Lynn Davidson's blog

Dictator-groupies Sean Penn, Harry Belafonte and Danny Glover are at it again. They are among the artists, scholars and performers" calling themselves representatives of the cultural sphere in the US," who sent a letter to President Bush asking him to end the travel ban," allowing a cultural exchange between nations.

Most troubling is the group did not address Cuba's lack of freedom and limited their traveldemands toCuba's artists and scholars."That wasn't a mistake. As faithful fans of the Cubano Dear Leader, they don't care about all Cubans' ability to travel, just those carefully-selected Party-approved artists and scholars." Under heavy guard, of course, to avoid more embarrassing defections.

TheDecember 1 Post-Chronicle, an online paper, excerpted the letter (bold mine):

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