Painting with a mile wide brush again, Tom?

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Painting with a mile wide brush again, Tom?

R.L. — 10/14/2003 10:17:23 PM (archived)

Tom,
I do not know of ANYBODY left or right that is "pro-Castro". Just as I am unaware of anybody that was pro Saddam. Sure, I guess if you look hard you can find such apologists, just as I am sure they are the ones that get the most press- not because the press is on their side, but because the press loves to cover the outrageous...

The problem with you, Tom, is that you tend to choose the fringe nutcases on the left and say "look what the left is up to now!". I could do the same to the right, Tom, and I assure you you would be quite offended...

Now does wanting to lift embargoes and travel restrictions with Cuba make someone "pro-castro"? No, I think the SOB should have died long ago but I support lifting of the restrictions. What would happen if we lifted the restrictions? Think about it! Castro, if he were smart would panic... Why the heck do you think he bans books and info from the free world? He knows that isolation of his people is the only way he can keep his grip! Why do you think all the repressive regimes ban contact with the free world? The concept of freedom is infectious!

In short, cut out the setting up of a straw-man leftie! That is what Rush did all the time...

PS Is your Oxycontin holding out? ;)

The whole thread (40 posts)

Cubans burning books. Like anyone cares. - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2003 6:07:33 PM
- re: Cubans burning books. Like anyone cares. - McFly - 10/15/2003 3:07:18 PM
  - Seconded. Anyone else approve the motion? (n/t) - Tony - 10/16/2003 2:06:50 PM
    - Aye! (n/t) - LJ - 10/16/2003 3:59:39 PM
- Waiting on defenders of books to the sound of crickets chriping (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/15/2003 3:22:13 AM
  - *chrip* - Mary Anne - 10/15/2003 3:50:03 AM
    - *chrip* - is that related to Tom's *cripes* ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/15/2003 4:05:42 AM
      - Nope: to "the sound of crickets chriping" (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/15/2003 4:08:13 AM
        
        Crickets chirp... Chrickets chrip ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/15/2003 4:13:57 AM
    - Ed, Mary Anne says to tell you she's not speaking to you. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2003 4:04:08 AM
      - As predicted (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/15/2003 1:21:46 PM
      - Thank you. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/15/2003 4:06:13 AM
- Painting with a mile wide brush again, Tom? - R.L. - 10/14/2003 10:17:23 PM
  - You missed a pleasant conversation or two regarding the librarians' professional organization - ebnelson - 10/15/2003 3:24:08 AM
  - re: Painting - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2003 1:12:24 AM
- I'm curious - LJ - 10/14/2003 8:52:20 PM
  - Travel to Cuba is restricted, not prohibited - Larry J - 10/14/2003 9:23:52 PM
    - re: Travel to Cuba is restricted, not prohibited - LJ - 10/15/2003 2:14:20 AM
      - Who ever said government policies had to make sense, Part II - Larry J - 10/15/2003 2:06:47 PM
- re: Cubans burning books. Like anyone cares. - Don - 10/14/2003 8:06:21 PM
  - Listen to Pacifica radio - ebnelson - 10/15/2003 3:27:26 AM
  - re: "If we are smart and engage in wise diplomacy, we could very well see Cuba become free without bloodshed or acrimony" . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2003 12:01:25 AM
  - Castro apologists - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2003 8:58:40 PM
    - Not exactly - Don - 10/15/2003 2:18:10 AM
      - The one difference - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2003 3:08:30 AM
        
        Good cripes - Don - 10/15/2003 3:42:11 AM
        
        re: Good cripes indeed. - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2003 4:03:09 AM
        
        Tom - Don - 10/15/2003 4:27:19 AM
        
        re: Don - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2003 5:21:52 AM
        
        re: Weird . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2003 10:03:19 PM
        
        Tom - Don - 10/15/2003 12:37:11 PM
        
        Wrong again, Don - Larry J - 10/15/2003 9:51:39 PM
        
        I stand corrected - Don - 10/16/2003 12:26:32 PM
        
        Fine. Have it your way. - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2003 3:53:21 PM
        
        re: Good cripes indeed. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/15/2003 4:23:43 AM
        
        re: In all fairness, Tech1 . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2003 9:38:15 PM
    - 57 to be exact - FrankC - 10/14/2003 10:43:38 PM
    - re:What it basically means... - Marcia - 10/14/2003 10:34:15 PM
      - re: An interesting example, Marcia . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2003 12:06:52 AM
      - re: Whether they burn them or not. (n/t) - Marcia - 10/14/2003 10:35:58 PM

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