Castro steps down temporarily

[Its a Plant]

"I just got my colon cleansed thoroughly!" - The Nutty Professor (the one w/ Eddie Murphy)

I saw a picture of Castro the other day, and from that alone, my guess is the old fella is on the downswing and fast. He just doesn't look good. Everyone has to go sometime, though, and his time might be soon.

[dopesmoker]

It would definetly be a little uncomfortable

[BizzyStick]

And if he does pass im glad . Not to be harsh or anything but the bastard deserves to die. And me being a cuban living in Miami,FL i have alot of friends and families that would wish the same thing


Sorry i just had to register and post :O

[slowthestone]

So Castro is dead and they're just not releasing it officially yet eh.

I'll put a dollar on the budding scuttlebutt saying he be dead.

[Bong30]

I hear they are partying like he is dead............

50/50 if he is dead allready........

[Psycho4Bud]

The seriousness of Mr. Castroâ??s condition was still unclear, but news he had relinquished power set off celebrations among Cuban exiles in Miami and prompted expressions of concern from leftist leaders in Latin America. A couple hundred demonstrators also rallied in Havana to show support for their president, calling him â??the father of the peopleâ?� and â??the soul of the country,â?� according to televised reports.

There were unconfirmed reports the military had been placed on high alert today and civil-defense militias had been warned to brace themselves for any attempts to cause civil unrest and to keep an eye out for a United States invasion, residents said in telephone interviews.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01/wo...html?ref=world

A U.S. invasion??? Kinda being drama queens.:smokin:

[dopesmoker]

the U.S. has attempted to invade before why not again? Not drama at all

[graymatter]

He's not dead until they sing a folk song about him and make cool tee shirts...

[Psycho4Bud]

the U.S. has attempted to invade before why not again? Not drama at all

1) We're not really Mr. Popularity right now....Cuba's done nothing to us so why invade.....better be a good reason.

2) If we did that I'm sure agreements would have to be worked out with Russia and China which would mean bye, bye Taiwan. They would consider it the same situation.

Just my thoughts..........:twocents:

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[birdgirl73]

Yeah, like Che Guevara! I'd give my right coronary artery for one of those shirts. I wear it and watch "The Motorcycle Diaries" again. And cry and strum the Spanish guitar. . . .

I heard a long piece on NPR about Castro and the dynamics of change in Cuba on my way back from my pottery class this evening. Apparently the U.S. has and (and has long had) $80 million earmarked for strategic and diplomatic moves toward democracy there when Fidel crosses the finish line. There's a huge, detailed plan for how to move forward, which of course hasn't been publicized but seems fairly easy to speculate about.

The BBC reporter from the Cuban hospital was saying that Fidel's alive on the night of his surgery but seriously ill, and they played several sound bytes of Fidel talking about his mortality at various times in the past when everyone's said he's headed for the end. He derives great strength and amusement, he said three years ago, when others are certain he's dying. The reporter said the most interesting thing was how fired up Cuban Americans and Cuban exiles in America are about the whole situation, demonstrating in the streets for Castro's demise, whereas the folks in Cuba itself are very calm and unfazed about the whole story. The report mentioned that Raul Castro is much more of a hard-line Communist than his brother. And they talked about the fact that Cubans themselves have been better off under the Castro regime than they were under Batista and the previous dictators but explained why exiles and their progeny are so mad at Castro and his "reign" because so many of those folks lost vast amounts of money and livelihoods and parts of their families on the other side of the Cuban iron curtain after it closed in 1959.

The whole situation makes me want to go to Cuba immediately and just look around and see it all. The prohibition against American tourists visiting there has always made me more eager to see the place. I'd sport my Guevara t-shirt there, too, and drink mojitos while doing so. . . .