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I was so excited to see on the news yesterday that Cuba is once more open to us. My God! I can remember way back in the dim recesses of my mind when the embargo was placed on Cuba. I go to the store and find "Made in China", "made in Mexico", "Made in Taiwan". I watch the shows on child labor in these countries and hear the atrocities that go on inside these borders and then look at a country 90 miles off our coast that has been ostracized for 50 years and I do not even remember what they did.
I do know that when Sherman was alive he wanted a real Cuban cigar. Just one before he died. I do not remember how much that cost on the black market. Oh, wait. That is not illegal any more, is it? And these buses loaded with medical and educationnal materials aren't either, are they?
I was so excited to see on the news yesterday that Cuba is once more open to us. My God! I can remember way back in the dim recesses of my mind when the embargo was placed on Cuba. I go to the store and find "Made in China", "made in Mexico", "Made in Taiwan". I watch the shows on child labor in these countries and hear the atrocities that go on inside these borders and then look at a country 90 miles off our coast that has been ostracized for 50 years and I do not even remember what they did.
I do know that when Sherman was alive he wanted a real Cuban cigar. Just one before he died. I do not remember how much that cost on the black market. Oh, wait. That is not illegal any more, is it? And these buses loaded with medical and educationnal materials aren't either, are they?
I do not even remember when this picture was taken.
I see we are releasing 3 prisoners. There were 5. The Cuban 5. I assume that a couple of them could have died. I will need to look into that.
But for now, it is enough that we are finally after 53 years doing something. I am glad Allan Gross is home. I am glad that the Cuban cigar is now resting in it's place of honor in St. Louis. I am also very happy that my friends, Amy and Bernardo can now go "home" for a visit.
