Shrub Cells Out May 21, 2008
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VIVA LA REVOLUCION, AMIGOS
By Mande Wilkes
FITSNews - May 21, 2008 - Turns out, today marks a “Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People,” an auspicious occasion we’re celebrating here at FITSNews by huddling into a tiny boat and attempting to cross the kiddie pool.
In honor of this contrived celebration, President G-Dub is grandstanding about all the newfound freedoms Cubans will soon enjoy following Fidel Castro’s relinquishing of power. Among these reforms is the lifting of a ban on cell phones, which sounds a lot like progress until you get to the part about how most Cubans can’t afford a SIM card, much less a cell phone:
The goods and services remain out of reach for most people on the island, where $120 cell phones plus $10.80 calling cards cost about six times the average monthly salary.
Of course with gas prices what they are, Americans aren’t really in a position to buy cell phones either, but economic technicalities obviously don’t matter to el Presidente. Though not permitted to purchase or receive anything from Cuba, Bush wants Americans to pony up and send cell phones to promote freedom? Aye yay y-arriba!
Geez … all the self-screwing America does in the name of “promoting freedom and democracy around the world” is downright incestuous. Seriously, we deserve a smoke after this sort of effing …
Oh, and would it be too much trouble to make it a Cuban?
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is it me, or do others find the very similar writing styles of mande and will a little weird? i’m not sure adding an identical sense of humor to your blog makes it any better, will. and mande, you can’t help but be seen as the copycat. the whole slightly angry, over-the-top irreverence thing loses some punch when delivered in the peat and repeat format.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Peat
et,
Go read another blog, then. Unlike us, they need the traffic.
-FITSNews
touchy, touchy…..i actually like the blog. sounds like a sore spot, though.
Who Cares?
Why should we worry about what is going on in a country that was willing to let USSR Place nuclear weapons on their soil and aim them at us….
Now we should care that because of their leader that wanted that to happen we should be concerned????
Big Deal!!!!!! [expletives deleted]
You report this dribble when you can’t come up with something scandalous…. Get a life
You all can come up with more crap than I have ever seen
And report