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To: epicure who wrote (5431)	11/17/2005 9:26:36 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543024

I appreciate his debunking the idiocy of treating the Cuban people as sub humans by denying them medical supplies in trade. As I see it all to please the Cuban Americans and get their vote. We trade with China.. Communist.. We trade with Venezuela... etc. Why not help Cuba.... If they were so unhappy they could overthrow Castro. Personally he has helped level the playing field with less poverty for all and done away with illiteracy...as well as universal health care. He is taking good care of his people in my opinion.. I would like us to recognize Castro as the leader of his people and stop punishing the latter... for that's what we are doing.

To: epicure who wrote (5431)	11/21/2005 10:08:58 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543024

Carter seems to have it about right here: observer.guardian.co.uk Subtle beginning: In recent years, I have become increasingly concerned by a host of radical government policies that now threaten many basic principles espoused by all previous administrations, Democratic and Republican. These include the rudimentary American commitment to peace, economic and social justice, civil liberties, our environment and human rights. Worth reading the rest, too. I do find myself more impressed by him now as an elder statesman, than at the time as a statesman...