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Re: Some people call Buicks "boats"...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 6 Feb 2004 21:54:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> and some USE them as boats.
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> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4163593/
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3460651.stm
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> Anyone have any questions about my stand on whether these intrepid voyagers
> should be given asylum or not?
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> PS, 1959 was a VERY good year for Buicks, by the way... (1)
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> ++Lar
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> 1 - although my Daddy was driving a 1957 Buick Special... it's the car I came
> home from the hospital in.
Won't something very bad happen to them when they get home? Doesn't Castro
frown on folks leaving his country 'illegally'?
If all the Cubans fled to the US, Castro would have no one to push around. I
mean, shouldn't the US be welcoming every single Cuban with open arms--that'd
depopulate the country pretty quick.
Ahh, but it's nice to have a whipping boy so close to the coast.
Dave K
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| (...) Well, supposedly we get a promise from the government that they won't be mistreated if they get repatriated, and supposedly we "monitor compliance" with that. Wanna know what I think of THAT strategy, or the promises of THAT government? (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Some people call Buicks "boats"...
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| (...) Not so. Many Cubans are happy with their lives in paradise. Two hours of work per day and 22 for free time in which to study for free for ever...doesn't sound totally bad to me. (Though I'd really want reliable power and a fat pipe.) Chris (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| and some USE them as boats. (URL) have any questions about my stand on whether these intrepid voyagers should be given asylum or not? PS, 1959 was a VERY good year for Buicks, by the way... (1) ++Lar 1 - although my Daddy was driving a 1957 Buick (...) (21 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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