Re: [Marxism] Cuba policy as a U.S. domestic political issue

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 20, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Walter Lippmann wrote:
> ...there has been a notable change in this rule, as we can
> see from the following letter addressed to a constituent here
> in California from U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, at least as far
> as U.S. policy toward Cuba is concerned....
> [Boxer]:
> I am proud to co-sponsor S.721, the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act. I  
> feel that Congress
> must act to rescind travel barriers between the United States and  
> Cuba and ease
> U.S. sanctions that close off potential markets to American farmers  
> and manufacturers
> while doing little to promote democracy in Cuba .
> Thank you again for writing to me about this important issue.


This would restore the embargo as it existed in 2001---for 60 days!   
In an election year when they are competing for the Hispanic vote,  it  
would seem a no brainer for the Dumbocratic majority in Congress to  
pass it (as a bailout rider if necessary).  But of course they won't.   
They remember what happened to JFK.

Shane Mage

"Thunderbolt steers all things...it consents and does not consent to  
be called Zeus."

Herakleitos of Ephesos




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