Now he has introduced legislation that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles....
Is this the beginning of the 'thought police' or is McCain just trying control what people write about him?
>It appears that rap music has been growing in Cuba. Music is known as the universal language and now it appears that young Cubans are using rap to express their frustrations in Cuba. The New York Times has an article about Cuba's rappers:
...Alarmed by the number of young people in baggy clothing and ill-aligned baseball caps rapping around the island, the government created the Cuban Rap Agency four years ago to bring rebellious rhymers into the fold....
....Not surprisingly, most rappers, who are by definition a rebellious lot, are averse to joining forces with the government, even as they struggle to spread their rhymes on their own. Only nine groups are working with the agency. Of the remaining 500 or more across the island, some voice discontent with Cuban society in language that is as blunt as the accompanying beat is loud.
“We are not in agreement with any political system, the one here or the one you have,” said Aldo RodrÃguez Baquero, 23, who teams up with his friend Bian RodrÃguez Gala in a popular group called Los Aldeanos, or The Villagers. “We want liberty and freedom.”
While rap appeals to just a subset of Cuba’s youngsters, many of the five million Cubans under the age of 30 similarly question the system....
Wow! Do you think the record moguls will be trying to find these young people?
