tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post3973990538720323083..comments2023-10-31T11:27:58.514-05:00Comments on THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON POST: MY JOURNEY TO CUBA (PART IV)!Jack Jodellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-15147121098936380212014-01-02T05:39:27.437-06:002014-01-02T05:39:27.437-06:00I recognize the content so interesting about this ...I recognize the content so interesting about this article. For me personally I liked all the information. I would like to know of cases like this more often. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.brycecanyoninn.com/bryce-canyon-pizza/" rel="nofollow">Delicious Pizza</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356723463157585908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-36088456122086439002011-02-09T07:56:26.887-06:002011-02-09T07:56:26.887-06:00Microdot,
Your Meyer Lansky tale serves as a perfe...Microdot,<br />Your Meyer Lansky tale serves as a perfect illustration of how we indirectly CAUSED the rise of Castro through our neglect and exploitation of Cuba. The days where we could get away with a condescending, dominant, and paternalistic attitude toward other less powerful countries in our hemisphere are drawung to a close...Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-25535259665521471772011-02-09T03:28:31.436-06:002011-02-09T03:28:31.436-06:00I absolutely agree with you. When I lived in NYC, ...I absolutely agree with you. When I lived in NYC, I knew a woman who had quite a "past". We were friends through a company we both worked for.<br />One evening, she told me the story of how she was on the last plane out of Havana with Meyer Lansky,during the fall of Batista. Lansky was bringing millions of dollars of cashola from the mob casinos to America...saving the mob assests. <br />She also had lots of juicy Frank Sinatra/Vegas/Mob stories...When I knew her, she was pushing 70, but still absolutely gor-gee-us....dahling.microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-70750029849956054832011-02-07T16:42:08.772-06:002011-02-07T16:42:08.772-06:00Microdot,
Thanks for sharing your neighbors' e...Microdot,<br />Thanks for sharing your neighbors' experiences. Just think how much better off Cuba's rural population would have been had there been no embargo!Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-73012630343434637042011-02-07T15:32:37.193-06:002011-02-07T15:32:37.193-06:00I love reading your commentary. My neighbors went ...I love reading your commentary. My neighbors went to Cuba for 2 weeks recently. They are Dutch and stayed in a lot of out of the way places. They took trains as well, though they complained about the diesel pollution from the trains...<br />They enjoyed themselves, though they found the physical conditions that a lot of the rural population lived under depressing.<br />They aren't out of touch with reality, both worked with Medicins Sans Frontiers in SouthEast Asia and Africa for quite a few years. Things are changing in Cuba!microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-48855179544699623262011-02-07T14:45:39.989-06:002011-02-07T14:45:39.989-06:00Jerilyn,
No---at the time, all they had was diaper...Jerilyn,<br />No---at the time, all they had was diapers. I'm sure the shortage was temporary, and I'm sure it just pertained to that one store, but even so...<br /><br />Our embargo doesn't hurt the Cuban government at all. I'm sure THEY all had toilet paper. This is one small example on how our embargo hurts the citizenry and why it must end. It is purely ridiculous.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-37627122224157013892011-02-07T10:26:36.903-06:002011-02-07T10:26:36.903-06:00No toilet paper!!??? Did they at least have boxes ...No toilet paper!!??? Did they at least have boxes of tissues?Jerilynhttp://jersblog.webs.com/apps/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-40930279898069219552011-02-06T19:18:27.838-06:002011-02-06T19:18:27.838-06:00Michael,
I'm glad you've been enjoying it....Michael,<br />I'm glad you've been enjoying it. Yes, it was VERY pleasant not being constantly bombarded with less-than-honest product ads which cheapen our society and turn us all into mere commodities.Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234638383123311700.post-34965743071640336622011-02-06T17:10:13.723-06:002011-02-06T17:10:13.723-06:00No advertising? America could learn something fro...No advertising? America could learn something from that. Fascinating series Jack.Michael Scotthttp://madmikesamerica.comnoreply@blogger.com