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Paging Michael Moore: Cuba Won't Send Boxers to U.S. for Fear of Defections
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 08/29/2007 10:50:22 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Anyone who follows the MSM knows that Cuba is a virtual paradise. A land of free health care, universal literacy and low infant-mortality rates where kids don't care about freedom and the only big problems are those caused by the U.S. Yes, Cuba is the sort of place no one would ever want to leave. Certainly not to go to live in the United States, where, as everyone knows thanks to Michael Moore's "Sicko," health care is so bad that 9-11 heroes are forced to seek help from Havana.

And yet . . .

According to AP: Defection fears to keep Cuban boxers at home

Cuba won't send a boxing team to the world championships in Chicago, heeding Fidel Castro's fears about future defections after two fighters abandoned their teammates during the Pan American Games.
"We will not expose anew a Cuban boxing team to the abuses and provocations that in this case will be present in Chicago, American territory, the perfect location for marketers and traffickers to act freely and with the total complicity of U.S. authorities," the Cuban Boxing Federation said Wednesday.
"Abuses and provocations." Commie-speak for the lure of freedom and opportunity.

Wonder how the MSM will explain this one away?


TOPICS: Cuba; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boxing; cuba; defections; msm
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1 posted on 08/29/2007 10:50:25 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

I-thought-Cuba-was-paradise ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 08/29/2007 10:51:20 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Fear of defecations? How about sending shorts, then? :-P


3 posted on 08/29/2007 10:53:31 AM PDT by rfp1234 (Nothing is better than eternal happiness. A ham sandwich is better than nothing. Therefore...)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Hey what’s wrong with Cuba? Why would they want to defect?


4 posted on 08/29/2007 10:54:00 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

All right; I must have underwear on the brain today. I thought for a minute the article was referring to “boxer shorts.”


5 posted on 08/29/2007 10:54:13 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (You know a liberal has lost the argument when he calls you a Nazi.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Cuban Surgeon General


6 posted on 08/29/2007 10:54:39 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

**”Abuses and provocations.” Commie-speak for the lure of freedom and opportunity.**

Exactly


7 posted on 08/29/2007 10:54:40 AM PDT by wastedyears (Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway staaaaaaaaaaaaarrr)
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To: rfp1234

Ha, ha—boxer shorts were the first thing that came to my mind when I read the headline.


8 posted on 08/29/2007 10:54:53 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I thought that too.


9 posted on 08/29/2007 10:55:51 AM PDT by wastedyears (Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway staaaaaaaaaaaaarrr)
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To: rfp1234

This Cuban Boxer is from Miami and is named Pancho.

10 posted on 08/29/2007 10:55:59 AM PDT by Cvengr (The violence of evil is met with the violence of righteousness, justice, love and grace.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Reminds me of the old joke:
Why does Mexico have such a bad Olympic team?

Because everyone who can run, jump, or swim, is already in the United States.

11 posted on 08/29/2007 10:58:46 AM PDT by fungoking
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Wonder how the MSM will explain this one away?

Aw come on, the MSM will ignore it!

12 posted on 08/29/2007 11:01:22 AM PDT by Ace's Dad ("but every now and then, the Dragon comes to call")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Cuba Won't Send Boxers to U.S. for Fear of Defections

I guess some people just hate having free, high-quality health care. ;)

13 posted on 08/29/2007 11:02:26 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I suggest a defection swap — we’ll take their boxers (and all their pro baseball players, for that matter) in exchange for Michael Moore and any other idiot with American citizenship who happens to hold Cuba and their “health care” system in high esteem. Everybody wins.


14 posted on 08/29/2007 11:02:37 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo ("Hidin' in a corner ...of New York City, lookin' down a .44 in West Virginy")
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Yea, wouldn’t they miss all that great health care.
15 posted on 08/29/2007 11:05:25 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Me too!... LOL


16 posted on 08/29/2007 11:10:22 AM PDT by pattty
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To: pattty; rightwingintelligentsia

Wrong, to be, uh, brief ;-)


17 posted on 08/29/2007 11:12:58 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Watching the Today Show since 2002 so you don't have to.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Maybe this is just a cover story and they are really not coming because Cuba has a superior health care system and they don’t want the secret to get out!


18 posted on 08/29/2007 11:13:19 AM PDT by jackieaxe (The Drug War is Pork Barrel spending!)
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To: jackieaxe

I personally had a tour of the hospital in Havana, Cuba in 2000. I was with a Cuban-born, now American citizen, doctor who looked at me during the tour and said, “if I get sick while we are here, just shoot me.”

It was disgusting. Blood soaked bandages in the hallways, walls caked with grime. NO COMPUTERS - there were boxes and boxes of index cards in the registration area for patient information.

It was amazing. Completely third-world. Everytime I hear about how great their “free” medical care is, I laugh. People who say that have never, ever been in a Cuban hospital.

The level of disgusting conditions CAN NOT be covered up for anyone so if the government showed them this hospital, they could not even make it look satisfactory for the day of the tour.


19 posted on 08/29/2007 12:00:42 PM PDT by TaxxMann (THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT GUARANTEE FAIR SPEECH, IT GUARANTEES FREE SPEECH)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Please, let’s not think of Michael Moore in boxers.


20 posted on 08/29/2007 12:02:42 PM PDT by unspun (We are still in the end times.)
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