The U.S. is going back to the Clinton era in opening Cuba back up for cultural exchanges. During the dark ages, or the Bush administration, Cuba’s iron curtain was once more closed – going back to the Clinton era doesn’t represent progress, just rejiggering to ground zero. It’s another head scratcher how we supposed this embargo on Cuba has helped that country or us progress any further than where we were nine years ago. All of these embargos\/blockades around the world – the Gaza Strip, the island of Cuba, Arizona – serve no one but the most vocal.<\/p>\n
If you go to the Times Picayune website – www.nola.com – and see who responds the most, you’ll find a pattern – the most vociferous are the ones with the most negative things to say. Didn’t their mama teach them anything – if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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