Sure you're telling the truth. It's not like you guys have ever lied about anything...

In the latest display of politico-douche baggery,
a bunch of congressmen who decided to go on
holiday to our Communist neighbor to the South have been told by Cuban government officials (in socialist Cuba though, that's a bit redundant) that the man on the right hand side of your screen is perfectly fine, healthy, and returning to power soon. And the best part is that the Congressmen over there have expressed absolutely no skepticism about this whatsoever. Unfuckingbelievable.

Needless to say, this is pretty much par for the course for communist regimes in general, and Havana in particular. I know alot of non-Cuban folks in Miami get irked at the passion with which Cuban-Americans/"exiles" hate Castro, but it's not without reason. The sad part of the whole thing is that through a combination of a) forcing his political opponents either out of the country or to the firing squad and b) sheer staying power, he has destroyed the political culture and broken the will of the Cuban people, a island with a history dating back to 1492 of struggling, sacrificing, and shedding blood in the fight for freedom. Unfortunately, the more time goes by, the more I wonder if anything will change there anytime soon. Needless to say, you can expect a HUGE post here as soon as our Adidas-lovin' friend finally shuffles off this mortal coil and joins the choir invisible.

As a final aside note on this short rant that's probably been discussed elsewhere much wittier than I ever could-- How ironic is it that Castro, that supposed great revolutionary against imperialism and money grubbing capitalists, is convalescing wearing a FUCKING ADIDAS TRACK SUIT??? Couldn't break out the old olive green fatigues, for old time's sake? He looks like some goon on The Sopranos hanging out at the Bing.