OH - AT 8:42 A.M. ET:  The AP reports a few more wonderfully warm responses to the president's "outreach" policy:

HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's remarks regarding the United States and bristled at the suggestion that Cuba should free political prisoners or cut taxes on remittances from abroad as a goodwill gesture to the U.S.

Well, maybe it's just the translator's fault.  And this:

YEONPYEONG, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea defiantly test-fired another short-range missile Friday and warned it would act in ''self-defense'' if provoked by the U.N. Security Council, which is considering tough sanctions against the communist regime for conducting a nuclear test.

Oh, they're just upset.  We get upset, don't we?  It's a cultural misunderstanding.

Anyone watching in Washington?

May 29, 2009