[Mb-civic] FW: Cuban Cigars

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From: Samii Shahla <shahla at thesamiis.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:11:18 -0400
To: Golsorkhi Gholam Reza <grgolsorkhi at earthlink.net>
Subject: Cuban Cigars

TIME online edition

Anti-Castro Majority Leader Tom DeLay enjoys a fine Cuban cigar 
By  KAREN TUMULTY


Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2005


Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes, according to House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a cigar is an economic prop to a brutal
totalitarian regime. Arguing against loosening sanctions against Cuba
last year, DeLay warned that Fidel Castro "will take the money. Every
dime that finds its way into Cuba first finds its way into Fidel
Castro's blood-thirsty hands.... American consumers will get their fine
cigars and their cheap sugar, but at the cost of our national honor."

  DeLay has long been one of Congress' most vocal critics of what he
calls Castro's "thugocracy," which is why some sharp-eyed TIME readers
were surprised last week to see a photo of the Majority Leader smoking
one of Cuba's best‹a Hoyo de Monterrey double corona, which generally
costs about $25 when purchased overseas and is not available in this
country. The cigar's label clearly states that it was made in "Habana."
The photo was taken in Jerusalem on July 28, 2003, during a meeting
between DeLay and the Republican Jewish Coalition at the King David
Hotel in Jerusalem.

  "Generally, the Hoyo de Monterrey is considered a very good cigar,
especially in those oversizes," says Gregory Mottola, tasting
coordinator for Cigar Aficionado magazine. A review of the Hoyo de
Monterrey double corona on the website www.topcubans.com raves: "Love
at first sight. The beauty of the stick, is matched by it's (sic)
paradisiacal even roundness in the smoke. The Hoyo sweet tastes
(crushed cacao/coffee, Moroccan leather), give this cigar a childish
naughtiness character. This is a smoke full of prestige and smooth
class."
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Links for shopping:

http://www.topcubans.com/cuban-cigars/cigar.php?idcigar=46

http://www.topcubans.com/


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