with many other writers who don't even bother reading Mr. Manjoo anymore. I find his writing tedious and his analysis often self serving as opposed to insightful. This latest tome is just another sad example.

I gave him another shot because of the subject matter and all I can say is- based on the weak excuses and group-think offered as substance in Mr. Manjoos' piece - that I am now, more than ever, convinced that the 2004 election was stolen, on purpose, just as it was in 2000 and will be until we stop making sorry excuses for the mess we are in.

This article is nothing more than another "journalist" who missed the story in 2000, missed the story in 2004, and now, because they can't admit their culpability, seeks to deny the truth so as to continue to claim a smug superiority. This is the sorry fare of the NYTimes, Washington Post, and weekly newsmags that serve as apoligists to reaffirm their own tunnel vision; one would expect better from Salon.

Let's deal with the truth, people: They stole it in 2000, in 2002, 2004, and they're not going anywhere. "Journalists" like Mr. Manjooand and Salon would serve democracy and debate better by facing those facts and publishing the truth, while they still can (i.e. before Mr. Gonzales at Justice comes calling.....)

Thank you for an informative article that pieces together the many tentacles of these clearly dangerous and terrorist groups. "Coddled" does not begin to describe what we, the taxpayers, are paying for. Most people do not realize that US immigration policy affords a Cuban, once they put one foot on US soil, a quick and painless path to citizenship within a year of arrival , AND, while they are waiting, they are eligible for all form of taxpayer support, in the form of food stamps, etc. That's taxpayer money, folks.

The disparate treatment of these Cuban "exiles" as opposed to the way African-Americans and Haitian-Americans are treated is blatant and simply offensive. Haitian immigrants, in particular, prove a striking case in point. I don't object to helping people and I respect the struggling Cuban immigrant as much as the next immigrant, but when you see boats of Haitians outside your window, with children diving into dangerous waters and police boats and helicopters surrounding them to take them to detention jails, and the local courts refuse to release them to family members, while murderers like Posada are celebrated, one can't help but be disgusted. And most of these terrorists are very wealthy people who have no intention of moving back to Cuba when Castro dies.

I just moved from Miami, after living there for three years. The beauty of the Latin and Cuban cultures there is lost because of the over-bearing obsession with all things Cuban-exile and Castro-hate. The government is corrupt, and even when it's not overtly so, the sense that if you are not Cuban, you don't belong is nothing less that oppressive (and I speak fluent Spanish, so it's not an English only thing). No one dare disagree with the Cuban-exile party line. Many wonderful Cuban friends disagree with these opportunists and view them as an embarrassment, but are afraid to speak out. I came back to New York City where we have everyone and, despite all our problems, we somehow manage to - imperfectly, yes - but live together.

Thank you, again, for a great article.