Liberal Heartache: Castro Admits Socialism Has Failed

The founder of Socialism in Cuba, Fidel Castro, has made a rare blunt admission about Socialism's failure in Cube. He said,

“The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore”

AP reported:

The fact that things are not working efficiently on this cash-strapped Caribbean island is hardly news. Fidel’s brother Raul, the country’s president, has said the same thing repeatedly. But the blunt assessment by the father of Cuba’s 1959 revolution is sure to raise eyebrows.

Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, asked if Cuba’s economic system was still worth exporting to other countries, and Castro replied: “The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore” Goldberg wrote Wednesday in a post on his Atlantic blog.

Anti-Obama Billboard Comparing Obama to Castro Suffers Arson Attempt

There is an anti-Obama billboard comparing President Obama to Fidel Castro in Gladewater, TX. The billboard has pictures of Obama and Castro with the word "Change" over their heads and "Vote Obama" under their portraits. Off to the right side the text reads "Coming Our Way". Someone poured gasoline at the base and started a fire. The billboard is at the top of a 30-foot-pipe and was undamaged.

KTBB AM600 reported:

GLADEWATER- Fire investigators are looking for the person who they say tried to set an Anti-Obama billboard on fire. KETK reports it happened Sunday morning on Highway 80 in Gladewater. Investigators say someone poured gasoline around the base of the 30-foot-pipe and lit it on fire. The flames, however, never touched the billboard itself.

Obama shakes Hugo Chavez's hand and laughs it up

President Obama has decided to ignore Hugo Chavez political oppression, support for FARC terrorists, antisemitism and past statements calling President Bush "the devil" and the U.S. imperial and racist. President Obama pledged to be equal partners with Latin American dictators; includng Chavez, Castro and Ortega. According to breitbart.com,

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - President Barack Obama extended a friendly hand to America's hemispheric neighbors on Saturday at a summit in the Caribbean where he offered a new beginning for U.S.-Cuba relations and sought out Venezuela's fiery, leftist president for a quick grip and grin.

"We have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms," Obama said to loud applause. "But I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. There is no senior partner and junior partner in our relations."

In case anyone has forgotten. Chavez calls Bush 'the devil' in his speech at the UN G.A.


Chavez is big "buddies" with Iranian leader Ahmadinejad.