Sorry for not having posted anything for the last few months, but I have been very busy with work and school. Hopefully I can resume posting regularly and re-starting those fires

With the news that Fidel Castro has stepped down as el Presidente de Cuba, an era lasting 49 years has ended. Fidel Castro is no longer running the show in Cuba. Fidel has ceded power to his brother Raul instead. After 49 years and 638 miserably failed attempts at Operation Abajo Fidel, Raul Castro is el Presidente de Cuba nuevo. The U.S. has said they won’t lift the trade embargo against Cuba, even though Fidel is gone.

With these developments, I decided to give my take on this here on my blog. This blog ain’t just for sports, even though my interest in the Cuban government and Fidel comes because of what happened during the 2006 World Baseball Classic. The U.S. is stupid for continuing the sanctions against Cuba. What has it done the last 50 years? If the intentions were to ruin the people and destroy a country that was once economically well off, well they have been very successful. If the intent was to destroy Castro, it has failed miserably.

The U.S. needs to get over it’s grudge and admit that this is a personal vendetta. I don’t see an embargo with the Chinese, and they treat their people much worse than Cuba does. People argue that the U.S. does not run the engine to their economy, but it turns out we do. Thanks to the Helms-Burton Act, businesses not based in the U.S. that do business with Cuba, can’t do business with the U.S. This means companies have to choose between the U.S. and Cuba when doing business.

I wonder what the first attempt at Operation Abajo Raul will be. The U.S. is bent on bringing down Cuba, and no one supports the U.S. in their crusade against bringing Cuba down. And while I’m at it, if I’m correct, this embargo is about bringing democracy to Cuba. Interesting. Seems that a war halfway around the world is being fought for the same reason. Since one of the principles of this blog is about asking the hard questions that no one wants to answer, if we’re in Iraq to spread democracy, why aren’t we fighting with Cuba? And are we really in Iraq for democracy, or is it about the oil? Answer that.

As I sit here writing this note, I am recovering from a strained abdominal muscle. The source of that strain: Car Talk. My strained ab has come as a result of listening to the show. The heavy laughing that comes from the show has caused me to strain my abdominal. Click and Clack, stop being so funny!!!!!

The U.S. has unsuccesfully tried to kill Fidel Castro 638 times since he came into power. Operation Abajo Fidel has failed miserably. Examples of the unsuccesful attempts include contaminating the air of the radio station where Castro broadcast his speeches, contaminated cigars, exploding cigars, exploding shoes, poisoned wetsuit, exploding sea shell, snipers, poisoned drinks, poisoned food, contaminated scuba breathing apparatus, a machine gun hidden inside a tv camera meant to riddle castro with bullets, Mafia hit men, various forms of LSD hidden in various places meant to cause an Acid trip that would embarrass Castro or overdose him/kill him, underwater explosives, as well as many more. Very sad. Our vice president is a weapon of ass destruction, yet Operation Abajo Fidel has failed miserably. It just goes to show how sad this government is.

In the words of Fidel: “If surviving assassination were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal.”