This just in from the Hon. Todd Tiahrt (pronounced TEE-hart) (R-KS). Tiahrt is offering legislation to "restore the sanctions on Cuba."

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of the embargo's lifting have been greatly exaggerated. The embargo is 99% intact--and still a very real thorn in our foreign policy. Indeed, President Obama's actions so far have been exactly what the hardline Cuban-American community wanted--indeed, what President Obama promised while speaking to the Cuban American National Foundation one year ago this week.

Alas, it seems as though Congressman Tiahrt is playing the role of cat's paw to Senator Menendez and the reactionary, pro-Batista camp from Miami.

Sorry Kansas, apparently agricultural exports are less important to your representative than continuing a failed policy as a political favor.