Mossadegh was not popularly elected; he was appointed Prime Minister by the Majlis after his predecessor was murdered for not supporting his policies. After his appointment, Mossadegh refused to hold elections, and began ruling like a despot.
Yeah i always hear the UK House of Commons Health Select Committee, Newsnight, the Gallup Organization, Kofi Annan, The Kaiser Family Foundation, the President of the World Bank (James Wolfensohn) being called socialist nut jobs and lairs.
This is probably because you don't read or listen to anyone outside of your own political viewpoint.
And yet, they have a lower infant mortality rate than the US.
Assuming that the statistics are not just something pulled out of Casro's ass, Cuba has a lower infant mortality rate because they don't count stillbirths, and babies that die shortly after being born. More details here.
If you're a poor black woman, you'd be much better off in Cuba.
This statement is absolute bullshit, even if you're comparing hospitals in Cuba with government run hospitals in the US.
Some reporters at fox news found strong evidence that the Monsanto BGH hormone to make cow's produce more milk was pushed through too quickly. They tried to report on it, Monsanto threatened to sue. Fox pulled the report before the air and set about having their reporters change the story. Finally the reporters were told to lie outright, they refused. Hilarity followed with the courts ruling that corporate media has no legal obligation to tell the truth.
This is untrue. First, the case involved a Fox affiliate in Florida, not the Fox News channel. The reporters were not told to lie, they were told to give Monsanto's side of the story. Furthermore, the court ruled that the plaintiffs had no case because the Fox affiliate broke no laws, not that the media has no legal obligation to tell the truth.
Wrong line. The correct comparable line is 788, and even then I don't know if it's comparable.
Line 788 does not include refugees who die while fleeing, or political prisoners who die in prison.
The statistics for Batista's regime are very sparse. Was nobody in prison? Was nobody executed?
Cuba was a much more open society under Batista. If larger numbers of people were imprisoned or executed, it's likely that someone would have heard about it.
Dude, where have you been since 1970? The U.S. government has decided who you may or may not hire since before I was born.
It's true that this right has been (unconstitutionally) suppressed when dealing with certain groups of people, but there are still some criteria from which an employer may choose when hiring.
You're misrepresenting these statistics. The "low" estimate for Batista 52-59 was 1,000, the "high" was 20,000.
From line 739, the low estimate is 500, mid-range is 1,000, and the high estimate is 20,000, a figure provided by Castro.
The "low" of Castro 59-87 was 15,000 and the "high" was 33,000. So assuming the "high" numbers it took Batista 7 years to kill 20,000 and it took Castro 28 years to kill 33,000, so Batista killed at about 2.5x the rate. Of course, it really all depends on whose numbers you want to believe.
From line 848, the low estimate for Castro's democide is 35,000, mid-range is 73,000, and the high estimate is 141,000.
I was thinking of Suharto.
Suharto is nowhere in the same league as Hitler or Pol Pot.
Make it illegal to harass, discriminate, terminate, or disqualify for hire someone due to what comes up in Google searches if the things found are NOT illegal or in violation to workplace rules.
There's this thing called 'freedom of association', as per the Bill of Rights. Everyone has the right to hire, or not hire people for whatever reason they choose.
Howzabout us invading Iraq, a soverign nation with its own government, abolishing that government, hanging its leader, and then opening up the country for a civil war?
If only that was the extent of US involvement in Iraq, as it damn well should have been.
We had to take down at least one Arab nation after 9/11. Iraq was as good as any.
Any evidence of this? Can you prove that in any given 23 year period (the period of time Batista ruled Cuba) Castro killed more people? Can you prove that during his entire reign Castro killed more people than Batista?
This gives democide estimates for both Batista and Castro. Between 1952 and 1959, about 1,000 people are thought to have been outright murdered by the Batista regime. Between 1959 and 1987, between 35,000 and 73,000 people are thought to have been victims of democide by Castro's regime.
Your rule simply isn't true. Hitler and Pol Pot killed an awful lot of people and they weren't communist.
Hitler wasn't communist, but rather an adherent of fascism, a form of guild socialism. Pol Pot was a communist, who imposed the purest implementation of Marxism ever seen, and was the most murderous as a result, in terms of percentage of population killed.
The bloodiest conflict in the world, Congo, has nothing to do with communism.
Conflict in wartime, where both sides are armed, is different from democide, where the victims have been disarmed.
I really hope you're joking - the US press is basically a patriotic circle-jerk, all the reporters wearing their little lapel pins and beating off to chants of USA! USA! None of the countries you mention have one tenth of the arrogance in their aggrandized self worth as the USA does.
So basically, you cite the fact that Americans are allowed to express patriotism as an example that America's press is horribly censored.
US "freedom of speech" can be relegated to "Free speech zones".
Such zones were set up in order to protect people from being blockaded or assaulted by maniacs, so the police wouldn't have to go into crowds with batons and Tazers.
Rubbish. The US has less freedom of speech than most European countries. Don't just take my word for it though:
I won't take your word for it. I also won't take the word of "Reporters Without Borders", who laughably rank Canada, France, Germany and Sweden ahead of the U.S. in terms of "press freedom".
Show us media in those nations that is as condemning and critical of the nation and government as some American media is of America and the American government.
Of course it does. In the last ten years, at least one presidential race and a governorship have been decided by a few hundred votes.
And what impact did that have on the running of the numerous federal and state agencies?
Yawn. Incompetence and waste are no more inherent to government than dumping toxic waste into rivers and groping secretaries is inherent to running a business.
In fact, incompetence and waste is inherent to government, for simple reasons of economics and perverse incentives.
The worst party lost power and some of the worst Democrats were primaried. More of the same will happen with this years elections.
Last I checked, we were still in Iraq, and the government is still wasteful and incompetent.
If you can't vote because you're a felon, that's your problem not mine.
It has nothing to do with being a felon. Your vote gives you no effective say in how the government is run, and certainly cannot control government incompetence and waste, which is inherent to government itself.
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Mossadegh was not popularly elected; he was appointed Prime Minister by the Majlis after his predecessor was murdered for not supporting his policies. After his appointment, Mossadegh refused to hold elections, and began ruling like a despot.
Christianity has a New Testament, and a bunch of escape clauses. Islam does not.
How many years have you been mentally ill?
This is probably because you don't read or listen to anyone outside of your own political viewpoint.
Exactly.
Assuming that the statistics are not just something pulled out of Casro's ass, Cuba has a lower infant mortality rate because they don't count stillbirths, and babies that die shortly after being born. More details here.
This statement is absolute bullshit, even if you're comparing hospitals in Cuba with government run hospitals in the US.
Is this up to the same level as the US?
This is a completely lunatic statement. Do you actually believe that bullshit?
Here is the "health care" that ordinary Cuban citizens "enjoy".
This is untrue. First, the case involved a Fox affiliate in Florida, not the Fox News channel. The reporters were not told to lie, they were told to give Monsanto's side of the story. Furthermore, the court ruled that the plaintiffs had no case because the Fox affiliate broke no laws, not that the media has no legal obligation to tell the truth.
Line 788 does not include refugees who die while fleeing, or political prisoners who die in prison.
Cuba was a much more open society under Batista. If larger numbers of people were imprisoned or executed, it's likely that someone would have heard about it.
It's true that this right has been (unconstitutionally) suppressed when dealing with certain groups of people, but there are still some criteria from which an employer may choose when hiring.
From line 739, the low estimate is 500, mid-range is 1,000, and the high estimate is 20,000, a figure provided by Castro.
From line 848, the low estimate for Castro's democide is 35,000, mid-range is 73,000, and the high estimate is 141,000.
Suharto is nowhere in the same league as Hitler or Pol Pot.
There's this thing called 'freedom of association', as per the Bill of Rights. Everyone has the right to hire, or not hire people for whatever reason they choose.
And your evidence that Americans "aided" the overthrow of a democratically elected Cuban government is...?
If only that was the extent of US involvement in Iraq, as it damn well should have been.
We had to take down at least one Arab nation after 9/11. Iraq was as good as any.
Bullshit.
This gives democide estimates for both Batista and Castro. Between 1952 and 1959, about 1,000 people are thought to have been outright murdered by the Batista regime. Between 1959 and 1987, between 35,000 and 73,000 people are thought to have been victims of democide by Castro's regime.
Hitler wasn't communist, but rather an adherent of fascism, a form of guild socialism. Pol Pot was a communist, who imposed the purest implementation of Marxism ever seen, and was the most murderous as a result, in terms of percentage of population killed.
Conflict in wartime, where both sides are armed, is different from democide, where the victims have been disarmed.
Communist dictators generally murder between 10 and 1000 times as many people as non-communist dictators. Castro is no exception to the rule.
Yes he was. Observe his attack on what he called "bourgeois freedom"; freedom of speech, religion, and property:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/museum/marframe.htm
So basically, you cite the fact that Americans are allowed to express patriotism as an example that America's press is horribly censored.
Such zones were set up in order to protect people from being blockaded or assaulted by maniacs, so the police wouldn't have to go into crowds with batons and Tazers.
I won't take your word for it. I also won't take the word of "Reporters Without Borders", who laughably rank Canada, France, Germany and Sweden ahead of the U.S. in terms of "press freedom".
Show us media in those nations that is as condemning and critical of the nation and government as some American media is of America and the American government.
And what impact did that have on the running of the numerous federal and state agencies?
In fact, incompetence and waste is inherent to government, for simple reasons of economics and perverse incentives.
Last I checked, we were still in Iraq, and the government is still wasteful and incompetent.
It has nothing to do with being a felon. Your vote gives you no effective say in how the government is run, and certainly cannot control government incompetence and waste, which is inherent to government itself.
And what exactly has changed as a result?
In fact, you do not have a say in how they are run and paid for.
Good luck trying. That sort of thing almost never happens.
You realize that those incidents happened because the government decided to enforce gun-control laws, right?