Americans can no longer purchase or consume Cuban cigars!!!

[Numure]

Re: Americans can no longer purchase or consume Cuban cigars

I know Kennedy loved them and smoked them and at that time they were contraband.

Siglo V series - they best I've ever smoked

BTW, counterfeiting Cubans is big business.

I was stunned to find real cubans selling in a local depanneur in Chicoutimi . Its hard to understand why americans can't get them. They are soooooooo good.

 

[FireJED]

RE: Americans can no longer purchase or consume Cuban cigars

Amerika is a funny system the ways that they works. no freedoms and easyness of government.

 

[Reverend Blair]

Re: Americans can no longer purchase or consume Cuban cigars

I still doubt whether you can claim that people (in this case, Republicans) who react in this way, are a good representation of the 280 million people living in the USA today ... further more, the patriotic "duty" for some as you describe - the sort of patriotism I dislike by the way Wink - can also be found in other countries, like for example Russia (you won't find many Russians openly criticising Putin's war in Chechnya and not called unpatriotic ...).

They are a representation of those running the country and about half of voters support those running the country. It is also a mind-set that has deep roots in the US. If you doubt that, just listen to some country music from the sixties.

Are they a good representation of the American right? Probably a fair one. They are very vocal, have access to the mainstream media, political power, and enough money to be extremely influential.

Your point about Russia is taken, but our PM was just there, in part to tell Putin to start restoring democracy instead of taking away people's rights. Most G-8 leaders have said something similar about Russia in recent weeks. Nobody has said similar things to Mr. Bush about his removing the rights of Americans and acting unilaterally around the world.

 

[Rick van Opbergen]

RE: Americans can no longer purchase or consume Cuban cigars

I think nobody has said such things to Bush because there seems to be no way to actually force the Bush-administration to change its policies. We can with Russia (luckily).

 

[Reverend Blair]

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I think it is more a fear that if you say something like that to the Bush administration, no matter how diplomatically, you risk serious repercussions for your country.

That is part of the same mindset that gave us freedom fries and had right-wing American pundits uttering things like "Candian Taliban" and "Canuckistan." It is the same mindset that seeks to control US citizen's action when they are travelling abroad. It is the mindset of those currenty in charge of the United States.

 

[Rick van Opbergen]

RE: Americans can no longer purchase or consume Cuban cigars

Uh-hah ... Canada does have some neighbors ... you have ehm the US ( :wink: ), sea, sea, sea, sea, somewhere in the distant Russia (oh yeah ...), Greenland and maybe even Iceland ... oh wait and of course some French islands near Québec right? 8)

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: Americans can no long

That about sums it up, at least physically.

 

[Numure]

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Uh-hah ... Canada does have some neighbors ... you have ehm the US ( :wink: ), sea, sea, sea, sea, somewhere in the distant Russia (oh yeah ...), Greenland and maybe even Iceland ... oh wait and of course some French islands near Québec right? 8)

haha yea. But does frenchies are weirdos... I've visited that place once..

 

[Rick van Opbergen]

RE: Americans can no longer purchase or consume Cuban cigars

so which neighbor do you like most? I bet the 'Mericans!

 

[Martin Le Acadien]

Re: RE: Americans can no longer purchase or consume Cuban ci

Uh-hah ... Canada does have some neighbors ... you have ehm the US ( :wink: ), sea, sea, sea, sea, somewhere in the distant Russia (oh yeah ...), Greenland and maybe even Iceland ... oh wait and of course some French islands near Québec right? 8)

haha yea. But does frenchies are weirdos... I've visited that place once..

Namure,
Jeux nice, non? Those Island, St. Pierre et Miquelon are populated by Acadien Blood and they are COUSINES to the Louisiana Bunch, we have ties that bind us. The L'isle de Madelines son Acadien aussi.

Watch who call wierdos, I might tell some TEXANS that Quebec' (Kaybeck to Texans) is a nice place and those Frenchies are real fun to spend the summer with! You ain't seen nothin yet, garcon when you talk about wierdos.

Just wait for the cowboys.
:roll:

 

[Reverend Blair]

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I like Cindy and Lawrie best, Rick. The guy on the other side of me is an idiot. ;-)