Overturning Cuba Travel Ban

captain53 · 09-21-2009, 04:27 PM

Overturning Cuba Travel Ban May Pass House This Year, Farr Says

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Legislation to end a ban on Americans traveling to Cuba has enough support in the U.S. House of Representatives to win approval by year-end, said Representative Sam Farr, a California Democrat.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=a5R62TiRNi00

The Poet · 09-21-2009, 04:30 PM

Sounds promising - but I will believe it when it happens.

marge796 · 09-21-2009, 04:37 PM

Spring time in Cuba??

Chris.....

icehog3 · 09-21-2009, 11:15 PM

Hope to get there before Havana turns in to Atlantic City South.

bvilchez · 09-21-2009, 11:23 PM

Can you imagine what that will do for the Cuban economy!?!?!?!?! I might have to start thinking of some business ventures.....lemme see.....what should I start with?????

icehog3 · 09-21-2009, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bvilchez

Can you imagine what that will do for the Cuban economy!?!?!?!?! I might have to start thinking of some business ventures.....lemme see.....what should I start with?????

Hookers.

Bear · 09-22-2009, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Hookers.

Sorry Tom, there are plenty of Chicas there already. That market has been cornered for some time I imagine...

icehog3 · 09-22-2009, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Bear

Sorry Tom, there are plenty of Chicas there already. That market has been cornered for some time I imagine...

Irish Hookers!!

BonVivant · 09-22-2009, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by marge796

Spring time in Cuba??

Chris.....

Sounds like, Spring time for Hitler in Cuba

DonniePaul · 09-22-2009, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Irish Hookers!!

Doctorossi · 09-22-2009, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Hope to get there before Havana turns in to Atlantic City South.

Got a time machine? I thought that happened in the 1930's.

icehog3 · 09-22-2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Doctorossi

Got a time machine? I thought that happened in the 1930's.

I guess I could say "Atlantic City circa 1990's South".

JJG · 09-22-2009, 11:14 AM

sounds good to me. I'd love to visit Cuba, but I assume they will still make it very difficult to bring anything back with you.

T.G · 09-22-2009, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by icehog3

Hope to get there before Havana turns in to Atlantic City South.

After 50+ years of poverty, I think it's going to be more like "Come see Cuba, Florida's very own Tijuana! Donkey shows starting at 9pm nightly!"

The Poet · 09-22-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JJG

sounds good to me. I'd love to visit Cuba, but I assume they will still make it very difficult to bring anything back with you.

If the Hog's hookers have any say in the matter, you'll bring something back with you for sure.

icehog3 · 09-22-2009, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by The Poet

If the Hog's hookers have any say in the matter, you'll bring something back with you for sure.

Keychains?

Smokin Gator · 09-22-2009, 04:41 PM

The rest of the world has been going there for 50 or so years. Yes our dollars will make an impact... but it isn't going to be as big of a deal as some think. We can be so egocentric.

I can promise you I will be there in the first year it is open. My family was there the last year it was.

T.G · 09-22-2009, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Smokin Gator

The rest of the world has been going there for 50 or so years. Yes our dollars will make an impact... but it isn't going to be as big of a deal as some think. We can be so egocentric.

That's very true, I think a lot of us in this thread were joking too (well, at least I was). The big change is going to happen when, and if, the country moves away from the communist economy and into more of a free-market economy.

A fixed US$12/month salary isn't much of a motivator, so when the money starts going other places besides the bank accounts of the governmental elite, that's when the changes will really happen.

tchariya · 09-22-2009, 05:43 PM

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Keychains?

in glass tubes?

Blueface · 09-22-2009, 06:23 PM

Maybe this means I don't have to spend $400 for me and $400 for the wife to get Cuban passports to go next year as I dream of.
I can go legally but only with a Cuban passport and am not recognized as American.

Maybe. Just maybe.

09-21-2009, 04:27 PM	#1
captain53 Have My Own Room Join Date: Jul 2009 First Name: Dave Location: Lake of the Ozarks & Austin, TX Posts: 1,333 Trading: (3)	Overturning Cuba Travel Ban Overturning Cuba Travel Ban May Pass House This Year, Farr Says Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Legislation to end a ban on Americans traveling to Cuba has enough support in the U.S. House of Representatives to win approval by year-end, said Representative Sam Farr, a California Democrat. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=a5R62TiRNi00

09-21-2009, 04:30 PM	#2
The Poet Il megglior fabbro Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Thomas Location: Hickory, NC Posts: 8,420 Trading: (2)	Re: Overturning Cuba Travel Ban Sounds promising - but I will believe it when it happens.

09-21-2009, 04:37 PM	#3
marge796 It Just Doesn’t Matter!!! Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: Chris Location: Topeka KS Posts: 1,624 Trading: (28)	Re: Overturning Cuba Travel Ban Spring time in Cuba?? Chris..... __________________ “Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.” -Sir Winston Churchill

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icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 70,580 Trading: (60)	Re: Overturning Cuba Travel Ban Hope to get there before Havana turns in to Atlantic City South. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

09-21-2009, 11:23 PM	#5
bvilchez En búsqueda..... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Bolivar aka Jay Location: Back in SoCal Posts: 3,202 Trading: (76)	Re: Overturning Cuba Travel Ban Can you imagine what that will do for the Cuban economy!?!?!?!?! I might have to start thinking of some business ventures.....lemme see.....what should I start with?????

09-22-2009, 11:14 AM	#13
JJG Have My Own Room Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Jeff Location: Houston Posts: 1,260 Trading: (4)	Re: Overturning Cuba Travel Ban sounds good to me. I'd love to visit Cuba, but I assume they will still make it very difficult to bring anything back with you.

09-22-2009, 04:41 PM	#17
Smokin Gator Just plain insane! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Swamp Posts: 6,237 Trading: (106)	Re: Overturning Cuba Travel Ban The rest of the world has been going there for 50 or so years. Yes our dollars will make an impact... but it isn't going to be as big of a deal as some think. We can be so egocentric. I can promise you I will be there in the first year it is open. My family was there the last year it was. __________________ Check out the Cigar Asylum Newbie Sampler Trade

09-22-2009, 06:23 PM	#20
Blueface Gramps 4x's Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Horatio Seymore Hiny Location: Boca Raton - North of La Habana Posts: 8,774 Trading: (8)	Re: Overturning Cuba Travel Ban Maybe this means I don't have to spend $400 for me and $400 for the wife to get Cuban passports to go next year as I dream of. I can go legally but only with a Cuban passport and am not recognized as American. Maybe. Just maybe. __________________ Little known fact: I am a former member of the Village People - The Indian