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Posted by:BrerRabbit |
#7 "standard procedure in the Dictator Governmental Transition Manual™ is a public appearance and calling out the troops to maintain order...." The Cuban government deployed troops and elements of the communist "citizen committees" to the poorer areas some two days ago. |
Posted by: Fordesque 2006-08-04 21:59 |
#6 If I was a dictator I would occasionally get "Sick" and go quiet and watch who pops up out of the woodwork. Then reappear and play whack-a-mole. I really hope he's dead and that little Roul too! |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-08-04 16:51 |
#5 I think Castro has pulled off A Weekend at Bernies. That is what is right. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2006-08-04 16:25 |
#4 that said - Sea's right, there's nothing right or normal in how this Castro situation (R or F) is being handled. I'm in for the dead pool. Can't figure what's up with Raul tho'....standard procedure in the Dictator Governmental Transition Manual™ is a public appearance and calling out the troops to maintain order.... |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-04 16:24 |
#3 Carol's comments, while entertaining, are slightly unhinged - see other blogs - Capt'ns Quarters and Ace's HQ (IIRC)in particular. Think JM on meds |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-04 16:21 |
#2 What is Wrong with Castro? Ermm ... Just about everything? |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-04 15:55 |
#1 Here's an interesting article on how the death of dictators through history have been announced or not announced. Is Castro Dead? Mojitos all around! And brace for the hangover. By Mario Loyola In Communist societies, the fall of a dictator is often marked by a public statement about the dictator’s failing health that (a) doesn’t make sense, and (b) is not delivered by the dictator himself. That’s what we saw on Monday night, when Cuban dictator Fidel Castro issued a “letter to the people” in which he explains that he had suffered intestinal bleeding due to stress, needed an operation, and would be in bed for several weeks. The missive was coldly Orwellian in how little it said about Castro — and in how much detail it gave about those who were now “temporarily” assuming power. The next day another Cuban official read a more entertaining letter in which Castro purports to explain (again in pure Newspeak) that because of the imminent threat from the United States, the details of his health are now a state secret. But there’s only one detail about Castro’s health that could possibly be a state secret: that he’s dead. Continue reading here http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OGY1ODlhY2FjOWFlMWNiMjk0ZWE3N2ViYjAyMjBlN2U= |
Posted by: Sherry 2006-08-04 15:51 |