Will Cubas Politics Become Our Own?

At the rate the Obama administration is pushing legislation through Congress, we, the Unted States, may not be that far from becoming just like Cuba. We all know that certain members of his entourage and administration are self-proclaimed communists/Marxists. Most of the bills that they are proposing take control out of the hands of individuals and into the hands of the government. Everyone should probably buy a copy of the Constitution as it is written now because before long it might become obsolete. If Obama has his way, it may be structured more like Cuba’s.

Cuba is constitutionally defined as a "socialist state guided by the principles of José Martí, and the political ideas of Marx, Engels and Lenin." The present Constitution also ascribes the role of the Communist Party of Cuba to be the "leading force of society and of the state."
Cuba is the only authoritarian country in the Americas, according to the 2008 Democracy Index. Cuba's extensive censorship system was close to North Korea on the 2008 Press Freedom Index. The media is operated under the Communist Party’s Department of Revolutionary Orientation, which "develops and coordinates propaganda strategies". According to Maria Werlau, the extreme concentration of power to Castro family seems comparable in modern times only to that of North Korea under the regimes of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung.
Executive power is exercised by the Cuban Government, which is represented by the Council of State and the Council of Ministers. Legislative power is exercised through the unicameral National Assembly of People's Power, which is constituted as the maximum authority of the state. Currently Raúl Castro — brother of former President Fidel Castro — is President of the Council of State, President of the Council of Ministers (sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister), First Secretary of the Communist Party, and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces. Ricardo Alarcón is President of the National Assembly

Since attaining its independence from Spain, Cuba has had five constitutions. The current constitution was drafted in 1976 and has since been amended.

1976 Constitution
After consolidating power, the revolutionary government of Cuba sought to institutionalize the revolution. The Socialist Constitution of 1976 was adopted by the national referendum on February 15. This document came into effect on February 24, 1976. This constitution provided for a system of government and law based on those of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries.
Original provisions:
This constitution called for a centralized control of the market, and committed the State to providing its citizens with access to free education and health care. It also required that parents, regardless of their own beliefs, inculcate their children with socialist values. The state had the power to regulate the activities of religious institutions on the island, and the private ownership of media companies was forbidden.
Later amendments
In the late 1980s, as the Eastern Bloc collapsed, the laws of Cuba changed again to respond to the new conditions of the Special Period. Because of a need for foreign direct investment, the Constitutional amendments of 1992 granted foreign corporations a limited right to own property on the island if they took part in joint ventures with the government. It also provided for non-discrimination based on religious belief (i.e., allowing persons with religious belief to join the Communist Party of Cuba).
In 2002, the Cuban Constitution was again amended to stipulate that the socialist system was permanent and irrevocable.

To read more about the Constitution of Cuba, click on the link below. Most of the information in this article was obtained from Wikipedia.org.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Cuba