Historic Meeting
President Obama and Raul Castro have agreed to put the bitter past behind them.
Click here for reuse options!“This is obviously an historic meeting,” Obama said at the beginning of his session with Castro, claiming that decades of strain had done little to benefit either Cubans or citizens of the United States.
“It was time for us to try something new,” he said. ”We are now in a position to move on a path toward the future.”
Castro, who earlier in the day said he trusted Obama, acknowledged there would be difficult stumbling blocks as his nation works to repair ties with the United States. But he said those differences could be surmounted.
“We are willing to discuss everything but we need to be patient, very patient,” Castro said. “We might disagree on something today on which we could agree tomorrow.”
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Larry Schmitt April 11th, 2015 at 16:58
A radio station I listened to this morning identified the president of Cuba as Fidel, but I knew that wasn’t right, because he turned it over to his brother a few years ago.
HinterlandG April 11th, 2015 at 19:38
The right wingnuts heads are exploding. Especially after Castro called Obama a “honest man.”
whatthe46 April 12th, 2015 at 00:13
they are just pissed because they don’t have what this president has, and that is everything this country has needed from a leader, intelligence and diplomacy.
John Tarter April 12th, 2015 at 02:49
“You can keep your healthcare plan”. Honesty? What honesty?
jybarz April 12th, 2015 at 04:32
Really?
Can you tell us if you or anyone you know that are covered now under the Obamacare have it worse than you had before?
HinterlandG April 12th, 2015 at 09:37
GWB famously said “mission accomplished” and invaded Iraq on a lie, among other things. What’s your point?
OldLefty April 12th, 2015 at 13:57
“You can keep your healthcare plan”. Honesty? What honesty?
________
Here is the law;
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr3590enr/pdf/BILLS-111hr3590enr.pdf
If you believe that it was a lie, you should be able to point to the part of the law that spells it out. (I can point to HR 3200, Subtitle C–Individual Affordability Credits Sec. 246…. to show that Joe, “You
lie”, Wilson, lied or was misinformed)
I assume you can do the same.
And….
Did you want the law to forbid insurers from continuing the practice of canceling policies that they have been doing for
decades?
Here are just a few examples;
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/02/AR2007030200827.html
And this 17-year-old boy whose insurance was revoked after he
tested positive for HIV.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/murray-waas/insurance-company-must-pa_b_289841.html
This
woman who was denied coverage for breast cancer
because she wasn’t diagnosed at the correct clinic.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB118781024289705455
And this
woman whose double mastectomy was denied after her
insurance company learned she had visited a dermatologist for acne
treatment the year before.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/16/health.care.hearing/
From The Washington Post in 2009: “Acne, Pregnancy Among
Disqualifying Conditions.”http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-09-19/business/36870157_1_ineligible-occupations-health-insurers-premiums
From the Associated Press, 2009: “Worker Health
Care Costs Soar.” http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/09/health/main642243.shtml
From USA Today in 2007:
“People Left
Holding Bag When Policies Revoked.” http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/perfi/insurance/2007-01-28-insurance-1a-usat_x.htm
And in 2002: “Hard Decisions for Employers as
Costs Soar in Health Care.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/18/business/hard-decisions-for-employers-as-costs-soar-in-health-care.html
Ah, yes, those were the days!
Tim Coolio April 11th, 2015 at 20:26
That’s the change I voted for, I LIKE MY CHANGE!
burqa April 11th, 2015 at 23:58
Good call.
One hopes this is the beginning of improved relations.
The Cuban people have suffered a lot under the communists and one thing we saw in the Cold War was that when we engaged with and traded more with Soviet Bloc countries, they began to respond to their people’s demands for change.
The other day I heard a news report that said Obama’s favorable ratings in Cuba are twice those of Castro.
Tim Coolio April 12th, 2015 at 07:06
I know, and the better it goes the more rightwing heads will explode!
the “hope America fails” GOP party wants the whole world to collapse just because THEY aren’t in charge! AND THE WORLD KNOWS THEY ARE CRAZY.
jybarz April 12th, 2015 at 00:55
Historic alright!
President Obama is a historic President.
So, most, if not everything, he does are monumental and of historic proportion for the good of the Americans and mankind.
labman57 April 12th, 2015 at 00:59
An American President meeting with the leader of a Communist regime, shaking hands and behaving in a civil manner is completely unacceptable and totally unprecedented … well, except for Nixon in China and Reagan in the Soviet Union.
But still …
John Tarter April 12th, 2015 at 02:48
The elected Dictator meeting the self appointed Dictator – how historic!
jasperjava April 12th, 2015 at 08:08
You are on the wrong side of history.
You will always be on the wrong side of history.
Historians will look back at people like you, with your irrational hate, and wonder how it was possible that such people existed. Future generations will be glad when your ugly ideology dies out.
OldLefty April 12th, 2015 at 13:58
It’s not historic at all. It’s old.
That’s what WE said about Bush.
His supporters called us “anti American.