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Conley
08-29-2011, 01:12 AM
"In response to the Cuban alignment with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy extended measures by Executive Order, first widening the scope of the trade restrictions on February 7 (announced on February 3 and again on March 23, 1962). According to a former aide, Kennedy asked him to purchase 1,000 Cuban cigars for Kennedy's future use immediately before the extended embargo was to come into effect. Salinger succeeded, returning in the morning with 1,200 Petit H. Upmann cigars, Kennedy's favorite cigar size and brand.[8] Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy imposed travel restrictions on February 8, 1963, and the Cuban Assets Control Regulations were issued on July 8, 1963, under the Trading with the Enemy Act in response to Cubans hosting Soviet nuclear weapons. Under these restrictions, Cuban assets in the U.S. were frozen and the existing restrictions were consolidated."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba#Kennedy-era_embargo

Not cool...not cool >:( >:( >:(

wingrider
08-29-2011, 08:33 AM
wasn't that good of Kennedy to stock up before he made the rest of america do without cuban cigars?

no wonder he was shot

MMC
08-29-2011, 08:34 AM
Oh, you mean something like where the Kennedys want their home to be given to some institute. While they still live and play on the grounds while living off donations and grants from the fed.....huh? Something Like this eh......

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/14/kennedy_family_at_odds_over_hyannis_port_property/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z

The Kennedy clan will gather tomorrow for a wedding at its Cape Cod compound amid tensions about the future of the property and following a public airing of dissension within the storied political family.

Negotiations are underway to transfer ownership of the main Kennedy home in coming months to the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, a proposal that has raised concerns among family members who live on adjacent property, according to two associates close to the family who spoke on condition of anonymity....snip~

Conley
08-29-2011, 03:44 PM
Wow...not like they need the money.