Congressman Tells Of His Ride Through Havana In A Russian-Powered 1954 Chevy

by John Barnett

Published: February 26th, 2014

congressman tells of his ride through havana in a russian powered 1954 chevy

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) took to the House floor last night to speak on behalf of her recently-introduced resolution, House Resolution 488, a resolution “supporting the people of Venezuela as they protest peacefully for democratic change and calling to end the violence”.

Following her was Representative Steve King, a Republican from Iowa. In his monologue to democracy the congressman brought up a (legal) trip he took to Cuba where he got to ride in one of Cuba’s finest taxis – a 1954 Chevrolet powered by “a Russian diesel engine”, the driver of which who also happend to be a doctor. Such communism. Very Russian. Much oppressed. Below is a clip from his speech compliments of CSPAN’s awesome Create Clip Option.

Curious if any taxi drivers in The Free World of the United States of America also hold degrees in medicine.

The congressman went on to describe the almost laughable state of the automobile in Cuba. He said it was like a “rolling repair shop” where people would run out into the street to repair cars as you sat in them as their mechanical demise was inevitable.

He then went on to talk about Cubans using oxen as a “beast of burden” likely highlighting the island’s lack of F-150s, America’s “beast of burden.” Although, give the people of Cuba credit – if things get real bad, like Walking Dead bad, you can always eat your ox and not an F-150.

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Chuckrs on Feb 26, 2014

The Castros will join their psychopath tool Che in hell soon enough. Then maybe we can ease embargo and see what their successors do in return.

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- Lorenzo on Feb 26, 2014
  
  The thing about these socialist paradises is, there's always another strongman in the wings. Fidel stayed in power so long because he was pro-active: he trumped up charges on all potential rivals and the courts and firing squads did the rest. His periodic releases of groups of thousands also removed potential troublemakers from the system. Unwinding a socialist system hasn't had much success in the past, and even in the case of Germany, there were wrenching dislocations. Without an outside sponsor, Cuba will dissolve into anarchy first, and then possibly follow the Russian model of a criminal element taking over, with former security elements controlling the army above them, running state functions.
  
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- Thelaine on Feb 26, 2014
  
  @Lorenzo Yep. Next up, Venezuela. American leftists will find a way to blame American policy for that socialist nightmare as well.
  
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- Charly on Feb 27, 2014
  
  @thelaine Venezuela is well run ... for an oil state. Every oil state is a disaster
  
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- Thelaine on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @charly Norway
  
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- Ubermensch on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @charly Hey, don't you mean that "socialist nightmare" Norway. http://blog.peerform.com/top-ten-most-socialist-countries-in-the-world/ Notice that Cuba and Venezuela aren't even on the list. Obvious troll is obvious.
  
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- Thelaine on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @charly Oh good, a blog list.
  
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- Les on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @Ubermensch I think he was posting Norway as an example of a non-disaster oil state, since Norway has all that oil out in the north sea.
  
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- Charly on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @charly Norway is the best run oil state by far but is not well run at all and its policy is to invest it in a trust. I don't know how it will end but by bet is it will end like that pacific guano state. Trust will be stolen by Wall street. Also don't forget that Norway is an EU vassal state which tempers the trouble of oil. It also has hydro state which is just another word for unending small oil state. Name the second best run oil state. (i will help you as it is obvious Russia) Third place is or Iran or Dubai or Venezuela. They are all disaster areas
  
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- Racer-esq. on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @charly Where do you put Canada?
  
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- Les on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @charly Norway actually is the only Scandinavian country that declined EU membership.
  
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- Charly on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @charly If you have to pay but have no say than you are obvious a vassal. Norway is one of those EFTA vassal states. But as fishing is one of the most important economy sector understandable. Iceland is also a Scandinavian country and Greenland and Spitsbergen are not part of the EEA
  
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- Charly on Feb 28, 2014
  
  @charly Is Canada a net oil exporter? IIRC they import about as much oil as they export.
  
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- Rpn453 on Mar 02, 2014
  
  @charly Canada exports most of its petroleum production. It produces about 2.8 million barrels/day and exports 1.8 million.
  
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ExPatBrit on Feb 27, 2014

Mr King has those "batshit crazy eyes" like Michelle Bachmann.

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Bluto on Feb 28, 2014

“For everyone who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds, they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert” - Steve King STEVE KING IS (not a nice guy) Edited by JB. You can't use that phrase here.

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Thelaine on Feb 28, 2014

Interesting to see all of the juvenile attacks on Steve King by the leftists while the freedom-crushing Castro murder and poverty machine is hardly even mentioned, if at all. What a morally bankrupt group of pathetic burnouts you all are.

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