Posted on 07/26/2008 8:59:21 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama
Editor, Times-Dispatch:
Each year I get to celebrate Independence Day twice. On June 30 I celebrate my independence day and on July 4 I celebrate America's. This year is special, because it marks the 40th anniversary of my independence.
On June 30, 1968, I escaped Communist Cuba and a few months later I was in the United States to stay. That I happened to arrive in Richmond on Thanksgiving Day is just part of the story, but I digress.
I've thought a lot about the anniversary this year. The election-year rhetoric has made me think a lot about Cuba and what transpired there. In the late 1950s, most Cubans thought Cuba needed a change, and they were right. So when a young leader came along, every Cuban was at least receptive.
When the young leader spoke eloquently and passionately and denounced the old system, the press fell in love with him. They never questioned who his friends were or what he really believed in. When he said he would help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care and education to all, everyone followed. When he said he would bring justice and equality to all, everyone said "Praise the Lord." And when the young leader said, "I will be for change and I'll bring you change," everyone yelled, "Viva Fidel!"
But nobody asked about the change, so by the time the executioner's guns went silent the people's guns had been taken away. By the time everyone was equal, they were equally poor, hungry, and oppressed. By the time everyone received their free education it was worth nothing. By the time the press noticed, it was too late, because they were now working for him. By the time the change was finally implemented Cuba had been knocked down a couple of notches to Third-World status. By the time the change was over more than a million people had taken to boats, rafts, and inner tubes. You can call those who made it ashore anywhere else in the world the most fortunate Cubans. And now I'm back to the beginning of my story.
Luckily, we would never fall in America for a young leader who promised change without asking, what change? How will you carry it out? What will it cost America?
Would we?
Manuel Alvarez Jr. Sandy Hook.
Ouch!
That’s gonna leave a mark! even on a black man....
BTTT!
Hopefully the rest of the Cuban community thinks the same as Mr. Alvarez. Unfortunately, the black community only sees the color of his skin and not his character - along with the mindless liberals.
ping
Since I think Obama is America’s black Hitler, after hearing how the media and all young people are enamored with him. I think everyone should step back and take a long, good look at this man. Watch how he talks, remind you of world war two, and how promises made by Little Hitler, were spoken. We’ll everyone should think back and remember what this little man said and did. Then they should be careful for whom they vote.
Sincerely,
Mr. Alvarez. Your story is remarkable.
It should be required reading.
I am not sure that most Americans can be awoken from their slumber. Check out this video:
While "HOPE" remains...
You can call those who made it ashore anywhere else in the world the most fortunate Cubans.
I grew up in Miami, Florida and my best friends were some of the lucky ones to escape from Cuba. Their father was a Dr and told of horror stories of what happened there and how many of his friends were beaten,imprisoned and killed.
Maybe that is why even as a young girl, I understood how great this Country is, and how precious FREEDOM is.
To see this great Country going down this path, with the ENEMEDIA and too large a percentage of Americans encouraging it to happen...
It's more than I can bear...
Ping!
Americans not stupid, did not work.
Although the link is not working, I am having second thoughts about that statement!
The irony is that this blind following of Obama is all over an anti-Iraq-liberation view espoused by Obama and leftists in the USA. Why should Iraqis not be free? What do leftists really want for the world? They want Muslim nations to stay as they are—oppressive dictatorships with few to no rights for women and the lower classes. And for the free societies, they want to implement misery for all because it is impossible for everyone to live as Algore does. “Equality for all. Special privilege for none.” That’s the Third Way motto. Except they leave off one caveat: Except for me and mine.
YES YES YALL. Hitler preached change and it caused 50 million deaths... Be afraid ve very afraid.
And, of course, speaking of Fidel, the not so funny joke at the time was that he got HIS job through the New York Slimes -- er -- TIMES. Looks like BO might do likewise.
Do you want to know what my platform is? Here it is: I’m going to soak the fat boys and I’m going to spread it thin. — Willie Stark from “All the King’s Men”
Obama and the rest of his rat party have done everything they can to prevent Iraq from obtaining and sustaining freedom. Even now, Obama says he wouldn't have supported the surge...the money should have been spent here at home, or in Afghanistan or on a bridge to nowhere, or...
It makes me sick.
I will never forget the day the Iraqi people got to vote. They risked their lives...something we can't even comprehend. It is hard to fathom, that if the Democrats had their way, the Iraqi people would still be under the brutal dictatorship of Saddam!
Unbelievable!
My apologies, third try...
Americans are NOT stupid - with subtitles (YouTube)
This is the URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNHs0tYv_-I&NR=1
FROM EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY TO THOSE ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS...
Oh my...
I finally managed to post a link to the Video. The title of the video is sarcasm.
Wow, thank you for that!
Yes, that is exactly who Obama sounds like and the way the press acts is the same way they acted then. Everyone was shocked, shocked I tell you when Fidel turned out to be so far left that Stalin looked conservative.
Yes, it is time for a reminder. It’s easy for liberal do nothings to talk about freedom, but they do not want to help anyone else obtain it nor do they want those who are free to keep that freedom.
Unbelievable
The one ting I notice most is the mindless 25 to 35 years old just following along like sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
Talk about stupidity personified!!!!!!!!!!
OMG! Are people really that stupid? I missed a few but I knew the vast majority of those questions but if they had questioned me on the sidewalk they would probably have included the questions that I didn’t get correct.
That is what is so frightening and why this article is so powerful.
When he said he would help the farmers and the poor and bring free medical care and education to all, everyone followed. When he said he would bring justice and equality to all, everyone said "Praise the Lord." And when the young leader said, "I will be for change and I'll bring you change," everyone yelled, "Viva Fidel!"
Look what became of Cuba and how many have died trying to ESCAPE?
WHY WHY WHY would anyone want that for America?
Sadly, I know way too many people who are voting for Obama. I am going to print out this article and encourage them to study history! Few know or understand it!
AMEN!
The Democrats don't learn by changing their belief systems when they are proven wrong. But they do learn how to campaign to win by NOT portraying their true intentions.
As Rush says, they can't say what they really believe. They "pretend" to have morality, "pretend" to have religion, "pretend" to love freedom, will even "pretend" to love this Country. They will run as conservatives (has happened here in Colorado with Gov Ritter and Ken Salazar), but when they win...their votes are lock step with the left wing Pelosi!
This Country is on the brink of being destroyed by islamicfacism, and our leaders are distracting the sheep with their new religion...
GLOBAL WARMING, CLIMATE CHANGE...
We are sooooo screwed!!!
I know a supposedly “educated woman” who’s just like the people in that video. She has absolutely no clue but she’s constantly telling people how smart she is by saying “I’m not stupid you know....afterall, I’m a nurse case manager”.
I think we need to institute an intelligence test in order to vote and I don’t care if people are “disenfranchised”! If you’re too stupid and don’t know the answers to simple questions, then you’re too stupid to vote!
I am familiar with Gov. Ritter, never did like him when he bacame involved the the Ramsey diabolical. He didn’t know what he was talking about, and several times got facts wrong. Denver politics, leave a lot to be desired. I liked the Governor, but he had no guts, only talk. Now we have Obama, who is all talk, no substance, give everything free of charge, honor him as the man of change, BS.
I have converted this to an email and have sent it out to the people in my address book. We need to share this so that people who aren’t as political as we on Free Republic, will have a chance to see it.
Freep-mail me to get on or off my pro-life and Catholic List:
Please ping me to note-worthy Pro-Life or Catholic threads, or other threads of interest.
You can say that again!
And soon we are going to be taken over by leftists in Denver.
My family is escaping to Florida that week! ;o)
Yeh...Wonder if they'll be cheering when the Welfare Checks in Kalifornicate start bouncing and the "refugees" move up there to continue their 'benefits'?????
I know I'll be smiling as they are in that pic ---- then.....
Some minds are programmed to “think”, others to “feel”. Unfortunately the feelers are on the ascendency. This woman you mentioned might be well educated (but I doubt that), nonetheless, she will follow Odummo to the cliff. I hope she doesn’t “feel” the pain when she finally thuds to the ground.
You hit the nail on the head! I've been "preaching" this for years! It's a pet peeve of mine when someone says "I feel"....grrrr.
Literacy tests have unfortunately often been rigged to favor those who in turn favor the party in power. That having been said, I've sometimes facetiously suggested that ballots should be printed with the candidates' names on half-inch colored stripes, one inch apart. A person wanting to vote would have to punch a hole touching their candidate's stripe while the ballot was, say, 25 feet away. They could use the hole-puncher of their choice. That sound like a good approach?
LOL...my preferred hole puncher is a .357
I'm not that steady with handguns. With a good rifle, though, I wouldn't have much problem though I'd have to practice in advance at 25' to figure out where the real point of aim would be.
Wow, Thank you for the post.
Most of the people in your pix look like pups.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.