Viva Los Intestinos!

Is Fidel Castro a victim of poor medical care, vanity or old age? Who cares, as long as the bastard hurries up and dies. (Hat tip: Instapundit.)

It appears that one of the great pioneers of socialized medicine, Fidel Castro, may soon die as a result of what appears to be bad health care:

U.S. doctors said Tuesday's report in El Pais suggested Castro had received questionable or even botched care.

"It sounds like they tried to spare him the colostomy, which would have been the safer and more conservative approach," said Dr. Meyer Solny, a gastrointestinal expert at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Botched care? Under socialized medicine?

Am I supposed to be surprised?

One of Fidel's best known slogans was "Socialism or death!" and comedian Jack Benny's best known retort to a similar alternative was to say "I'm thinking it over!"

How about Fidel? Is he thinking it over? I doubt it. While I'd think it would be a little embarrassing for him to admit they had to fly in a specialist all the way from Spain, to a true believer nothing is embarrassing.

There's a good debate in the comments section.

OFF TOPIC: We will be heading to ice country tomorrow and will be there until the middle of next week. Blogging may be light or nonexistent, depending. We'll return to regular programming by this time next week.