Fidel Castro, Cuba, castro death watch, havana, habana

Because I’ve long been a big fan of Irish rock group U2, I–in my naive youth–briefly joined Shamnesty International after U2 gave them a free plug during a concert. But then I got older and–as Winston Churchill noted–became more conservative and wiser. And I terminated my membership in the organization.
This news […]

It sure looks that way after finding out, via The Natural Truth, the “news” agency sent its on-air staffers an e-mail yesterday with the following talking points on the “Castro resigns” story (my comments in parentheses):
-Please note Fidel did bring social reforms to Cuba – namely free education (you mean indoctrination) and universal(ly awful) […]

Barack Obama’s Houston campaign office–watch the disgusting video at Hot Air.
And then remember when you go vote.

The Code Commie Pinko b**ches are at it again.
Whining about a “lack of free speech” in Miami, they’re going back to Miami–right in front of Versailles Resturant in Little Havana–tomorrow morning at 11AM.
I have to work but if you can be there to give them a warm Miami welcome, please do […]

Compare and contrast, below.
First, from the Miami Herald, an article about the Ladies in White (Las Damas de Blanco):
Las Damas has won honors from Human Rights Watch and Human Rights First and the prestigious Sakharov Prize given by the European Parliament. More than any other human rights group struggling inside Cuba, Las […]

Just when I thought I’d heard it all, comes this MSM fawnfest for Castro:
Fidel Castro looked frail but alert and even playful in a series of official photographs taken during a meeting with Brazil’s president on Tuesday, the first images of the ailing Cuban leader released in about three months.
Playful?!?!? Fidel Castro PLAYFUL?!?!? […]

Brazil President Heads To Cuba, Hopes To See ‘Friend’ Castro

obviously spoiling for a fight. And they got one according to most news accounts, although it could’ve been worse, a lot worse.
Anywho, I think Babalu Blog said it best:
In Cuba she would have never been able to travel across the country to protest anything. And in Cuba the mob would have […]

It’s not enough that stupor-model-turned-useful-idiot Naomi Campbell interviewed Hugo Chavez. Now she wants to interview Fidel Castro:
Having interviewed Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez for GQ magazine, supermodel-turned-journalist Naomi Campbell is now making her best efforts to land one-to-one talks with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Better hurry, Naomi. Fidel is […]

Well, in a hypothetical post by Henry Gomez of Babalu Blog, anyway, the Useless Nations and the media are called to account for their tacit–and in some cases, wide open–support of Castro’s regime. Here’s a choice snippet:
But this body is not just guilty of inaction when confronted with deplorable crimes. Sadly it’s much […]