Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG>> Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer wrote:
 EH>>> Ross Sauer -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 JB>>>>>>>>> If Cuba is so nice, why don't you
move there ?  The weather
 EH>>>>>   is EH>>   warmer JB>> and they are
fully socialist, so the
 EH>>>>>   government will EH>>   take care of you,
JB>> just like the US
 EH>>>  does EH>>   today.

 RS>>>>>>>> NO, shit for brains.

 RS>>>>>>>> Drop the embargo and begin trade with
Cuba, like the US does
 EH>>>>>>>   with Red RS> China and Vietnam.

 EH>>>>>>> What does Cuba produce that we can't get elsewhere?

 RS>>>>>> I don't know, right now. RS>>> What
does Vietnam produce that
 EH>>> we can't get elsewhere?

 EH>>>>> Rubber and cork.

 RS>>>> Ah. Ok, thanks for the info.

 RS>>>>>>>> I mean, the embargo has done so well
ending communism in EH>>
 EH>>>  Cuba... RS>>> (Sarcasm off)

 EH>>>>>>> Dropping it won't end it either.

 RS>>>>>> The embargo SURE did end communism in Cuba...
(Sarcasm off)

 EH>>>>> Dropping it won't either.

 RS>>>> How do you know this for sure?

 EH>>> Huh?

 RS>>>> Has doing business in Red China and Vietnam ended communism
 EH>>> there? No. RS> It's more like "communist captilaism."

 EH>>> You just made my case.

 RS>>>> I read that Cuba grows sugar, and if it can be exported to the
 EH>>> US, it'll RS> be *FAR* better and less expensive than that
 EH>>> high-fructose corn syrup, RS> which I simply can't stand.

 EH>>> We get sugar from Hawaii and from sugar beets here in the Northwest.
 EH>>> Ever hear of U&I sugar? The U and I stand for Utah and
Idaho (which
 EH>>> includes sugar beet farms in Washington and Oregon).

 MG>> Most people are familiar with C & H Sugar. That's California and
 EH> Hawaii
 MG>> sugar. John Spreckels made a mint on the stuff. Spreckels is locally
 MG>> known as the father of San Diego, the investments and donations to the
 MG>> city and Coronado are what made them what they are today. This is a
 MG>> really interesting bio on him:

 MG>>  http://tinyurl.com/c6qghc

 EH> Otto obviously hasn't a clue that we even export sugar. Why he thinks we
 EH> would consider importing it from Cuba is a mystery. His silly assertion
 EH> that doing so would make beverage manufacturers use sugar instead of
 EH> HFCS is born of utter ignorance.

As he does in all things.  :)

-- 
L'Chaim,
Mimi

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