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January 16th, 2008, 05:46 PM
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Sheriff
Look at the "news" story copied/pasted below from AP, with the mistakes in italics. You know when I was in school, any 10th grader would have gotten a D- for turning in such sloppy work. Yet they throw it out on the internet. Do they think the general public is so stupid it isn't noticed? nobody cares? I emailed the AP and asked them if they even have proof readers anymore. I think from now on as soon as I encounter such disregard for style I'll not even read the article:
HAVANA - Fidel Castro said Wednesday he is not yet healthy enough to speak to Cuba's masses in person and can't campaign for Sunday's parliamentary elections.
"I am not physically able to speak directly to the citizens of the municipality where I was nominated for our elections next Sunday," the ailing 81-year-old wrote in an essay published Wednesday by state news media.
Castro's latest essay focused on blasting U.S. President George W. Bush, but included references to the Cuban leader's health.
It was published on the front pages of state-run newspapers a day after Castro met for more than two hours with Brazilian President Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who said he though Castro appeared healthy enough to return to politics.
"I think Fidel is ready to take to take over his historic political role in this globalized world, in humanity," Silva told reporters as he left Cuba late Tuesday.
Castro has not been seen in public since July 2006, when emergency intestinal surgery forced him to cede power to a provisional government headed by his younger brother Raul, five years his junior.
"My feeling is that Fidel is in very good health, that he's as lucid as he's ever been," Silva said.
Castro, however, expressed frustration in his essay: "I do what I can: I write. For me, this is a new experience: writing is not the same as speaking."
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January 18th, 2008, 09:54 AM
#2
HB Forum Owner
GL, let me refer you to this: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comm...IDLink=3336390
Cut and paste if you must; I'm feeling lazy today.
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