Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Merritt who wrote (63949)	7/3/1999 1:51:00 AM
From: JBW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Merritt, Before Castro, Cuba was a relatively well off country. As for Cuban health care sure its free but there is none. I probably, like you would like just for once if our so called leaders/experts had a clue about what they are doing. Carter was a prime bozo. Good man but naive. All he had to do was continue paying the Iranian Mullahs their bribe money. But that was immoral. So along comes the Ayatollah. Now that was a real moral option. Anyway both Parties give me a real pain, the Dems. more so. OK, enough politics, got any good money making ideas? Do you think we see 12,000? That article from the PEI sure sounded like after the correction from Aug. to Jan. it will be new highs again. We will just have to wait and see. JBW

To: Merritt who wrote (63949)	7/3/1999 9:24:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Dear Merritt: I grew up in Florida and was a teenager when Castro took over. I spoke a little Spanish so was involved with the initial Cuban Refugees. I know we all were for Castro in the beginning until he showed up in Moscow, but truth is, he took away the most important thing of all from the Cuban people--FREEDOM. Yes, he has instituted major education reforms, and I believe he has done the best he could under the circumstances with Health Care for the people but he also gives them little say in their lives. His second in command Che went throughout South and Central America trying to foment Revolution etc etc. Under the circumstances I dont see where we had any choice but to try and isolate that government, although I admit it was the worst thing probably for the people. As to Batista, I dont think he was that nasty, he was just a crook basically controlled by the Mafia. Actually the people had relative freedom under his regime. JDN