Cuba help (if needed)

[witeshark]

Castro says he will not accept help from nations that impose economic sanctions on Cuba. What is he gonna do if Cuba is hit by this next storm??

[Wraith]

I wasn't aware that nations would give help to Cuba if they would impose economic sanctions on them in the first place?

[cylon]

He could ask Canada for help, I guess.

[Camarohusky]

At 9/12/04 12:38 AM, byunei wrote: He could ask Canada for help, I guess.

Here, we'll give you all beer, hockey pucks and the latest Rush CD...

Pfft, yeah, that'll help...

[Demosthenez]

Hey, I will take the beer and hockey pucks if you dont want em...

BURN THE RUSH CDS!!! Better yet, use them as substitute clay pigeons.

[PiePie]

At 9/12/04 12:58 AM, Camarohusky wrote:

At 9/12/04 12:38 AM, byunei wrote: He could ask Canada for help, I guess.

Here, we'll give you all beer, hockey pucks and the latest Rush CD...

you forget the poutine if we give that to them then they could go days without eating mmmm poutine..... or is that only in quebec were people eat poutine.
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[that-dude2]

At 9/11/04 11:47 PM, -Wraith- wrote: I wasn't aware that nations would give help to Cuba if they would impose economic sanctions on them in the first place?

ya. we put a economic sanction on them in 1958 so i guess they would just pray that someone will help them if they fall in the gutter

[secondmessiah]

Lets hope the next hurricane takes out Castro he's old now. WE don't help them because they're communists.

[Montgomery-Scott]

We don't help them because our mindset about cuba is a leftover from the cold war. Cuba doesn't have any threat to us. In fact, opening up trade with Cuba could give a sizable boost to both of our countrie's economies. Even without trade though, Cuba is the last surviving comunist state that works. It's literacy rate is higher that that of the US. It's infant mortality rates are lower than many places in the US. It is doin pretty friggin well considering that no nation wants to trade with it. But, if ivan hits it, cuba is a gonner.

[JoS]

Wouldn't the US giving aid to Cuba go against the reason for imposing the sancations on Cuba. I don't know of any other country imposing sanctions against Cuba other than the good old USofA.

[corey1]

At 9/12/04 10:38 AM, Quanze13 wrote: Cuba is the last surviving comunist state that works. It's literacy rate is higher that that of the US. It's infant mortality rates are lower than many places in the US.

Yes, its infant mortality rate is about .02% less than ours. However, the literacy rate isn't higher. A 2003 estimate of Cuba's literacy rate is equal to a 1979 estimate of the US.link .
Don't you think it is strange that the Castros were elected president and vice president with 100% of the legislative vote?
GDP per capita: Cuba-$2,800. US-$37,800.
They actually are better off than I thought

[Montgomery-Scott]

sorry, my bad. But for a country that is seperated from the rest of the world and depicted as like a festering slum of poverty, 97 percent literacy rate is pretty damn good. Plus, the 2800 dollar gdp per person soesn't really reflect how well people are doing, because a vast majority of services are socialized.

[that-dude2]

At 9/11/04 11:45 PM, witeshark wrote: Castro says he will not accept help from nations that impose economic sanctions on Cuba. What is he gonna do if Cuba is hit by this next storm??

I'm more worried about the people in florida
screw castro

[JoS]

How many US presidents has Castro outlived. Regan, JFK, who else?

[RedSkunk]

At 9/12/04 11:01 AM, seancor519 wrote: Yes, its infant mortality rate is about .02% less than ours.

More than half a point lower (7 ouuta 1,000 for US, 6.3 outta 1000 for Cuba).

However, the literacy rate isn't higher.

Cuba's literacy rate is a single percentage lower. But they go to school, on average, five years less than the US population. ^_^

Actually, that last link is very interesting. Cuba has smaller school class sizes, more physicans per person, and more hospital beds per person. Life expectancies are the same, but Cuba has a slightly lower mortality rate for males.

[Sparky1687]

cuba is just like any other country that isnt america its full of people that are human beings just like any american is a human being(well maybe not some but generalizing is stupid anyway)
the only disagreement you might have with castro other than being ignorant and saying "comunistim is bad errrmm im tarded" {drools on self} is that castro wields the death penalty like a personal sword of mercy or punishment.
If you trie to leave the country like in a boat they execute you just like that.

[that-dude2]

At 9/14/04 12:15 AM, RugbyMacDaddy wrote: How many US presidents has Castro outlived. Regan, JFK, who else?

maybe he outlived every president because noone ever runs against him.........................and lives.

[cylon]

At 9/12/04 08:18 AM, piepie wrote:

At 9/12/04 12:58 AM, Camarohusky wrote:

At 9/12/04 12:38 AM, byunei wrote: He could ask Canada for help, I guess.

Here, we'll give you all beer, hockey pucks and the latest Rush CD...

you forget the poutine if we give that to them then they could go days without eating mmmm poutine..... or is that only in quebec were people eat poutine.

Forget eating it - they could probably use it as a building material when it gets cold and hardens.

Yuck. >_<

[Jimsween]

At 9/14/04 12:16 AM, red_skunk wrote: Actually, that last link is very interesting. Cuba has smaller school class sizes, more physicans per person, and more hospital beds per person. Life expectancies are the same, but Cuba has a slightly lower mortality rate for males.

Progress can be amazing in a dictatorship, that is, if you have a dictator who cares about the country.

[RedSkunk]

At 9/14/04 11:37 PM, Jimsween wrote: Progress can be amazing in a dictatorship, that is, if you have a dictator who cares about the country.

fer shizzle. Dictatorships are the most efficent, cleanest form of governing. The problems usually come with the dictator caring, and the transition of power.

You can see it at the small level - student groups on college campuses. They try to be too democratic and egalitarian, and nothing ever gets done. However, the other problem, is when the leadership graduates, and you have a black hole in terms of leadership...

... yeah.

[Jimsween]

Calm down Sparky.

[Wraith]

At 9/14/04 11:55 PM, Jimsween wrote: Calm down Sparky.

You said "dictatorship", so it's your fault that you set him off.

[witeshark]

Interesting reply. All territories in the tropics need to be ready for hurricanes. Even if that is a football team.