When Castro dies I'll be happy only because maybe the Cuban Americanos will STFU about him for once. And go home to rebuild their country.

/honest about the first
//laughing at my stupidity about the second

Tom_Slick neither Rocky Petal or Padron use dry curing. But you are right some of them do you can tell. Currently Padron has the number one rank cigar from Cigar Aficionado. It's the Padron 1926 40th anniversary. They are a truly wonderful smoke, however at $30 plus a stick my intake of them has been limited

http://www.padron.com/index.php

I wonder if he'd take over and re-bulid or is he nothing with out Norm??

I have a feeling there will be a zombie castro soon.

luckyeddie: He's not cocked a snook at you personally this last half a century. Just your leaders and (especially) your idiot CIA.

You assume that because I hate Castro I must love Bush? Or Nixon?

I'm not going to claim to be an expert on Cuba, Castro, or anything really. I did enough research in college on Cuba to know that it isn't all peaches and honey on that island though.

"We are very happy. I came to the United States in 1960. I've never been back to Cuba," said Carlos Barberia, 70, a former band conductor who was born in Cuba. "I want to go back to Cuba. I love my country."

After I came to this country I married a crazy redhead and had to deal with her weird schemes to get her friend and friends ancient husband into the act. Ay ay ay! I had to change my name to Carlos Barberia and fake my death to escape.

I just want to go back and sing Babaloo!!! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!

Whoops, I misread your statement. Forget the first statement.


/I said I did good reasearch, I never claimed I had real good reading comprehension skillz. I speak english real good two.

You are only as "oppressed" as you allow yourself to be. When Fidel Castro thought his country was being land-raped by America and its puppet dictatorship, he overthrew the government. He started with about two dozen men. If conditions in Cuba (America, China, insert country) are so terrible, it's up to the population to put the oppressors up against the wall.

Tom_Slick my local smoke shop says that you can bring in one box legally. However if you read the back of your passport (yes I was that board on the fight) you will note that it is illegal for you to even buy them and enjoy them over seas. But if one were to break the law (I am not say I have) I would point you to the Romeo y Julieta No 1 for a full body smoke or the Punch for a medium. Don't get me wrong Cuba makes a good smoke (so I am told, I have no first person knowledge) but I am saying that there is better out there.

Vetinari:

I lived abroad for a year and agree that the Romeo y Julieta No 1 is a good stick as are the H. Upmans. I found some Jose Piedra's for a good deal and nice smoke (25 pounds a box at the time). I will say customs will confiscate the empty box if they find it. Teach me to use one for my floppy disks. (3 1/2 inch I am not that old)

The day Castro dies will be among the happiest of my life.

And that's kinda sad... doncha think?

Oh furchrissakes.

Get OVER BAMBI already!

It's a REAL world.

so uh... is he dead or alive or what...

this thread made me really crave a good cuban...

anyone know of a good place in the greater boston area?
-i know an awesome place back home in FL, near tampa.

THe party chairman is not dead, he has a flu.

'Bout 2 weeks from now we'll get the "All Hail the new Chairman" news. The USSR went thru a buncha chairmen like this in the late 70's, early 80's...

They'll call the grass covering his grave Castroturf!

HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE! viva la revolución!

jak1357-

There's "The Tabaccoist" on the corner of Charles & Boylston Streets in Boston, "2 Guys Smoke Shop" on Rt 28 in Salem NH (just over the boarder) and there was another one on 28 in Salem but I think that's cloesed. For cheaper ones just go to a "Hudson News" stand at any mall.

Tom_Slick

I lived abroad for a year and agree that the Romeo y Julieta No 1 is a good stick as are the H. Upmans. I found some Jose Piedra's for a good deal and nice smoke (25 pounds a box at the time). I will say customs will confiscate the empty box if they find it. Teach me to use one for my floppy disks. (3 1/2 inch I am not that old)

Yeah, If one were so inclined, and purely for argument sake were to discuss the best way to store cigars discreetly I would have to recommend the inside of a children's car seat. Of course I am just guessing here, but I believe you could store up to 40 Churchill size cigars rapped in aluminum tubes in side one of those. Plus they are too large to fit into an x-ray machine. Of course this is all just conjecture, I had a lot of time on those flights to day dream

the only thing nicer than a cuban cigar is a cuban cigar that's been gutted, filled with something a little more interesting, and wrapped up again.

There's "The Tabaccoist" on the corner of Charles & Boylston Streets in Boston, "2 Guys Smoke Shop" on Rt 28 in Salem NH (just over the boarder) and there was another one on 28 in Salem but I think that's cloesed. For cheaper ones just go to a "Hudson News" stand at any mall.

I was actually referring to the sammich

I highly doubt that he's dead. Considering as he was up and about just the other day and checked HIMSELF in to the hospital fo rthe surgery...

syberpud: I'm betting journalists are going to start having "Castro is dead!" stories


Fidel Castro was eaten by wolves... he was delicious

They are partying in the streets of Miami right now, having a big "AMF" (Adios, Mr. Fidel) celebration.

Uzi_Suicide: The day Castro dies will be among the happiest of my life.

Me too, but only because I am hoping for widespread violence across the island which will end with an even more ironhanded ruler taking control.

Uh huh, and the AMF festivities will be followed by a "Hola Raoul" celebration

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they all flown in the last war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
For I know that the hypnotized never lie

Do ya?

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the party on the left
Is now the party on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

How sad is your life if when you MIGHT die regular decent people declare a huge party to celebrate?

Whenever Castro does eventually die, which scumbag Hollywood celebrity will come out and declare Castro to be some sort of great leader...Sean Penn?...the Banana Boat-song guy?...

Whenever Castro does eventually die, which scumbag Hollywood celebrity will come out and declare Castro to be some sort of great leader...Sean Penn?...the Banana Boat-song guy?...

Yes, probably some A-lister like that, and the Republican Media outrage over it will be exactly commensurate with the celebrity's stature.

/not really

I'm pretty sure he's dead. Not from the media reports, but because all the Cubans in Miami are partying like mad. They all talk to each other through Cuban media and smoke signals and shiat. I'm, serious. They know what is going on on that stupid Island before God does. The Cubans are spazzing out - and therefore I'm convinced.

Plus Jeb just got on the news and said that he met with the Coast Guard because he's positive the entire Island is going to bail into Florida (again). Jeb's wife is Cuban, and no doubt she knows. Her Cuban 'Castro is Dead' emergency bat radio thing must have gone off, and she told him.

Skanklips [TotalFark]

Celebrate! Break out the vodak!!

Rum and Coke! Rum and Coke!

(Still remembers when it was called a 'Cuba Libre'. Must be old)

Gee, seem's like simple math to me.. dump castro, get a mcdonalds and starbuck's on every corner! WTF is not to love?!?!?

Oh god, not this again. By the way, is that S.O.B. Sharon still bloody alive?

Our foreign policy has become, wait til they die of natural causes.

Mr. Clarence Butterworth

Besides hating Castro and voting straight Republican, the Cuban Emigres in Florida are pretty much dead weight tax suckers and welfare queens.

I am assuming some little Cuban hottie blue balled you on that failed spring break trip to Miami and you have held a grudge ever since.

Ever heard of a small little company called Bacardi? (Cuban emigree family owned business who some how managed to do $3.3 billion in sales in '04) Or how about Kellogg or Coca Cola (Both had Cuban American CEOs). Ever heard of Alienware? (recently bought by Dell) it was founded by Cuban exiles in Miami. Oh yeah . . . the Kellogg CEO was Carlos Gutierrez, now the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.

Not to mention the dozens of Cuban exiles who have contributed to our entertainment and sporting communities.

Then there is the fact that Cuban Americans are the most highly educated and wealthiest latino demographic in America.

In reality the one group of Cuban exiles who are on welfare are the ones who came post Mariel (look it up) and spent most of their lives under communism where the state provided them with everything. When they come here they do not understand they have to find work for themselves.

Full disclosure:
/Cuban fiancee
//Thinks the embargo is stupid - so is the dry land law.

faethe

Actually she is Mexican. But his busines partner (South Florida real estate developer Armando Codina) is a Cuban exile and a millionaire.

That is something I forgot to mention in my last post - the fact that cuban exiles successfully turned Miami into an international hot spot from the rotting retirement swamp it was in the 50's.

Actually, what will REALLY be amusing is a few years down the road, after Fidel is dead, Raul is deposed and the counter-revolution has thrown out the Communist government down there. You're going to have "Miami Cubans" and "Havana Cubans", with starkly different ideas about what it means to be "Cuban".

The Miami Cubans will look down on the Havana Cubans as a shiftless lot that was content to be bossed around by the Communists rather than trying to escape and make a better life for themselves.

The Havana Cubans will look down on the Miami Cubans as a bunch of interlopers who think they know how to run a country from the safety of their posh homes in the US, and were too chickenshiat to live through all of Castro's crap thankyouverymuch.

It'll be just like the Eastern and Western Germans, only in Spanish.

Le Chevre: Actually she is Mexican. But his busines partner (South Florida real estate developer Armando Codina) is a Cuban exile and a millionaire.


CRAP I was sure she was Cuban. More fool me. Jeb speaks spanish like a Cuban. Are you sure? I could have sworn she posted Cuban recipes somewhere online? Mabye because she spent so much time in Miami?

That is something I forgot to mention in my last post - the fact that cuban exiles successfully turned Miami into an international hot spot from the rotting retirement swamp it was in the 50's.

People who aren't from Miami don't know shiat about Cubans. Forgetabout it. Let them think they are a bunch of welfare queens. If anything, that tells me to continue to ignore jackasses from outside the state. Florida got all the best and brightest from the Carribean. We got a lot of shiat too - but the best and brightest made the biggest difference. Cubans, as a group, are the best educated, business minded people you will ever meet. DO NOT say the word 'Castro' and you are all good.

Mouser: It'll be just like the Eastern and Western Germans, only in Spanish.


They already do that. My brother is married to a Cuban who's mom died of cancer a few years ago. Her sister came over from Cuba to attend the funeral. When she was here - everyone worked on her to make her stay, and she didn't want to. 'Yo soy una Communista. Mi vida es revolucion' (or something like that - I listen better than I type). She digs it there. When she went back everyone was all bummed out.

Some people dig it. One thing is for certain. shiat starts up on the island everyone going to bail for Miami again.

"They're accustomed to a system," Alfonso said. "It's for the better of the country if that does happen and they will sacrifice for freedom."

Yeah, I hope this one turns out better than the forced freedom creation exercise in Iraq. If Castro dies and people try to change things radically, it's a safe bet that the country and its (small) economy will be destabilized. The best thing that can happen is a slow transition towards more liberal policies. Follow China. But Americans, and especially Cuban 'exiles' are too impatient for that. The place will be a grubby, Disney/Vegas shiathole with ridiculous poverty, crime, and general social problems within 20 years.

Cuban sandwiches are heaven, I've seen a few people here list the ingredients, but those alone do not a cuban sandwich make...

The trick to a proper cuban is the bread. It's called cuban bread strangely enough. Like a hoagie roll, but much more dense and chewy. It's very tough, but not in a stale way. Kind of hard to explain. It usually comes in fairly skinny loaves.

Also, you have to press the sandwich. It is not the same unless it is flat and crispy and warm.

I also love the black bean soup and rediculously strong coffee of the cuban people. I'll be the first to cruise over and sample the food when the embargo ends.

But until then my only consolation is the occasional entertainment of a refugee boat coming over. "Sorry Jose, I know you tied some logs together and floated all the way here, but since we caught you 20 feet offshore you have to go back and be tried as a traitor. Your buddy that ran up on the beach while I was arresting you can stay though." Har har har, if the Miami cubans weren't such arseholes I might feel bad for some of them.

Mouser: "It'll be just like the Eastern and Western Germans, only in Spanish."

I doubt it.

When the regime falls, there will be an immediate mass migration across the Florida Straights that will make the Mariel Boatlift look like one guy in a canoe on Lake Llatikcuf.

Of course, our dinosaurian joke of a government won't manage to change the law in time, so these hundreds of thousands or millions of scruffy dirt poor Cuban peasants will be granted citizenship by default, or at least be in legal limbo for years and burrow into American society by the time the whole thing is sorted out.

The entrenched wheedling layabout whiners of Little Havana will sieze upon this large victim group and lobby for it in Washington, D.C., running the whole operation like like a good old-fashioned Latin American encomienda plantation. This will become their own voting-block-for-sale like Greenpeace has or a TeeVee evangelical preacher has or Al Sharpton has. You know what I'm talking about.

The end result will be Cuba as a failed state used by Cuban warlords and narcotrafficantes from the Andes to run illicit trades into the United States and Canada, increased crime and overpopulation especially in hurricane-prone Florida, another crippling drain on the national treasury, and almost unlimited opportunities for Republican-connected "contractors" to "rebuild Cuba" on a cost-plus basis without ever performing any actual work.

Yessireebob, the end of the tyrannical Communist regime in Cuba will be a great f*cking day for America, of that you can be sure. Another victory for the Land of the Free. Flag-waving morons from Maine to San Diego will get all teary-eyed about the whole thing.

You watch.

Little Havana is where the party is tonight! Woo! Look for good Florida tags tomorrow for sure.