tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post6527084970623438437..comments2024-01-15T18:37:16.075-05:00Comments on Sticky Crows: Contraststornwordohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581361982939423598noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-52844453354888980322009-12-20T23:19:39.738-05:002009-12-20T23:19:39.738-05:00I couldn't have enjoyed this more. Love hearin...I couldn't have enjoyed this more. Love hearing about your trips, especially to places I've never been!LSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027230973230749475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-61071107910044135812009-12-19T09:41:41.697-05:002009-12-19T09:41:41.697-05:00Your descriptions/experiences pretty much confirms...Your descriptions/experiences pretty much confirms my suspicions about life there. I will affirm your statement that we have been blessed by the accident of our births, but I would also feel a touch of sadness that people can be happy with so much less [in the way of material goods] than we have until they see what the Jones's have and think they need it to be happy. Certainly I do not envyLemuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397995062492531171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-73349684435984081782009-12-19T08:54:32.964-05:002009-12-19T08:54:32.964-05:00So glad you got to have a tropical break from the ...So glad you got to have a tropical break from the winter weather. The pictures are beautiful. Orlando is a cutie.Javahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377033663576614925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-26013894000388364212009-12-19T08:23:36.897-05:002009-12-19T08:23:36.897-05:00Welcome back to reality and the cold weather!Welcome back to reality and the cold weather!Rick Bettencourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864282234769831038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-75613597866466630492009-12-19T00:09:28.660-05:002009-12-19T00:09:28.660-05:00Thanks for that post - it's pretty much exactl...Thanks for that post - it's pretty much exactly how I see Cuba - a place where so many things are scarce, but the people are happier. I've been in a funk since I've come back, and I dream of being able to spend three months out of the year there somehow. Just a sanity sabbatical. And the embargo - as asinine and selective as so many other US policies.Tatianahttp://www.mycoldprairie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-11258259240190144722009-12-18T23:40:48.779-05:002009-12-18T23:40:48.779-05:00This is fascinating. We know so little about this ...This is fascinating. We know so little about this country that is a mere 90 miles from the southern tip of Florida.<br /><br />I know why the embargo was begun, but those conditions no longer exist. I don't know why it continues. Like the answer to almost all "why" questions, I suspect it comes down to money.Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12852713057094279347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-87892079820860554382009-12-18T18:23:08.117-05:002009-12-18T18:23:08.117-05:00Very interesting! Thanks for sharing your experie...Very interesting! Thanks for sharing your experiences and photos.Mark in DEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478832787656152843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-40228027184808109642009-12-18T15:33:57.545-05:002009-12-18T15:33:57.545-05:00Welcome back!
I think...Welcome back!<br /><br />I think...dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-7480298812737659562009-12-18T11:56:42.809-05:002009-12-18T11:56:42.809-05:00Cuba's military regime has also been bad to th...Cuba's military regime has also been bad to the gays (to say the least).GayProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11289510184782252498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-60850638039735196662009-12-18T11:02:42.231-05:002009-12-18T11:02:42.231-05:00I do accept that Cuba has so many downsides, but I...I do accept that Cuba has so many downsides, but I also see the good points that Mel notes. The salaries are low, but they get goods subsidized. I would rather live in Canada than Cuba, but I'd much rather live in Cuba than most other Caribbean countries where there seems to be freedom to live in abject poverty and violence.Snoozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358347075690351485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-50566328984861769912009-12-18T09:45:47.149-05:002009-12-18T09:45:47.149-05:00The whole freedom of speech thing would get me tos...The whole freedom of speech thing would get me tossed in the clink if I were a Cuban. My mouth is definitely Canadian! <br /><br />And we had that -30ish weather at the end of last week and it was awful for poor Tazzy. He'd squat to poop and it looked like he was dancing, he kept pulling all his paws up. Switch George's food until you find something that works in both the stool and Roxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-38885540317728150142009-12-18T08:40:08.067-05:002009-12-18T08:40:08.067-05:00Mrs Coffeedog's dad (a Spaniard) was raised in...Mrs Coffeedog's dad (a Spaniard) was raised in Cuba. I think he lived a comfortable life there, his family had $ back in the day. He is so much fun to hang around with, he english is good, but he still has his moments, and we giggle immensely at the way he days things. <br /><br />Yeah, I don't understand why we cut Cuba off, they are harmless and like Mel says, everyone is taken care CoffeeDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561507227103151863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8296380.post-58792872418733663462009-12-18T07:45:18.148-05:002009-12-18T07:45:18.148-05:00On the other hand, despite the lack of individual ...On the other hand, despite the lack of individual freedoms and the poverty and the fact that just being queer is considered suspect (if not outright criminal), they've got nearly 100% literacy, lower infant mortality rates, free access to education (incl. university), and because the gov't recognises access to health care as a fundamental right, they have a life expectancy that rivals theMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.com