BRIGHT NEW FUTURE! BETTER SIGHT. BETTER LIFE. AMAZING! NEW ERA! U.S. FLAG. CUBAN FLAG. RAUL CASTRO, LOOKING GREAT FOR AN 85 YEAR OLD LEADER! STANDING NEXT TO PRESIDENT OBAMA! CUBAN MILITARY BAND, PLAYING BOTH NATIONAL ANTHEMS! STAR SPANGLED BANNER, PLAYING IN CUBA? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT! HISTORIC DAY FOR SURE--50 YEARS OF FAILED POLICY, IS LONG ENOUGH! . . . WHAT WOULD IKE, NIXON, KENNEDY THINK? TWO WORLD POWERS, RUSSIA AND U.S., NUCLEAR WEAPONS, POINTED AT EACH OTHER, WITH CUBA, JUST 90 MILES OFF U.S. SHORES . . . DISTRUST? A 76 YEAR OLD CUBAN LADY, HAS WRITTEN TO PRESIDENT OBAMA, I BELIEVE, OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD OF TIME, HE ALWAYS RESPONDED TO HER LETTERS--SHE NEVER THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD COME, SEEING AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT COME TO CUBA, IN HER LIFETIME--SHE JUST WANTS HIM TO COME TO HER HAVANA HOME AND HAVE COFFEE WITH HER, SHE SAID TO BRING THE FAMILY--HOPEFULLY, PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL TAKE THE TIME! COME TOGETHER! LETTING GO OF THE PAST, MOVING TO COME TOGETHER . . . MARRIOTT AND SHERATON HOTEL CHAINS, CONTRACTING TO RESTORE THREE HISTORIC HOTELS, FORMERLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY SPANISH COMPANIES. MOVE SLOW, AMERICAN CAPITALISTS . . . CUBANS LIVE ON $20 PER MONTH--A $5 CAN OF PAINT, CAN BREAK THEM, BUT I WOULD VENTURE THAT SOME ARE HAPPIER THAN BILLIONAIRES IN OUR COUNTRY, TELLING CNN "WORLD LIST" REPORTER, THEY HAVE JOY, ARE HAPPY, AND ARE LEERY ABOUT THE CHANGES, CAPITALISM MIGHT DO TO THEIR COUNTRY. ONE LADY WHO RUNS A "BED AND BREAKFAST" TOLD THE REPORTER, SHE ALWAYS MAKE SURE HER GUESTS GET A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP, AND A GOOD MEAL, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY HAVE MONEY . . . THE TV HOST SAID, THAT IS NOT A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN. SHE LOOKED AT HIM, AS IF TO SAY, "AND YOUR POINT?" A TOBACCO GROWER, BEING PART OF THE CUBAN CIGAR MARKET, WAS GIVEN A CHANCE TO SMOKE ONE OF HIS OWN, CIGARS, WITH MOST TOO POOR TO ENJOY THEIR OWN PRODUCTS, AND THE GUY, SAID, THAT IS "GOOD" AND WENT ON TALKING TO THE MAN, MORE CONCERNED WITH THE A NEW FRIEND, AND SOMEONE TO TALK TO! DO NOT RUIN THESE PEOPLE! ONE MAN INTERVIEWED, WHO LIVED IN FLORIDA FOR 7 YEARS, SAID, THE BIG SALE FROM HIS AMERICAN FRIENDS, IS WE CAN BUY WHATEVER WE WANT . . . HE SAID, THEY BUY PLASTIC SURGERY, TO LOOK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, THEY HAVE TO SPEND $150 A MONTH, TO GET CABLE, WHEN HE SAID, HE ONLY WANTS ONE CHANNEL! LOL! I COULD NOT AGREE MORE, 900 CHANNELS OF NOTHING! LOL! THE GOVERNMENT GROWS, NATIVE CROCODILES, RAISING THEM, MUCH LIKE AMERICANS DO FISH IN A HATCHERY . . . SO THEY DON'T MIX WITH CROCS FROM FLORIDA! LOL! THE PEOPLE SAY THE THINGS THEY HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE CASTRO REGIME: (1) EDUCATION--100% LITERACY; (2) THE ARTS--OPEN AIR CONCERTS FOR THE PEOPLE, ON THE CLASSICS--YOUNGER PEOPLE, MUSIC, NOT AS ACCEPTED; AND (3) HEALTH CARE, AND THE DOWNSIDE, WAS (1) BREAKFAST; (2) LUNCH; AND (3) DINNER . . . OR IN OTHER WORDS, THE PROBLEMS WITH THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND EMBARGOES THAT HAVE KILLED THE CUBAN ECONOMY . . . PEOPLE IN CUBA, ARE REALISTIC, OF THE FACT, THEY NEED THE ECONOMIC HELP, BUT WORRY IF THEY WILL BE SWALLOWED UP IN U.S. ECONOMIC POWERS . . . AND RIGHTLY SO. THIS IS A COUNTRY, THE SIZE OF FLORIDA, POSITIONED NEXT TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S SUPER POWERS, WHO CAN'T WAIT TO COME TO CUBA! BE CAREFUL, DON'T RUIN, THEIR NON-MATERIALISTIC MENTALITY, DON'T TURN THEM INTO VULTURE CAPITALISTS, PREYING ON THE VULNERABLE IN SOCIETY. CUBA HAS A LOWER, INFANT MORTALITY RATE THAN, THEIR SUPER POWER NEIGHBOR . . . WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? RAUL, HAS MADE IT CLEAR, THAT, WANTING, ECONOMIC HELP, IS NOT THE SAME AS WANTING, POLITICAL HELP, LIKE WITH FREE SPEECH, HOWEVER, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH WILL BE BROADCAST ON NATIONAL TV, SO, PRETTY OPEN AND PROGRESSIVE! FREE SPEECH IS A TOUCHY ISSUE, A THREAT, AND THE CUBANS, HAVE BEEN WATCHING TRUMP AND THE AMERICAN ELECTIONS WITH INTEREST! LOL! AS ARE ISRAELI LEADERS, WATCHING OUR ELECTIONS, ENJOYING EVERY MINUTE OF IT, SHOCKED, BUT ENTERTAINED . . . WASHINGTON, D.C., THE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD--WE FINALLY GOT AN ENTERTAINER, TO ROCK D.C.! LOL! OH, BUT FREE SPEECH IS SO MUCH FUN! I LOVE IT, SITTING HERE, IN KALISPELL, MONTANA, SUPER 8 MOTEL, ROOM 121, BEING POISONED FOR MY FREE SPEECH BLOG! LOL! THE DOWNSIDE OF NOT KILLING ME, FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS MONTH, IS, I HAVE 24/7 TO WATCH NEWS, AND EXERCISE MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH! LOL! I DON'T THINK THIS IS WORKING FOR MY POLITICAL ENEMIES! LOL! CUBA NEEDS TO TAKE IT SLOW . . . THE WORLD IS WATCHING THIS WONDERFUL EVENT, BRINGING TOTAL ENEMY COUNTRIES TOGETHER, SLOWLY, HOPEFULLY BEING A MODEL FOR OTHER COUNTRIES, WHO HAVE LONG FESTERED, BITTER HISTORIES, DISTRUST, AND TRADITIONS OF VIOLENCE, WAR, AND HATRED. PEOPLE ARE NOT SO EASY TO FORGET, BUT, I BELIEVE, WORLD LEADERS, ARE BORN, RAISED UP, TO COME FORWARD AT THE RIGHT TIME, IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN HISTORY, AND WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDES TO FIX SOME OF THE OLD WOUNDS, KISS AND MAKE UP, BATCH UP THE OLD, AND MAKE A NEW RELATIONSHIP! I BELIEVE, PRESIDENT OBAMA TO BE EXACTLY THAT! WHAT A LEGACY, TO PULL THIS OFF, GENTLY, CAUTIOUSLY, NOT BEING EASILY OFFENDED, AND REALLY NOT HAVING THE, HISTORIC IMPRINTS OF MANY OF HIS PREDECESSORS, BEING BORN, AFTER THE CASTRO REGIME TOOK OVER IN 1959! THE YOUNGER GENERATION OF CUBANS, AMERICANS WITH CUBAN ROOTS, LIKE MY SON-IN-LAW, WHO ARE WILLING, READY TO MOVE CUBAN RELATIONS FORWARD . . . EACH YEAR, HIS MOTHER, MAKES A TRIP TO CUBA, TO VISIT HER FAMILY MEMBERS STILL IN CUBA! MY SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, TOOK A TRIP TO CUBA, 20 YEARS AGO, AND THEY JUST LOVED IT! WE NEED TO LET THE CUBANS, CONTROL THE SPEED OF THIS NEW RELATIONSHIP, WE CAN'T INVADE THEIR COUNTRY, THEY ARE RIGHTLY SCARED, BUT HAPPY, JUBILATION, AND BELIEF THAT, THIS CAN BE A WIN, WIN FOR BOTH NATIONS! I LOVE SEEING THE BIG, VEGETATION, BEHIND WHERE RAUL AND OBAMA, ARE MEETING . . . HOW COOL, LUSH, AND SYMBOLIC OF THE FRESH START, THE RESTFUL RELATIONSHIP . . . CONGRESS, WE CAN BENEFIT AS MUCH AS CUBANS TO . . . THEIR MEDICAL, I HAVE HEARD, IS BETTER IN SOME ASPECTS THAN OURS, OUR BUSINESSES WANT TO DO BUSINESS HERE . . . IT IS HARD TO GET SILVERWARE, NAILS, ANY GOODS, THAT WE TAKE FOR GRANITE AS BEING JUST EVERYDAY PURCHASES! CUBAN HAS BEEN FROZEN IN TIME, THE CARS ARE RIGHT OUT OF THE 50'S! YOUNG PEOPLE WANT THE INTERNET, WANT THEIR OWN BUSINESSES . . . SOME ARE WORRIED ABOUT OWNING THEIR OWN PROPERTY, BECAUSE, THEY SEE THAT, WHILE AMERICANS OWN THEIR PROPERTY, THEY PURCHASE GUNS TO PROTECT THAT PROPERTY! AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO SAY . . . "WE ARE WHERE WE ARE!" START FROM RIGHT WHERE BOTH COUNTRIES ARE! YES, WE WANT, MORE HUMAN RIGHTS, WE DON'T WANT POLITICAL DISSIDENTS ARRESTED, LIKE THE "WOMAN IN WHITE" WHO PROTEST EVERY WEEK AFTER CHURCH! ALTHOUGH, WITH THE CATHOLIC CARDINAL, BRINGING THE POPE TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT CASTRO, THE FORMER JESUIT, SAID HE MIGHT JUST START GOING BACK TO CHURCH. NOW, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HAVE CHURCHES. CHANGES NEED TO BE TAKEN AT THE RATE THE PEOPLE CAN HANDLE AND THE GOVERNMENT, CAN ALSO DEAL WITH . . . MOST PROTESTERS WERE RELEASED WITHIN 8 HOURS OF BEING ARRESTED. IT WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN, IF RAUL, WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS, SOMETHING HE IS NOT USED TO DOING . . . CHANGE IS SLOW, AND THAT IS GOOD! WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARDS, THAT WOULD NOT DO ANYONE ANY GOOD! WE CAN PUSH, WITHOUT BEING PUSHY, WE CAN BRING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE, BUT WE WILL DESTROY THE SAME PEOPLE WE WANT TO HELP, IF WE MOVE TOO FAST. ABOVE ALL ELSE, REMEMBER, WE CAN MAKE PEACE HAPPEN! LOVE IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WAR, NUKES, HATE! TO CUBA WITH LOVE FROM AMERICA! KISSES, HUGS, LOVES, AND JOY!