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QUICK DISPATCH: CASTRO’S REJECTS AND ROSA PARKS

This story in the Toronto Sun is perhaps one of the happiest and saddest I have read recently. A true story of immigrants fed up with the tyranny of Fidel Castros’s communist Cuba who deciding to make a life for themselves in Canada by defecting:

“More than 20 members of Cuba's world-famous national chorus are singing songs of freedom today after defecting in Toronto.

Members of the National Chorus of Cuba dodged security officers and jumped into waiting cars, some on Sunday and others yesterday, said Cuban exiles who planned the defections.

"These people are scared for their lives," said Ismail Sambra, president of the Cuban Canadian Foundation. "They are worried about their families back home.

"It took a lot of planning to get this far." “

These people should be applauded for their courage. Sadly, they also fear for the family and friends they leave back in Cuba. We are not surprised that this story has not gotten the attention it deserves. If ever there was a story the Canadian media should trumpet as a testament to this country then this should be it. But they don’t. Most of our media and political elites believe Cuba to be a paradise.

We have one recommendation that should happen to these people. They should all be given jobs within our public school and university educational system where they could teach Marxist professors and students with ‘Che’ shirts about the horrors and repression that is still happening in communist Cuba.

These people show true courage. They are a testament to the human spirit. Their families in Cuba are in our prayers.

We would also like to offer a prayer for Rosa Parks who died at the age of 92. A pioneer of the American Civil Rights movement, Rosa Parks made history when she refused to give her seat up to a white man on a bus. She is not only a testament to character, fortitude and strength, but also to the fact that even though everyone may be against you, change can still happen. She is also a monument to the fact that sometimes, true change can come from the most unlikely of places.

May her soul rest in peace.

To our readers, we apologize for the brief entries of late. There should be a new Dossier up in the next few days.

posted by Nicol DuMoulin @ 9:38 PM