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To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (300249)	8/17/2006 2:26:07 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583681

I know someone who lives there and visits Canada and they are even afraid to speak badly of their government while over here. Of course, that's the story in every monarchy system that lacks a free press. Does that surprise you? They live in fear. No, that's a bit of an exaggeration. Most Saudis are just trying to raise their families same as the rest of us. The Saudi Government is a puppet of the US. !! Ha! No way. A pretty expensive puppet!

To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (300249)	8/17/2006 10:50:05 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583681

Cuban reality "Your average income is $15 a month. Your meat ration is 3.3 pounds a month. "Owning a car is forbidden unless you are among the ruling elite. Computers are illegal. So is Internet access. ... "Welcome to the politically abused country American leftists have slavishly adored, defended and given excuses for since Fidel [Castro] took absolute power in 1959. "One of only five communist anachronisms left on Earth, Cuba today is a nice place to visit, but unless you subscribe to The Nation magazine or belong to the Communist Party you don't want to live there. "One political party, Partido Comunista de Cuba, runs the government, owns everything of importance, sets wages and prices, controls all the media, makes all the plans, writes all the rules, puts up all the candidates, wins all the elections and kills or jails the dissidents. ... "The Cuban peso -- equal to about 4 U.S. pennies in Havana -- is worthless beyond Cuba's shores. ... "Anything would be better than what Fidel has created -- an impoverished, crumbling, living museum to the evils, idiocies and inefficiencies of unfettered Soviet socialism."