I'm with ya bud but it's a lost cause. Dementia Joe thinks that the missile crisis happened last Tuesday

No one said murder. I said vote against things based on. There us a bit if a difference.

i mean ive been in traffic before and i havent wanted to murder people but ok

So much this!

have you checked out blandair park?

It quite new I'm not sure about scenic but I definitely enjoy people watch there.

Nah, you get forced to spend hours on 95 and 495 everyday and get stuck an extra 30 minutes 2/3 x a week for a protest year after year, it wears on you.

no i was pointing out car user attitude where its like "if you make me 1 minute late i will run you over" i understand there is a difference between having to use a car and being a car brain

If you gotta use a car to get where you need to be, you gotta do it. I don't know what your point is.

average car user

I have voted against things for them slowing me down and making me miss things at this spot.

If you want an oversimplification, the reason is capitalism.

It won't slow traffic any more than any of the other displays you see along 95.

Which slows traffic on 95....

To be clear, we're not blocking traffic on Gorman Rd or 95. We're hanging a banner from the Gorman Rd overpass to be visible from 95 exactly like any other road sign.

This will not have the outcome you are hoping for - I have never seen a more galvanizing action against something than I see when someone screws up traffic on 95. People may end up campaigning for harsher sanctions.

Rum? I'm in

This really strikes at the heart of the issue of national sovereignty .The US government wanted the revolutionary government out of power, and of course so did the corporations operating in Cuba. They wanted to deny the Cuban people their right to self-determination. And you're right, the refineries refused to work with Soviet oil, after the US decided to stop sending US oil to Cuba. Essentially, you had these private corporations and a foreign government trying to dictate Cuba's foreign policy to it! That they couldn't have normal and full normal relations with the Soviet Union.

That's the legacy of the blockade. The United States is dictating Cuba and other countries relate to each other. That's none of the US's business. And none of this is happening in a way that benefits the people of the United States. Whatever the initial justification of the blockade, Cuba has more than paid that price. The world recognizes that it must end, and it's been saying that for 30 years.

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if anything we gain trade.

This is not only a vast oversimplification of the history of US/Cuba relations but also factually incorrect. Exactly what Cuban resources did nationalization of the US refineries allow Cuba to use? The Cuban government nationalized the US refineries because they refused to refine Soviet (not Cuban) oil. The Cuban government then went on to nationalize all US businesses in Cuba, without providing any compensation to the legitimate owners.

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Great question! After the Cuban Revolution, the new government decided to nationalize the US-owned oil refineries. Essentially using the resources of Cuba in the interests of the country and its people. For the United States, it's unacceptable for any country to do this, so it unilaterally imposed the blockade.

Why did the blockade start ?

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