brooklynite Nov 2016 #92

How about, I'll sleep quietly, knowing that he's dead? brooklynite Nov 2016 #93

Right, because I remember that police state dictatorship that Jimmy Carter ran... EX500rider Nov 2016 #97

so you're unaware of his actions in Central America then? tenderfoot Nov 2016 #101

So Castro had no troops in Angola? He was a saint? lol EX500rider Nov 2016 #109

You spend a lot of time in Angola... tenderfoot Nov 2016 #112

Got it...US takes sides in a civil warBAD Castro does itGOOD lol EX500rider Nov 2016 #113

No BuddhaGirl Nov 2016 #86

Arriba, parias de la Tierra. rug Nov 2016 #90

Amen!!!!!!!! burrowowl Nov 2016 #100

So long as R.I.P. is Rot In Pieces we are good. Dictators suck! nt kelly1mm Nov 2016 #102

Can't wait for the eventual Pat Robertson RIP thread. geomon666 Nov 2016 #103

Are you lot the same SomethingNew Nov 2016 #105