How’s about we try Castro in absentia?

 How’s about we try Castro in absentia?  Luis Posada Carriles, Media, Politics  1 Response »
May 142007
 

Or much better still, in person? Oh, if only.

Cuba’s–and the MSM’s–obsession with the 79-year-old Luis Posada Carriles reached a fever pitch today:

Cuban university students symbolically tried Luis Posada Carriles on Monday, accusing the anti-communist warrior of teaming up with Washington to commit decades of terrorist attacks.

A four-judge panel of University of Havana law students were scheduled to hear 32 witnesses over two days before issuing a sentence — also symbolic — against the 79-year-old former CIA operative. Posada, who was born in Cuba, has dedicated most of his life to toppling Fidel Castro’s communist-run government.

The verdict was not in doubt. The trial was organized by the Communist Party’s youth wing and other pro-government groups, and there was no sign of anybody named to offer a defense of Posada.

No new evidence was expected, though Cuba hopes the trial will keep public pressure on the United States to act against Posada, who was released last week from house arrest in the U.S. after a Texas judge dropped immigration charges against him.

Hundreds of college and high school students, many looking bored and squirming in their seats, filled a social club ringed by dilapidated tennis courts in the Cuban capital’s Vedado district.

A few notes:

-Bored kids? Hahaha, no doubt they attended “voluntarily” :-)

-”The verdict was not in doubt.” Of course it wasn’t, there’s no such thing as a fair trial in Castro’s Cuba.

-”…no sign of anybody named to offer a defense of Posada.” Again, there’s no such thing as a fair trial in Castro’s Cuba.

-”No new evidence was expected…” Of course not, there’s nothing new about Castro’s propaganda games.

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 Posted by at 7:14 pm

But, but, but, what about Posada Carriles?

 But, but, but, what about Posada Carriles?  Castro's Fellow Travelers, From Other Blogs, Luis Posada Carriles, Media, Politics, Useful Idiots  Comments Off
May 132007
 

While the usual cast of leftist useful idiot apologists for Castro hold their rallies and fruitcake fests to protest a judge’s ruling that Luis Posada Carriles–a man who had already been acquitted in Venezuela for what they accuse him of–should be freed, they conveniently ignore Castro’s allowing numerous fugitives from U.S. justice to live in Cuba. We’re talking about people accused of, and in some cases actually CONVICTED of, serious crimes, folks, such as murder of law enforcement officers and hijacking. Listed below are a few:

  • Charlie Hill, accused murderer, admitted hijacker
  • Joanne Chesimard (AKA Assata Shakur), who has a $1 million bounty on her head for escaping prison after actually being convicted in the killing of a New Jersey state trooper
  • Guillermo Morales, arrested on bomb-making charges after a bomb he made blew up in his apartment, blowing off the fingers of one of his own hands
  • Ralph Goodwin, accomplice of Charlie Hill, died in Cuba
  • Michael Finney, another accomplice of Charlie Hill who also died in Cuba
  • William Lee Brent, accused of a hijacking, died in Cuba

As is standard with leftists, if someone proclaims themselves to be against the U.S., then they’re automatically innocent of the most heinous crimes–but if they did do it, they were “justified.” That’s the mentality of these people: politics comes first, the ends justify the means.

And the converse is true: if you’re against left-wing dictators (such as Castro), then anything the left-wing dictatorship accuses you of is automatically true, and you should be executed without benefit of trial, never mind that leftists are usually the first ones to demand a fair trial and are supposedly against the death penalty. Apparently, those principles only apply to their fellow travelers.

Don’t forget any of this when you read the fawning puff pieces about left-wing radical criminals in the sympathetic MSM.

A hat tip to Babalu Blog for bringing up this issue.

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 Posted by at 11:25 am

Granma is right about one thing:

 Granma is right about one thing:  Media, Miscellaneous, Politics  Comments Off
May 102007
 

“The height of absurdity.”

For Granma, it’s more than a headline, it’s their entire philosophy.

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 Posted by at 7:26 pm

He could feed half the island by himself

 He could feed half the island by himself  Castro's Fellow Travelers, Cuba's Healthcare System, Politics, Useful Idiots  Comments Off
May 102007
 

Michael Moore is back in the Cuba news spotlight this week. This time, the feds are after him for breaking the Cuban embargo law:

The U.S. government has launched a probe into whether maverick director Michael Moore, whose 2004 documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11″ skewered the Bush administration, broke laws when he went to Cuba for a new movie about U.S. health care.

U.S. citizens face “civil and/or criminal penalties” for unauthorized travel to the communist country, the U.S. Treasury Department warned in a letter to the Oscar-winning director that was posted on Moore’s Web site on Thursday.

Now, why would Michael Moore-on go to an island filled with people starving to death, you ask? Oh, it’s because the useful idiot wanted to take some of the people who got sick helping out at the World Trade Center during and after September 11, to Cuba for the “wonderful” health care they have there. In other words, he wanted to use these folks as pawns in a political game to embarrass his country for his new movie, appropriately named “Sicko.”

What a Moore-on.

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 Posted by at 7:20 pm

Loudmouthed Castro silent on this

 Loudmouthed Castro silent on this  Castro's Fellow Travelers, Miscellaneous, Politics  Comments Off
May 052007
 

I suppose it’s okay to criticize ethanol use when it’s President Bush who proposes it, but not when its proposed by Brazil, eh Fidel?

Brazil, a world leader in alcohol fuel, expects to produce a record 5.34 billion gallons of ethanol in the current sugarcane season, up 13.5 percent from the harvest before, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday.

No word from Castro who, thanks to his intestinal ailment, now spews hot air from both ends of his body, not just his mouth.

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 Posted by at 7:21 am

Bravo!

 Bravo!  Bush, Luis Posada Carriles, Politics  Comments Off
May 042007
 

The issue isn’t whether or not he did what he’s accused of doing (for which he has already been acquitted, I might add).

The issue is simply that ANY so-called “evidence” the Castro government would present is suspect on its face.

Three Cuban lawmakers have condemned the Justice Department’s decision to send FBI agents to Cuba to collect evidence against a terror suspect.

The FBI have reportedly been to Cuba recently to gather more information on the alleged involvement Luis Posada Carriles in a hotel bombing that killed an Italian in Havana in 1997.

“By asking a state sponsor of terrorism for evidence’ regarding terrorism, the Bush administration Justice Department demonstrates a shockingly profound ignorance of the nature of terrorism, of its origins and its state sponsors,” U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and brothers Lincoln and Mario Díaz-Balart said in a statement, The Miami Herald reported Friday.

Shame on the FBI for collaborating with Castro.

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 Posted by at 7:40 pm

New poll for May: Why did Fidel Castro miss May Day this year?

 New poll for May: Why did Fidel Castro miss May Day this year?  Castro Is Dead, Politics, Poll  Comments Off
May 012007
 

Vote in our new May poll:

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 Posted by at 8:45 pm

Castro to tower: May day, May day, May day!

 Castro to tower: May day, May day, May day!  Castro Is Dead, Politics  Comments Off
May 012007
 

Like an airplane about to crash, looks as though Castro missed the proverbial runway on May Day this year:

There was no sign of a convalescing Fidel Castro as hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through Havana’s Revolution Plaza to celebrate May Day, casting new doubts on his recovery and whether he will return to power.

This is the first time in 40 years that Castro hasn’t made it to the May Day parade, a celebration that would have been unthinkable without him a year ago, reports CBS News senior foreign correspondent Lara Logan.

While recent images of Castro meeting with Chinese leaders indicated he had improved considerably since undergoing emergency surgery nine months ago, his absence at the parade through the Revolution Plaza raised questions about whether he is strong enough to run the country.

I guess it’s hard to give eight-hour speeches through an artificial anus.

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 Posted by at 8:35 pm

Who do YOU believe?

 Who do YOU believe?  Anti-Communism, Castro Is Dead, Human Rights, Media, Politics  Comments Off
May 012007
 

An article in USA Today about Raul Castro’s rule over Cuba is laughingly titled “Many find reassuring continuity under brother Raul.” Read the article carefully and you’ll find the so-called “many” who find continuity “reassuring” are those who benefit the most from said continuity: Castro’s lackeys:

To those close to the government, there’s been a reassuring continuity.

(Jorge Mario Sanchez, an economist at the Center for the Study of the United States, a government think tank in Havana), says Raul Castro is using the party constructively.

Meanwhile, what does the average Cuban Jose have to say about this? How does this affect his life? Does he, too, find this continuity “reassuring?”

Ordinary Cubans, including many who won’t allow their full names to be published for fear of retribution, say they’ve noticed little change.

Abdel, a former wrestling coach, says a heavier police presence is the only difference he’s seen since Fidel Castro underwent emergency surgery for intestinal bleeding in July.

Rene, a carpenter, says food and other routine purchases cost more today.

The U.S. government says Raul Castro has brought hard-liners back into prominent positions and given the Communist Party more authority.

Miguel, a carpenter and electrician in Havana, is wary of the party’s new assertiveness. “This is how they intimidate us,” he says.

I think that last quote sums it up quite well.

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 Posted by at 8:30 pm

Way to go, Conchita!

 Way to go, Conchita!  Anti-Communism, Chavez - Venezuela, Politics  Comments Off
May 012007
 

It’s a good, albeit rare, thing to see Hollywood types pick the right side when it comes to socialist dictators:

Cuban-born actress Maria Conchita Alonso, who grew up in Venezuela and is a staunch opponent of President Hugo Chavez, plans to play a die-hard Chavez supporter in a film that takes a critical view of Latin America’s most outspoken leader.

Alonso, a Hollywood veteran who has appeared in films including “Moscow on the Hudson” and “The House of the Spirits,” said Monday that she will enjoy switching roles to play a passionate admirer of the president she deplores.

“It is not going to be very difficult to play a Chavista,” she told The Associated Press in a phone interview from Washington. “You know, love and hate are very close to each other.”

The film, “Two Minutes of Hate,” is to include real footage of Chavez’s speeches and his supporters firing guns from a bridge when chaos erupted at a large opposition march that led up to a short-lived 2002 coup.

Producer Edward Bass said he plans to begin shooting the film – written by a Venezuelan who remains anonymous – in Miami within three months. Bass said the concept is that “Venezuela is the Titanic, Chavez is the captain,” and Alonso’s character is in love with an anti-Chavez professor who in the semi-fictional account is among those shot and killed in 2002.

Bravo, Conchita! I can’t wait till the film comes out.

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