Update on KY laws

[Becca]

I have to agree with DJ on this one. The fact that people are trying desporately to leave one country for another is no spacific to Cuba-U.S. And I found it hilarious when George Dubya was giving his speach about showing the cubins the joy of Democacy and "honest elections." I'm sure he knows all about honest elections.

[Black Jack II]

Actually, again no it is not.

Cuba is one percent less literacy rate than the US if we are being specific, and the US is vastly larger.

All those literate people are free to read fidel's speeches and their ration cards.

It's a prison island, where very little books and media are avaliable that are not part of the govenrment's you can only read list. That literacy rate does not really go a long way when books are confiscated and burned for being subversive to the regime.....

Where independent library owners get 20 year prison terms

[bodhitree]

Speaking of the mortgage crisis, it makes you wonder if it really should be a crime to be that stupid. Now those idiots are causing people alot smarter than them problems.


Here is a hilarious take on the subprime mess:

http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?d...uth=true&pli=1

That is the funnies stuff I've ever seen!

[sanjuro_ronin]

lol.

I was in New York recently and there are a lot of american citizens living in squalor there. It is likely moreso than what is in Cuba. Seeing as Cubans don't have homelessness to speak of.

I think if you haven't been somewhere, then you really don't have anything to say about it simply because you are posturing from a point of total ignorance.

having said that, Cuba is beautiful, has a better medical system than the USA and has a higher Literacy standing in the world than the USA. Go figure eh? Not exactly what I would call squalor, but then I also understand the tendency for narrow thinking and views coming from developed countries where knowledge is short and prejudice is high. lol

now, I'm not a fan of communism, but I'm even less of a fan of narrow views based on hearsay and nonsense.

One of my major customers does business with Cuba so I have been there quite a bit, even with their US rep *gasp*, seen the good and the bad, seen the very good and the very bad.
Just like everywhere else really.

Seen more crap in Florida than I have in Cuba though.

Anyways...

[David Jamieson]

Actually, again no it is not.

Cuba is one percent less literacy rate than the US if we are being specific, and the US is vastly larger.

All those literate people are free to read fidel's speeches and their ration cards.

It's a prison island, where very little books and media are avaliable that are not part of the govenrment's you can only read list. That literacy rate does not really go a long way when books are confiscated and burned for being subversive to the regime.....

Where independent library owners get 20 year prison terms

Where on earth are you getting this information from? a time machine?

If you went state by state, school for school, the USA has a dismal literacy rating relative to the GDP, GNP and Monies allocated. Even on a per capita basis, the USA doesn't have the same literacy rating as Cuba.

the UN has stats on this. Look em up. I ain't doing your google work for ya! lol

[bodhitree]

Cuba is a beautiful country that has plenty of potential, and in recent years it's bad leadership has been saved by subsidies from Venezuela. Cuba is not as bad as some on this forum are making it out to be, but it certainly has it's considerable flaws. Given the right leadership Cuba could certainly flourish.

[Judge Pen]

so you can still marry your cousin in KY, right?

It's been a while since I took family law in law school, but I think Alabama has the most relaxed standards when it comes to marrying relatives. I believe its legal to marry your 3rd cousin in Alabama.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Cuba is a beautiful country that has plenty of potential, and in recent years it's bad leadership has been saved by subsidies from Venezuela. Cuba is not as bad as some on this forum are making it out to be, but it certainly has it's considerable flaws. Given the right leadership Cuba could certainly flourish.

The Trade embargo hasn't helped, but they have survived.
Funny thing is if the US had learned a lesson form the fall of the USSR, the Cuba situation woudl have been a non-issue by now.

[bodhitree]

It's been a while since I took family law in law school, but I think Alabama has the most relaxed standards when it comes to marrying relatives. I believe its legal to marry your 3rd cousin in Alabama.

Thank you for the expert advice!!!

[bodhitree]

The Trade embargo hasn't helped, but they have survived.
Funny thing is if the US had learned a lesson form the fall of the USSR, the Cuba situation woudl have been a non-issue by now.

Yeah, the embargo is old, outdated, and just plain stupid at this point. You can't use human rights to justify it, we do business with much worse regimes. It's just left over cold war hard feelings and garbage.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Yeah, the embargo is old, outdated, and just plain stupid at this point. You can't use human rights to justify it, we do business with much worse regimes. It's just left over cold war hard feelings and garbage.

The US would have probably manage to get rid of Castro quicker by maintaining relations, as it was Cuba become a symbol of American strong arm tactics.
To no avail.

Still, one has hopes for the future.

[Black Jack II]

Basic Education Statistics




USA
Cuba
Leader?

Literacy

General literacy rate
97%
96%
School life expectancy (years)
16.0
11.3
USA
Secondary school enrollment
97%
81%
USA
College-level enrollment
81%
13%
USA
Primary school student-teacher ratio
16
12
Cuba
Secondary school student-teacher ratio
15
10
Cuba
Public expenditures (% GDP)
5.4
6.7
Cuba
Public expenditures (% gov. budget)
14.4
12.6
USA
Concept by The Globalist. Copyright © 2002 by The Globalist. Data: UNESCO and CIA


BTW-Dave, it figures you ignore the main point of my paragraph

[sanjuro_ronin]

College-level enrollment
81%
13%

Does that mean that 81% of the population the in states has college education of some sort?
What does that 81% enrollment mean?

[Black Jack II]

Yep

It means that 81% goes onto enlist in higher education.

[1bad65]

I think if you haven't been somewhere, then you really don't have anything to say about it simply because you are posturing from a point of total ignorance.

http://www.therealcuba.com/

now, I'm not a fan of communism, but I'm even less of a fan of narrow views based on hearsay and nonsense.

Actually Castro's own daughter, Alina Fernández Revuelta, fled the country to come here.

She remembers cartoons being taken off television in favor of broadcasting executions ordered by her father.