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		<title>By: &#187; Useful Idiots: In &#8216;Peter Pan&#8217; Special on Cuban-Americans, CNBC Falls Victim To Castroite Propaganda - Big Journalism</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#187; Useful Idiots: In &#8216;Peter Pan&#8217; Special on Cuban-Americans, CNBC Falls Victim To Castroite Propaganda - Big Journalism</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the Cuban military’s tourist booty. By some peculiar coincidence NBC’s Today Show decided to broadcast from Havana that very week. Amidst smiling, dancing tourists, Matt Lauer and Andrea Mitchell advised viewers on how to [...]</description>
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		<title>By: AprilM</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: AprilM</title>
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		<dc:creator>AprilM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: AprilM</title>
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		<dc:creator>AprilM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fontova is clearly a revisionist polemicist. His frequent use of profanity and childish insults also points him more towards sophistry than scholarship. His work is not taken seriously in the academic community because he purposely omits all information that fails to conform to his desired narrative. He works backwards by starting with his conclusion i.e. = &quot;Che is evil&quot; or &quot;Cuba is Stalinist&quot; and then inserts any cherry picked information that will help support this view.  
 
Readers should not be left with the impression from this article that he is a serious researcher, it would be an insult to all those that truly investigate for the truth.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fontova is clearly a revisionist polemicist. His frequent use of profanity and childish insults also points him more towards sophistry than scholarship. His work is not taken seriously in the academic community because he purposely omits all information that fails to conform to his desired narrative. He works backwards by starting with his conclusion i.e. = &quot;Che is evil&quot; or &quot;Cuba is Stalinist&quot; and then inserts any cherry picked information that will help support this view.  </p>
<p>Readers should not be left with the impression from this article that he is a serious researcher, it would be an insult to all those that truly investigate for the truth.</p>
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		<title>By: FriendlyGrizzly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had a 1969 BMW 2002 I picked up at the factory.  I called mine the Money Pit. </description>
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		<title>By: HiPlainsDrifter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They keep deleting this post...Just sneeking it in here...maybe... 
 
Any Americano traveling to CUBA and spending dollars, is complicit in the torture, murder and rape of the country.  
When freedom finally comes after a 50+ year holiday, these people will be clueless as to what it means.  
Their collective psyche will be so damaged, it will take a &quot;Psychological Marshall Plan&quot;, 2 generations just to get them to up to the &quot;Danny Glover Socialist drone level&quot; we have here in the US </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They keep deleting this post&#8230;Just sneeking it in here&#8230;maybe&#8230; </p>
<p>Any Americano traveling to CUBA and spending dollars, is complicit in the torture, murder and rape of the country.<br />
When freedom finally comes after a 50+ year holiday, these people will be clueless as to what it means.<br />
Their collective psyche will be so damaged, it will take a &quot;Psychological Marshall Plan&quot;, 2 generations just to get them to up to the &quot;Danny Glover Socialist drone level&quot; we have here in the US</p>
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		<title>By: Ilan Ben Menachem</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ilan Ben Menachem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reading is one kind of hobby.  </description>
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		<title>By: HiPlainsDrifter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Any Americano traveling to CUBA and spending dollars, is complicit in the torture, murder and rape of the country.  
When freedom finally comes after a 50+ year holiday, these people will be clueless as to what it means.  
Their collective psyche will be so damaged, it will take a &quot;Psychological Marshall Plan&quot;  2 generations just to get them to up to the &quot;Danny Glover Socialist drone level&quot; we have here in the US. </description>
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<p>Any Americano traveling to CUBA and spending dollars, is complicit in the torture, murder and rape of the country.<br />
When freedom finally comes after a 50+ year holiday, these people will be clueless as to what it means.<br />
Their collective psyche will be so damaged, it will take a &quot;Psychological Marshall Plan&quot;  2 generations just to get them to up to the &quot;Danny Glover Socialist drone level&quot; we have here in the US.</p>
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		<title>By: Turtler</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Fontova is such a hack.&quot; 
 
This is what we call &quot;Projection.&quot; 
 
&quot;He hasn&#039;t been to Cuba in many decades&quot; 
 
True. 
 
&quot;and feels that no one will question his lies about Cuba.&quot; 
 
Oh, they have been. Castro and his paid propagandists don&#039;t want to loose money to the truth. Which I assume is where you come in. 
 
&quot;He tries to make it seem like a prison camp.&quot; 
 
Um, Duh? 
 
&quot;Having been to Cuba numerous times over the ten years it is hard to even visualize the Cuba he sees.&quot; 
 
So, have you actually been out of the &quot;tourist zones&quot; to see the truth inland in all those &quot;over ten years?&quot; 
 
I was on my first and only trip. And it wasn&#039;t nice. 
 
&quot;I have traveled all over Cuba staying in &quot;casas particulares&quot; (renting a room from a family for $15-20 a night).&quot; 
 
Define &quot;All over Cuba.&quot; 
 
&quot;Throughout Cuba the people are healthy and well dressed.&quot; 
 
i take it you haven&#039;t seen some of the slums, eh guvn&#039;er? 
 
&quot;I never saw anyone emaciated.&quot; 
 
That is intentional, as you would know if you have ever heard about the USSR&#039;s &quot;tourist&quot; routine. 
 
&quot;There are no homeless,&quot; 
 
Not so, knave, not so. 
 
&quot;little crime,&quot; 
 
Actually, little NON- GOVERNMENT crime, if for no other reason than because Castro shares more than a few common links with the genuinely nasty Batista, one of which being that he doesn&#039;t like competition. 
 
&quot; and people speak openly about governmental concerns.&quot; 
 
Oh really? Have you ever seen what has happened to a protest, eh? 
 
&quot;The vast majority support the revolution.&quot; 
 
Proof? 
 
&quot;I have often taken Cubans to restaurants that they could not afford with &quot; 
 
And WHY couldn&#039;t they afford them, guvn&#039;r? 
 
&quot;without any problems&quot; 
 
Again, I point to the Soviet tourist experience. Those people you took might not be in the best of straits right now. 
 
&quot;I have never been stopped by the police.&quot; 
 
Oh, you have, you just don&#039;t know it. A good percentage of those nice, non-emaciated Cubans you met? Yeah, those are the Police. Again, read the USSR&#039;s history in the tourist trade. 
 
&quot;Fontova and the Miami Mafia don&#039;t want you to visit &quot; 
 
And can we REALLY blame them for that? 
 
&quot;Cuba because their lies will be exposed.&quot; 
 
Only to those who go beyond the so called &quot;tourist zones.&quot; 
 
&quot; Millions of tourists from all over the world are flocking to Cuba largely  because of the people, culture and music.&quot; 
 
And the sweetheart deals they get in the Tourist zone, and the opportunities Castro has given a number of them to be his compatriots in crime (particularly in the illegal seizures and auctions of dissident property). 
 
&quot;Fontova and the Miami Mafia are tired, bitter old men&quot; 
 
I do not believe even they would dispute that much. 
 
&quot;who supported the Batista/Mafia dictatorship that murdered thousands.&quot; 
 
Considering that many of those &quot;Miami Mafia&quot; types were actually opponents of the Batista regime, many of whom actually FOUGHT alongside Castro during the revolution before getting driven out by the purges, that is a heavy and loaded accusation. Do you have any proof? 
 
And what about the DOZENS of thousands if not HUNDREDS of thousands Castro has murdered? 
 
&quot;Go see Cuba yourslves and won&#039;t find the Cuba of Fontova&#039;s lies.&quot; 
 
Not so. Not so. The only thing that shall be revealed besides Castro&#039;s ruthless exploitation of his people is your utter gullibility to fall for every trick in the Soviet guide to Western Tourism. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Fontova is such a hack.&quot; </p>
<p>This is what we call &quot;Projection.&quot; </p>
<p>&quot;He hasn&#039;t been to Cuba in many decades&quot; </p>
<p>True. </p>
<p>&quot;and feels that no one will question his lies about Cuba.&quot; </p>
<p>Oh, they have been. Castro and his paid propagandists don&#039;t want to loose money to the truth. Which I assume is where you come in. </p>
<p>&quot;He tries to make it seem like a prison camp.&quot; </p>
<p>Um, Duh? </p>
<p>&quot;Having been to Cuba numerous times over the ten years it is hard to even visualize the Cuba he sees.&quot; </p>
<p>So, have you actually been out of the &quot;tourist zones&quot; to see the truth inland in all those &quot;over ten years?&quot; </p>
<p>I was on my first and only trip. And it wasn&#039;t nice. </p>
<p>&quot;I have traveled all over Cuba staying in &quot;casas particulares&quot; (renting a room from a family for $15-20 a night).&quot; </p>
<p>Define &quot;All over Cuba.&quot; </p>
<p>&quot;Throughout Cuba the people are healthy and well dressed.&quot; </p>
<p>i take it you haven&#039;t seen some of the slums, eh guvn&#039;er? </p>
<p>&quot;I never saw anyone emaciated.&quot; </p>
<p>That is intentional, as you would know if you have ever heard about the USSR&#039;s &quot;tourist&quot; routine. </p>
<p>&quot;There are no homeless,&quot; </p>
<p>Not so, knave, not so. </p>
<p>&quot;little crime,&quot; </p>
<p>Actually, little NON- GOVERNMENT crime, if for no other reason than because Castro shares more than a few common links with the genuinely nasty Batista, one of which being that he doesn&#039;t like competition. </p>
<p>&quot; and people speak openly about governmental concerns.&quot; </p>
<p>Oh really? Have you ever seen what has happened to a protest, eh? </p>
<p>&quot;The vast majority support the revolution.&quot; </p>
<p>Proof? </p>
<p>&quot;I have often taken Cubans to restaurants that they could not afford with &quot; </p>
<p>And WHY couldn&#039;t they afford them, guvn&#039;r? </p>
<p>&quot;without any problems&quot; </p>
<p>Again, I point to the Soviet tourist experience. Those people you took might not be in the best of straits right now. </p>
<p>&quot;I have never been stopped by the police.&quot; </p>
<p>Oh, you have, you just don&#039;t know it. A good percentage of those nice, non-emaciated Cubans you met? Yeah, those are the Police. Again, read the USSR&#039;s history in the tourist trade. </p>
<p>&quot;Fontova and the Miami Mafia don&#039;t want you to visit &quot; </p>
<p>And can we REALLY blame them for that? </p>
<p>&quot;Cuba because their lies will be exposed.&quot; </p>
<p>Only to those who go beyond the so called &quot;tourist zones.&quot; </p>
<p>&quot; Millions of tourists from all over the world are flocking to Cuba largely  because of the people, culture and music.&quot; </p>
<p>And the sweetheart deals they get in the Tourist zone, and the opportunities Castro has given a number of them to be his compatriots in crime (particularly in the illegal seizures and auctions of dissident property). </p>
<p>&quot;Fontova and the Miami Mafia are tired, bitter old men&quot; </p>
<p>I do not believe even they would dispute that much. </p>
<p>&quot;who supported the Batista/Mafia dictatorship that murdered thousands.&quot; </p>
<p>Considering that many of those &quot;Miami Mafia&quot; types were actually opponents of the Batista regime, many of whom actually FOUGHT alongside Castro during the revolution before getting driven out by the purges, that is a heavy and loaded accusation. Do you have any proof? </p>
<p>And what about the DOZENS of thousands if not HUNDREDS of thousands Castro has murdered? </p>
<p>&quot;Go see Cuba yourslves and won&#039;t find the Cuba of Fontova&#039;s lies.&quot; </p>
<p>Not so. Not so. The only thing that shall be revealed besides Castro&#039;s ruthless exploitation of his people is your utter gullibility to fall for every trick in the Soviet guide to Western Tourism.</p>
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