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Val,

Ignorance of the realities of communism (and just about everything else historical) is a prerequisite for being a "tolerant", "peace-loving", "high-IQ", blue-stater. They are imbeciles and I am not ashamed to say it. Ann Coulter -- God bless her! -- once quipped on Hannity & Colmes that "liberals don't read, they don't know history, and they're stupid." That about sums it up just right...

Val - don't get steamed. They're not worth your time. You're giving them your energy - they don't deserve it. If they are fools - they are fools. You can't convince stupid people to accept truth. They just can't. So don't even try. Being honest with yourself is hard for some people who have no soul. As long as you know the truth - screw-em if they don't want to accept it. It's their life. Let them go through it in ignorance. You know the truth. You speak the truth. It's all you need. The truth will set you free. You've done too much good this week to let an asshole bring you DOWN. A family in Tampa is having a good family Christmas because of YOU. That's all the truth you need to know. Don't let the turkeys get you down. They're not worth your time.

Yo Val- sorry for the long post - but here is something to whet your appitite on!

Keep the faith – yes, the world is filled with Castro loving scumbags. Read my rant, and below maybe you will find something I am doing that might cheer us all up.
“Frustration a lo Cubano” is my middle name! At times I feel like the astronaut in Planet of the Apes, or James Bond when they threw him in the North Korean prison camp in the last movie (which btw had a great Cuba part-go see it!)
It is frustrating, heck you live in Cuba paradise (Miami) compared to where I grew up and live - no, I am not in Berkley or San Fran but I grew up in NYC which is somewhat a Fidel lover's outpost. There used to be a lot of Cubans here when I got here as a child in the 1970s but as it happens they grew old and died, moved to NJ or Miami, or their kids became “too Americano” and are ashamed of being Cuba in front of their Anglo parents in law. However, we do have a somewhat decent Cuban community here that exists at times. Believe me we have our share of Castro luvvers here. We are home to Pastors for Peace, The Center for Cuban Stud-ies, City College (where I tired to study architecture) but had to leave because it was know as “Havana on the Hudson”. Plus you have whacked out Afrikan Americans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Central Americans, and South Americans, not to mention Euro trash who all worship at the altar of Fidel. Oh, and we have the most dirtiest collection of, perverts, pagans and child molesters and miscreants known to man in the Castro and Communist love festers – the National Council of Churches! Remember Elian?
http://www.geocities.com/nccwatch/ (one of my websites)

But, getting back to the story. Wayne Smith is the biggest scumbag on the face of the earth. So is Carter. And Max Castro too amongst a list of thousands. They should all be tired for human rights abuses - which reminds me of a little project I is doing - which is actually for me, for you, for our families, for those who fled Cuba and have died, never to see their homeland again, for those living in Cuba, for our friends who are not Cuban but love the cause, for people like me who never saw Cuba but one day hope to go there when it is free, for Biscet, for Marti, for Celia...

La listica (The little list) not finished yet…a work in progress where we learn of all the Castro folks…they are all connected it’s a sick web.
The list is for a free Cuba – when Cuba falls. It is a list that all free Cuban citizens should have – it should be posted at all airports, seaports, marinas, points of entry into the island for the purpose of identifying the Castro supporters of the past who helped bring Cuba down. This list is to identify them in Cuba – there will be pictures of the criminals where available – in order for the Cuban people to arrest them early on as they set foot on the island, to try them in a real court, to fine them, and to show the world know of the collaborators with Castro that made Cuba one of the most repressive societies in the world. And then when they are arrested and taken to the court they are promptly expelled out of Cuba forever never to set foot – and if they do well 2 strikes and your out! You get thrown in jail for life – or we let the people administer some Cuban justice by way of Texas if you catch my drift.

The organizations listed below have either acted as Cuban dictatorship fronts abroad or as supporters and apologists for Fidel Castro's one party tyranny.

The same applies to the numerous individuals listed below who are either agents or supporters for the Cuban dictatorship. It is ironic that most of the individuals (many who are celebrities) who laud Fidel Castro as a social justice giant don't realize or completely ignore the fact that Castro's egalitarian paradise jails, tortures, and has even executed, artists, librarians, journalists, scientists, intellectuals, poets, teachers, singers, athletes...and even ordinary citizens who are critical of the regime.

Lets start – not in any order…

BARBARA WALTERS
"For Castro, freedom starts with education. And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as one of the freest nations on Earth. The literacy rate is 96 percent."

Bonnie Raitt
"You go Fidel!" Big time Castro supporter

Michael Franti

Bianca Jagger

Ed Asner
http://capmag.com/article.asp?ID=2722
"I am opposed to capital punishment by any country, by any persons. I disapprove of Mr. Castro's executing. I understand that the trial was very fair, that the death penalty is exercised in Cuba and therefore, by Cuban standards, the trial was fair and judicious even though I abhor the death penalty." -- Ed Asner on the kangaroo trial and execution of three men who attempted to come to America by hijacking a boat.

MICHAEL MOORE
"The worst that could be said is that, in Cuba, you were in jeopardy of receiving free health care whenever you needed it, an excellent education in one of the few countries that has 100% literacy, and a better chance of your baby sister being born and making it to her first birthday than if she had been born in Washington, DC." -- Michael Moore in an Open Letter to Elian Gonzales on the virtues of going back to Cuba.

Jackson Browne (big time supporter – you see his name on all Cuba related events in the United States.

Steven Spielberg
"[My time with Castro] was the eight most important hours of my life."

Jack Nicholson
"He [Castro] is a genius. We spoke about everything."

Naomi Campbell
"[Castro is] a source of inspiration to the world." – loves Fidel – she has met him

Chevy Chase
"Socialism works ... [and] Cuba might prove that. I think it's conclusive that there have been areas where socialism has helped to keep people at least stabilized at a certain level." --

Spike Lee
Ossie Davis
Jonathan Demme
Ani DiFranco
Jane Fonda
Casey Kasem (yes, the voice of Shaggy – a big time supporter always lends his name to pro Castro events)

Kweisi Mfume
Sally Kirkland
Madonna
Rep. Charlie Rangell
ARCA FOUNDATION
PACIFICA RADIO
ACLU
NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD
KATHY BOUDIN
Paul Newman
Elizardo Sanchez
Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
WALTER LIPPMANN

WOODY HARLESON
"I also discovered that the Cuban people are among the happiest people I have ever met. They are open, friendly and full of life in spite of the economic gloom. And the vast majority love Castro..."

BLACK CAUCUS
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND
DAN RATHER
PETER JENNINGS
KATIE COURIC

OLIVER STONE
"We should look to (Castro) as one of the Earth's wisest people, one of the people we should consult."

MORT ZUCKERMAN (invited Fidel to luch with the press in NYC held a big party for him in NYC)

SAUL LANDAU - CASTRO AGENT
"[Castro] has brought a greater equality in terms of wealth distribution than I guess any country in the world today."

More from Saul Landau, this is an excerpt from an article by Marc Morano from December 17, 2002 CNSNews.com called 'Cuba is King'. The previous quotes are also from the article.

Filmmaker Saul Landau, an Emmy award-winning filmmaker who produced four separate documentaries on Castro's Cuba for PBS and CBS, including a 1974 CBS documentary with Dan Rather, thinks Hollywood's assessment of Cuba reflects reality. Landau rejects the idea that Castro is duping celebrities. "How the hell is he duping them? They've got two eyes, they've got two ears," ... "You don't have millions of homeless people in Cuba, you don't have 42 million people who don't have access to medical care," Landau said, comparing Cuba to the United States.

...Landau also believes Castro's detractors have exaggerated his human rights abuses. "I have not seen any evidence that he is a sadistic monster or a brutal dictator," he explained, adding that he has little regard for Cuban American refugees. "People in Miami who are running their anti-Castro lobby, are, in my opinion, not representative of the Cubans in the country," Landau said. "Cuban human rights violations take the form of procedural violations. They involve legal and political rights rather than economic and social rights," he added.

Landau did not deny that Castro's rule has included suppression of a free press and multi-party electoral process, but said like in any revolution, "they broke a lot of eggs" to achieve their goals. He also made it clear that he is no fan of President George W. Bush. "It's very difficult coming from the U.S., to imagine a political leader with whom you could have an intelligent conversation. Well, I guess you could with Bill Clinton, but you certainly can't with the moron that is in there today," Landau said. Castro has a "religious aura" about him, according to Landau. "When he comes into room, a wind follows him. He intimidates people by his very presence, he emanates, he vibrates power," he explained.

Mavis Anderson

ANYA LANDAU,
WAYNE SMITH
anya@ciponline.org, www.ciponline.org/cuba
Landau is a research associate with the Center for International Policy (based in Washington, D.C.). Smith is a senior analyst with the group. They are authors of the recent report "CIP Challenges Bolton on Cuba Bio-Terror Charges." Landau is going to Cuba on Wednesday.

MARLENE ARZOLA
ccd@ccdusa.org, www.ccdusa.org
Outreach coordinator for the Cuban Committee for Democracy (based in Miami), Arzola said today: "We need engagement with Cuba, and to shift away from the politics of isolation towards more openness and dialogue. It's hypocritical of the U.S. government to talk about democracy in Cuba and not other places where that isn't as convenient."

JANE FRANKLIN, JBFranklins@compuserve.com, http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jbfranklins

ALFREDO DURAN
President, Cuban Committee for Democracy

The Christopher Reynolds Foundation
http://www.creynolds.org/guide.htm
GIVES MONEY TO CASTRO FRIENDLY ORGANIZATIONS
The Christopher Reynolds Foundation

Board of Directors
Dr. Michael Kahn of California, a teacher, psychologist and author. Dr. Kahn serves as the Foundation's president. He has been a member of the board since the Foundation's beginning.

John R. Boettiger, Ph.D., New Hampshire, author, psychologist, historian, and founding faculty member of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Dr. Boettiger joined the board as a vice-president in 1974, and currently serves also as the Foundation's treasurer.

Suzanne Derrer, New Mexico, an artist and crafter, has been a board vice-president since 1986.

Virginia Kahn, California, a registered nurse with a specialty in hospice care, joined the board in 2003.

Andrea Panaritis, Executive Director, New York. Ms. Panaritis joined the Foundation in 1985 and serves as the board's secretary and assistant treasurer.

Robert Vitarelli, Assistant to Ms. Panaritis, manages the Foundation’s offices. He has been with the Foundation since 1998.

SILVIA WILHEM
Silvia Wilhelm, a native of Havana, Cuba, came to the United States as an unaccompanied child in January 1961 through the Operacion Pedro Pan.
After returning to Cuba for the first time after thirty-three years in the States, Mrs. Wilhelm became an active advocate for changing US policy towards Cuba. Mrs. Wilhelm is the founder and serves as executive director of Puentes Cubanos, an NGO once licensed to conduct educational, professional and cultural exchanges between the people of Cuba and the United States. (OFAC denied renewal of their license in 2003.)
In a recent letter to the editor of the Miami Herald, Silvia wrote, “As a Cuban American, I am outraged and sad over the recent recommendations [of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba], specifically those dealing with a reduction of remittances and further restrictions on travel by Cuban Americans to the island. These recommendations go clearly against American held values and freedoms and against deeply held family values.”

SARAH STEPHENS
Sarah Stephens, Program Director, Freedom to Travel Campaign: Stephens coordinates the Freedom to Travel Campaign, which focuses on developing strategies to end the U.S. embargo against Cuba. An active human rights advocate, from 1990-1991, Stephens served as Director of the Hollywood Policy Center's Human Rights Program, and later founded and directed Artists for a Hate Free America. She moved to Washington to work at the Washington Office on Latin America, and in December 2001 joined the Staff at the Center for International Policy.

DANIEL ARUCA, Marazul Travel, New Jersey
CUBAN GOVERNMENT FRONT IN THE UNITED STATES - POSES AS A TRAVEL AGENCY

FRANSICO ARUCA
Marazul Travel, New Jersey
RADIO PROGRESSO - CUBAN GOVERNMENT FRONT- CUBAN GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA RADIO STATION IN THE UNITED STATES

CHURCH COUNCIL OF GREATER SEATTLE -
SEATTLE/CUBA IS THEIR PROJECT

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
General Secretary REV.Bob Edgar

REV. JOAN BROWN CAMPBELL

SEATTLE THOMAS WARNER
Seattle/Cuba Friendship Committee
– a Task Force of the Church Council of Greater Seattle
8923 2nd Ave. N.E.
Seattle, WA, 98115
Phone: (206) 523-1720
Contact person: Thomas Warner
Email: warner@scn.org
www.seattlecuba.org

LISA VALENTI
LEADER OF the United States-Cuba Sister Cities Association

DWIGHT PELZ
Councilman Dwight Pelz in April 2001 to start a sister-relationship between King County and Granma Province!
http://www.metrokc.gov/mkcc/members/d5/index.htm

LUCIUS WALKER (LEADER PASTORS FOR PEACE)
Grants Administrator FOR PASTORS FOR PEACE: Ellen Bernstein
Program Coordinators FOR PASTORS FOR PEACE Emily Thomas
PASTORS FOR PEACE IFCO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rev. Schuyler Rhodes, President
Ms. Marilyn Clement, Treasurer
Rev. German Acevedo-Delgado
Dr. Luis Barrios
Rev. Susan Birkelo
Rev. Graylan Ellis-Hagler
Mr. Tom Knoche
Mr. Lawrence Smith, Esq.
Rev. Thomas Smith
Rev. Eliezer Valentin-Castanon
Mr. David Wildman

ALICE WALKER

ANN SPARNESE

KAREN LEE WALD

RORY LITWIN

JANE THOMAS

MEDEA BENJAMIN

SANDRA (CASANDRA) LEVINSON

HARRY BELOFANTE

LINCOLN CUSHIN

MARK ROSENSWIEG

Gérard Depardieu

DANNY GLOVER

TRANS AFRICA FORUM

LARRY OBERG

JOHN PATEMAN

ROBERT REDFORD

RIGOBERTA MENCHU

MANIC STREET PREACHERS
http://www.manics.co.uk/04/

Atlanta Cuba Solidarity Committee
9 Gammon Avenue, SW
Atlanta, GA 30315
Contact person: Sobukwe Shakura, Jerome Scott
Phone: (404) 508-3420 / (404) 622-0602
Email: SobukweKuumba@yahoo.com

BALTIMORE
Baltimore-Matanzas Sister City Association
Maryland-Cuba Friendship Coalition
P.O. Box 33231 Waverly Station
Baltimore, MD 21218
Contact person: Frank Pratka
Phone: (410) 366-8818
Email: frankp@charm.net

Joan and Paul Katzeff
http://www.endtheembargo.com/

AFRO CUBA WEB

RAMSEY CLARK
OPERATIVE AT INTERNATIONAL ACTION

TERESA GUITIERREZ
WORLD WORKER'S PARTY
OPERATIVE AT INTERNATIONAL ACTION
International Peace for Cuba Appeal/International Action Center

IKE NAHEM
NEW YORK
Cuba Solidarity New York
P.O. Box 423
New York, NY 10044
Contact person: Ike Nahem
Phone: (212) 339-0016
Email: CubaSolidarityNY@mindspring.com

MAX CASTRO - MIAMI HERALD - CASTRO APOLOGIST

WAYNE SMITH

JEFF FLAKE
U.S. Representative (R-AZ),
member of the House Cuba Working Group

KIRBY JONES,
Cuba business consultant, Alamar Associates, BREAKS THE US EMBARGO, DOES BUSINESS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS IN CUBA.

Dr. Alberto Jones,
Caribbean American Children Foundation
Palm Coast, Fla.

Fundación Amistad
http://www.fundacionamistad.org/

THE CUBAN AMERICAN ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND, INC. (CAAEF)
1010 Vermont Ave. , NW, Suite 620, Washington, DC, 20005
Telephone:(805) 627-1959 Fax:(805) 627-1959 caaef@direcway.com

CUBAN GOVERNMENT FRONT GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES PRETENDING TO SPEAK FOR THE MAJORITY OF CUBAN AMERICANS

DELVIS FERNANDEZ LEVY
President,Acting Executive Director,San Luis Obispo, Calif.

José I. Pertierra, Esq.
Chief Financial Officer
Immigration and Human Rights Attorney
Washington, D.C.

Patricia Morán
Executive Secretary
Word Bank, TransAfrica
Silver Springs, Md.

Dr. Alberto Jones, DVM
Caribbean American Children Foundation
Palm Coast, Fla.

Luis E. Rumbaut, Esq.
La Alborada Publications Director
Attorney Washington, D.C.

Holy shit Mandingo. That was a long post.

Wow Mandingo good list. Way to go Steve and thanks for the email link.

That Wayne guy makes me sick. But conclusively shows, in ways that Carter is too cowardly to, that Jimmah Cotta is always the dictator's friend. Just ask any Venezuelan.

I know what you mean Val. I moved from Miami to Chicago in 2001 and I was appauled at how many people wanted Elian to go back to Cuba. Que car*jo pasa con esta gente? With the exception of some scatter Cubans here and there I think all of Chicago is in love with el barbudo. Actually, let me take that back, most of the Puerto Ricans here hate Castro too. Thats not enough though. Every other person has a Che shirt. Every other person is a self proclaimed commi. And EVERYONE thinks Miami is some riot infested, Cuban Mafia runned corrupt political power house. (I think this is a self-projection, since Chicago politics are as corrupt as they get.)

Fidel loving Liberals are idiots. I was having a conversation with this one mongolica who was trying to tell me that the Chinese didn't come over into Cuba until after the Revolution. I tried explaining to her that she was full of shit. And when I mentioned that I was Cuban-American, she couldn't believe me.

You see, in Chicago, Hispanics aren't suppose to look white they're suppose to look like Native Americans who happen to speak Spanish. Oh and it gets better: since Cuba is in the Carribean, many people here think that ALL Cubans are Black. I then point out Fidelito is neither Black nor Indian but a white guy of Galician parents, and they freak out. (I also then suggest that he's a racist since almost all of his party is white, he's rarely seen in photographs with afro-cubans, and that he over-threw Batista who was a mulatto to whom he made racist remarks on.)

And so what else do I do? I buy iron-on paper and design my own t-shirts. Like I did one with a "Free Biscet logo." I'm designing a anti-Castro one and I must say that your F*ck Che has caused some inspiration, and so maybe I'll do something with that.

All in all, the Castro wet dreamers are mongolicos e imbecils who should leave the freedom of the USA and move in with their hero.

My advise Val, don't let it get to you. Limpiate tu C*lo con todo los amantes de Fidel... y quedate sucio. Ellos son unos "comen santos y cagan diablos" who aren't worth our anger.