Voice from the Commonwealth Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
.
Praise for Voice
"A smart fellow...I do like, recommend and learn from Barbera's blog." -Roger L. Simon
"Your blog is bullshit"- anonymous angry French reader.
That Washington Post gives a good look at what average daily life is like in what Mr. Carter assures us is a Cuban Socialist Paradise.
In the meantime, he uses the refrigerator as a cabinet to store detergent and some beans. He has an ancient radio, no television set and a little two-burner stove. His bed is upstairs, in a makeshift loft, which has one barred window and a ceramic cat -- the only decoration in the place other than pictures of Jesus and of Socarras's three grown children. "Most people in Cuba live this way; you get used to it," Socarras said, sitting beneath a ceiling covered with plastic sheeting to catch the dust caused by the termites eating away at his loft. "I don't rob, I don't steal, I just struggle," Socarras said. "They say things will get better, but I don't see it. I am worried about the future."
The Western Civilization and Democracy Net Ring celebrates Western civilization and its universal values of individual freedom, political democracy and equal rights for all. All sites promoting human rights and democracy are welcome.
