I'm also for free speech.

Overreaction. That's what it was when Maimi Marlins baseball team manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended for five games. Not for some baseball infraction. But for saying nice things about Fidel Castro. Guillen was being honest. Expressing his personal opinion. In an interview with a Time magazine reporter. Turns out that Guillen wasn't being politically correct. In South Florida. Because there are lots of anti-Castro nuts in Florida. Especially Miami. Which is known as Little Havana. Filled with Cubans that fled Cuba. Because they don't like Castro. Fact of the matter is that Castro hasn't been all that bad. For Cubans. The ones that stayed. Sure, he's been perceived as a dictator. A communist. But not any more dictatorial than many American politicians. And certainly he's been better for Cuba than the American-supported dictator that he ousted 50 years ago. Castro's socialist programs have resulted in a better educated Cuba, and socialized medicine. In some respects, Cubans get better medical care and better education than Americans. Guillen is Hispanic. And he knows that Castro ain't all bad. But when he says it, he's being punished. Mainly for business reasons. The owner of the Miami Marlins is out to appease anti-Castro elements. So that they keep coming to ball games. Yes, folks, we don't have true freedom of speech in the USA. Especially if it hurts rich capitalists in the pocketbook. That's why a muzzle is being put on Guillen. It's a money, money, money thing. That's the nature of capitalism. Castro is a public enemy in Florida. Because he's a socialist/communist. I sympathize/empathize with Castro and with Guillen. I'm on their side when it comes to politics. I'm also for free speech. --Jim Broede