‘Poverty chic FTW': Lefty journo worried that US tourists will destroy Cuban paradise

Twitchy ^ | December 17, 2104 | Staff

[C19fan]

“Independent journalist” Jeremy Scahill is a blogger at The Intercept, which was co-founded by Glenn Greenwald.

He is also a colossal moron:

I'm very glad I was able to visit Cuba several times before US tourists try to turn it into Cancun

[C19fan]

How about you stay in your poverty stricken socialist paradise ahole.

[Shadow44]

God forbid Cubans rise out of poverty.

[Billthedrill]

Left-wing journalists are ruling-class visitors there. Why wouldn’t he want to protect that?

[Dr. Thorne]

Time for the Mafia to move back in.

[ConservativeMind]

He shouldn’t fret. Cuban housewives will continue to whore themselves out for a long time to come. The nice thing is that they only charge $20-$30 dollars.

Prevents head there from around the world to take advantage of their poverty.

[ConservativeMind]

“Perverts,” I meant.

[MeshugeMikey]

he thinks his home planet of remulac was an island paradise too!

[Oldexpat]

Ordinary tourist still will not be allowed to go. They must be journalists or some kind of educational group...so libs will have a monopoly on visa’s for Cuban travel.

[dfwgator]

I suspect that’s what he’d really miss.

[gdani]

I'd like the Cuban people to climb out of crippling poverty & improve their lives.

At the same time, I am also glad I visited before there is a Hard Rock Cafe-Havana & Applebee's everywhere.

[Billthedrill]

And Watney's Red Barrel.

(Obligatory Monty Python reference)

[Catmom]

But they could sure use Home Depot.

[Catmom]

Not to mention O’Reilly auto parts.

[gdani]

Not to mention O’Reilly auto parts.

Indeed! Cuba has the most "creative" mechanics anywhere.

[certrtwngnut]

Perverts do not prevent head, they insist on it.

[VeniVidiVici]

Yup. Wish i could visit there and take advantage of ultra cheap prices while giving the regime hard currency and exploiting folks who make 25 cents an hour

[justa-hairyape]

And the coral reefs around Cuba are so pristine and untouched by dirty capitalism. Never mind the run off from 1950s style tobacco and sugar cane farming.

[Hot Tabasco]

I'm very glad I was able to visit Cuba several times before US tourists try to turn it into Cancun

Cuba's been open to American tourists since forever. All you have to do is fly from Canada......

[Buckeye McFrog]

First thing is that classic car collectors are going to flood the island and make a lot of Cubans very rich.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Cuba's been open to American tourists since forever. All you have to do is fly from Canada......

Not actually legal. Technically I think you can go to Cuba, but it's illegal for you to spend any money there. Supposedly US intel hangs out at Canadian airports photographing passengers boarding Cuba-bound flights to see what Americans are breaking the law.