Originally Posted by ironporer

I think that is what the anti-Castro Cubans in Miami think, and hope, but I really wonder if in Cuba there is not a very ingrained sense of socialisim now after almost 50 years, under a system that arguably worked better than any other Socialist state- and certainly bettered the lives of the common man over what they had before.

I envision a combination of the two systems evolving...and hopefully now the Cuban people will have both good Medical care AND food...

Originally Posted by dan_alford

That is true. You could have a whole new hunting season, Chav season.If it happens, could I borrow a gun, preferably an assault rifle?

Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas

I may have one I can lend you....you can pay for the ammo though.

Originally Posted by Ray

With the news that Fidel Castro is ill ...

If he pops his clogs ..will his brother Raul be able to keep it all together ???

Or will it become a capitalist vacation center with massive investment from the US ????

Or even the 51st State ...

Originally Posted by Richardowen

Yes I though it was good. Was it Samuel L. in a kilt that did it for you ?

Originally Posted by ironporer

I think that is what the anti-Castro Cubans in Miami think, and hope, but I really wonder if in Cuba there is not a very ingrained sense of socialisim now after almost 50 years, under a system that arguably worked better than any other Socialist state- and certainly bettered the lives of the common man over what they had before.

I envision a combination of the two systems evolving...and hopefully now the Cuban people will have both good Medical care AND food...

Originally Posted by Sarah

I read somewhere that Cuba has one of the best public healthcare systems in the world and that a black baby born in the USA is more likely to die than in Cuba.

If America does go in and take over it'll just be like Russia was after the fall of communism, still loads of poverty but now with a big McDonalds in the middle of Havana.

Originally Posted by Sarah

I read somewhere that Cuba has one of the best public healthcare systems in the world and that a black baby born in the USA is more likely to die than in Cuba. .

Originally Posted by Ray

Yes!! their infant mortality rate is tops
But six out of ten preganacies in Cuba are aborted. As confirmed by the Cuban Government's own numbers. Not only that, but abortions are paid for by the state, encouraged even... got to keep those figures up ...

Originally Posted by anotherlimey

As opposed to Europe's 5/10......

Originally Posted by Sarah

I read somewhere that Cuba has one of the best public healthcare systems in the world and that a black baby born in the USA is more likely to die than in Cuba.

Originally Posted by Angry White Pyjamas

Ask a real live genuine Cuban what they feel about it. not what a theorising acedemic thinks.

Originally Posted by Sarah

Wouldn't that mean travelling to Cuba? Don't think you get an entirely balanced view of it talking only to Cuban-Americans who've swam across....

Originally Posted by anotherlimey

As opposed to Europe's 5/10......

Originally Posted by anotherlimey

I went to Cuba in '03; we were allowed to ask regular Cubans what they thought of Fidel Castro. The tour guide said "I like him, he's OK", then changed the subject; no one else would answer us.... !

EDIT: Come to think of it, I probably got a few of them shot.