  My post today has nothing to do with either but I thought it would sound neat.  So I've got updates today but don't feel like getting into it. nbsp;  Sometimes I hear the theme music for Days of Our Lives in the background when I'm on the phone with mi amor. nbsp;
 I swear,  somehow my life has become a topsy turvy ( not to be confused with topsy tails)  drama- filled Sunday night movie.
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 But really,  I'm hanging in there.
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 He's coming over tonight and we've vowed to spend the entire weekend together.
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 Time to catch up on the quality time we've missed lately.
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 I'm hoping to walk to breakfast in the morning,  definitely play some tennis,  catch a flick with our friends,
 dream about what it'll be like the night Kerry wins the election.  Had a great talk about Communism at lunch today.
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 I know that sounds weird.
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 But Communism seems neat.
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 I hate the haves and have nots in this world -  or as W would call them,  " his base"
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 It just seems like a good idea to live in a giant commune and have everyone contribute to the pot.
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 But what happens is,  lots of people don't have the motivation,  work ethic or education that others do.
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 So theoretically you could sit back and do nothing and receive the same reward as the people who are CEOs of money market accounts.
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 The people that are either broke or uneducated or don't have a specific trade really benefit from this.
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 But those who are normally the " haves"  really lose out on succeeding in a society where they're forced to share.
 So what's the deal with rich Cubans?
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 Why are they the richest of all Hispanics and definitely achieve the highest education levels?
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 Well,  as I learned at lunch today those rich Cubans are pre- Castro " bougies"
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 They are decendents from a long line of land owners and former slave traders.
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 They were the wealthy and the blessed in a country with plenty of exports and commerce.
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 Their hired help did all the work while they could afford college educations and the luxury to open private medical practices.
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 The money continued to trickle down as did the socio- economic status and access to quality health care and education.
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 Then Castro came into power and said,
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The bougies must die.
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 Everyone needs to share.
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 All that hard work and generations of power and money to be forced to share with the neighbors?
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 Oh hell no!
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 So those Cubans either succumed to the dictator or they fled the country to America as political refugees and victims of this " wretched man"
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 The Republicans welcomed them to the shores of America and said,
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We'll save you from that rat bastard.
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 So they came into the warm and welcoming arms of the Republicans,  with their pre- Castro money,  educations and professional training.
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 The Republicans were their heroes and as fellow members of the privledged class,
 fit right into the scheme of things.
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 Those many generations of high level status and ingrained sense of accomplishment and success have been passed onto the generations.
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 Unfortunately the Cubans have come here as victims of a governmental power that the Republicans have felt threatened by.
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If we welcome them and protect them and close the Cuban trade embargo,  Castro's ideas won't over take the world"
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 And really,  Communism is not running on the heels of Democracy.
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 It won't ever take over the world and threaten our way of running things.
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 But just like gay marriage " threatening"  traditional marriage,  these ideas are based on a very skewed perception of things.  &
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 So I guess I'm not a Communist afterall.
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 Sounds like an interesting idea but too many people suffer and can't succeed in their own right.
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 Maybe Socialism is the way to go.
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 Socialized medicine in Canada and Sweden is sure a draw to me!
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 Why shouldn't everyone have access to the flu shot,  HIV testing and antibiotics for UTIs?
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 If it was government subsidized and run,  it would create a service for all people alike.
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 But since we live in a country that subsists on status,  power and greed,  it probably won't ever happen.
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 It's fun to dream .  .  .
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