Rather figures to be deeply saddened by his friend's passing...
Posted on 01/29/2007 11:56:37 AM PST by presidio9
The city of Miami is planning an official celebration at the Orange Bowl whenever Cuban president Fidel Castro dies.
Discussions by a committee appointed earlier this month by the city commission to plan the event have even covered issues such as a theme to be printed on T-shirts, what musicians would perform, the cost and how long the celebration would last.
Such a gathering has long been part of the city's plan for Castro's death, but firming up the specifics has been more urgent since Castro became ill last summer and turned over power to his brother, Raul.
City Commissioner Tomas Regalado, a Cuban American, came up with the idea of using the Orange Bowl, noting that the stadium was the site of a speech by President Kennedy in 1961 promising a free Cuba, and that in the 1980s it served as a camp for refugees from the Mariel boatlift from Cuba.
"Basically, the only thing we're trying to do is have a venue, a giant venue ready for people, if they wish, to speak to the media, to show their emotions. It's not that we're doing an official death party," Regalado said Monday.
Former state Rep. Luis Morse stressed the need for an uplifting theme for the party — one not preoccupied with a human being's passing.
Critics have accused the city of dictating where people should party, with many preferring to celebrate on the streets of Little Havana. The city says the Orange Bowl celebration would not preclude that.
"This is not a mandatory site," Regalado said of the Orange Bowl. "Just a place for people to gather."
Ramon Saul Sanchez, leader of the Miami-based Democracy Movement organization, worries about how a party to celebrate a man's death would be perceived by people outside the Cuban exile community.
Sanchez also pointed out that, even after Castro dies, his communist government still will be in place.
"The notion of a big party, I think, should be removed from all this," Sanchez said. "Although everybody will be very happy that the dictator cannot continue to oppress us himself, I think everybody is still very sad because there are still prisons full of prisoners, many people executed, and families divided."
Maybe I'll drive down their to celebrate.
People should have signs showing Castro with Dan Rather, and words reminding Americans how leftist trash is so comfortable with mass murder.
Rather figures to be deeply saddened by his friend's passing...
Maybe this weekend with the Super Bowl.
I think this is the big political event looming on the horizon.
Real classy. I'm an Israeli and I don't remember dancing in the streets when Arafat, Nasser, and Abu Nidal died. We didn't exactly mourn their deaths, but throwing a party? That's not our way.
I'll bet that Jimmy Carter won't go.
Is anyone going to stage a big party when Mr. Carter goes to his reward?
Yeah, I don't really equate Israelis with party animals. Latinos, however....
If those guys had ruled over you ya'll would have thrown a big party.
Fidelito Muerto Fiesta ping.
If the president declares a national day of mourning when Carter dies, I am going to make a point of going to work that day.
Well, one could throw a dignified party. Let me propose a toast: "To his speedy end!"
Miami has a huge population of people who were directly harmed by Castro. They deserve to celebrate the end to their country being held captive which Castro's death will mean (sooner or later).
I think they are several months late.
The party will likely turn into a riot and people will be killed.
I cannot imagine the violence that will occur among the Cubans that remain in American prisons.
I can understand the party but the NYT crowd will say it is tacky - which in reality it is a little tacky when you come to think about it - the money spent for a bacchanal can go to help some Cuban pro democracy causes or help any poor people who choose to feel Cuba.
I was speaking with my liberal neighbor this weekend and she was telling me that she had plans to go to Cuba before Castro dies and "Everything falls apart."
When I asked her how she planned on getting there, she told me that she had two passports, one an Italian passport (which was pretty stupid since she knows that I work in a branch of DHS that puts together watchlists for that type of thing). I was so tempted to tell her about my friend who escaped from The Worker's Nirvana after Castro murdered two of his cousins.
Truly, there's something deeply wrong and sick about liberals.
Castro will join a bowling league in hell with Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Kim il-Sung, Herod and soon, Jimmy Carter
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