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  • frank ryan
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 12334

    #1

    Embassy in Havana

    US and Cuba will normalize relations. The embargo will stay in place for now.http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/...a=twitter_page
  • TripletDaddy
    sweet triple
    • Nov 2008
    • 58186

    #2
    thats awesome. I want to go to Cuba and check it out before everything gets updated. My brother went about 15 years ago and he said it was a mind blow....Havana was like a movie set out of the 1950s...old cars everywhere.
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    • byu71
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2008
      • 22070

      #3
      Originally posted by frank ryan View Post
      US and Cuba will normalize relations. The embargo will stay in place for now.http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/...a=twitter_page
      I am OK with this. I will bet Hannity isn't.

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      • Applejack
        Senior Member
        • Aug 2012
        • 3813

        #4
        I went to Havana four years ago. It is amazing. Go as soon as you can. It's actually not that hard to get there now - it was incredibly hard when Bush was president.

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        • USUC
          Chronic Poseur
          • Apr 2010
          • 8783

          #5
          Originally posted by byu71 View Post
          I am OK with this. I will bet Hannity isn't.
          Yeah, a lot of GOP support for this was due to the political boost they got from the Cuban population in Florida. The embargo needs to go quickly.

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          • TripletDaddy
            sweet triple
            • Nov 2008
            • 58186

            #6
            Originally posted by Applejack View Post
            I went to Havana four years ago. It is amazing. Go as soon as you can. It's actually not that hard to get there now - it was incredibly hard when Bush was president.
            I have a meeting at 230PM but it should be over by 330. omw!
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            • old_gregg
              scaly man fish
              • Nov 2009
              • 16915

              #7
              Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
              I have a meeting at 230PM but it should be over by 330. omw!
              3:30pm or am? i don't know if you'll be able to find a flight at 3:30am
              Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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              • TripletDaddy
                sweet triple
                • Nov 2008
                • 58186

                #8
                Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                3:30pm or am? i don't know if you'll be able to find a flight at 3:30am
                pm.
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                • Applejack
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2012
                  • 3813

                  #9
                  Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                  I have a meeting at 230PM but it should be over by 330. omw!
                  Right after some stuffy corporate meeting? Bad idea. Cuba doesn't undulate to your American Corporate Hegemonic ways. Take a step away from your corporatist rat race before you dip your toe in La Habana. You'll thank me later.

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                  • frank ryan
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 12334

                    #10
                    Originally posted by byu71 View Post
                    I am OK with this. I will bet Hannity isn't.
                    Originally posted by USUC View Post
                    Yeah, a lot of GOP support for this was due to the political boost they got from the Cuban population in Florida. The embargo needs to go quickly.
                    I don't see this a partisan moment and expect there were plenty of GOP supporters for this. I'm sure Hannity and the like (probably Rubio and Cruz will be furious).

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                    • USUC
                      Chronic Poseur
                      • Apr 2010
                      • 8783

                      #11
                      Originally posted by frank ryan View Post
                      I don't see this a partisan moment and expect there were plenty of GOP supporters for this. I'm sure Hannity and the like (probably Rubio and Cruz will be furious).
                      Rubio is already making the rounds voicing his opposition. Of course this will be partisan. It shouldn't be, but that is the nature of politics in America.

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                      • frank ryan
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 12334

                        #12
                        Originally posted by USUC View Post
                        Rubio is already making the rounds voicing his opposition. Of course this will be partisan. It shouldn't be, but that is the nature of politics in America.
                        Rubio's dad left Cuba before the revolution and Cruz' dad fought with Castro. I always thought their family spirited away in the middle of the night to escape Fidel.

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                        • byu71
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 22070

                          #13
                          Originally posted by USUC View Post
                          Rubio is already making the rounds voicing his opposition. Of course this will be partisan. It shouldn't be, but that is the nature of politics in America.
                          With Mr Obama I do worry we give something for very little in return. However, unlike Hannity who will oppose it just because President Obama is involved, I will wait and hear the arguments. My inclination though is to be positive.

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                          • TripletDaddy
                            sweet triple
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 58186

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Applejack View Post
                            Right after some stuffy corporate meeting? Bad idea. Cuba doesn't undulate to your American Corporate Hegemonic ways. Take a step away from your corporatist rat race before you dip your toe in La Habana. You'll thank me later.
                            It isn't a corporate meeting. I am getting together with my salsa dancing team to discuss an upcoming competition. Perfect segue into a flight to Habana,
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                            • Katy Lied
                              Senior Member
                              • Dec 2008
                              • 9435

                              #15
                              Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                              thats awesome. I want to go to Cuba and check it out before everything gets updated. My brother went about 15 years ago and he said it was a mind blow....Havana was like a movie set out of the 1950s...old cars everywhere.
                              Same reason I want to go to Chernoble.

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