October 21, 2004
DAYENU:
Cuban President Castro Breaks Leg, Arm (VOA News, 21 October 2004)
The Cuban government has confirmed that President Fidel Castro broke his left arm and right knee after falling during a graduation ceremony late Wednesday in the city of Santa Clara.
Oh Lord, had you only given us a Red Sox victory that would have been enough. Posted by Orrin Judd at October 21, 2004 1:40 PM
On Bush's list to do 2nd term:
--Take WOT to Syria, Iran
--Privatize/modernize Social Security
--Clear the logjam on federal judges
--Get rid of Castro
Just watch- Castro will get the medical care any 3rd world dictator can get. In a few days, we'll have photo-ops of a smiling Castro with a cast, and the usual crowds cheering about this being a demonstration of the superiority of Cuban socialized medicine.
Just watch.
Posted by: BC Monkey at October 21, 2004 2:30 PMOh Lord, had you only given us a Red Sox victory that would have been enough.
Or, from another perspective, the Yankees lost last night but this helps make up for it somewhat. :-)
Posted by: Matt Murphy at October 21, 2004 2:48 PMCastro will get the medical care any 3rd world dictator can get.
So Fidel's going to the Mayo Clinic?
(And people need to differentiate between those who wanted the Red Sox to win, and the vast majority who wanted the Damnyankees (and their fans) to learn what "hubris" really means.)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at October 21, 2004 3:02 PM(And, most specifically for myself (and, I presume) Raoul, to see the look on A-Rod's face when it happened.)
Posted by: Timothy at October 21, 2004 3:10 PMMr. Ortega:
I'm just curious...where are you originally from? If Cuba, congrats on this latest bit of good news.
Here's hoping Castro's next fall is into the grave.
Posted by: Matt Murphy at October 21, 2004 3:54 PMJust too bad it wasn't his damn neck instead of an arm or a leg.
Posted by: MB at October 21, 2004 4:51 PMOrtega is a pseudonym. But a grandfather did spend a number of years as the property of Stalin, and have no love for Socialst dictators of any variety.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at October 21, 2004 9:37 PMMr. Ortega:
Ah, I see. I hope your father got the heck out of there.
I already figured out the part about hating socialism. :-)
Posted by: Matt Murphy at October 21, 2004 10:11 PMThey later discovered foul play was involved: Castro was apparently struck by a baseball. Marks on the ball have been matched with a baseball bat owned by Johnny Damon.
Kerry has sworn that in the event of a Kerry victory, Damon will be shipped to Cuba for trial.
Posted by: Just John at October 22, 2004 2:43 AMAfter 45 years of trying, the CIA finally, finally got something to work....
(Gotta be a moral in there somewhere.)
Posted by: Barry Meislin at October 22, 2004 9:17 AM