Weekend at Fidel's

Anyone ever see the movie

Weekend at Bernie's

?

From IMDB:
Tagline: Bernie may be dead, but he's still the life of the party!

Plot Outline: A pair of losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, but the murderer is out to "finish him off."

It's one of those madcap comedies where two bumblers haul their limp, lifeless employer around, pretending he's still alive and getting him into all kinds of adventures. I thought it was pretty funny, but for the life of me, I can't remember why they were draggin ole Bernie around. Maybe to ensure their next paycheck.

Anywho, I've been thinkin about Fidel Castro and the

"is he dead or isn't he"?

guessing game that's presently goin on. As you might have read, the communist dog had some kinda intestinal surgery (probably for worms) and ensconced his drunken brother Raul as El Presidente until such a time that he was able to resume control.

I told Ziggy the other day that personally, I think Fidel is already dead. But we won't know it...not for a long time. They'll probably stuff his saggy old ass and parade him around for photo ops and short public appearances...kinda like they did Bernie.

I can just picture it...Raul and Hugo draggin the dried-up carcass of Fidel around, takin him to the beach...plantin' his ass in the back of a convertible and drivin around...tying string to his arm to make it look like he's wavin to all his minions.

"'E's not dead...'e's only sleeping! 'E's a former dictator...an ex-dictator." (My apologies to Monty Python)

One can only hope.

At any rate, if you've never checked out

Val's

blog, I urge you to do so. He and his friends tell the true story of Cuba, past and present.