Your Quote of the Week
From The Militant:
"I want to go to Cuba because I’ve heard a lot about Cuba as a socialist country, and I want to see for myself and understand how communism contributes to a better way of life," said Sol Porras, the president of the MEChA chapter at California State University Northridge.Smart boy, that Sol. Think he's read this? Nah, it's probably just propaganda anyway.
Daniel Weintraub wonders if they'll be talking to a recently-released dissident. I'm hoping they get a tour of the prisons, so they can see how thought criminals are cured by the Castro regime. No tour of the glorious worker's paradise is complete without it!
(Thanks to Bob Arne for the links.)
This student's wheel may be turning but the hamster is definitely dead.
Of course these CSU students will get the typical state run travel bonanza. They won't be speaking with dissidents. Nor will they be speaking to many Cuban's that aren't part of the regime rhetoric. They will be afforded Castro's vision of Utopia.
A week or two won't do them any good if they want to learn about the wonders of communism. I suggest a 12 month sabbatical to really get their feet wet.
Because of Rudolfo Acuna, CSUN is full of these whackies. MECHA being a natural home for them.
Mr. Porras may not discover his socialist utopia, but at least he'll get laid, which for him will make all the difference.
thanks for the info
You can also see in the New York Times how the American Library Association is having a big fight right now. Some members want to condemn Cuba for, you know, cracking down on people for possessing illegitimate books and having independent libraries.
Others, many presumably socialists or Communist sympathizers, think that it doesn't count because those people are dissidents and only amateur librarians, and thus deserve no rights.
Well, if Sol Porras wants to see communism in action, I hope Fidel's secret cops toss her young, poor ass in the Habana slammer, or wherever they bury them who wind up in graybar on that island.
I've always believed you didn't deserve political martyrdom unless you suffered for the Cause. Which means that when some young American troublemaker (typically the female kind) floats into Ciudad el Diablo or some other tropical Caribbean hellhole, looking for real-life adventure just like in the movies, I manifest a not-so-secret hope that the local gestapo finds some reason to toss her ass into the back of one of those big black cop trucks, beat the shit out of her, and introduce her to life in an authentic Spanish-American slammer. Maybe for a couple of years. While her agonized college professor parents scream at the US State Department to bring home their innocent darling. Sort of like Lori Berenson, now a permanent resident of Peru for all of the above-stated reasons, and above all, courtesy of her own big mouth.
Like I always say. I'm just a kind-hearted guy, who thinks everybody gets what's coming to him or her.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
You're so timid, Arnold. When will you cut loose and tell us what you really think?
When, Dean? After your birthday, so the combination of good beer and outrageous commentaries will not cause you ill health.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI