Cuban Reality

There are two scenes in Sicko of which I would like to make you aware.  The first is in the UK, where Mikey interviews a British doctor.  The doctor lives in a gorgeous house, and drives a brand new Audi.  The second is on Mikey’s disgusting propaganda visit to visit Cuba, where the finest doctors on the island were shown giving first-rate “free” medical care to 9/11 victims.

I just received the following email from a Cuban who, for reasons which will become apparent, will remain nameless.

This is what a doctor in Cuba drives (I left the ones out with her family and the ones with the license plates).

What car was the UK doctor in “Sicko” driving again?

Regards,

[Redacted]

The email contained three attached images of a beat-up old white car.  I was going to post them when I received a second email from this same person.

By the way, I just wanted to make it clear that I prefer that these photographs not be posted on your sites as my wife is scared that someone from the government will recognize the car. That’s how bad things are over there.

This is a picture of a Yugo, a car which was available in America for a short time about 20 years ago.

This car is similar in quality, size, style, and most likely age, to the pictures the original emailer sent over.  (NOTE:  This is NOT the original picture.  This is a Yugo I found through Google.  The doctor’s car was not a Yugo, but it reminded me of the car in the original picures.) Astonishing, isn’t it.  I can’t even post photos of a nondescript car owned by one of Cuba’s doctors because of the fear of what El Presidente will do in retribution.

So, healthcare is free in Cuba.  And all the people have to do to get it is live under a brutal communist dictatorship.

Update: Here’s one more from the Cuban.

i’m sorry about that, lee. you have to understand that the island is only so big and there are only so many doctors driving those types of cars. someone living here (or someone who has cable access in the island that’s with the government) could see this and you never know.

thanks for all you do.

Ah, a communist police state. Michael Moore’s idea of paradise.