[GMMAC]

PING!

[secretagent]

One thing, and one thing alone, allowed the old monster to get away with it: Washington's 44-year-old economic blockade. All countries rally round their leaders when they are at war, and Castro's Cuba has been semiofficially at war since he seized power. The U.S. sanctions allowed him to escape blame for his mismanagement.

Sounds plausible.

[Waco]

If Castro hadn't come along would the retirement boom have blessed Fla? Kinda looks like a set-up deal don't it? He was played I think. The smart ones got out/vamoosed early on. He gets adored by Barbara Wa Wa and other assorted leftists, not much else.

[pipecorp]