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Old 12-18-2014, 07:17 AM
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You flatter yourself. Outwitting you is neither a challenge nor an accomplishment. Considering how many spurious assertions of yours I've blown up, I see why you'd like me to ignore you.
And I flatter myself. Mirror...mirror.
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Old 12-18-2014, 08:27 AM
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Why is communism good in China and not in Cuba?
Exactly what I was wondering all the while Rubio was nattering on the news.
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Old 12-18-2014, 08:32 AM
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All this mud slinging is detracting from an interesting topic.
Guess we will need to change the name to PM?
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Old 12-18-2014, 10:00 AM
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Done right, Cuba could be raking in untold millions of tourist dollars. Win/win for almost everybody.
They already are, just not American dollars.

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Old 12-18-2014, 10:29 AM
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I wonder if there are any implications for our military base in Guantanamo Bay?
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Old 12-18-2014, 10:33 AM
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Ike, Finn, Zeke, Tom, Zero...........

What are you? A bunch of friggin' kindergartners? WTF, man?

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I'll give that some thought Blue.

Since I respect you.

No guarantees however.
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Old 12-18-2014, 10:33 AM
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I wonder if there are any implications for our military base in Guantanamo Bay?
Obama's sneaky back door plan for closing Gitmo without approval from Congress.

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Old 12-18-2014, 10:36 AM
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I wonder if there are any implications for our military base in Guantanamo Bay?
I would hope that it gets shut down.
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Old 12-18-2014, 10:42 AM
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They already are, just not American dollars.

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Old 12-18-2014, 11:35 AM
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Exactly. You lift sanctions, befriend the Cuban people, the Communist government weakens. Cuba is a beautiful island, her people full of potential. We should have been reaching out to them long ago, not slamming the door in their faces.

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That is the way I look at it. How could it have any worse results than what we have been doing the last fifty years.
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