January 14, 2004

Note to Dorothy: Get the Hell Out!!

And bring Toto!

Apparently, the folks at the Kansas Department of Commerce have made a deal with Cuba's importer, Alimport, an arm of the Castro Regime, to export 10 million in mostly wheat and flour to Cuba.

Part of the deal is that Kansas lobby the Federal Government for easing or lifting trade restrictions and assistance in securing visas for Alimport officials.

I guess the Kansas Department of Commerce hasn't read the letter I posted from the National Alliance of Independent Cuban Farmers a few days ago.

It's the see no evil approach to marketing. Sell the product at all costs and turn a blind eye to where its going, whom will benefit and who will not.

Sickening.

Posted by Val Prieto at January 14, 2004 07:49 AM

Comments

My question is where the hell the states think they get the authority to do this. Last I checked, they weren't supposed to be running their own foreign policies: that's what the federal government. Unless Congress, for some insane reason, authorized them to do crap like this, the Justice Department needs to crack on it. If it's illegal for Massachusetts to deny state contracts to companies that do business with Burma, I fail to see the difference.

Posted by: Dave J at January 29, 2004 12:32 AM


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