[NYTr] Circles Robinson: My Cuba Wish List for 2008

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Circles Robinson Online - Dec 31, 2007
http://circlesonline.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-cuba-wish-list-for-2008.html

My Cuba Wish List for 2008

By Circles Robinson

The German author Herman Hesse once said that one should aspire for the
impossible to obtain the possible. With his guiding light here is my
wish list for Cuba in 2008:

— A low key hurricane season giving the eastern part of the country
time to fully recover from the flood damage in 2007 and the western
part a continued breather.

— For the huge order of new Chinese buses and trucks to roll off the
boats and on to the streets on schedule.

— Increased industrial production including that for much needed
building materials and other basic consumer items.

— A news media opening that allows for real debate on national and
international issues and welcomes a diversity of opinion on all
subjects.

— A rebirth of the countryside that greatly increases the food supply
and strengthens rural communities and people’s desire to live in them.

— For the National Assembly to pass a bill allowing for same sex
marriages and adoptions.

— For Cuba to confront its internal deficiencies publicly and head on.

— Progress in dealing with the difficult salary, prices and
two-currency issues and in fighting theft and corruption at any level.

— For a successful war on bureaucracy and low productivity.

— For Cuba to finish in the top ten at the Beijing Olympics.

— For Cuba to continue making progress on saving energy, avoiding
blackouts and helping other struggling countries do the same.

— For the least aggressive and warmongering of the candidates to win
the US presidential elections next November.