Cuba gives green light to buying, selling cars

[piece-itpete]

I'd love to be a lawbreaking rebel and visit there before resorts takes over.

Pete

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I'd love to be a lawbreaking rebel and visit there before resorts takes over.

Pete

My nephew finagled several graduate research trips there to study the interrelationship of music, place and politics. He ended up meeting a lovely Cuban girl, brought her back the US, and married her - a very lovely lass indeed. All of her family is still in Cuba.

BTW, he studied percussion with the primary percussionist on Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club. The kid's quite a talent, having just earned a PhD in Cultural Geography from Arizona State last year. He's played in several Latin/Salsa bands with a pretty high talent level and made several CD's. If you're interested take a look at his website, focusing on the photoblog, music and geography links. Take a look at his C.V. as well, if you're interested.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

My nephew finagled several graduate research trips there to study the interrelationship of music, place and politics. He ended up meeting a lovely Cuban girl, brought her back the US, and married her - a very lovely lass indeed. All of her family is still in Cuba.

BTW, he studied percussion with the primary percussionist on Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club. The kid's quite a talent, having just earned a PhD in Cultural Geography from Arizona State last year. He's played in several Latin/Salsa bands with a pretty high talent level and made several CD's. If you're interested take a look at his website, focusing on the photoblog, music and geography links. Take a look at his C.V. as well, if you're interested.

I love Buena Vista and its off shoots.

Noticed your nephew was last month here in Brooklyn at a festival.

[piece-itpete]

Wow finn, that's pretty darn impressive! Maybe I should've stayed in school

Btw, that's not a Crown Victoria!

Pete

[preferred u]

Very Impressive you must be proud!

[piece-itpete]

The old saying, hindsight is 20/20. At the time the USSR was a real threat, and if one would've said the Islamists could be a danger to us half a world away they would've scoffed.

Not saying right or wrong...

Pete

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The old saying, hindsight is 20/20. At the time the USSR was a real threat, and if one would've said the Islamists could be a danger to us half a world away they would've scoffed.

Not saying right or wrong...

Pete

My point is that it was reasonable to assume that the CIA knew what the dangers were. And in reality a soviet friendly Afghanistan was not a threat to us.