Things are very interesting in Cuba right now. This was brilliant planning by the Castros; giving Raul a chance to step in and prove the country could run without Fidel before he officially declared he would no longer be president. What I can't wait to see is whether the party elects Raul, or choses a younger man to be president next, leaving Raul to fill an advisory role.
Raul has been much more decisive than Fidel in the year he's been in charge - he's increased student wages, has asked for public input into policy, has opened up some avenues towards a freer economy - at the same time, I don't get the sense we'll be seeing a huge shift away from the communist state anytime soon. I can't wait to get down there in May to get a better feel for what's going on. It will be an instructive visit to Varona, indeed.
I would agree with Claire, that there won't be immediate change anytime soon. While Fidel is alive, I think there will be little change, and gradual change after he passes.
<nam_kablam> I'll be naked holding a ":O" sign while pumping their door
A NYC woman is being charged with vehicular manslaughter after stating that she was a Yankees fan and having an argument with a group of Red Sox fans. The woman plowed her car in to a 28 year old male who had stated he was a Red Sox fan. Crazy fuckers. Another reason why I think Yankees fans are nuts.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. - Niccoló Machiavelli
this is just great.. heh
im moving to texas so i can shoot people in the back, call it "Self defence" and then get away scot free after shooting and killing 2 people and thats after going to trial and being acquitted by 12 jurors.
What's with all the old CMers coming out of the woodwork recently?
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
Iran decided to fire off some test missiles. Obviously they're trying to prove that they still have a big pee-pee.
Now it becomes a waiting game. George Bush is gonna scheme that Iran is causing our gas price crisis (and not the shitty value of the dollar) and try to gain support to attack them.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. - Niccoló Machiavelli
I don't think he'd do that. He doesn't have time to wage war in the rest of his term. Plus, at this critical stage in the war in Iraq, I doubt that Congress would let that kind of action fly.
~*Megan*~
"Wow, nice to meet you. Nine years huh? That's a really long time. Are you going to stab me or something? Because if you are, can we get it over with?" ~Jer
You are never stronger than when you land on the other side of despair. ~Zadie Smith, White Teeth
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
"Wow, nice to meet you. Nine years huh? That's a really long time. Are you going to stab me or something? Because if you are, can we get it over with?" ~Jer
You are never stronger than when you land on the other side of despair. ~Zadie Smith, White Teeth
Some of you might hear about a small plane crash in Owatonna, MN today. That's about twenty miles from me. I assume the 70+ mph wind gusts we had during this morning's storm had a lot to do with it. Very sad. 8 people died.
Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. - Niccoló Machiavelli
I read about that Neil, and I thought "Oh, I hope no one Neil knows was on that plane..." The only reason I didn't think "I hope that Neil wasn't on the plane" was because I couldn't imagine a reason you would have been on it! Heh.
Also, tonight on the highway a plane shot past at a really really low altitude, and one of its engines was smoking. It flew away from the airport, slowly gaining altitude, but eventually we lost it. I hope it didn't crash, because that was scary to see!
~*Megan*~
"Wow, nice to meet you. Nine years huh? That's a really long time. Are you going to stab me or something? Because if you are, can we get it over with?" ~Jer
You are never stronger than when you land on the other side of despair. ~Zadie Smith, White Teeth