Post #28354 by Basement Kahuna on Thu, Mar 27, 2003 11:31 PM

I agree too, Jaksin. I think you appreciate freedom tenfold when you've know what it's like not to have it. I agree about Castro, too. It'd be interesting to know how well Cuba would prosper if the Cuban people had their way. To me (and this is but a distant opinion) Castro and the mob were no better than one another. I listen to Cuban radio on shortwave a lot, and one can tell pretty easily just how much the press fears Castro. I always thought just "Cuba" had a nice ring, instead of "Republic of Cuba" or "People's Republic of Cuba". I have to add on a lighter note...My friend Louie Carrera (his mother is of Cuban descent) went over there on a music teacher's exchange program and brought me back a box each of Cuban Montechristo #1's and Cohiba Esplindides. There are quite simply no finer cigars in the world. They are over and above the highest works of art ever made anywhere, period. 30 minutes of pure, delicious ecstacy. It is a true shame that the entire U.S. can't freely enjoy the work of the Cuban Cigar maker. The equivalent of Italian leather, or Chinese silk, or French Champagne, or Dutch tulips. The best in the world, hands down.