Trick question: Who is currently responsible for perpetrating the most serious human rights violations in the island of Cuba, Fidel Castro or George W. Bush? (Hint: In what large Caribbean island is the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay located?)
Pablo La Rosa
Mission
Wasn't the original quotation, attributed to Winston Churchill a little different? As I recall it went: "If you are not a liberal until you are 25, you probably have no heart. If you are not a conservative after you are 35 you probably have no brain". It has been claimed that Winston did not say this, but it sounds like him.
Posted by: Engineer | February 14, 2008 at 08:51 PM
No, that would have been Jonah Goldberg, not Rudy.
Posted by: Casady | February 14, 2008 at 05:25 PM
It figures, another professor.....What was the line Rudy G. had. If you are 20 and not a Democrat you have no heart. If you are 40 and not a Republican you have no brain.......
Posted by: Rogue | February 14, 2008 at 03:07 PM
Pablo La Rosa is a professor of Spanish at Baker University. He actually taught my older brother for a few years. He's a decent guy.
I also believe (although I wouldn't swear to it) that he and his family were exiles of the Castro regime. He's definitely Cuban.
With all of that in mind, it's an interesting letter. I still think it's absurdly wrong, but it's interesting nonetheless.
Posted by: Chris40 | February 14, 2008 at 01:57 PM
I'm also trying to figure out what good the "hint" does for us on this question. Can anyone help me out on that?
Actually I am for releasing all of the terrorists from GITMO. I think they all deserve half of a plane ride home
Posted by: mike d | February 14, 2008 at 01:55 PM
If this is the best you guys can do against Obama in the fall, it's no wonder you're all so scared to run against him. - Jim
"We" cant do any better because "we" have yet to hear any of his platforms. Get out of Iraq - how and at what consequence? Health insurance for the uninsured - I pay for it, but hell I want it free too, so sign me up. I like the a speech I heard earlier this week: "If you work hard, you ought to be able to have health insurance, and retirement, and send your kids to college." Nice thought, and it has worked for me, but I couldn't figure out why the audience of deadbeats that were at his speech in the middle of the afternoon cheered loudly. Maybe they misunderstood the begining of the sentence and thought he said "you shouldn't have to work hard"
Posted by: mike d | February 14, 2008 at 01:47 PM
Oh wait about BO, man I dig this guy. He is for the future, because you know the past is history. He wants change, because like change is good! I can just fell the love can't you?!!
Posted by: Rogue | February 14, 2008 at 12:54 PM
CRD I am taking up an offering via PayPal, since you think Cuba is so much better, I will purchase you a one way ticket to Havana and you can send us a post card eltting us know what we are missing.
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | February 14, 2008 at 12:34 PM
CRD I am taking up a coofer via PayPal, since you think Cuba is so much better, I will purchase you a one way ticket to Havana and you can send us a post card eltting us know what we are missing.
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | February 14, 2008 at 12:34 PM
“I'd like to think that we, the U.S., hold ourselves to a higher standard than Castro's Cuba.” – CRD
“Pable?...Castor?....c'mon guys, its much too early to be that high.” - solomon
I find it entertaining that spell checker couldn’t find a much better example of being that high so early in the morning.
Posted by: GCYL | February 14, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Rogue one thing I do beleive is that if Obama does buy the "election", he will most likely very much end up like JFK in more ways than one. I just don't think the good ole boy network is going let this country turn into a 100% welfare state with caucasian slavery.
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | February 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM
"I see Obama has a picture of Che in his office. "
Wrong again, Buddy. That's not Obama's office. It's not even his campaign headquarters.
It's an office in Texas staffed and supported entirely by volunteers. The Obama campaign was not aware of it until the pictures were published, and they immediately condemned it and asked them to take the flag down.
If this is the best you guys can do against Obama in the fall, it's no wonder you're all so scared to run against him.
Posted by: Jim | February 14, 2008 at 12:15 PM
I see Obama has a picture of Che in his office. The libs all love El Commadante, and his right hand men.
Posted by: Rogue | February 14, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Lick your chops CRD and libs.
http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=91
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | February 14, 2008 at 11:58 AM
CRD you will like this:
Child Support Enforcement's Endless Errors (Part I): Agency Demands Man Pay Ex-Wife CS for Child He Has with New Wife
"Bungling cases isn't anything new at Friend of the Court. In recent years Action News has repeatedly showed you how Friend of the Court has accused honest men of being deadbeat dads even when they had proof they were paying child support or didn't owe a penny."
Critics of divorced fathers and so-called "deadbeat dads" are often unaware of the many problems with the way child support is set and enforced. One of these problems is the phenomenal amount of errors Child Support enforcement agencies make. I'll be running stories about them as part of my series called "Child Support Enforcement's Endless Errors."
According to the Detroit TV station WXYZ's news report Friend of the Court (11/10/06):
"It's a system designed to protect children from the hardships of divorce, but one family says Wayne County Friend of the Court made life miserable instead.
"The Wayne County Friend of the Court is a place with a history of botching simple cases and turning them into a maddeningly confusing mess.
"No one knows that better than Ruth and Dale Akers, who married 6 years ago and had a baby named Dale IV.
"But then they got a notice from Friend of the Court saying their son wasn't theirs. Instead, it said, he belonged to Dale's ex-wife and Dale owed child support.
"Bungling cases isn't anything new at Friend of the Court. In recent years Action News has repeatedly showed you how Friend of the Court has accused honest men of being deadbeat dads even when they had proof they were paying child support or didn't owe a penny.
"Terrance Hale said Friend of the Court misspelled his name and had him paying support for a newborn named Marjae to a stranger named Toni Etters.
"'All they could tell me is this is your kid because the computer says it's your kid,' he said.
"Director of the state's office of child support Marilyn Stephen says the program has improved but admits problems linger with the state's million dollar computer system.
"The state has been making similar excuses since it first installed the system 3 years ago.
"'Every time you go in and touch something in system, extensive testing is required to make sure no ripple effect and change other calculations resulting in problems,' said Stephen.
"But Ruth and Dale say there is no excuse for what Friend of the Court has done to them.
"Records show Dale has faithfully paid his ex-wife child support for three children they've had together. But two years ago, the child support computer system started making life miserable.
"This year alone in a four week stretch Dale got three notices; the first said he owed about $700 a month, the second said he owed $849, and the last one said he owed more than $1,300.
"And then the most baffling mistake of all, asking Dale to pay his ex-wife for a son he had with his current wife.
"But the state and Friend of the Court haven't even been able to fix that, instead saying what they've said for years, 'we're working on it'."
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | February 14, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Pablo's lunacy does not even deserve a comment, but Castro is a murdering dictator who has destroyed the lives of those living in that hellhole that he has created with the murdering system of communism.
Rogue, you are correct, the kooks are out today. Thankyou.
Mark Robertson
Independence
Posted by: Mark Robertson | February 14, 2008 at 11:53 AM
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CRD you should ahve no worries, once Obama gets in office the world's problems will be solved. He will waive his magic wand and all things will come forth. You do know everything is free and comes out of a hat?
Maybe the terorists simply need a timeout.
Free Castro posters for everyone!
Hey CRD, you can lead us by placing the very first Castro 08' sticker on your beater.
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | Feb 14, 2008 11:42:35 AM
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It will be very funny to watch the lefties if Obama gets elected. As was stated yesterday in an opinion piece (can't find the link) Hillary and Obama cannot do the things they are promising. We have no money for Universal Health Insurance, and we cannot possibly leave Iraq. When the fanatics that make up the base of the Democratic left realize that neither Obama or Clinton will actually come through with these promises it is going to be quite a circus.
Posted by: kcstar_is_one_sided | February 14, 2008 at 11:52 AM
CRD the icing on the cake, I forgot you say "to get over it".
http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=459
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | February 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Here's another one CRD since you are pro-higher tax liberal.
http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=467
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | February 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM
CRD here is some real domestic terrorism for you, it is the flavor you like and right up your socialist alley.
http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=493
Posted by: NoMoreMrNiceGuy | February 14, 2008 at 11:49 AM