they shouldn't wait till then...
Posted on 12/07/2013 5:40:38 PM PST by TChad
“Havana is like Pompeii and Castro is its Vesuvius.” – Anthony Daniels
Almost every picture I’ve ever seen of Cuba’s capital shows the city in ruins. Una Noche, the 2012 gut punch of a film directed by Lucy Mulloy, captures in nearly every shot the savage decay of what was once the Western Hemisphere’s most beautiful city.
So I was stunned when I saw the restored portion of Old Havana for the first time.
It is magnificent. And it covers a rather large area. A person could wander around there all day, and I did. At first glance you could easily mistake it for Europe and could kid yourself into thinking Cuba is doing just fine.
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they shouldn't wait till then...
I’m right behind you brother!
Got news for ya, in far less than a generation full Democracy will bring you right back to the point where you find Cuba now.
Went on a mission trip there and felt really safe walking the streets but we were in the tourist section.
I’m sure there are other areas that aren’t as safe but then I won’t walk most areas of St Louis.
That is a beautiful car.
a time capsule... and damn if that doesn't look like a NY plate
Except it says CUBA.
Other than that.
you have better eyes than mine my FRiend...
Oh yah, and let's hear from Fat A$$(Michael Moore), and Speilberg, and all the other millionaire leftist creeps, about what a great guy Castro is, and how the USA should be more like Cuba.
Why don't all these lefties just move there, if they think it's so freakin great?
Better not let the democrat party read too much about Cuba=it's their wet dream government.
Also, somebody should tell the poor here , about Cuba - and that is what our USA will end up like, if we don't soon get off the democrat "income equality" crazy train. (i.e.in Cuba everybody "earns" $20 per month-no matter what their job/education is-equal poverty for everyone. Joy.)
Empowering your government to take care of your every need is a recipe for disaster.
Great Article BUMP
This reminds me of Communism all around the world - every dollar is available to hype the dictator yet no money is available for annual maintenance. Consequently, after years of neglect, buildings begin to crumble - it’s been common knowledge in Havana for years that it’s not safe to go to the 2nd or higher floor in any aged building because you’re likely to fall thru the floor. If you’re a foreigner and have to go to a hospital, be aware that Cuba’s celebrated health care system is not free TO YOU; they don’t take American Express, but they will happily accept Visa. PS: it ain’t that cheap or that good.
In Vietnam, want clean sheets? $1 please (American currency not local currency). Want an unused needle? $1 please. Insist on sterile, unused surgical instruments? Well, that’s extra.
I have been to Havana (in my dreams) and it is very safe. It is a wonderful city full of wonderful architecture and people. Would go back in a heartbeat. If you can go do so.
The media are natural liars. The truth is their socialist dreams destroy cities and countries, not in some vague sense, but in the real harm done to living human beings degraded by socialism. They won’t fathom that. Think of the ego that could ignore so much suffering.
In Navy and 18y/o when my carrier left shipyard in early 1961 and transited to GITMO Bay area of the Carrib for carrier trials and pilot quals.
Older hands had been there before Havana was closed to shore liberty and told many yarns about the casinos, nightclubs, bars, restaurants and women. All were great and safe.
The Mafia mobs had heavy investments (and revenue) from ownership of those establishments, tourism from the USA and payments to the Cuban government.
When access by Americans to Havana was cut off (wasn’t that JFK?), the Mafia was stiffed and Havana shriveled. The Cubans no longer had that influx of US $$.
I still strongly feel that such actions by JFK and RFK led to their deaths by order of the Mafia. .....jmo
My brother in law is with the state dept and he was in Cuba a couple of years ago visiting our non embassy on business. He took some great video of Havana and I got a chance to see it. Very interesting. All the old vintage cars driving around are wild.
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