Meet The New Boss

So when I heard on the news this morning that 81-year-old Fidel Castro, El Presidente y Comandante en Jefe de Cuba, was resigning in favor of his 76-year old brother Raúl, the only place I planned to check on the web for commentary was Val Prieto’s Babalu Blog to see what he and/or his co-bloggers had to say about it. Val does not disappoint.

We're going to hear hopes that this is the beginning of change in Cuba. We're going to hear arguments for the lifting of the embargo. We're going to hear wishy washy eulogies and praise for the bearded bastard. We're gonna hear a lot of crap today and in the next few days. Cuba experts will be coming out of the woodwork with their own particular theories and there will most certainly be editorials galore. [SNIP]

The day there is real change in Cuba - and not a carefully choreographed one - will be the day when every single Cuban on the island is allowed to know who Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet is. When every Cuban is allowed to know exactly and truthfully why he, and so many like him, have been rotting away in putrid jail cells for years.

For fifty years, the Cuban people have been physically, mentally, spiritually, ideologically, culturally and emotionally emasculated. Today's news is just another snip in a surreptitiously planned and meticulously orchestrated surgery.

Now here is where some actual change--rather than the rhetorical type which certain other politicians are espousing--is needed.

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has a picture of Zombie Castro and a list of quotes from celebrities who have fawned over "Hollywood's Favorite Tyrant."