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Re: Associated Press looks at the worlds with a left eye

by Fred <fred@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 11, 2008 at 07:01 AM

On Saturday 10 May 2008 18:36, Rolf R wrote:

> YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's military rulers held a referendum Saturday
> aimed at solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning
> cyclone relief efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases,
> generals' names were scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid before being
> distributed.
> 
> 
> I wish I read a re****t from Associated Press about the Cuban
> government, and see AP calling them by their name, when they do the
> same thing Myanmar Military rulers do.
> 
> It would be something like that,
> 
        You mean if the world were different and Cuban leaders did that
sort of
thing then the headlines might read something like...

> HAVANA, Cuba - Cuban military rulers held one party elections aimed at
> solidifying their hold on power while brazenly turning cyclone relief
> efforts into a propaganda campaign. In some cases, leaders' names were
> scribbled onto boxes of foreign aid before being distributed as a
> contribution of the Revolution.
> 
        So you make up a fantasy and create a headline out of it and
expect
people to believe it.  There are not one party elections in Cuba. 
There are *no party* elections in Cuba.  The candidates are nominated
by public meetings of the people themselves.  It's called democracy.

> But when refering to the military regime in Cuba, they called its
> Commander in Chief, "president" and his appointed sucessor,
> "president" and the ruling totalitarian Communists, moderates and
> conservatives, instead of hawks.
> 
> There is no shame!

        There is no need for shame because the things you accuse them of
never
happened.


-- 
Peace,
Fred
 




 4 Posts in Topic:
Associated Press looks at the worlds with a left eye
Rolf R <R1515@[EMAIL P  2008-05-10 18:36:00 
Re: Associated Press looks at the worlds with a left eye
Fred <fred@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-11 07:01:29 
Re: Associated Press looks at the worlds with a left eye
Andrzej Adam Filip <an  2008-05-11 13:16:42 
Re: Associated Press looks at the worlds with a left eye
Fred <fred@[EMAIL PROT  2008-05-11 11:47:21 

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