Fidel Castro @ MindSay

Fidel Castro for all intent and purposes is living the end of his days in de facto retirement. Most Cuban watch dogs believe Castro is suffering from some sort of terminal disease. That means the old Commie who has thumbed his nose at a United States that is merely a short boat ride from Cuba may die soon.

Julia Sweig writes in Foreign Affairs as evil as Castro has been in the exercise of despotism and the brain washing in Latin American politics, he has actually built a stable government with a viable infrastructure including nearly 100% educational prospect of Cuban children.

Sweig believes that a Cuban implosion will not come at Castro’s death because of the way he has legitimized Cuban government.

The Venezuelan electorate has chosen Hugo Chavez as their President for another six years. It was not even close. Mexican election was so close a few months ago that the Leftists are still rioting and exchanging fists in the Mexican Congress. That is not the case in Venezuela. With 71% of the vote reporting, Chavez has beaten Rosales 61% to 38%.

That kind of support is huge for Chavez. This is a mandate to continue with the Socialist/Marxist and anti-American agenda. Chavez is in a position to take the mantle from Castro who will more than likely pass away soon.

The difference between Cuba and Venezuela is resources. Cuba has maintained Marxism in poverty and military dictatorship. Venezuela has the full support of its people to bend toward Marxism and yet it is a rich oil Capitalist nation simultaneously.

Two funny websites:

• www.wwujd.com - What Would Uncle Jesse Do?  Funniest shit.  Read his diary without laughing and you basically have a sense of humor on the level of Fidel Castro. 
• http://www.4q.cc/chuck/index.php?topthirty - (Found in Joe's away message) - Random Chuck Norris fact generator.  Again hilarious.

I won't elaborate on either at all any further.  If you don't go to either one, you missing some seriously funny stuff. 

Also, I finished Deal Breaker  by Harlan Coben, which is the first in his Myron Bolitar series.  I've read four of his books and I must say that I have completely enjoyed all of them, the Bolitar series is incredible.  The characters in those books are so well developed, you could do worse than picking up one of his books.  I've read the one mentioned above and Darkest Fear  of the Bolitar books, I would recommend going with Deal Breaker as it is the first of the series, but you can read any of them without reading the prior novels in the series.