Castro hands power to brother during surgery

CNN ^ | 7/31/06 | CNN

[tdewey10]

Cuban President Fidel Castro is transferring power provisionally to brother Raul while he undergoes an operation, Cuban TV announces.

[cdnerds]

If he dies, who is giving out the cuban cigars?

[over3Owithabrain]

Take Fidel, make him more sadistic, more hands on cruel, lessen the ego, and multiply lack of respect for life and multiply the dedication to stalinist marxism, and you have Raoul.

So are you saying out of the frying pan, into the fire?

[ModelBreaker]

If he dies, who is giving out the cuban cigars?

Half the population of Miami.

[NinoFan]

Now, now... Why must you be so cruel? ;) How about a response similar to this one just posted over at DU by one very upset liberal:


liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-01-06 12:55 AM Original message Hasta la Victoria Siempre, Comrade Fidel

My Spanish isn't very good, so I'll say it in English.

The Revolution will continue. In the 50's, you didn't have the Internet. We do now, with 512 bit encryption.

I have to admit, your rule of the Cuban people was at times brutal, but much less so than Batista. You gave your people universal health care, universal education, equality.

RIP, mi amigo

[daybreakcoming]

Caring for an elderly man with major abdominal surgery

who smokes should take him right into pneumonia.

[Rte66]

Yikes, maybe it will be this newslady I just switched over to. I thought it was going to be the Naked News - it almost is.

Woman in see-through dress is doing the news. For some reason, it is called Al Rojo Vivo and when I googled that, ummm ... I got nasty stuff, with my filters on. I can't tell what this is or why they would name a TV channel "red life" or whatever it is.

It appears to have Mexican news - long segment on the people camped out in Mexico City - but also lots of American news and not exactly tabloid, but kind of. Yeah, now some celebrity news, but Mexican singers - but also Mel Gibson.

No Castro so far, anyway. Seems like "red life" would be the place to put him, unless I'm not getting what the "al" in front of it means.

Oh, the network is Telemundo. I *knew* that, but why is the news called something else?

[dfwgator]

Bad news, Fidel gave up cigars years ago.

[LowOiL]

BTTT...

[daybreakcoming]

So...with all that traveling he was doing - dare we hope it was his Farewell Tour?

[bruinbirdman]

"I was thinking a knife from a trusted aide (maybe Raul, getting tired of waiting)."

I was thinkin' he wants some of that $900 stash.

yitbos

[STARWISE]

TV Marti streaming in Spanish

Translate for us?

[Nick Danger]

Subtle. I like that :)

[STARWISE]

Please ?? HTML Sandbox -- will help immeasurably on the eyes -- thanks

[STARWISE]

Little Havana video

[STARWISE]

Video on my post above .. probably not live though.

[daybreakcoming]

Bad news, Fidel gave up cigars years ago.

Well just spoil my night why don't ya? :o)
So....could it be cancer?

[STARWISE]

DITTO! Andy Garcia has to be crying tears of joy .. one step closer. He IS a hunk.

[dfwgator]

Speaking of Andy, his "Lost City" movie about Havana in the early days of Castro's rule comes out next week on DVD.

[presently no screen name]

forever.

[presently no screen name]

LOL!