Hello Thomas and Friends.

   I love the comparisons made between Cuba and the U.S. in the media and by the politicians. Castro always the bad guy and the U.S. is always the worlds savior. The truth is, the respective governments of both countries get along quite well. Cuba has been a hot spot for Americal Political Bigs and Movie Stars for decades. You can believe that the last time I had a cuban cigar it didn't come from WallMart. It came from somebody with connections.

   Anyhow, isn't it odd that our government is operating a prison camp in cuba, unobstructed by the Cuban government. We have a Naval Base There as well. How many bases do we have in Russia or Communist China? None.

    Our prison in Cuba is an illegal detention camp where prisoners have no rights. They have been charged with no crimes. They have in many cases been detained for years. They have no right to legal counsel. No Habeus Corpus. No defense to punishment and torture such as water boarding.

    Why is our President doing his dirty work in Cuba and other places around the world when our own country has over 8oo prison camps setting empty within our own borders. FEMA REX 84 camps all over the place and we house our political prisoners in Cuba. I find this very odd. What prisoners is Fidel holding. How do their court systems work. What is their economy like. What is the percentage of Cuba's population behind bars. The U.S has the largest percentage of it's citizes behind bars of all free nations. How many Cubans are fleeing to the U.S to make a better life for their families. What has Fidel ever done  that our own Dear Mr Bush not done. Whatever it might be at least he did it within his own country.

    I am not defending Fidel and his communist regime. He is an evil man with many humanitarian rights violations in his past. But, to criticize him as being worse that any other leader who committs humanitarian rights violations is just wrong as I see it. One is no better than the other.

    Throughout our history, the Constitution has always been the separating line between us and communism. This line no longer exists. Our constitution is being violated every single day by our own government. Along with civil rights, the Geneva Convention and every other document  ever intended to promote and protect  world peace.

     We must clean our own house before we accuse others of living in a dirty house.

Sincerely, Billdaddy

Hello Thomas and Friends

    There are many things about Cuba that are not ever mentioned in the mainstream media. Cuba has a world class biotech industry that is producing new medicines and vaccines that are far better then the conventional ones that we here in the US have access to. Biotech for humanitarian causes rather than WMD's. Cuba is nearly as nuetral when it comes to war as The Scandanavian countries like Norway and Switzerland.

    Here is a little more information about Cuba from the Humanitarian side. Look on the left for many more links telling you a lot about Cuba. Cuba is not the Boogey man that they have been accused of being. I would love to go there for a visit

Biotech for all 17 April 2004
Cuba Si The magazine of CSC	Westminster Conference highlights the advances in health brought about by Cuba’s scientific revolution
Winter 2007/08 “In every barrio, Revolution!” - CDR Museum opens Fighting for the Five - Leonard Weinglass interview The World of Work in a Changing Cuba Campaign on Barclays and extraterritoriality continues… Autumn 2007 21st century medicine The living legacy of Che Interviewing Fidel Summer 2007 Farewell to Vilma: From Pakistan to Rotherham: Whose rules rule? Spring 2007 Stop the Hilton Hotels ban Feeding the revolution Teaching citizenship the Cuban way Winter 06/07 Exclusive: London's Mayor visits Cuba (inglés y espanol) Rendezvous with lies World Circuit Records celebrates 20 years Autumn 2006 Life without Fidel The landing of the Granma America's favourite immigrants Summer 2006 From Cuba with love: Cuban doctors in Pakistan Bush’s ‘secret’ plan for Cuba Teatro Miramar: a dream to be realised Spring 2006 Exporting healthcare: Cuba and the real meaning of internationalism Let there be Light “Hombres not Nombres” Winter 2005-6 Europe partakes in a recipe for disaster cooked up in Washington We are stronger than ever Confessions of an “independent” trade unionist Autumn 2005 Education from womb to tomb Brendan Barber pledges TUC support for Cuba Five reasons why the people rule Summer 2005 Bill and Joe’s Cuban cycle adventure Poet of Guantanamo Participation is key to Cuba’s democracy Spring 2005 Is Venezuela next after Iraq? Trip of a lifetime Justice delayed, justice denied Winter 2004/5 Cuba's Response to AIDS Books: Bulwark against neo-liberalism Guide to the `Report from the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba´ Autumn 2004 Book review: Cuba’s story Autumn 2004 Heart strings Speaking truth to power: Cuba at the UN Summer 2004 A revolution in culture Cuba saved my daughter Salud International to back Cuban internationalist doctors Spring 2004 Miami Five: Hopeful of justice Biotech for all US occupation of Guantanamo Bay is illegal, says top lawyer Winter 2003/4 Solar-powered education Charting women’s progress since 1959 The truth about Reporters Sans Frontières Autumn 2003 Join the CSC bike ride to Cuba How the US stole Guantanamo Bay Does the FCO website betray a political bias against Cuba? Summer 2003 Hands Off Cuba Campaign Launched Monument to freedom UK lawyer visits Havana EU lines up with US Ibrahim Ferrer: a lesson in greatness The Miami Five -an injustice too far My secret mission to meet Fidel Spring 2003 Beyond the beach and sun: CSC’s Father Geoff Bottoms visits one of the Five Cuban student tours UK Autumn 2002 Housing for the People Moncada Day Cycle Challenge British credit cards hit by US sanctions Summer 2002 Evil Spirit From May Day In Havana To The Cradle Of The Revolution A dream for all times How foreigners fuel US anti-Cuba policy Spring 2002 African Roots How the US planned to start a war with Cuba Toys for Cuba Welsh Education Minister meets Fidel Elizabeth Westberry, we send you our love,our prayers and our healing light.             http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/729254/2/ShowThread.aspx                 http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/elizabethwestberry   May a smile follow you to sleep each night,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,            and be there waiting,,, when you awaken.   Sincerly, Bill Vanderbilt   If You Don't Just Love This Jerkey pass it on over here please.   http://billdaddy.jerkydirect.com   It's fun. It's free. It pays you to enjoy yourself. http://www.yuwie.com/yuwie.asp?r=78536   I welcome you to join me in my new network   Billdaddy's Team Builder Network   http://billdaddy-network.ryze.com/	By Steve Wilkinson Cuba’s biotechnology industry is producing only one variety of weapon and that is the kind that fights human disease. That was the clear message brought by three of Cuba’s leading scientists who visited Britain in March. Led by Dr Agustin Lage, the head of Cuba’s Centre of Molecular Immunology, the three specialists gave a conference on their work at Westminster on March 16th organised by Dr Ian Gibson MP, chair of the All Party Cuba Group. More than 100 prominent scientists, academics and businessmen attended. Two days later, at London’s Royal Institute of International Affairs in Chatham House, before an invited audience of leading politicians, specialists and opinion makers the trio also gave a special seminar on the topic: Cuba’s Biotechnology: Is it a threat? The answer was of course and unequivocal no. “If we wanted to, we could produce bio weapons,” said Dr Lage, “In fact, any country with a university and handful of scientists could do that, but we are not doing anything of the kind. To produce any weapon of mass destruction of this nature would be completely against the ethics of our revolution.” Dr Lage and his colleagues, Dr Carlos Borretto, deputy director of the Cuban Genetic Engineering Centre and Dr Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa, founder and deputy director of the Cuban Neuroscience Centre, explained in great detail the extent of their work and the incredible advances made in Cuban medical science over the past three decades. From being a nascent industry in the early 1970s, Cuban biotech has grown to be a multi-million dollar industry expected to produce more than 200 new products in the next ten years. These include new vaccines against head and neck cancer, a treatment of foot ulcers that afflict diabetes sufferers, new treatments for brain tumours, a lung cancer vaccine, a breast cancer vaccine and even possibly a vaccine against AIDS. In addition, Cuba has a method of producing monoclonal antibodies that are used in many kinds of research and in vaccine production and has been able to market this technology successfully to many countries including China, India and Iran. It is the sale of this equipment to Iran (one of the member countries in the George Bush’s so-called Axis of Evil) that has irked the United States. Dr Carlos Borretto showed a slide of this factory and explained that it could not be used to make bio weapons. “We are designing and building the factory. I can tell you that anyone looking at this picture who knew anything about the science would be able to say immediately that is not a weapons factory. Of course, you could