• Man Dies Trying to Flee Cuba Inside Airplane’s Landing Gear (WARNING: STRONG IMAGE)
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I cant help but be reminded about the ending of Toy Story 2
terrible idea, especially on high altitude flights. I have a freind who worked at JFK in new york who was tasked with getting two men out of the landing gear of a jet. They were banging around in the gear compartment like icecubes because of the temperatures.
Yup hydraulics are pretty strong mother fuckers!
Somebody should ask him if they can [B]hang out[/B] with him. He looks lonely.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;31119262]Except for the embargo I was under the impression everything was dandy, I've heard they have a brilliant health care system.[/QUOTE] I don't think this has to do much with the political system as it does about the poor economy. The economy really took a hit after the collapse of the Soviet Union in that the destination/source of 80% of both exports and imports was suddenly ended, and national GDP shrunk by 34%. This messed up things real bad for them, and that time in the 90s is referred to as the "Special Period" as they had to adjust with the collapse in resources and allies. For what it's worth though, as someone who is from third world country, it is better than much of its counterparts. While Cuba certainly has its share of problems and there is much to be desired and aspects that are simply have no excuse to exist (mainly some censorship policies), Cuba's done remarkably well with the resources it has for the populace at large. Compare that to some of its other neighbors- Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and many nations in Central America-we find that the populace in general tends to live better than their counterparts in those nations. Despite this lack of resources. More over, considering that many of those other nations don't have embargoes to deal with or poor relations with the United States (for the most part) and have a more diverse array of resources and labor pool, it's amazing as it is, to me at least, that Cuba has done what it has done while it is telling their neighbors can't seem to do the same thing for their own people. They solved the food problems but the economy can't expand anywhere. Work is tight as it is and people perceive there are greener pastures elsewhere. The thread title is loaded- there is nothing stopping you from "leaving" Cuba, but as with anything else in the world immigration is tough as it is for people coming from poor nations. Those countries don't want to deal with absorbing large amounts of them if they begin letting them in. So even if Cuba "laxed" up its emigration restrictions, it's doubtful the popular destinations for the emigrants would lax up their standards. Simply put, they don't want them coming to their country- we've seen many in many of these industrialized and highly developed countries that are a magnet for immigration begin to tighten up their borders and in response, some people take desperate measures. We've had stowaways from presumably "free" countries too. I'm reminded of an incident last year where a Romanian boy tried to do the [url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/romanian-stowaway-vienna-heathrow]same thing on a flight from Vienna to London[/url], except he survived in this case. The common denominator in these cases is that people are leaving from poorer nations to richer ones where they feel they can live more comfortably.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;31119262]Except for the embargo I was under the impression everything was dandy, I've heard they have a brilliant health care system.[/QUOTE] I read a story from someone on Reddit once about this Cuba's healthcare system is shit. It's technically free for everyone but since there's no oversight doctors will pretty much refuse to help anyone who doesn't slip them a wad of cash first. There's no government enforcement of cleanliness in hospitals, and there simply isn't access to any healthcare whatsoever in the slums
B-b-b-but Michael Moore said they were a shining example for how government healthcare should be run!?
[QUOTE=halflambada;31108480]I'm fairly sure this is how Dave Chappelles character died in Con Air I would say spoiler but Con Air was kinda terrible (in a good way)[/QUOTE] Avatar fits.
[QUOTE=Ridge;31138301]B-b-b-but Michael Moore said they were a shining example for how government healthcare should be run!?[/QUOTE] I heard a rumour (don't know if it's true or not) that the Cuban government banned Sicko for a while because they didn't want Cubans to see the movie and think their healthcare was really that good for everyone
It doesn't help that about 20% of the neighborhood is in some way or another is looking for any reason to turn in their neighbors for benefit. I know someone whose grandparents fled Cuba a few years after the revolution (or the grandpa was killed can't remember). They couldn't even take a working [B]refrigerator[/B] to their friends without risking arrest from a neighborhood watch type group. I have no idea why though, I'm guessing it had to be approved by their local council because of the top down control over all economic activity. The house was literally right down the street and it took them days or weeks to find the right time to drive down so the patrolling neighborhood watch wouldn't catch them. And I know someone who went there for some missionary trip or something. Armed guards everywhere. Tons of checkpoints, all of which you need some sort of ID. They had to have some government escort lest the checkpoint soldiers try to extort them for money.
Most of Cuba's problems would probably vanish if the Us stopped being such a fucking ass and lifted that completely unjust embargo. Although saying that the embargo can't be in full force any more since a month or so ago I bought so Cuban coffee.
Cuba would be a lot better without an embargo, but it is certainly not the single solution to all of Cuba's problems.
[QUOTE=Ridge;31142985]Cuba would be a lot better without an embargo, but it is certainly not the single solution to all of Cuba's problems.[/QUOTE] To it's economic and technological problems at least.
[QUOTE=MercZ;31134291]The thread title is loaded- there is nothing stopping you from "leaving" Cuba[/QUOTE] Absolutely nothing preventing you from leaving Cuba. Nothing at all: [quote]The Cuban government forbids the country's citizens from leaving or returning to Cuba without first obtaining official permission, which is often denied. Unauthorized travel can result in criminal prosecution. The government also frequently bars citizens engaged in authorized travel from taking their children with them overseas, essentially holding the children hostage to guarantee the parents' return. Given the widespread fear of forced family separation, these travel restrictions provide the Cuban government with a powerful tool for punishing defectors and silencing critics. [/quote] [url]http://www.hrw.org/legacy/english/docs/2006/01/18/cuba12207.htm[/url] Read more about their shitty system of government before you say that the government doesn't have much to do with the shitty economy.
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