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Fidel Castro Steps Down...
NYT via Drudge ^ | February 19, 2008

Posted on 02/18/2008 11:43:05 PM PST by silentknight

Fidel Castro Steps Down...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Cuba; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: breaking; castro; commierat; commies; communist; cuba; deathwatch; dictator; dictators; exdictator; fidel; free; goodriddance; hesalreadydead; murderer; president; reds; resigns; retirement; theend
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To: dead

That’s the best I’ve sesn...bravo!


221 posted on 02/19/2008 12:26:40 PM PST by eleni121 (+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
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To: rdl6989

Look at the time this story was posted.

The government of Cuba was up in the wee hours. That generally won’t happen with any government, (at the level required), unless there has been an EVENT.

A “statement” arbitrarily announced at that time? Bull. Pure unadulterated bull.

This wreaks of damage control and continuity maintenance.


222 posted on 02/19/2008 12:58:40 PM PST by HipShot ("Remember the first rule of gunfighting... have a gun." --Colonel Jeff Cooper)
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To: silentknight

At first glance,,,,I thought that picture on DRUDGE was Willie Nelson!!!!..lol


223 posted on 02/19/2008 1:18:04 PM PST by stockstrader
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
Still not gonna answer, you’ld make a fine politician.
224 posted on 02/19/2008 2:00:04 PM PST by exnavy ( note to islamists,God means love, not hate.)
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To: silentknight

Does this mean we get Miami back?


225 posted on 02/19/2008 4:54:35 PM PST by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: Sunnyflorida

Good question. If Castro is dead and things change for the good, just how many of the Cubans here WILL go back to Cuba when it’s all safe to do so. Will there be a mass migration back to the motherland? Or have they gotten so used to sucking off US that they’ll just stay here? Time will tell.


226 posted on 02/19/2008 7:24:51 PM PST by NCC-1701 (PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
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To: silentknight

Cuban President Fidel Castro, left, and his brother Raul, chief of the Cuban armed forces, stand at attention as the bodies of 24 Cubans who died during the U.S. invasion of Granada are removed from an airplane at Havana's Jose Marti Airport in this Sunday, Nov. 13, 1983 file photo. Fidel officially designated Raul as his successor at a Communist Party congress in October 1997. On Tuesday Feb. 19, Fidel Castro said he will not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday. (AP Photo,file)


227 posted on 02/19/2008 8:19:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Raul Castro, left, stands next to his brother and then rebel leader Fidel Castro, bottom, and an unidentified fighter, as they operate against dictator Fulgencio Batista from Cuba's eastern mountains in this March 14, 1957 file photo. Fidel officially designated Raul as his successor at a Communist Party congress in October 1997. On Tuesday Feb. 19, Fidel Castro said he will not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew St. George, File)


228 posted on 02/19/2008 8:21:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: silentknight

Praise the Lord for this, and for Musharraf’s defeat!


229 posted on 02/19/2008 8:38:17 PM PST by kevinw
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To: silentknight; red flanker; Past Your Eyes
Fidel Castro Steps Down...




230 posted on 02/20/2008 12:07:42 AM PST by XR7
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To: silentknight
This story seems to be a big yawn in the rest of the nation but when I drove by the hub of activity on 8th street yesterday (Calle Ocho) the place was pandemonium! It only grew more intense as the Cuban exiles in this town (I live in Miami, FL) went into a true frenzy. Many are calling for Castro to be indicted for crimes against humanity. Nobody else in the country even cares.
231 posted on 02/20/2008 5:49:00 AM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: silentknight
I'm watching last night's tonight show on my Tivo and apparently Jay Leno had the first American TV appearance of Raul Castro.

jay leno raul castro
232 posted on 02/20/2008 11:07:10 PM PST by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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To: bigjoesaddle

Hey, it’s that actor who played the Hotel concierge in “Pretty Woman”!


233 posted on 02/21/2008 4:49:02 AM PST by 50sDad (Liberals: Never Happy, Never Grateful, Never Right.)
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