On Nov 7, 11:57*am, "Paul Evans" wrote:
"Tudor Hughes" wrote in message

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On Nov 6, 11:37 pm, "Keith (Southend)G"
wrote:

http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/...008/index.html
http://www.cira.colostate.edu/cira/R.../tropical.html

Looks like we got out of Cuba in the nick of time as Tropical
Storm Paloma is predicted to Cross Cuba in the next couple
of days as a Cat 2 Hurricane.

This is a shame as Cuba's growth has already been set back
one year by this years 2 hurricanes that already struck the
Island. There were many food stuff in short supply and the Fruit
& Veg markets are currently not operating.

Yet the people earn the equivalent of £1.40 per day (10 hours
work), but they all seem happier than many here, it is safe and
there is no knife crime or drugs, in fact because money has no
'real' value, as a foreigner you're not worth mugging as there's
nothing in the shops anyway.

If you haven't been there, it's a real eye opener, take soap, shoes
and tee-shirts, as these are too expensive for the locals to buy, if
they can find any, even leave some of your clothes that you may
not want to bring home. Believe me, they are truly grateful
people.

Perhaps now that the USA has actually got a human being as a
president they may stop trying to ruin Cuba, a country that
represents no threat to them whatever.

I'd imagine the Castros are doing a great job of that by themselves,
especially where political dissidents are concerned. If the US is so
evil, then why are so many Cubans willing to risk their lives to
cross the sea to Florida?

You mean they are not allowed to leave or not allowed to arrive?

Somehow the picture of the free country keeps coming up as a rather
small, green, socialist one.

The alternative only got a free election that wasn't fixed because the
incumberance was all washed up and the replacement had the polling
stations patrolled by lawyers.

What kind of culture is that?
When you think secret police and disappeared ones, you don't think of
Cuba. When you think of the freedom to go to Cuba you don't think of
the USA.

And the worst thing for the newbie is that the chimp has invited him
to dance. If he says thanks but no thanks and bush gets few more weeks
to hash things up, Obama will have more difficult job.

But if he joins the present farce he gets mired with the slush.

Personally I'd steer clear. If the monkey wants to get out early, make
the fool say so.

As for the regime. Whilst I can't agree with any totalitarianism,
Bushco or Castro, the fact remains the proportion of people killed in
tropical storms is much higher in the USA than it is in Cuba.

What was the score last time? 200 to 6 or something? How did the USA
manage to let 200 people die in a bloody storm? There'd have been a
general election if such a thing were allowed to happen in Britain.