tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post2118705499387979517..comments2023-11-16T03:57:05.158-05:00Comments on The Cuban Triangle: CANF: Overhaul the USAID programPhil Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724525896667349935noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-48298046305091697002008-05-01T11:59:00.000-04:002008-05-01T11:59:00.000-04:00yes, yes, yes, the fellow-traveling Left still ali...yes, yes, yes, the fellow-traveling Left still alive and well. <BR/><BR/>The fact that they were utterly wrong for fifty years of the Cold War has remarkably not shamed them into silence....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-1339170362179781222008-05-01T10:36:00.000-04:002008-05-01T10:36:00.000-04:00This was published in one of the largest circulati...This was published in one of the largest circulation newspapers in this city:<BR/><BR/>MAILMETRO - Fri 4 April 2008<BR/>DUBLIN'S BEST-READ LETTERS PAGE<BR/><BR/>"US Cuba policy Grants<BR/><BR/>The US State Department has just announced that it will make grants available to European media organisations, individuals and groups to 'promote democracy' in Cuba - all they ask in return is that you support their Cuba policies.<BR/><BR/>The $45.6 million the Bush administration has allocated in the 2008 budget will, no doubt, buy considerable influence.<BR/><BR/>To put it in context, just €1.5million of this war chest would be easily enough to pay all the salaries of all the journalists working in the Irish Times for a whole year.<BR/><BR/>And the good news for bloggers is that the administration is especially fond of them, as there are no editorial controls on truth on the internet.<BR/><BR/>I hear that some bloggers, depending on the views they 'freely' express, can earn a very good living at the US taxpayers' expense."<BR/><BR/>I would encourage everyone to apply to their local US embassy for the anti-Cuba propaganda grant. Someone is going to get it, it might as well be YOU!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-82846557601686778922008-04-29T20:33:00.000-04:002008-04-29T20:33:00.000-04:00Yo, senor, no estoy aqui por un deseo de vivir mi ...Yo, senor, no estoy aqui por un deseo de vivir mi vida en Estados Unidos. Yo, senor, estoy aqui por que no habia remedio en mi caso. Nunca deje mi cubanidad cuando deje la isla. Soy cubano primero - y sere cubano el dia que me muero. <BR/><BR/>AnatasioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-11395630805600605842008-04-29T19:25:00.000-04:002008-04-29T19:25:00.000-04:00"Where the heck do people come up with this offens..."Where the heck do people come up with this offensive prejudiced crap?"<BR/><BR/>Its not prejudicied, just an opinion... the opinion being that US has no RIGHT to dictate the fate of Cuba, that includes all of those cubans who became US citizens. You enjoy the priviledges of the US, so you have forgone your right as cuban.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Para, Anatasio<BR/>apuesto a que ni siquieria habla espanol tu supuesto "propio" idioma"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-1646414508428512642008-04-29T16:11:00.000-04:002008-04-29T16:11:00.000-04:00"I want a Cuba free of Castros! but also free of U..."I want a Cuba free of Castros! but also free of US influence (including all of those old miami folk who have assimilated the worst of teh right-wing values in this country)"<BR/><BR/>Including all those old miami folk? Excuse me sir, but "all those old miami folk" are Cuban. I doubt you yourself are. We shall deal with our own future, sir, without the meddling of individuals such as yourself. <BR/><BR/>The gall.<BR/><BR/>And no sir, I am not one of those "old miami folks." In fact, I'm under 40.<BR/><BR/>Where the heck do people come up with this offensive prejudiced crap?<BR/><BR/>AnatasioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-88144889763976874612008-04-29T12:21:00.000-04:002008-04-29T12:21:00.000-04:00"intellectual development circles"??? good grief,..."intellectual development circles"??? good grief, is there such a thing?<BR/>I certainly hope our taxpayer dollars are doing something decent by promoting American ideals. Guess what, moron, they have held up pretty well for the last 200 years. Last time I checked, we had an overwhelming immigration problem, not an emigration one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-59695428389582418062008-04-28T20:59:00.000-04:002008-04-28T20:59:00.000-04:00In my opinion, USAID has little right to be in Cub...In my opinion, USAID has little right to be in Cuba.. It is fairly a consensus in intellectual development circles, including many in the UN and World Bank, that USAID exists not for the betterment of humanity, but to further American Ideals (or imperialism) depending on your point of view. <BR/><BR/>Think of the equivalent - VZ or Iran heavily funding US activists who want to "overthrow" the government.<BR/><BR/>I know, I know, there is not a moral equivalency, however, you get the point. <BR/><BR/>I want a Cuba free of Castros! but also free of US influence (including all of those old miami folk who have assimilated the worst of teh right-wing values in this country)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com