Monthly Archives: August 2006

“Shaken,” but not stirred

News that the old indestructible, Fidel Castro, has temporarily relinquished power.  A very insightful blog entry on the manner in which Fidel’s passing, when it happens, may mercifully mean not a senseless restoration of the ones who lost the revolution and those who subsequently fled, or the utter ruin of those who still take pride in the revolution.

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Quoting FM

Now I’m getting convinced they have someone who copy writes for them who is either insane, or set on destroying them from within.Look here:”This nation will be great again”?  As an integral part of their message (never mind what on earth “authocracry” could be, except perhaps authors they dislike?  Or another Marcos homage, as I -cheekily, I thought- suggested when I adapted the title of one of Marcos’s books), no less.We all know who made that line famous.

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