April 25, 2005
Cuba and Spain, etc.
From National Review's irreplaceable Jay Nordlinger (in today's Impromptus):
Frank Calzón is a man who has to put up with a lot — he is the (invaluable) executive director of the Center for a Free Cuba, in Washington. On his website, you will find this note:Dear Friends,King Juan Carlos I of Spain met with Fidel Castro’s foreign minister recently in Madrid. Castro’s envoy presented his government’s views to the King. In a plea now circulating, a thousand supporters of human rights in Cuba ask the King to meet with five Cuban former political prisoners to hear the Cuban people’s aspirations.
Please sign this petition to King Juan Carlos of Spain.
For more information, please go here.
And one more:
When I write about Cuba, I tend to receive nasty mail, much of it from university people. Something about oppression in Cuba touches a nerve — a lot of people don’t want to hear about it. Many of these want to hold on to their dreams about Fidel, and Che, and island socialism.And I am continually amazed — although I shouldn’t be — by the abuse directed at the Miami exiles. (Last year, I wrote a piece for The Claremont Review of Books, touching on this topic.) Of course, the hard Left in America uses the Cuban Communist party’s word: gusanos, meaning worms. That’s what they call the exiles, the anti-Castroites, the democrats — the troublemakers, refusing to get with the program. Once, when I wrote about René Montes de Oca, a left-wing website denounced him as a “Batista stooge.” This is par for the course — René was born in 1963; Batista was deposed in 1959.
Just last week, I had a letter blasting me for being in league with the “sugar barons” — the letter was from a university, of course. That’s another term you hear, in this line of work: “sugar barons.” Barons, as you know, are businessmen you don’t like. And “barons” is a handy Communist word, used to connote the filthiest capitalism. You can almost see the top hats, tails, and diabolical grins.
Anti-Communists have had to put up with this abuse right from the beginning — from (at least) 1917. You will find it in R[obert] Conquest, A[lexander] Solzhenitsyn, and other aware [!] sources.
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Posted by Amanda at April 25, 2005 02:43 PM
Comments
"sugar barons."
Can someone remind me again how much the bastard's worth?
Wait until he dies and it all comes out, move along, nothing to see here.
But hey! Cuba's minimum wage will be doubled! Oh, happy day! They might be able to afford the rice cooker!
Posted by: Sandy P at April 25, 2005 07:44 PM
George, Thank you for providing this link. Ah, the university crowd. Those left leaning reality deprived academics that live in a world of illusion. The scary thing is they are the one's educating much of America. They and the Hollywood crowd go hand in hand. They imagine themselves to be socialists, striving for a society where everyone has an equal share of the pie. This is the old 1960’s leftist manifesto, I myself once almost bought into it. They only have two choices, abandon their ideology, or suffer guilt because they are not sharing their piece of the pie. They keep the guilt and strive to feel better by mouthing platitudes for the likes of fidel. I mean they hear someone critizie the US that must be the one who knows. God help you if you disagree with them, and that’s why they demonize the Cuban American community. The truth is a treat to the foundation of their belief system.
Posted by: Kathleen at April 25, 2005 11:03 PM
Sandy - he's worth $550 mil, but that was all Forbes could prove - it's probably much more. (You notice the scumbag hasn't done a lawsuit, as he was threatening? It's because it's all true.)
Meanwhile, I recommend signing the King Juan Carlos letter - the king of Spain is a very good man, and he'll probably act on such an effort.
Posted by: A.M. Mora y Leon at April 26, 2005 10:24 AM