tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post115467411183633844..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: CastrogasmsJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1155177799124076622006-08-09T22:43:00.000-04:002006-08-09T22:43:00.000-04:00All politics aside, I can't look at that guy in th...All politics aside, I can't look at that guy in the innertube without hearing the "Gilligan's Island" theme in my head.<BR/><BR/>Wait; maybe that <I>is</I> a political comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154933913489353112006-08-07T02:58:00.000-04:002006-08-07T02:58:00.000-04:00I dunno. I would expect us to make a mess of thing...I dunno. I would expect us to make a mess of things regardless of who's in power here. But I'm still convinced that Bush has been absolutely the worst guy in the world to handle things. He does not deal well with, well, anything really.<BR/><BR/>Put it this way. I would expect a democratic president to make them hate us. I would expect an ordinary republican president to make a couple of their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154905462057739912006-08-06T19:04:00.000-04:002006-08-06T19:04:00.000-04:00We wait for Fidel's death because (1) we know ever...We wait for Fidel's death because (1) we know every day that passes is one day closer to it, and (2) nothing new will happen until then. I agree with d.sidthe in that it would be better for all involved if there was an adult in the White House when it comes to pass. Although frankly, I do not notice a lot of nuanced differences between the two political parties on Cuba policy, so when you said Ray Bridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496709017124120407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154790401017059722006-08-05T11:06:00.000-04:002006-08-05T11:06:00.000-04:00batista, castro ... a motherfucking plague on both...batista, castro ... a motherfucking plague on both their motherfucking houses and their motherfucking supporters!<BR/><BR/>i'm with erobin. i hope it ends up that way. wish for the best but prepare for the worst.T.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10118736826323475876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154733647490340792006-08-04T19:20:00.000-04:002006-08-04T19:20:00.000-04:00I am wondering what effect any of this will have o...I am wondering what effect any of this will have on Miami property if these tasteless and joyful actually make good on their dream to go back to the old country.<BR/><BR/>Cheering for the death of an old man isn't my cup of tea. He was a bastard and what made him one was he wasn't our bastard.Jaye Ramsey Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866341038412407027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154704837147547442006-08-04T11:20:00.000-04:002006-08-04T11:20:00.000-04:00Thomas,It does, it's just that "fighting over actu...Thomas,<BR/><BR/>It does, it's just that "fighting over actuarial tables" is funnier than "fighting over assessed valuation". Because actuarial tables are always funny.<BR/><BR/>If, on the other hand, that was a <I>Princess Bride</I> reference just forget I said anything.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154698843587910422006-08-04T09:40:00.000-04:002006-08-04T09:40:00.000-04:00If only bad taste were a capital crime....If only bad taste were a capital crime....punkinsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04438713256926490168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154698780683064082006-08-04T09:39:00.000-04:002006-08-04T09:39:00.000-04:00Exactly. Remember when Reagan presided over The Wa...Exactly. Remember when Reagan presided over The Wall Coming Down, at least in the wingnut mythos? Good times. Here's hoping that Cubans don't have to endure what many East Germans did: being thrown out of their homes by expatriates returning after 50 years in South America with a lust to re-confiscate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154698617386443032006-08-04T09:36:00.000-04:002006-08-04T09:36:00.000-04:00Gotta agree that Castro at least gets style points...Gotta agree that Castro at least gets style points for offering compensation based on the company's asserted tax valuation. Petard hoisting is always fun.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424730556609713021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154694905730729212006-08-04T08:35:00.000-04:002006-08-04T08:35:00.000-04:00And the Cuban patriots among us should bear in min...<I>And the Cuban patriots among us should bear in mind how many soccer balls that money'll buy, and how many schools it'll paint, assuming everything goes well. </I><BR/><BR/>Once again, perfect.<BR/><BR/>d. sidhe: The oil thing is new though. Cuba went all Jed Clampett on us very recently. And I'm with you, <I>Viva Fidel!</I> (the bastard) but he'd have to live to be a million for us to eRobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05189252064595168859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154692433930945292006-08-04T07:53:00.000-04:002006-08-04T07:53:00.000-04:00Can I note that the tax purposes valuation thing h...Can I note that the tax purposes valuation thing had a certain style without being called a com-symp?<BR/><BR/>What I'm finding mildly amusing is that after a relatively stable political climate for decades, the CBC's The Nature of Things is right now in the middle of a two part story about Cuba's agricultural revolution, how the breakup of the Soviet Union forced them into Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1154686286376830312006-08-04T06:11:00.000-04:002006-08-04T06:11:00.000-04:00I don't think the word 'actuarial' means what you ...I don't think the word 'actuarial' means what you think it means.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051024382193588456noreply@blogger.com