We regret to inform you that Fidel will not be able to attend the ceremonies. He will be attending a funeral instead...
Posted on 12/02/2006 5:56:28 AM PST by melt
HAVANA - A military parade marking the 50th anniversary of the date Fidel Castro and fellow rebels landed in Cuba to launch their revolution started Saturday without the ailing leader.
Many Cubans still hoped that Castro would make at least a brief appearance during a huge military parade in Havana on Saturday morning to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. The commemoration culminates five days of celebrations for Castro's 80th birthday, but he has yet to make an appearance.
The Cuban leader turned 80 on Aug. 13 but delayed the celebrations to give him time to recover from surgery two weeks earlier for intestinal bleedings. He has not been seen in public since July 26, and few details about his condition have been released by Cuba's communist government.
Acting President Raul Castro, who is Fidel's younger brother and the island's defense minister, led the parade on Saturday.
We regret to inform you that Fidel will not be able to attend the ceremonies. He will be attending a funeral instead...
Two peas in a pod. I assume the "C" stands for Commie.
Maybe Jimmy could fill for his buddy?
We have a funeral party and hog roast planned for each of those bums when they finally take their dirt naps.Every here is invited and welcome to attend.
LOL!!
Do you mean at the parade or 6 feet under? :)
BOTH!!!!!
Amen to you, and God bless you!
You know what they said about Hitler?
At least he made the trains arrive on time.
I'm sure Fidel has done something good.
As for Carter? Not a thing.
The first thing good Castro will do is die.
If I lived in your neighborhood I would take you up on your offer.:)
After Stalin passed on to his reward, the Soviet Union went through a period of "destalinization," during which he fell out of favor--his monuments and statues removed, his followers purged, and he was no longer lionized. The same thing happened after the death of Egypt's president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, in 1970, and the ouster of Tunisian strongman Habib Bourguiba and Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner. Could the same thing be in store for Cuba?
In 1980, he reduced Cuba's crime rate--by sending all its criminals to this country.
May he soon be absent from this earth.
Jimmah looks more evil than Castro!
I wonder what I could get for his beard on eBay?
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