Manic street preachers - lifeblood

[random evil guy]

another superb album from those three welsh dudes. i love their music: melodic, good lyrics and all round great rock. i think their last 4 albums are by far their best work. cynical, but true. manics are better without richie...

 

the reason i bring this up, is what do you americans think of manics? a "commie" band who promote their album in cuba...?

[Grandpa]

Most Americans could give a rats behind about whether anyone promotes anything in Cuba. If they do, more power to them as far as I'm concerned. The differences of opinion, if you want to call it that, exist solely between the aging politicians, who can't remember why we're mad at Cuba in the first place, and Castro. Dom Rep is in a far worse state of affairs, human rights-wise, as is Haiti, but we're miffed at Cuba because the communists commandeered some hotels.(?)

 

Most Americans I know are waiting for the day that we can finally (legally) go back to Cuba. Yes, there are plenty of ways to get there illegally, you just can't take a direct flight. And you can't tell Customs/Border Protection agents "Hey, Mr Special Agent, I'm planning to fly to the Bahamas and then onto Cuba..."

 

There are ways to get good Cuban cigars, too, for example. Several duty-free shops on the Canadian side of the border I know of carry very fine brands, and the border patrol never actually looks at anything unless you look like you're smuggling 75 Chinese migrants in the back of a 1986 Ford Escort.

 

"Are you bringing anything, blah-blah-blah inadmisable, or fruit, into the country?"

"No."

"Thank you, have a nice day."