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[cyrano]

I'm apparently done being Thankful, or perhaps the world is no longer on holiday. I confess to not knowing a whole lot about the 'Cuban exile community' but incidents like this do not improve my initial impression that they're kind of thuggish and 'ends justifies the means' sorts of people.
And since the violence in Iraq in October was all about trying to influence our elections* (as we know, everything that happens in the world is All About Us), would we say that the deadliest sectarian attack in years therefore must be an attempt to influence our holiday shopping? Or did they just get told by a deceptive poll worker that election day was *December* seventh?
And lest you think that I am all about the depressing news, I did find this article, about new breeds of more nutritional 'retro wheat'.


* Here they are, getting up every day saying, “We’ve got an election in two weeks in America, gang, and we want to change horses over there because we don’t like the folks we’re having to deal with now; they’re a little tough on us. So let’s get out there and let’s make some noise.“
--Don Rumsfeld
As I discover that Glen Greenwald apparently had the same thoughts as I did.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not sure what they mean by "exile community." Certainly all immigrants from Cuba (which includes my husband's family) are not thuggish, but they may be talking about a specific (probably political) subsection that may tend more that way.

[outlawcoon.livejournal.com]

Er, that was me.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

No, much like knowing that not all Christians are like the ones who make good press by being insane and stupid, I am fairly secure in the knowledge that not all Cuban Americans feel the same way about ethics that these journalists did. I feel like I would have to live in Miami or something in order to understand the reality of this culture, and I can't stand the humidity. (:

[outlawcoon.livejournal.com]

Pshaw. The humidity in Miami is nothing compared to Atlanta. I love the weather down here.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

However, the humidity is something compared to Corvallis. (:
Visiting Bradenton nigh on flattens me every time--I have to remutate and grow gills.