Friday, February 06, 2009
Free trade's unlikely ally
In the "bizarro world" news item of the day, the historically Communist Fidel Castro has stirred himself to declare the importance of free trade, and to condemn the corruption of the American Democrats for pandering to the labor unions. Next thing you know, the United States of America will be nationalizing its banks. Oh, wait...
4 Comments:
By Viking Kaj, at Fri Feb 06, 10:18:00 AM:
The bigger question is if Cuba has any crap we would want to buy?
I'm sure the UAW can't wait to locate a plant down there...
Well, to give credit where credit is due (sorta), Communists never kowtowed to Unions and kept them firmly under thumb instead.
By Viking Kaj, at Fri Feb 06, 01:13:00 PM:
Yeah but where are they going to put the Gulag? Oh, wait a minute, I think a facility at Guantanamo Bay just became available...
By TourPro, at Fri Feb 06, 03:30:00 PM:
Strange days indeed.
He must be pissed that there's nothing in the plan for Cuba.