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2004-09-25 Home Front: Culture Wars

Director praises Fidel, blasts Bush in Spain

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Posted by tipper 2004-09-25 10:32|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Oliver Stone. Proving that we have more to fear from Hollywood than Iran.

"My country is becoming more violent and negative every day," he said. "Bush has never been interested in consensus...
Abhoring the negativity and then plunging right into it.

Posted by Tom 2004-09-25 11:02:26 AM|| 2004-09-25 11:02:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh that reminds me of a joke.

A Cuban from Miami tries to explain a Cuban from Havana what political freedom means:

"You see, in Miami we can shout in the street: "Down with Bush, down with Bush!"

Says the other Cuban: "Hey what's the point here? In Havana we can take to the streets and shout exactly the same thing!"

Posted by True German Ally 2004-09-25 12:11:11 PM|| 2004-09-25 12:11:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL. I've read that the one Castro himself laughs at is:

What are the three failures of the Revolution?

Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Posted by Matt 2004-09-25 12:15:20 PM|| 2004-09-25 12:15:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I think I first heard that joke back in the 1980s -- back then it concerned shouting "Down with Reagan" in Moscow. :-)

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2004-09-25 12:15:58 PM|| 2004-09-25 12:15:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Aris, some jokes never go out of fashion.
Ok, here's another one:

Fidel speaks to the crowds: "Comrades, I have good news and bad news for you. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"The good one" roars the crowd.

"Ok, comrades. This year, we have no bread so we all have to eat stones."

Has he gone mad? the crowd thinks. What on earth is the bad news then?

"Ok comrades, the bad news is that there are not enough stones to go around so you will all have to share!"

Posted by True German Ally 2004-09-25 12:19:46 PM|| 2004-09-25 12:19:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Updated version of old Vietnam joke. (The original involved LBJ: the party of the president really doesn't matter).

A GI goes to visit his friend in the hospital. When he gets there, he looks at the other soldier all covered in bandages and remarks: "Good lord, you look terrible. What happened"?

The injured soldier replies: "I was lying by the side of the road under fire from Iraqi soldiers on the other side. I yelled out 'Saddam Hussein eats shit! An Iraqi on the other side yelled out 'George Bush eats shit'! We were standing in the middle of the road shaking hands when a truck ran over us."

Posted by Weird Al 2004-09-25 2:54:13 PM|| 2004-09-25 2:54:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Weird Al,
I read an earlier version where it was Roosevelt and Hirohito.There probably was a version w/Ceasar,Pompey and a chariot.

Posted by Stephen 2004-09-25 10:33:44 PM|| 2004-09-25 10:33:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Q. What did Cubans have before candles?
A. Electricity!

Posted by tipper 2004-09-25 10:43:22 PM|| 2004-09-25 10:43:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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