Cuba Libre
So Castro has surgery and passes power to his brother. Am I the only who hears this and says, “big freakin’ deal,” as opposed “My god! This is a Big Freakin’ Deal!”? It seems like the media has worked itself into a dither running their “Casto’s dead” storylines, about how Raul will relate to the US, when Fidel is going to take back power in a week, if that. What the hell is wrong with these people? It’s not like the press gets this worked up when the president goes under general anethesia. (”The president invoked the 25th amendment, and transfered power to the vice-president at 11am this morning just before being wheeled into an operating room for a routine procedure that is expected to last two hours. What shake-ups can we expect under the vice-president’s administration? Who will he appoint as Attorney General, and could martial law be declared? For some perspectives we’ve assembled this round table of AM radio talk-show hosts from around the country, and this political hack that has a book being published by our publishing arm. This will be immediately followed by a retrospective President Vice-President: Two Hours of History.”)
