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i am a big fat moderate
i am a big fat moderate
That's dumb speak for mediocrity, and fence rider. The fact is, I don't believe you know what you are because you're too young and haven't had enough time and experience to form a political persona. I'd wager you're confused.
That's a fascinating take on it. I still think the embargo should end. I'm half Cuban and my grandmother hasn't spoken to her relatives there in over 50 years. All for foolish pride.
What would be the fruits of a lifted embargo? I could speculate, but I'd appreciate your perspective on this notion.
I imagine the fruits would be small right now. But over time they could become very important. They've been our enemies for decades. A few years back everyone was talking about "winning the hearts and minds" of our enemies. Shutting them out and closing dialogue is a COLOSSAL failure of foreign policy on the part of America.
Cuba should be booming right now. They'd be a top destination for everyone in this country. They're the closest tropical Caribbean island to us in the world.
We can SEE THEM from Key West. Why haven't we handled that problem in all these years?
Sure it's a shit hole, but that culture and history and society is basically untarnished.
And the biodiversity has flourished for lack of commercial development...
Cuba may have been restricted politically and economically for the past 50 years, but its borders have remained open to wildlife for which Cubas undeveloped islands are an irresistible draw. While many islands in the Caribbean have poisoned or paved over their ecological riches on land and in the sea in pursuit of a growing tourist industry, Cubas wild landscapes have remained virtually untouched, creating a safe haven for rare and intriguing indigenous animals, as well as for hundreds of species of migrating birds and marine creatures.
Watch Cuba: The Accidental Eden Online | Full Episode | Nature | PBS
That's a fascinating take on it. I still think the embargo should end. I'm half Cuban and my grandmother hasn't spoken to her relatives there in over 50 years. All for foolish pride.
What would be the fruits of a lifted embargo? I could speculate, but I'd appreciate your perspective on this notion.
There are two and only two things I would like to be shipped here from Cuba:I imagine the fruits would be small right now. But over time they could become very important. They've been our enemies for decades. A few years back everyone was talking about "winning the hearts and minds" of our enemies. Shutting them out and closing dialogue is a COLOSSAL failure of foreign policy on the part of America.
Cuba should be booming right now. They'd be a top destination for everyone in this country. They're the closest tropical Caribbean island to us in the world.
We can SEE THEM from Key West. Why haven't we handled that problem in all these years?
I am the historic preservationist for our city. Not a real big deal- we're a 20k population WHEN the university is in session.
But anyway- I am very cautious about the dilution of culture in Cuba, should the embargo be lifted.
I'm also in Marketing and Public Relations by profession, and I've seen the deleterious effects of both. That said, I believe that an onslaught of free-trade and free-market policies could have the potential to absolutely ruin the culture of Cuba.
As I've said, Cuba is frozen in time. And in so many ways that is a good thing. Preserving the character of a culture while opening it up to the onslaught of marketing and public relations could be ruinous to that very culture.
Then could we at least trade vintage car parts for cigars and rum.. That wouldn't be a violatation of StarFleet Prime Directive would it Captain??
That's a fascinating take on it. I still think the embargo should end. I'm half Cuban and my grandmother hasn't spoken to her relatives there in over 50 years. All for foolish pride.
What would be the fruits of a lifted embargo? I could speculate, but I'd appreciate your perspective on this notion.
There are two and only two things I would like to be shipped here from Cuba:I am the historic preservationist for our city. Not a real big deal- we're a 20k population WHEN the university is in session.
But anyway- I am very cautious about the dilution of culture in Cuba, should the embargo be lifted.
I'm also in Marketing and Public Relations by profession, and I've seen the deleterious effects of both. That said, I believe that an onslaught of free-trade and free-market policies could have the potential to absolutely ruin the culture of Cuba.
As I've said, Cuba is frozen in time. And in so many ways that is a good thing. Preserving the character of a culture while opening it up to the onslaught of marketing and public relations could be ruinous to that very culture.
Then could we at least trade vintage car parts for cigars and rum.. That wouldn't be a violatation of StarFleet Prime Directive would it Captain??
Vintage cars and superb cigars! Rum sucks...except for making flaming dishes!
That's a pretty good poll!
That's a pretty good poll!
I side 97% with the Green Party.
Which I happen to be a registered member of.
Mostly libertarian here also followed by republican and then green as you were. I think the poll is utter garbage though. As other posters have pointed out, the questions were far to vague and built off of the central problem with politics to begin with – 10 second clips that do not for the basis of a political stance. Things like the drone question and the war in Afghanistan are not yes or no questions. To dumb it down to that level makes it an utterly irrelevant question. Don’t even get me on the ‘science’ section which seems to only take into account stem cells, evolution (wtf is that doing there) and NASA. There is a LOT more to the political arena that has to do with science than those three issues.No Real surprises here...
Lib 87%
Rep 84%
Grn 52%
Dem 41%
Soc 11%
The Green thing does bother me -- but it's mostly about Foreign policy issues. They have NO CHANCE of my vote --- but I do admire them for being a 3rd party choice that works hard to get on ballots.
Perhaps an increase in the quality of life for millions? Is that not enough? A better question would be what are the benefits? Really, we gain nothing at all from the embargo. Even though it is virtually meaningless to us either way it certainly does not make any reasonable sense to keep an embargo that has zero positive effects…Sure it's a shit hole, but that culture and history and society is basically untarnished.
And the biodiversity has flourished for lack of commercial development...
Cuba may have been restricted politically and economically for the past 50 years, but its borders have remained open to wildlife for which Cuba’s undeveloped islands are an irresistible draw. While many islands in the Caribbean have poisoned or paved over their ecological riches on land and in the sea in pursuit of a growing tourist industry, Cuba’s wild landscapes have remained virtually untouched, creating a safe haven for rare and intriguing indigenous animals, as well as for hundreds of species of migrating birds and marine creatures.
Watch Cuba: The Accidental Eden Online | Full Episode | Nature | PBS
That's a fascinating take on it. I still think the embargo should end. I'm half Cuban and my grandmother hasn't spoken to her relatives there in over 50 years. All for foolish pride.
What would be the fruits of a lifted embargo? I could speculate, but I'd appreciate your perspective on this notion.
