I hope Cuba will become more like the German Democratic Republic. GDR citizens had computers before Americans plus access to low-cost high-quality vehicles.
The GDR also eliminated prostitution, poverty and hunger until the horrible Americans destroyed them with crapitalism.
Americans are drug addicted, sexually promiscuous assholes.
While I was born and lived and America for so many horrible years, I have escaped an will never returned! I will soon renounce my American citizenship forever!
Viva Fidel! Viva Che! Viva La Revolucion!
May we remember the legacies of Karl Marx, Vladimir Illich Lenin, Jozef Stalin, Felix Dzerzhinskyy, Erich Honecker and Erich Mielke forever! Their contributions to socialist democracy shall live in us forever!
-- Former American.
Overcoming Liberalism: A 12-step Program
http://www.850koa.com/shows/shows_rosen_32.html#List ^ | Mike Rosen
Posted on 08/11/2005 9:01:41 AM PDT by curtisgardner
Step 1: Admitting that you're a liberal
This is the first step for every liberal on the way to recovery. It is important to understand that you're not "progressive", "moderate", or "enlightened". You're a liberal, and you need to be honest with yourself about that fact.
Step 2: Pledge to support your beliefs with facts
Realize that truth is more important than moral superiority and is the only way to come over to reality. You must research beyond propaganda from the Sierra Club, Hilllary Clinton, and CNN to understand things as they really exist in the world. You can no longer argue based on "feelings" or emotion. You will actually need to back up your arguments with real information. This is a difficult step, because it means you can't be lazy any more.
Step 3: Love America
This may be the most difficult step for those of you who are hippies and peaceniks. Admitting that the country you hate actually stands as a beacon to defend freedom throughout the world can make some of you physically ill. You might want to make a visit to a military cemetery to better understand that these men and women gave their lives so that you could spew hatred. Otherwise, you would currently be living in a police state that would never let you wear that nasty patchouli oil, let alone speak out against your government.
Step 4: Take a college level economics class
A Socialist is defined as someone who's never taken an economics class. Most Socialists have a hard time balancing their checkbooks, let alone explaining the simple concept of supply-and-demand. It's time to flush your complete ignorance of basic economics down the toilet and understand how the world actually functions. This concept will be very important for the next steps that involve communism, facts about corporations, and the inefficiencies of government.
Step 5: Say "no" to Communism and Socialism
While this concept is obvious to most of the free world, it is an important step in your recovery process. If you have difficulty with this step, spend a week living and working in Cuba.
Step 6: Corporations are not evil
If you're reading this article on-line or in an email, it's thanks to corporations. If you get some kind of paycheck, you can thank corporations. If you work for a nonprofit or the government, you still have to thank corporations. The nonprofit sector and the government wouldn't have any money to pay you without corporations. It is also important that you understand that making a profit doesn't equate to "greed" or exploitation. Capitalism has created the greatest society in our world's history. Even communist countries need corporations to survive, so enjoy a nice, hot cup of reality.
Step 7: The government is inefficient
If you are one of those liberals who believe the government should tax us more in order to take care of society, you need to pay special attention to this step. You need to realize that government bureaucracy will waste most of your tax dollars, while the private sector will put your money to much better use. Even most Democrat politicians understand this to some degree, which is why Hillary's socialist healthcare proposal was voted down by a majority of both Democrats and Republicans. Go to your local post office or call the IRS to ask a tax question if you need a reminder about government inefficiency.
Step 8: The earth is not your "mother", and she's not dying
The time has now come to stop your donations to Greenpeace, The Sierra Club, and every other EnviroNazi organization to which you belong. Face the reality that the earth, society and our environment are better off today than ever in recorded history and that they are continuing to improve. I realize that many of you tree huggers will have a very difficult time letting go of the Douglas Fir on this one. I would suggest reading The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg. Mr. Lomborg is a former member of Greenpeace and is currently a statistics professor at a university in Denmark. He set out to prove the world was in bad shape and ended up surprising himself by proving the exact opposite.
Step 9: Stop smoking the wacky tobacco
Okay, some of you might need to enter another 12-step program to complete this step. Marijuana is distorting your sense of reality, and you need to stop using it. Besides, you'll save a fortune on snacks.
Step 10: Eat a hamburger
If God didn't intend for us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. You can put your sprouts and tofu on the hamburger, but get some meat into you. You'll look and feel better than you ever imagined. You can always remind yourself that Nazi propaganda hailed Adolf Hitler as a vegetarian to get you through this step.
Step 11: Stop re-writing political history
It's now time to admit that Bill Clinton is a lying-cheating-sexist-racist-rapist jackass, Hillary Clinton is one of the worst role models for women in this country, Al Gore really did lose the 2000 election by every vote tabulation you attempt, Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War and didn't create the homeless problem, John McCain is not a typical Republican, and Jimmy Carter is a nice man but has one of the worst presidential records of anyone in history.
Step 12: Be a missionary
Once you have completed the previous steps to overcoming liberalism, it's time for you to share this awakening with others who are not as fortunate. Go out amongst the liberal sheep and spread the good word of your freedom from the chains of ignorance that once bound you. Congratulations, and welcome to reality.
'former' for a reason
By the way, I got your universal health care right here:
Tourist dies a mile from help
By Helen Johnstone . The Times. UK. February 24 2000
A BRITISH tourist who went to Cuba to celebrate his engagement died in agony in an ill-equipped hospital unaware that facilities that could have saved him were minutes away, an inquest heard yesterday.
Philip Yeoman's fiancée watched him suffer after he sustained a fractured skull and his leg was partially severed in an accident. Jane Harris, 47, then spent four hours trying to find help for Mr Yeoman after staff tried to treat him with a bandage. Doctors tried to drain blood from his lung without anaesthetic and an oxygen machine did not work.
When the 16st rugby fan died, Ms Harris learned that there was a fully-equipped hospital a mile away.
After a verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest at Reading, Ms Harris described how their holiday turned into a nightmare. The couple, from Marlow, Buckinghamshire, had been enjoying their holiday when Mr Yeoman, 45, was crushed between two lorries on a moped in Varadero, on September 7 last year. Ms Harris watched as a dilapidated ambulance arrived to take him on the hour-long journey.
"Philip was screaming in pain most of the way. His leg was almost hanging off, but the ambulance staff just wrapped it in a plastic bag," she said. "They finally decided to cut into his side to drain his lung, with no anaesthetic. They tried to insert a tube into him but it didn't fit . . . A doctor then picked up another from the floor and tried that. All the time an old lady was on her hands and knees mopping up the blood."
Copyright 2000 Times Newspapers Ltd.
This is what happens to a FReeper late at night after too much vodka.
This is a joke, right?
James Earl Carter you turn hat computer off and get to bed this minute!
Just make sure you don't say anything bad about Castro tho', if you do and he's in a good mood he'll only hook up electrical wiring to you genitals and give you a jolt. If he's in a bad mood, well we won't go there, and you'll hope he doesn't.
Jimmy Carter, is that you????
Because he's a communist/dictator who is an enemy of the United States pinhead?
How many Cuban companies are on the stock exchange?
Name one Cuban auto manufacturer that uses Cuban technology, not cast off 1950's US technology.
Name one Cuban computer manufacturer
Name one Cuban astronaut
Name one Cuban aerospace company
Explain why Cubans are lined up to leave Cuba and no one but you is leaving the US for Cuba.
I dont know what your problem is.... but I'm guessing its very hard to pronounce and requires regular medication.