Presidential decree recalls American cars from Cuba
Washington DC
- Bob Rohden - In a White House statement released on Sunday October 29, 2006, presidential spokespeople said that President Bush has recalled all of the 1940s and 1950s automobiles from Cuba, to be taken immediately to a naval base in Virginia. Citing national security issues, the president said that the ownership of these cars presents a clear and present danger to the people of the United States.
The statement revealed that these cars exist in an enemy state, Cuba, and that a rather clandestine repair parts industry has sprung up to supply the needs of the car owners when their cars break down. The White House spokesperson said that the president believes this situation is depriving the US auto industry of its just profits from the lost sales of these parts.
The President said that “even if most of these parts haven’t been manufactured in 20 years or more, the fact that people in Cuba are now making them is a clear threat.” He continued, “these Cubanos are taking away the living wages of our compadres and I intend to put a stop to it pronto.”
On Monday morning, as the president was exercising on the White House grounds on his Segway device, he was asked what intelligence department came forward with this information. “Oh, I was phoned by Cheney’s wife to turn on PBS a few nights ago to see what they are doing down there,” he related. “There was this documentary film about all of these cars and the people who repair them. I thought, ‘Hey, that’s not the way parts are supposed to be supplied!’ so I made a couple of calls and I was right!”
When asked why this situation threatens the security of the US, President Bush said with apparent disbelief, “You mean you think that they should get away with not buying their spare parts from legal suppliers? That’s just not the way our system is going to run. I won’t have it.”
Cuban President Fidel Castro was out of the country touring the auto factories
of Mexico with President Vicente Fox and not available for comme
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