This is why the "Cuban exile" community in Miami is so moronic. Castro's government is going to be able to pull in enough investment from Europe, China, and other places to balance out this insane embargo. So it does no good, and only shuts American business out of there.

So, "Cuban exiles", please STFU.

hah good one submitter.

Great headline!

Snort.

This is small news. The real big deal is our embargo against those dirty communists in China.

We'll soon drive away communism and human rights violators with our trade policies.

So... we've normalized relations with the former Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Libya, South Africa... pretty much everyone (except Iran of course)... why are we still having such a fit over Cuba?

Nixon went to China in hopes of normalizing relations... we even had to go so far as to sever diplomatic ties to Taiwan to do it. China had (and still has) much, much worse human rights abuses than Cuba ever has. Guess what? China isn't perfect, but they are making progress and are one of our most important trading partners. Is it not possible that the same could happen with our neighbor 90 miles off the coast of Florida?

Someone out there... Can you tell me the reasoning behind our continued ridiculous attitude about Cuba?

alywa: Someone out there... Can you tell me the reasoning behind our continued ridiculous attitude about Cuba?

Sure. There's lots of Cuban exiles in South Florida. They vote. The end.

I LOL'D

Well played.

I see what you did there...

EU = Ewwwwwwwww

Cuba used to be THE place to go for wealthy american bankers.

For one, it is definately not the industrial military complex that is trying to keep the embargo up.

Nice headline

Great headline submitter.

Let's all take a few moments to pray about this....

You hit her pretty hard there Rick!

+1 Also

LOL. Well played, submitter.

Cagey B: Sure. There's lots of Cuban exiles in South Florida. They vote. The end.
They know where the bodies from US involvement in Cuba are buried. Sometimes literally.

// Bay of ____

I wish the EU would impose sanctions on the U.S. like we did to Cuba. New York is lousy with Euros these days.

ZING!

+1 subby

heh, heh. Good one subby

Bravo, Subby! Well done, sir.

The headline is good, but the reality is rotten.

/Obscure?

Nicely done.

Cagey B: This is small news. The real big deal is our embargo against those dirty communists in China.


Yeah. And they're drilling for oil just 60 miles off of our coast, too.

Many of my friends are Cuban-American, but the embargo has got to go. Some of their parents actually hold out hope they will get the land back that Castro took from them. It's just sad. They've come here, contributed greatly to this country, but this issue is just stupid.

Cuba,
knows how to party.
Cuba,
knows how to party.
In the city
of La Fe.
In the city
Of Santa Cruz.
In the city
city of Havana.
There Poplock

FarkinNortherner: They know where the bodies from US involvement in Cuba are buried. Sometimes literally.

They did know where the bodies were burried until they had to empty the caskets to use them as boats.

Sometimes Uncle Sam can really hold a grudge.

B-b-b-but Bush.

I'm Canadian, so Cuba is just a vacation spot. Especially nice if you don't stop in the US on the way back.

cheapimmitation: lincolncounty
// Bay of BACON

///^{MMmmmmmmmm...bacon....}

jake_lex: This is why the "Cuban exile" community in Miami is so moronic. Castro's government is going to be able to pull in enough investment from Europe, China, and other places to balance out this insane embargo. So it does no good, and only shuts American business out of there.

So, "Cuban exiles", please STFU.

If cuban exiles want their island back so bad, they should get 50 of the together, get a boat, and go get it back the way fidel and che did from batista, other than that they need to shut their
holes.

Headline of the month candidate?

Mobkey: I'm Canadian, so Cuba is just a vacation spot. Especially nice if you don't stop in the US on the way back.

//snare drum roll, cymbal crash!

Hollie Maea: Headline of the month candidate?

definitely up there.

alywa: So... we've normalized relations with the former Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Libya, South Africa... pretty much everyone (except Iran of course)... why are we still having such a fit over Cuba?

Nixon went to China in hopes of normalizing relations... we even had to go so far as to sever diplomatic ties to Taiwan to do it. China had (and still has) much, much worse human rights abuses than Cuba ever has. Guess what? China isn't perfect, but they are making progress and are one of our most important trading partners. Is it not possible that the same could happen with our neighbor 90 miles off the coast of Florida?

Someone out there... Can you tell me the reasoning behind our continued ridiculous attitude about Cuba?

there is not a large voting block of displaced whiny capitilasts from the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Libya, South Africa, etc in concentrated in one place like their are Cubans in Florida.

Nestea Plunge: US conservatives need their communist boogeyman and they know Florida Cubans vote Republican en masse without hesitation.

Because, ya know, communism works really well without all those darn meddling conservatives.

It must be all that conservative propaganda that the Castros allow to be disseminated throughout the nation that drives the untold scores of them to try to sail a VW Minibus to Miami.

gorgor: You hit her pretty hard there Rick!

Waaaaaah!

Seriously, though. I've always wanted to move to an island, open a restaurant, fleece the tourists, and just live out my life...hmmm.

What's the over/under for Americans opening business in Cuba? Am I high?

Europe seems to have a thing for dictatorships and oppressing the masses, so this move is hardly surprising.

Never mind all that shiat. I wants me some cigars.

Approves.

Fun Fact: Most of the "Miami Cubans" who are so virulently anti-Castro aren't pro freedom and democracy at all. Their ancestors were real cozy with Batista, the vicious, blood-thirsty pro American dictator who held Cuba in his iron fist until Castro took over. Think about it...Considering his VAST human rights abuses, how could Castro be such a folk hero? The answer, of course, is that he forced out a monster who made his own crimes seem trivial by comparison.

In summary, fark the Miami Cubans.

BTW, the same is true of all those Vietnamese who hate Ho Chi Minh, but forget Ngo Dinh Diem even existed...

The Cubans came here for freedom and in Miami, you have the freedom to be against Castro.
Don't try having any other opinion though.

In battle news, Reddit has just passed Digg in the big battle and Farkers are up to 41% (pops)

We can legally go to Moscow and Beijing, but not to Havana. Farking amazing. Time to grow-up, Washington.

The United States should have been the first to relinquish its embargo with Cuba. That would show the new Castro government and more importantly the Cuban people that the United States is ready and willing to accept a democratic Cuba and to welcome it into the post-Soviet world.

But I guess we're not ready for that, for some reason.

LukeA: ...That would show the new Castro government and more importantly the Cuban people that the United States is ready and willing to accept a democratic Cuba...

Of course, actually having a 'democratic' Cuba would be a nice first step.