[Cincinatus' Wife]

Lovefest in Havana***Help me out here: If, as liberals tell us, Socialism/Communism is so terrific, so splendid, so superb, so superior, why, O why does Castro so desparately need the Great Satan of commercialist/capitalist "evil" itself -- the United States? A bailout for Marxism from 'dirty', capitalist 'pigs' -- what's wrong with this picture? Call it 'ideological projection': Liberals doing with Castro exactly what conservatives were falsely accused by liberals of doing with South Africa: To wit, using excuses to prop-up repression. Liberalism has a crush on Castro, a school-girl-like infatuation that forever endures. To liberals, Castro is a heartthrob; he's an inspiration, a "moral" guiding "light", a "moral" compass, the veritable apple of their eyes.

No human rights in Castro's Cuba? Liberals could care less. Under Castro, citizens are deprived of the most basic conceptions of human liberty -- again, lefties don't give a lick. In Cuba's brutal island prison, one-party, one-man-rule prevails: Except for Castro's Communist "party", all political parties are outlawed. The same goes for unions. The liberal media calls Castro, deferentially, the "President" of Cuba -- an utter perversion of language so grotesque it boggles the mind. By what sick, warped, convolution of "logic" can Castro conceivably be referred to as such? Only a twisted media would dare sully the title by bestowing it to Castro, a ruthless killer, filthy crook, murderous tyrant.***

[Cincinatus' Wife]

CARTER TRAVELING TO CUBA ON PERSONAL BUSINESS? READ THE FACTS AND DECIDE!!!*** ATLANTA (AP) - James E. "Chip" Carter III, the son of former President Jimmy Carter, announced Monday he will lead a delegation of citizen ambassadors to Iran in May. Carter, 48, is vice president for International Development with The Friendship Force, a worldwide nonprofit group based in Atlanta. President Carter, whose term in office was blemished by the Iranian hostage crisis, announced the founding of the group in 1977. Since then, the Friendship Force has dispatched more than 500,000 citizen ambassadors in 3,600 volunteer clubs in 48 U.S. states and 60 nations.***

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[More info on Friendship Force:]

We all know that credibility can make a good company great. In only its first year of business, TravelSmart has already established name recognition in the industry. First, Carnival Cruise Lines has gone on the record stating their belief that we will become the largest travel company in a few years, and maybe even less, and they have welcomed us to the industry with open arms.

Second, the Friendship Force is now affiliated with TravelSmart, andTravelSmart now offers the home stay vacation as one of our exclusive products.This Nobel Prize winning organization consists of a worldwide network ofTravelers who are 200,000 strong, 80,000 of which reside in the U.S.

TravelSmart's Chairman, Mr. Nabeel Esfahani, has recently been elected to the Board of Directors for the Friendship Force, and Dr. Wayne Smith who is the founder of Friendship Force also serves on the TravelSmart board of directors.

Some of the names that now endorse TravelSmart are Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter, KirkDouglas, Mohammed Ali, Eduard Shevardnadze, Andrew Young and Ted Turner. Talk about credibility!!!] …Luis Gonzalez.