Senator Barbara Boxer arrived in Cuba

FOR FREEDOM & JUSTICE GROUP ^ | 4/20/02 | AP

[CHACHI]

Another group of domestic enemies arrived in Havana looking to save Castro (ADM lackeys)

HAVANA (AP) - Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer arrived in Cuba on a fact-finding mission accompanied by a diverse delegation that includes a Grateful Dead drummer, a British actress and U.S. agricultural representatives.

The trip is sponsored by the Center for International Policy, a Washington-based lefty organization.

Boxer, who arrived Friday, serves on the Foreign Relations Committee, a fact that will not be lost on Cuban officials who have been lobbying lawmakers for help in easing U.S. policies toward the island, especially the 40-year-old trade embargo and restrictions on American travel.

U.S. agribusiness has been pressing for legislative changes that would allow Cuba to use American financing to buy their products under a 2-year-old law that allows direct sales of American food to the communist island for the first time in nearly four decades.

Boxer's state, California, grows more than half of the fruits and vegetables consumed in America.

Also along for the trip that wraps up on Monday are Mickey Hart, drummer for the Grateful Dead; British actress Julia Ormond, and Bill Mattos, president of the California Poultry Federation. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Marine Inspector]

Hit a nerve, did I?

[KirklandJunction]

Moderator:

Was that me ya' got?

Just wanna' know.

Thanks,
kj

[Grim]

I'm sure she was just looking for some cigars. In fact, if she got the cigar embargo lifted, it would be the first positive thing she's done in 8 years.

For 10,000 bonus points, can anyone point to a single thing Boxer has accomplished since becoming a senator?

[The Vast Right Wing]

When I read the title I almost thought she had defected to the 'workers paradise'

[Savage Beast]

I wonder if Barbara plans to get together with Jimmy Carter down in Cuba. Maybe she could stop by his peanut farm on the way home. If he can do it, she probably can. There must be something she's qualified to do.

[hgro]

Someone is boosting for the lamebrain of the month award.

[sasquatch]

For 10,000 bonus points, can anyone point to a single thing Boxer has accomplished since becoming a senator?

Yup, she peed herself last week. She is as Kurt would suggest *.

[Cvengr]

Considering Venezuela didn't topple Chavez, I wouldn't be surprised if Barbara wasn't being called home to see Godfather Castro and appeal for a new empire. Even though she's an idiot, Intel needs to watch this situation carefully, IMHO.

[Prodigal Daughter]

Hi Chachi!

If any of them have cellulite, they might consider wearing longjohn pajamas, even in the bathtub! Those commies love to take secret home movies of tourists. I'm not a Spy, I'm a Rabbi! (they told him cameras in his room were "for his protection".

[tet68]

For 10,000 bonus points, can anyone point to a single thing Boxer has accomplished since becoming a senator?

Something to do with the Oval office and a cigar?

[lowbridge]

I hope they keep her

Castro is evil.....but he's not stupid.

[boris]

Hmm. Once again I refer to 18 USC 953. It was written to prevent private citizens from having their own foreign-policy activities (like Jesse Jackson). If Boxer is negotiating with Castro "without authority of the United States" it shouldn't matter that she is a senator, should it?

"Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both."

Castro is most certainly in a "dispute or controversy" with the U.S...

Any legal eagles are welcome to set me right on this...

My basic question: did Boxer obtain "authority" to make this visit? Does being a senator immunize her?...etc.