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Welcome, readers, to The Daily Geek. It is my Intention, as Editor and boss-type guy here at The Daily Geek to provide the best in geek news and opinions(the latter usually being mine). For today's little tidbit, we bring you some of the more astute political maneuverings from the Communists in the south(The following is paraphrased from an Associated Press Article, full credit and props to them).
The Cuban government has demanded that the US interest section(the thing we have there instead of an embassy, since the government refuses to have an embassy in a *gasp* communist country-except China, of course, what with all the money we save with them.-The Josh.) remove the Christmas decorations that they have up, including several fake snowmen and Santa Claus effigies.
The real bone of contention is a small round sign bearing the number "75," a reference to the 75 Cuban dissidents imprisoned in the past year. The American interest section people are saying that they won't, claiming the sign is to show their support for those striving for democracy in Cuba. The diplomats are claiming that this is all part of their "Christmas spirit."
The Cuban government has threatened action, but has not as yet made any concrete statements as to what they plan to do.(Original article pulled from here-->http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&e=2&u=/ap/cuba_us.)
And now I rag on the whole situation.
The fact of the matter is that the diplomats that the US has down there are being complete and utter jackasses doesn't seem to make any difference. According to the state department, we are doing this out of support for the dissidents. Now, while that may certainly be part of the reason, I think that this is merely a case of America Syndrome- we're more powerful than you, so we're just going to do whatever we want in your yard and not care what anyone else says. Yeesh. Now, I certainly disagree with communism, especially the Cuban brand. I'd be the first to say that I won't be sad the day that Castro dies. However, until such a time, he is the head of a foreign country, and as such, there are certain protocols to be followed. We may not like it, but if we don't follow them, we sink down to a level that I think we can't afford to sink to. We've already sunk low enough as it is, what with invading Iraq and all. But that's a whole other post in itself, and one that we here at The Daily Geek do not have the time or patience for at this point. What we have time for now is sleep and studying for final exams. We at The Daily Geek bid you farewell and good day.
-The Daily Geek Staff
Welcome, readers, to The Daily Geek. It is my Intention, as Editor and boss-type guy here at The Daily Geek to provide the best in geek news and opinions(the latter usually being mine). For today's little tidbit, we bring you some of the more astute political maneuverings from the Communists in the south(The following is paraphrased from an Associated Press Article, full credit and props to them).
The Cuban government has demanded that the US interest section(the thing we have there instead of an embassy, since the government refuses to have an embassy in a *gasp* communist country-except China, of course, what with all the money we save with them.-The Josh.) remove the Christmas decorations that they have up, including several fake snowmen and Santa Claus effigies.
The real bone of contention is a small round sign bearing the number "75," a reference to the 75 Cuban dissidents imprisoned in the past year. The American interest section people are saying that they won't, claiming the sign is to show their support for those striving for democracy in Cuba. The diplomats are claiming that this is all part of their "Christmas spirit."
The Cuban government has threatened action, but has not as yet made any concrete statements as to what they plan to do.(Original article pulled from here-->http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=589&e=2&u=/ap/cuba_us.)
And now I rag on the whole situation.
The fact of the matter is that the diplomats that the US has down there are being complete and utter jackasses doesn't seem to make any difference. According to the state department, we are doing this out of support for the dissidents. Now, while that may certainly be part of the reason, I think that this is merely a case of America Syndrome- we're more powerful than you, so we're just going to do whatever we want in your yard and not care what anyone else says. Yeesh. Now, I certainly disagree with communism, especially the Cuban brand. I'd be the first to say that I won't be sad the day that Castro dies. However, until such a time, he is the head of a foreign country, and as such, there are certain protocols to be followed. We may not like it, but if we don't follow them, we sink down to a level that I think we can't afford to sink to. We've already sunk low enough as it is, what with invading Iraq and all. But that's a whole other post in itself, and one that we here at The Daily Geek do not have the time or patience for at this point. What we have time for now is sleep and studying for final exams. We at The Daily Geek bid you farewell and good day.
-The Daily Geek Staff
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