HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Tanks rolled through the streets and jets roared overhead Saturday in Havana's first military parade in a decade, but ailing leader Fidel Castro did not show up at what had been viewed as a test of his political future. Some 300,000 flag-waving Cubans marched past a reviewing stand in Havana's Revolution Square in salute to the aging leader who was nowhere to be seen, apparently too ill to attend.
Castro's absence at the event marking his 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the start of the revolution that put him in power accelerated speculation that his 47-year rule of Cuba is coming to an end.
There is nothing in the report to indicate that Castro is an inhuman dictator responsible for tens of thousands of murders over the past 50 years - no indication that Cuba is a racist, apartheid nation where black Cubans are stuck in grinding poverty and are not allowed to rise; no indication that Cubans go hungry while Castro socks away millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts...
no, none of that: Castro is still the hero to the MSM, as to the entire left.
Castro will die soon - God is calling him to account; I wonder as the Castroite regime fades in to nightmare memory if any of his boosters in the free world will fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from the Cuban people?
Posted by Mark Noonan at December 2, 2006 07:49 PM
FYI, Mark, a Reuters correspondent was doing news reporting in that story.
He/she wasn't doing an editorial or news analysis. The assignment was to report about the event and especially about whether Castro was able to take part.
Ethical news organizations with decent standards strive to keep the two item types distinct, and to label opinion/analysis and editorial pieces as what they are.
That's especially so when an item that's not straight news is presented in the news hole, as opposed to the Op-ed pages.
If you get the bulk of your news from The Weekly Standard, Washington Times, Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, you might not be aware of this concept of separation and labeling, or might have forgotten all about it. These media sources don't bother with it because their stock in trade is propaganda, not straight-news reporting.
BTW, you might want to take care about where you get your news. GIGO, as they say.
I'm not sure who these "ethical news organizations" are to which you're referring, SW -- surely not Al Reuters.
There is no doubting the dictatorial nature of his regime, nor that there are thousands of political prisoners in Cuba. But Castro hasn't murdered ten of thousands of people. Can you provide a source - preferably from a respected human rights group - that says Castro has committed such genocide?
I think you pulled the "tens of thousands" stat from the same source as a lot of your information: that is, right out of your arse.
Hey Aarontime, I could report the following:
There is nothing in the report to indicate that Bush is an inhuman dictator responsible for tens of thousands of murders over the past 3 years in Iraq - no indication that America is a racist, apartheid nation where black Americans are stuck in grinding poverty and are not allowed to rise; no indication that Americans go hungry while Bush socks away millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts...
no, none of that: Bush is still the hero to Blogs for Bush, as to the ever decreasing 30%, 28% right-wing dying machine.
Bush will die along with every neo-con that botched this illegal war - God is calling him to account; I wonder as the BushConite regime fades in to nightmare memory if any of his boosters in the right-wing world will fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from the American people?
Ya see how easy that was Aarontime?
Mark is spectacular! But why he is the lone blogger on this site? I see snipets of Margolis and Leo what's his name but rarely do we see the other contributor writers.
Why is that?
Hate and insults, Hate and insults, Hate and insults, Hate and insults, Hate and insults, Hate and insults.
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HATE,HATE,HATE,HATE,FILTH,FILTH,FILTH...
It never stops 24/7, 365 days a year.
From whom? Your hard-core, leftist, like "***** was a leftie" and Aarontime, USA, Opus, just to name ten thousand of a fraction of them.
BTW...
You defame the very name of Jesus!
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.And you will answer!!
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If it were me? I would put you off my blog until you had sense enough to come back and act with some civility.
"BTW...You defame the very name of Jesus!
I've noticed over time that the sense people make when writing is inversely proportional to the number of exclamation marks they use, and sure enough . . .
Jeremiah, let me remind you of the one about, "Judgment is mine, sayeth the Lord." Maybe I missed it when the clouds parted, a huge hand pointed down at you and a great voice boomed, "Take it over for awhile, Jeremiah, you're the man!"
Or, maybe you are just presuming to speak for the Lord.I'd be careful about that, if I were you.
Evidently you have a problem with the notion Jesus was more like a "leftie" than a right winger. I seem to recall Jesus promoted peace and harmony, not war and wedge issues.He was big on faith, hope and charity. He urged consideration for the least among men, for lifting up those down and out, and on the hard edge of life. Jesus actually gave people loaves, fishes and wine, and didn't get all hinky about making them lazy and dependent on him for free food and drink, etc.
Sounds more like a leftie to me. Had He been a rightie, I suppose He would've asked people to buy shares in a baking company, a fishing boat and a winery, promising them an end-of-year dinner party if the bottom line looked good enough.
Posted by: at December 3, 2006 02:59 AM Spook, Jeremiah, Mark:
Al-Reuters calls this pig a leader--never do they use the words "dictator" or "terrorist."
Folk here such as DAV's boyfriend, S.W.--Stupid Wanker--Airheadtime, and Leftie, are all America-haters who would love to live under the iron hand of a Castro, Chavez, Kim, Saddam, or Ahmedinejad.
These media sources don't bother with it because their stock in trade is propaganda, not straight-news reporting.
LOL, StupidWanker, because you're the idiot of the day. BTW, nobody gets news from Limbaugh; we get commentary and perspective on the news of the day.You wouldn't know; you get your "take" on Limbaugh from the likes of MMFA. You don't listen to him anymore than you watch FOX News, or read any of the publications you listed. You're a phony.
Maybe I'll go and check out your website for some balance...yeah, right...
Posted by: keefer at December 3, 2006 10:13 AM no indication that Cubans go hungry while Castro socks away millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts.
I find it especially ironic that while the left has long complained about the "gap between rich and poor" here in the U.S., and have little problem with communism as an institution, some of the worst gaps between rich and poor are found in communist countries. Kim Jong Il and his North Korea are another perfect example.
no indication that America is a racist, apartheid nation where black Americans are stuck in grinding poverty and are not allowed to rise
If the 13th and 14th Amendments, Brown v.Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act, etc. did not exist (all of which were produced by mostly white male legislators and judges, I might add), then you would be correct, JWAL. Although blacks suffer disproportionately from poverty, most of them are not poor, their poverty rate being about 28%.
For blacks in 2-parent families, the poverty rate is only 10%, almost as low as the 9% rate for whites. Perhaps the reason there's no indication for this, is because it's not true.
This is so laughable.We Americans are suffering from the opposite problem. We're becoming obese. Furthermore, being overweight is actually somewhat more common among the poor than among the non-poor.
Bush has a foreign bank account? Now that would be news to me. Again, the reason you don't find an indication of the things you mention, JWAL, is because they aren't true.
Posted by: Bigfoot at December 3, 2006 11:50 AM Excellent insight!
I can never figure out why the followers of Jesus (who post here) promote the exact opposite of what He taught. True Christians are men women of peace.
Posted by: Canadian Observer at December 3, 2006 11:52 AM Or, maybe you are just presuming to speak for the Lord.
No, I don't presumably speak for the Lord. But it's very evident after studying and knowing Jesus teachings, that "JWAL" purely has no sense of, and clearly does not know, Jesus teachings, in that, he/she is profound in their usage of filthy language, and Hatred.
Jesus preached love, and what Greater love hath he than the one who gave His only life for the whole world that they might repent and be made whole from their sin.
Evidently you have a problem with the notion Jesus was more like a "leftie" than a right winger.
Yes, you bet I do, Jesus was not a lefty or righty, Jesus was the Son of God, Although, Jesus applied His love for His people very liberally, and people seem to take that out of context, especially you lefties.
If my truck uses fuel liberally, then that has nothing to do with liberal.. politically speaking.
Now, I would advise "JWAL" and yourself to get off of your 'liberal' high-horses and start studying the word of God, and use some common sense.
Posted by: Jeremiah at December 3, 2006 12:42 PM The Weekly Standard, Washington Times, Fox News and Rush Limbaugh
Heh, look how hard the libs struggle to find news organizations that would apparently be considered as right leaning. The hundreds of MSM outlets and this poor list includes a pundit, again heh.
The huge, glaring problem of JWAL's screed is that, unlike Castro, Bush didnt order the killing of civilians, didnt create a political prison system (no, the Secret American Gulags dont exist), didnt make repression of blacks a governmental policy, didnt steal from the U.S. treasury for his own needs, didnt create a private goon police force to enforce his policies.
How often does the liberal press do exposes on Castro and his evil, how often do they question his regime? Never. Lefties always want to equivocate with the killers and the tyrants, saying things like "I know Castro is a dictator but he keeps the trains running on time."
Posted by: Lose the Bongos at December 3, 2006 01:11 PM True Christians are men women of peace.
True Canadiens are men who marry men and women who beat up the men...
Posted by: keefer at December 3, 2006 04:27 PM "Folk here such as DAV's boyfriend, S.W.--Stupid Wanker--Airheadtime, and Leftie, are all America-haters who would love to live under the iron hand of a Castro, Chavez, Kim, Saddam, or Ahmedinejad."
Keep squeezing that pus pocket of yours that passes for an intellect, keefer. Maybe eventually you'll get all the nasty stuff out and start to get better.
Posted by: at December 3, 2006 05:12 PM Maybe eventually you'll get all the nasty stuff out and start to get better.
Not until America-haters, such as yourself, StupidWanker, are either rotting in prison, or swinging from a gallows, for treason. Now go jump off a cliff--you're polluting the gene pool...
Posted by: keefer at December 4, 2006 05:04 AM Considering what is going on on this site, I think any criticism of media bias by members thereof is very disingenuous.
Why is that, RicoSuave, because this site is right-leaning? This is NOT a news site, dumbass. Have you checked any of your favourite blogs lately.DailyKooks, DU, or the one more suited for you, AmericaBlog? Try and tell me where they're not far-left biased, you idiot.
You know, Rico, someone once told me that you were an okay person, an objective person.I must disagree with that person--you're almost as much a lobotomized lemming as SW--Stupid Wanker--Anderson...
It's still in there, StupidWanker. Maybe I need professional help--bwahahahahahaha!!!
Posted by: keefer at December 4, 2006 05:10 AM keefer: "Why is that, RicoSuave, because this site is right-leaning?"
Nah, that's not it.The thing is that this site used to be open to real argument, where you could present facts and build a logical point of view. Some people, at least, can't do that anymore. So the bias isn't just within opinion, the bias is now structural.
It's a bias that hasn't been declared, either. And I find that particularly disappointing.
I do scan the Kos site periodically, but I've never tried to post there.Maybe I should give it a try. I know they ban some people, but I don't know how they do it, or to what extent. Maybe what's happening here is typical.
But it's still disappointing.
Posted by: Ricorun at December 4, 2006 09:05 AM Ass-tick, why do you insist upon using thre-year-old talking points, all of which contain misleading information? Is it that your're a brain-dead, lobotomized lemming, or are you just a moron like Rico and StupidWanker?Take your pick...
no, don't take your pick. The answer is both, you useless waste of oxygen.
Yeah, RicoSuave, this site used to be open to real discussion.But then, morons such as you, Raper13, Canuckgay, et.al., came along and polluted it.
Why don't you all go over to AmericaBlog, where you belong?
Posted by: keefer at December 4, 2006 05:27 PM Ass-tick,your're a brain-dead, lobotomized lemming,moron,you useless waste of oxygen.
Now that's the way to make an argument, If you're in 3rd grade.
Why don't you all go over to AmericaBlog, where you belong?
I have much more fun here than on Huffpo.
Posted by: Aztec at December 4, 2006 05:39 PM I have much more fun here than on Huffpo.
they probably don't even consider posting your drivel on Huff 'n Puff, but at least I now know where you get your redundant talking points.
BTW, Ass-tick, I have no reason to "make an argument" with you, StupidWanker, or any other of the lobotomy survivors here. I save my intellectual discourse for intellectuals.You don't qualify, Ass-tick. Not even remotely. You have the mental capacity of a corpse.
Now have yourself a nice Trotskyite evening...
Posted by: keefer at December 4, 2006 05:49 PM keefer: "Yeah, RicoSuave, this site used to be open to real discussion. But then, morons such as you, Raper13, Canuckgay, et.al., came along and polluted it."
I find your comment very interesting. So I'm curious.I have no affiliation with the others you mentioned. But assuming you can manage to limit your response to just me, can you explain to me why you think I "pollute" this site?
Except for my recent repeated requests for you to "bite me", which I assumed was understood in the seriousless context in which they were offered, what's your problem with me?To tell you the truth I think you're the kind of person I could sit down next to in a bar, buy you a beer, engage you in an increasingly heated conversation, ultimately resulting in us beating the hell out of each other, then sitting back down and sharing another beer. Heaven knows I've had a few episodes in my life like that. And I'm guessing you have, too.
I may be wrong, but it's nothing personal, ya know?
Anyway, I challenge you to point me to one single comment, in the hundreds I have posted here over the last several months, where I have attacked anyone -- you or anyone else -- on a truly personal level. Rather, I have always attacked only a person's argument and the logic and facts supporting them.At times yes, I have claimed that someone's point of view was breathtakingly stupid, internally inconsistent, an exercise in sophistry, or something of that nature. I will further admit that there is one person I've met on this site -- only one -- that I'm reasonably sure I could never be friends with. Be that as it may, I have never called anyone stupid, or a lobotomized lemming, or a moron, or a wasteless use of ovygen, or anything close.
In other words, I only attack the message, never the messenger. In fact, most of the time I have gone out of my way to make the distinction abundantly clear. But, I admit, there have been times when I don't much care if a person mistakenly takes what I say personally.
That's their problem, not mine. As Mark said, if you can't stand a little heat, stay out of the kitchen.
Oh, I almost forgot: bite me.Lol!
Posted by: Ricorun at December 5, 2006 02:10 AM To tell you the truth I think you're the kind of person I could sit down next to in a bar, buy you a beer, engage you in an increasingly heated conversation, ultimately resulting in us beating the hell out of each other, then sitting back down and sharing another beer.
I'm humbled, Rico; you know me more than you think.And actually, I've treated you rather unfairly here on B4B. I disagree with a lot of what you post, but at least you present your arguments in a manner that makes one think, not like the trolls who are in here for "gotchas," and nothing else. And no, I can't recall any of your posts being overly hateful.
Mine, however, contain lots of "hate," because the lobotomized lily-livered lemming leftists deserve no less. And I will continue to dole it out. But not to you, 'kay?
Now bite me back! Lol!
Posted by: keefer at December 5, 2006 07:09 PM keef: "Im humbled, Rico; you know me more than you think."
I'm guessing I know you more than you think.
But just so you know, it doesn't bother me if you treat me unfairly. You're you, and I have a very thick skin.I won't reciprocate, of course, because that's not me -- other than to tell you to bite me, of course, lol!
Now, if you attempt to bring in my family or loved ones, then you have crossed the line and the rules change. Fair enough?
I do find it refreshing to hear that I make you think. I consider that a very big deal. Because that IS what I try to do.I don't expect you, or anyone else, to agree with me. Heck, I hardly ever agree with anyone else, either. I just want to make people think more than they otherwise would.
After all, a democracy is successful only insofar as there is an informed electorate. And an electorate is not informed if they can't (or won't) think. And yeah, occasionally I do exaggerate my point of view in an attempt to achieve precisely that effect.
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