Changing Cuba: Monster Buses Vanish From Havana Streets

The Associated Press / Google News ^ | April 18, 2008 | By Will Weissert

[OeOeO]

If so, 400 people average 80,000lbs

How much is that in Michael Moores?

[VeniVidiVici]

Man, that communism looks sweet. No wonder many Americans want a Demorat takeover of government.

[TheThinker]

What’s the carbon footprint of one of these things? Where’s Al Gore? Castro’s killing the planet!

[denydenydeny]

At the start of a camello run one morning last week, it took just over five minutes for 75 passengers to swarm up the steep steps and through the narrow doors at the rear. Doira hung out of a window to make sure no one got stuck. The doors, thin metal with sharp edges, shut with a metallic crack that sounded sharp enough to sever limbs.... Camellos have no shock absorbers, and every pothole sends a violent jolt through one's feet....With no air conditioning, the tropical heat quickly becomes unbearable, and the stench sets in — fresh sweat and body odor, mixed with exhaust and rotting food. Those seated stick their heads out of the windows.

Communist design is always anti-ergonomic. It's like they deliberately design products not to serve people, but to devour them.

[Dustbunny]

I feel sorry for the Cuban people. Hopefully there will be many more changes in the making. Overthrowing the dictatorship would be the first step.