tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post7330409790747479951..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: Fooling Liberals All Of the Time@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-50240846850501566342010-01-17T17:25:32.930-05:002010-01-17T17:25:32.930-05:00> Sorry guys, while you want to be friends w ty...> <i>Sorry guys, while you want to be friends w tyrants, they don't want to be friends w you.</i><br /><br />They ARE happy, however, to be friends with your money.<br /><br />That was the problem in both cases, no doubt. Both Kerry and the Unitarians did not offer enough money to justify giving them a chance for a photo-op.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-32849638869595250762010-01-16T02:18:26.010-05:002010-01-16T02:18:26.010-05:00I love the Unitarians getting blocked from Cuba. R...I love the Unitarians getting blocked from Cuba. Reminds me of Kerry being blocked from his friendship tour of Iran.<br /><br />Sorry guys, while you want to be friends w tyrants, they don't want to be friends w you.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-81480866812749389522010-01-16T02:16:31.079-05:002010-01-16T02:16:31.079-05:00Renaissance and Decay provides a good antidote to ...<a href="http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/asce/cuba8/30smith.pdf" rel="nofollow">Renaissance and Decay</a> provides a good antidote to the Fidelistas. Here is another one. Life expectancy in Cuba is currently about 5 years above that for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ask some Fidelista/PSF if that indicates that is an indication that Fidel is doing a good job for Cuba, and justifies his being in power. Then ask if life expectency in Cuba were 8 years greater than Latin America if that would be even stronger indication that Fidel were doing a good job for Cuba , and justifies his being in power. Than mention that life expectancy in Cuba was about 8 years greater than Latin America and the Caribbean the last year that Batista was in power.<br /><br /><a href="http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/DDPQQ/member.do?method=getMembers&userid=1&queryId=135" rel="nofollow">World Bank</a> ( 8 year figure is 1960, but is good enough)<br /><br />The mother and father of childhood friends went to school w C Wright Mills, the author of Listen Yankee. I read their copy. Only when I did library research years later did I realize what BS the book was.Gringonoreply@blogger.com