[bond7]

This should be posted under humor. Maybe Osteen, FL should bid also - there's certainly plenty of raw land there for new stadiums etc.

[bond7]

Maybe they can sell "donated" human organs to raise the money.

[Free ThinkerNY]

Will Castro torture his athlete's for performing poorly, the way Saddam's son did to Iraqi Olympic athletes?

[tuna_battle_slight_return]

What?!!!

[July 4th]

Well, Fidel will be dead by then. Or will he?

[MinuteGal]

It would be fun to see the Cuban sculling team pass the finish line and keep on rowing to Florida.

Leni

[Loyalist]

The triathlon will be changed somewhat: running out of Havana, cycling to Guantanamo, swimming to Miami.

[xp38]

If SARS gets ultra serious Beijing's 2008 games might be up for reconsideration. Right now Beijing's hotels are empty.

[dinok]

Big time gag

[mtbopfuyn]

Good one. The punch lines for this are endless.

[FairOpinion]

Well, maybe after we finish with Syria and Iran, we should take care of Castro. Let's see, that'll be maybe in September 2003.

Yes, I suppose the IOC can pick Cuba to hold the Olympics there in 2012. We should have fixed it up by then.

[ml/nj]

How 'bout some new events!

Maybe a drowning contest? Brainwashing could be an event. I'm sure I could think of some others if I weren't so tired.

ML/NJ

[Conservative til I die]

What a joke. Maybe they could have them in Yemen in 2016.

[Consort]

There will be only one event: The runs.

[Mr. Mojo]

This would be a great site for the Games. By 2012, Cuba should be back to what it was in the early 50's. ....a helluva good time.

[Enemy Of The State]

"Cuba will bid for 2012 Olympics"

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Cuba's Cruel Joke *** Without dollars, life is grim. People line up at dimly lit government distribution centres, ration books in hand - libretas, the government calls them - for their monthly allocation. The books, which were established in 1962 to "guarantee the equitable distribution of food without privileges for a few," entitle Cubans to 2.5 kilograms of rice, 1 kilogram of fish, 1/2 kilogram of beans, 14 eggs and sundry other basics at subsidized prices. Through the libreta, each Cuban also gets one bread roll a day. Every two months, a Cuban is entitled to one bar of hand soap and one bar of laundry soap. Fresh fruits and vegetables come infrequently; meat might come once or twice a year. Until the mid-1990s, children under seven were entitled to fresh milk, but fresh milk, like butter, cheese and other dairy products, is now off the shelves. Before the revolution, two litres of fresh milk cost 15 U.S. cents, well within the means of the poor.

Cuba, a country with a coffee culture, produces fine beans in its Oriente province, but not for average Cubans. The good stuff is sold to tourists and exported to earn dollars, or reserved for the Cuban elite, while the government imports cheaper beans, grinds them, mixes them with ground chickpeas, and doles out 28 grams per month - less than one ounce - to Cuban citizens. The government also exports high quality Cuban rice for dollars while importing a low-grade rice from Vietnam for its citizens. It exports 90% of its fresh fruits, directing much of the rest to tourists and others who can pay in dollars.***