Get In Line, Mr. President

fidel castro is back in the news, admonishing President Bush for letting people in developing nations go hungry (say what you want about the bearded one, but the guy does have a sense of humor, doesn't he?), as well as boldly stating that "ideas are not killed" even after his passing.

The money quote, however, was the headline to the below article.

(CBS4) HAVANA "President Bush is waiting for me to die."

That's the word from Cuban President Fidel Castro in a statement published Tuesday on the front page of the Communist Party daily Granma.

In his essay, the 80-year-old Cuban leader stated Bush has also "ordered" Castro" to be deprived of life", but didn't offer any details.

While current law prohibits the U.S. government from ordering the assassination of foreign leaders, recently declassified documents show that the CIA made numerous attempts to kill Castro in the early years after the 1959 Cuban revolution.

"Ideas are not killed," Castro wrote.

Castro then went on to criticize the Bush administration for spending money on weaponry while people in developing nations go hungry.

Tuesday's statement was the latest in a series of essays by Castro, who has not been seen in public since becoming ill more than ten months ago.

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News to fidel: the line waiting for you to die is already snaking around all of Miami-Dade County, parts of Broward County, as well as other parts of the country and free world.

As they say in Little Havana, ponte en cola.