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Journal Captain Splendid's Journal: Thanks, Obama! 37

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Talking to a Caribbean-based business acquaintance this week reminded me that, no matter my feelings for the Obama administration, I will be eternally grateful that he's taken Cuba off the table. Because in the pantheon of stupid american wedge issues, the Cuban embargo is near-lock for the title IMO.

Bonus conspiracy fun: The lifting of the embargo, and its timing could be seen as a nice little spoiler for the only 2 GOP candidates who have any shot at beating Hillary next year, Bush and Rubio. Most of the other candidates can choose a wide range of answers when presented with questions on the topic, whereas the Floridians actually have serious history and ties on this, making finessing the issue that much harder.

Oh, and before someone thinks they're clever by telling me that President Perry or whoever would just go back to the status quo faster than you can say "fuck you liberals!", good luck with that. The GOP only cared that it reliably delivered Florida's electoral votes, and it stopped doing that a good couple of cycles ago. It's dead, Jim.

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  • It's not abundantly clear that normalizing Cuban relations hurts Rubio significantly.

    Oh, and before someone thinks they're clever by telling me that President Perry or whoever would just go back to the status quo faster than you can say "fuck you liberals!", good luck with that. The GOP only cared that it reliably delivered Florida's electoral votes, and it stopped doing that a good couple of cycles ago. It's dead, Jim.

    #OccupyResoluteDesk seems concerned with squeezing all of the toothpaste out of the barn as he fades. There is a substantial chance that the country can be browbeaten sufficiently to make way for Her Majesty. There is also risk of those that still cling bitterly to pre-nanny state notions may succeed in forcing a Convention of States.

    • See, cap'n? This is why you shouldn't be so quick to write off the republicans. The crazy is still there, in spades. They can win. 2014 wasn't necessarily a fluke.

      I'm waiting for Rick Scarborough to fire up...

      • Rick Santorum, or Joe Scarborough? Or do you even really care? ;-)

        • "We are not going to bow, we are not going to bend, and if necessary, we will burn." [rightwingwatch.org]

          And no, I don't really care. Crazy is crazy, and in at least one case, frothy... None of it precludes victory though.

          • Relax, man. The hedonists won. It's all good. Just ask them.

            • You mean liberty won... one anyway. Tearing down walls is always a good thing. And maybe Hyman Roth's associates are back in business. Let's go down to Havana and see 'Superman'.

              Ah, but poor Mexico, this is gonna kill them. They can't compete on price.

              • Tearing down walls is always a good thing.

                Is it OK if I just hope you are proven correct, while kinda knowing that this story goes another way?

                • How's that?

                  • As Ancient Commenter Solomon noted [blueletterbible.org]:

                    There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

                    • Gee, too bad you don't read the rest...

                      For instance:

                      He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

                      He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

                      The one you posted should be forwarded to your email for you to read every day. You might become a believer yet.

                    • To get serious for a brief instant, the ongoing embargo is one the US's most shameful, evil acts ever. It has absolutely no effect on the intended target (I had to check to see if he's still alive), who never stopped hobnobbing all over the world with Kissinger and their ilk, enjoying the finest kind, traveling free as the wind, unless it is targeting poor civilians. Considering it doesn't embargo weapons that can't shoot across the water (it only blocks certain vendors, who get around it the old fashion wa

                    • You are a deeply funny man, no doubt about that.

                    • HA HA HA HAaaaa [youtube.com]

                    • Let me be perfectly clear. Christianity may be my personal life's meaning. It informs my church activities explicitly, my online interactions less so, and is mostly implicit in business activities. That is, I don't run around evangelizing on the job, for all my work activities are not in opposition to my faith.
                      Government is a wholly secular affair. Despite the occasional "In God We Trust" flourish, I'm quick to point out that "Christian nation" is an oxymoron. Christianity is not carried out at the nationa

                    • Didn't address what I said, but, eh... best to just go with it...

                    • I meant to. Tl;dr: gummints gonna gum.
                      Or, you seem to imply a foreign policy exceptionalism for the U.S. whose existence is uncertain.

              • Just another reason to be against liberty.

                • It just needs respect, and the decision gave it a tiny bit more. Now if people follow through, all the better. Almost more newsworthy is the negative reaction. Old bigoted prejudices are roaring back to life, threatening the peace that could have been. Such is the desire and struggle for supremacy and dominace I guess.

                  You know, this really is old stuff [springfiel...ield.co.uk]

                  Why don't we legalize same-sex marriage? We can attract a growing segment of the marriage market and strike a blow for civil rights.
                  Yeah, them gay guys got lo

                • Whooops! How Freudian! Wrong liberty!

                • Ok, let me come in again.

                  We've been through this. Borders are prison walls to serve a society that is predicated on starving people to motivate them.

                  Mexico will be out-priced for a while. Heh, Cuba could catch up by joining NAFTA, but still... location location location. The whole airport gauntlet will become avoidable.. Good for business, good for all. Regardless, it's about time the barbed wired was (figuratively) removed from that wall, sort of. A small win for freedom of movement that all humans are en

                  • Borders are prison walls to serve a society that is predicated on starving people to motivate them.

                    And thus fail to serve a society that is incapable of starving people?

                    • a society that is incapable of starving people?

                      No such thing!

                    • The United States seems to have achieved it. Not that we don't have people suffering from malnutrition, but ours have a tendency to weigh > 300 lbs, so I can't describe them as starving.

                      I'm one such. I have really bad malnutrition. But I'm getting better- after a high of 350, I weighed in at 324 today.

                    • The United States seems to have achieved it.

                      Yeah... Thank goodness for the American dumpster, full of the finest cuisine...

                    • And McDonald's, where anybody who has bummed $3 a day can get at least a 1200 calorie meal, each and every day until they die of a massive coronary.

  • And thus have no chance of beating Hillary. Gender based voting is going to become a major issue this election.

    • I can certainly see that there's a definite feminist wave ongoing at the moment which I'm sure isn't going to hurt Hillary, but at the same time, you're never going to go broke overestimating the general stupidity and vulgarity of the average American.

      • It's the general stupidity and vulgarity of the average American I'm counting on. And if Hillary and Carly are smart, they'll get their daughters to work as aides in the final debate. In swimsuits.

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