[Mister Baredog]

The silence from Carter as Paya and the brave Cubans behind his movement have been summarily jailed and silenced is deafening.

It sure is amazing. If Fidel keeps it up maybe he will get the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE next. He hates BUSH, that's their main criteria, isn't it?

[wideawake]

Spielberg's shameless shilling for Castro negates all the positive impact his work on Holocaust remembrance has had: if he couldn't learn that supporting dictatorships was wrong from talking to Holocaust survivors and doing research for Schindler's list, then he never will.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Celebrities who tout the totalitarian system of Castro's Cuba all have their own reasons for doing so, but having met with a few of them the stories tend to be sadly similar and hypocritical. These wildly privileged individuals often deal with their guilt by pretending to embrace socialist ideals.

Of course, these celebrities don't actually embrace these ideals because that would require giving up the Beverly Hills mansion and the staff of personal assistants and other accouterments of their acquired wealth. But like most people who are never held accountable for what they say, it is simple to call a meeting with a brutal dictator "the most important" time in your life.

Agree with all of the above completely but also I wonder if these "stars" instinctively recognize Castro as one of their own - a performer, an actor, a poseur, a poor player who struts and frets his hour upon the stage?

Hollywood types always seem to gravitate towards phonies, because at their core that's what they are. Clinton, Castro, Scientology, you name it, if it ain't real, they're down with it.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I keep waiting for Jimmah Cahtah to say something about this latest Cuban crackdown. Must be busy saving souls (I hear he's running for sainthood).

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

First, it just so happens that Spielberg would like to make a movie in Cuba.

Interesting.

[Tailgunner Joe]

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