The dude got to spend 2 extra years in Cuba...as a REPORTER..because his last name was Marx???

that's weird.

So Castro was a big Groucho fan?

The whole thing reads like he kind of has a man-crush on him.

Somewhere, Castro and Rahm making sweaty, sexy socialism together is someone's fantasy.

I would think Castro would wonder what happened to Rahm's finger?

hotter than the ads: The whole thing reads like he kind of has a man-crush on him.

Somewhere, Castro and Rahm making sweaty, sexy socialism together is someone's fantasy.

Throw in Obama behind a camera making commentary, and that somewhere is called Fark

Is anybody else excited that we can soon travel to Cuba.... freely?

Aernis: Is anybody else excited that we can soon travel to Cuba.... freely?

I know Europeans and Canadians will have to find a new country to vacation

Castrozombie didn't eat the finger, it was
Gawd-darn Arby's...

Now someone will have to explain to dead Castro what an Arby's is.


/missing digitus

I can't even imagine an American national leader making a reference to Immanuel Kant in a newspaper. Both Obama and McCain talked about American 20th century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in their books, but that's about it. And if a President ever said anything about Immanuel Kant out loud there's be a great big

Silovik: Aernis: Is anybody else excited that we can soon travel to Cuba.... freely?

I know Europeans and Canadians will have to find a new country to vacation

I'll only go to Cuba if I can be assured there will be no Germans there. Worst.tourists.ever.

Somacandra: I can't even imagine an American national leader making a reference to Immanuel Kant in a newspaper.

Well, I can't imagine McCain or Obama personally ordering a bunch of our executions for thinking the wrong political thoughts, so I guess we're even there with Cuba.

Aernis: Is anybody else excited that we can soon travel to Cuba.... freely?


The classic car folks will storm it.

What about Victor Emmanuel, first king of Italy?

Rapmaster2000: I'll only go to Cuba if I can be assured there will be no Germans there. Worst.tourists.ever.



You have never met any French Canadians on vaca in the United States I suppose.

Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
who was very rarely stable....

Aernis: Is anybody else excited that we can soon travel to Cuba.... freely?

I'm just glad that our foreign policy is no longer going to be dictated by a tiny special interest group of butthurt exiles.

Edsel: Aernis: Is anybody else excited that we can soon travel to Cuba.... freely?

I'm just glad that our foreign policy is no longer going to be dictated by a tiny special interest group of butthurt exiles.

I have hope that things will end that disaster of a policy but I am not ready to say it will happen soon either.

Yes I will be traveling there in the next 5 years regardless of the law.

Aernis: Is anybody else excited that we can soon travel to Cuba.... freely?

No, but I'm sure all those political dissidents Castro has murdered or imprisoned are just tickled pink!


Gated Community Organizer: You have never met any French Canadians on vaca in the United States I suppose.


I met some while travelling in Peru and they were great people. Very sweet and soft-spoken. Of course, they were Christian missionaries, so maybe not exactly typical tourists... But I've never met a Canadian guy that I didn't like.

ZachF81
hotter than the ads: The whole thing reads like he kind of has a man-crush on him.

Somewhere, Castro and Rahm making sweaty, sexy socialism together is someone's fantasy.

Throw in Obama behind a camera making commentary, and that somewhere is called Fark.

"Tell me," Obama purred seductively. "When you come, is it 10% ethanol?"

/stolen from xkcd

I'm always surprised that the "get the Government off our backs" Republicans are the ones who are fervently behind the Government telling private citizens where they can and cannot travel.

Gated Community Organizer: Rapmaster2000: I'll only go to Cuba if I can be assured there will be no Germans there. Worst.tourists.ever.



You have never met any French Canadians on vaca in the United States I suppose.

My first experience of racism as a kid was when a bunch of Quebecois were making fun of Mexicans waiting in line at Disney World.

Mossad? In my White House?

It's more likely than you think.

Emmanuel = Messiah. Means the Lord (El) is with us (Emmanu = Immanu).

He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy.

BarrRepublican: Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
who was very rarely stable....

We'll just call you Bruce, then, so as to avoid confusion.

/ ...a lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed.

mongbiohazard: But I've never met a Canadian guy that I didn't like.

Ah. So you've never had the experience of being taunted and insulted by busloads of drunken Leafs and Habs fans who cross the border, boo the American anthem, cheer for their teams in your arena, and throw their beer at the hometown fans.

/Sabres fan
//Canadians can be as big of assholes as any American. Just go to a hockey game, you'll see.

Oh, and let's not forget the cross-border shoppers who buy stuff at US-side malls, change into it, and then leave all their old crap plus the packaging just lying in the parking lot, because they don't want to pay the duty and apparently can't even be bothered to locate a dumpster.

Danielsan: My first experience of racism as a kid was when a bunch of Quebecois were making fun of Mexicans waiting in line at Disney World.

They have to look down on somebody. It's kind of hard to find any group lower (and, predictably, they got it wrong, unless they were getting after Mexican politicians in the PRI.)

Fidel Castro: Ah, they're not so bad. They even named a street after me in San Francisco!
[Aide #2 whispers something into his ear]
Fidel Castro: It's full of what?

fernt: Mossad? In my White House?

It's more likely than you think.

I was waiting for one of you guys to show up. Like flies to shiat, it is.

This from a guy whose last name is Spanish for "I Castrate"

Wait until he finds out he is Jewish.

BarrRepublican: Immanuel Kant Ayn Rand was a real pissant
who was very rarely stable....

FTFY.

Danielsan: I was waiting for one of you guys to show up. Like flies to shiat, it is.

Well, perhaps you're comfortable with a dual-citizen chief of staff (who, during the '91 Gulf War, served not in the American military, but the Israel Defense Force) co-sponsoring (first go-around in '07) one of the most onerous gun control Acts to ever come down the pike:

Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (new window)

I'm not.

fernt: Mossad? In my White House?

It's more likely than you think.

AWESOME. right click, save.

fernt: Danielsan: I was waiting for one of you guys to show up. Like flies to shiat, it is.

Well, perhaps you're comfortable with a dual-citizen chief of staff (who, during the '91 Gulf War, served not in the American military, but the Israel Defense Force) co-sponsoring (first go-around in '07) one of the most onerous gun control Acts to ever come down the pike:

Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (new window)

I'm not.

Well, then hate him for being a liberal Democrat, and always remember that the Dems want to take our guns. Don't drag that anti-Semitism in here and get it all over the rug! I just vacuumed.

mongbiohazard: No, but I'm sure all those political dissidents Castro has murdered or imprisoned are just tickled pink!

Meh. Canadians have been vacationing in Cuba for years and years and it's a nice place. I mean the US military has been holding and torturing foreign nationals in direct contravention of the Geneva convention for years and we visited Vegas twice in that time. There's a difference between the government of a country and its people.

filth: Don't drag that anti-Semitism in here and get it all over the rug! I just vacuumed.

News Flash: criticizing the Mossad, its agents and actions is not antisemitic.

That Israel/Mossad spies on America is a matter of historical record.

Someone with dual citizenship/dual loyalty, who chose during a war to defend a country other than our own, whose father was in a Israeli group the British considered to be "terrorists," sitting at the right hand of our new president, makes me uncomfortable - whether he's a Buddhist, or an atheist or Catholic or Jewish.

fernt: Danielsan: I was waiting for one of you guys to show up. Like flies to shiat, it is.

Well, perhaps you're comfortable with a dual-citizen chief of staff (who, during the '91 Gulf War, served not in the American military, but the Israel Defense Force) co-sponsoring (first go-around in '07) one of the most onerous gun control Acts to ever come down the pike:

Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 (new window)

I'm not.

What does gun control have to due with the fact that he's Jewish? Just means he's really liberal. Then again, this is truther land I'm talking about, I'm sure there's a connection somewhere.

And he volunteered for the IDF, which is a bit different than serving. Working in quarterstaffing, painting, etc. Civilian jobs when Israel was on high alert from the whole Saddam shooting missiles thing.

Which still has nothing to do with him being a secret Mossad double agent bent on controlling America. That's just demonizing him because he's Jewish.

TypoFlyspray: BarrRepublican: Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
who was very rarely stable....

We'll just call you Bruce, then, so as to avoid confusion.

Don't call him Bruce; he's a Poofdah!

Mercutio74: mongbiohazard: No, but I'm sure all those political dissidents Castro has murdered or imprisoned are just tickled pink!

Meh. Canadians have been vacationing in Cuba for years and years and it's a nice place. I mean the US military has been holding and torturing foreign nationals in direct contravention of the Geneva convention for years and we visited Vegas twice in that time. There's a difference between the government of a country and its people.

Hey now! No matter how much it sucks, you cannot claim that Vegas constitutes torture, and it's not even mentioned in the Geneva Conventions.

Danielsan:

What does gun control have to due with the fact that he's Jewish?

It's the dual-loyalty aspect that disturbs me. A suspected foreign agent (Mossad) who wants to disarm the American public?



Just means he's really liberal. Then again, this is truther land I'm talking about, I'm sure there's a connection somewhere.

So you're saying there are no liberal gun owners who value the 2nd Amendment?


And he volunteered for the IDF, which is a bit different than serving. Working in quarterstaffing, painting, etc. Civilian jobs when Israel was on high alert from the whole Saddam shooting missiles thing.

While Americans (Rahm is presumably an American, yes?) were fighting and dying in Iraq...he skates off the Israel to ostensibly work on truck maintenance or something? I find that highly insulting of a government official - an AMERICAN government official.

It's enough to suggest he cares more about Israel than he does about the U.S. That concerns me.

Which still has nothing to do with him being a secret Mossad double agent bent on controlling America. That's just demonizing him because he's Jewish.

No, that's raising the suspicion (about which there is plenty to read on the InterWebs - all lies, I'm sure) that he's in direct contact with the Mossad, and because of Israel's record of spying on America for decades, having someone that highly connected and obviously devoted to a foreign country in the president's office all day concerns me.

(I happen to believe Israel and her supporters exert WAY too much influence in Washington over our foreign policy and that America has been suffering for a long time because of it.)

filth: Hey now! No matter how much it sucks, you cannot claim that Vegas constitutes torture, and it's not even mentioned in the Geneva Conventions.

Actually, I rather like Vegas. The only torturous thing is having to listen to deaf-mutes flip stacks of business card sized advertisements of lame clubs at you as you walk down the street.

Doc Daneeka: Oh, and let's not forget the cross-border shoppers who buy stuff at US-side malls, change into it, and then leave all their old crap plus the packaging just lying in the parking lot, because they don't want to pay the duty and apparently can't even be bothered to locate a dumpster.

I've lived within 2 hours of the Canadian border for almost 50 years, and I've never seen behavior of this kind. Maybe Canada is just like the US - the people in the West are cool, and those in the East are assholes (since we're generalizing and all...).

As for Rahm Emanuel, I've never wondered where his last name came from, but I have sure as hell wondered where his first name came from. I've pretty much ruled out the possibility that he is named after Quark's nephew, so now I'm stumped.

Mercutio74: mongbiohazard: No, but I'm sure all those political dissidents Castro has murdered or imprisoned are just tickled pink!

Meh. Canadians have been vacationing in Cuba for years and years and it's a nice place. I mean the US military has been holding and torturing foreign nationals in direct contravention of the Geneva convention for years and we visited Vegas twice in that time. There's a difference between the government of a country and its people.

You prove the the point that TFers try to make. Cuba's economic situation is not because of America's embargo. They have the entire world to trade with. Their problem lies with their government and economic systems.

Aernis: Is anybody else excited that we can soon travel to Cuba.... freely?

Ew, no. A trashed island full of sweaty peasants and tin shacks? No thanks.

Although, guys, I hear the Cuban chicks will do anything for shampoo and conditioner.

fernt: Danielsan:

What does gun control have to due with the fact that he's Jewish?

It's the dual-loyalty aspect that disturbs me. A suspected foreign agent (Mossad) who wants to disarm the American public?

Conjecture and truther paranoia. Who suspects him of being a foreign agent? Only people like you do. Obviously Clinton and Obama don't, who are, like, really in the know about these kinds of things. Unless you believe them to be Zionist patsies. Which you probably do.


While Americans (Rahm is presumably an American, yes?) were fighting and dying in Iraq...he skates off the Israel to ostensibly work on truck maintenance or something? I find that highly insulting of a government official - an AMERICAN government official.

He wasn't a government official in 1991, he was a campaign worker. And he was in Israel for 'a few weeks'. Besides, what could a private citizen do? Grab a gun and head to Iraq?


No, that's raising the suspicion (about which there is plenty to read on the InterWebs - all lies, I'm sure) that he's in direct contact with the Mossad, and because of Israel's record of spying on America for decades, having someone that highly connected and obviously devoted to a foreign country in the president's office all day concerns me.


Where is this proof that he's in direct contact with Mossad? Again, it's truther conjecture. And you can't have a good truther conspiracy without Jews.

So basically, since he went to Israel for a few weeks as a private citizen to grease some trucks, that means he's a Mossad double agent bent on disarming American citizens. And Obama and Clinton are in on it.

You're a fruit cake.

fernt

Nice artwork. Goebbels would be proud of you. GoodasGold is though, so I guess that's the next best thing.

fernt

Israel is our ALLY, remember?

And why would Israel want to disarm the American public anyway?

You're a loony.

fernt: While Americans (Rahm is presumably an American, yes?) were fighting and dying in Iraq...he skates off the Israel to ostensibly work on truck maintenance or something? I find that highly insulting of a government official - an AMERICAN government official.

"He kept hitting the side of my face, back of my head and temples for about 10-15 more seconds that I can remember. After that I was knocked out. Next thing I remember is tasting blood and 2 pvts. standing over me calling my name." ...[O]ne drill sergeant had called Handman "Juden" - the German word for Jews. Another demanded he remove his yarmulke, which Handman wore with his uniform, while eating in a dining hall.

Gee, I wonder why Jewish Americans aren't lining up in droves to join the U.S. army.