tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post2455168449498503386..comments2024-03-18T19:50:24.376+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Eva Golinger, The Hague and meDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-61306254933593730692010-12-01T04:04:30.909+01:002010-12-01T04:04:30.909+01:00Wow.
This post is art.
I don't even know whe...Wow.<br />This post is art. <br />I don't even know where to start, except to say that your prose is a gift, and I'm a gay republican in the southern US ;-)<br /><br />Great work Daniel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-43227735079558271872010-11-30T18:50:52.392+01:002010-11-30T18:50:52.392+01:00m_astera,
Um...,you forgot to mention NO RED (T-)...m_astera,<br /><br />Um...,you forgot to mention NO RED (T-)SHIRTS in your comment.:)1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-8329805905480979412010-11-30T05:11:35.737+01:002010-11-30T05:11:35.737+01:00luis
done! thanks1luis<br /><br />done! thanks1Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-68745509258929010132010-11-30T04:50:05.605+01:002010-11-30T04:50:05.605+01:00They Daniel, great post. One small correction thou...They Daniel, great post. One small correction though, I struggled with this paragraph quite a bit:<br /><br />"We do not want to fail our own Reconstruction version of history least in 2 or 3 decades form now a new Chavez comes to destroy the country once again."<br /><br />I think you meant <br /><br />"We do not want to fail our own reconstruction version of history, lest 2 or 3 decades from now, a new Chavez comes to destroy the country once again. <br /><br />LuisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-58857932980444554102010-11-30T01:18:14.015+01:002010-11-30T01:18:14.015+01:00Daniel, you are too kind and this country will def...Daniel, you are too kind and this country will definitely need people like you to put itself back together once the scoundrels are kicked out. I personally have no such generosity and, consequently do not find Eva any more decent than Tucker, Chris Carlson (aka Tosh), etc. After all this is the individual who cut and paste a lot of material available freely on the web and presented it as a dark conspiracy to take down her hero, remember "The Chavez Code"? What a piece of disinformation. Alex Boyd also documented her dishonesty in the past with respect to her status as a lawyer, etc.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-71706621838131632862010-11-29T22:44:10.344+01:002010-11-29T22:44:10.344+01:00On a lighter note, William wrote-
"It may be...On a lighter note, William wrote-<br /><br /><i>"It may be best to provide incentives for the most high-profile members of the current government to relocate to Cuba or Iran or wherever."</i><br /><br />I vote for Iran. No booze, no bikinis, pray five times a day.m_asterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808513711410506159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-50230120419291212832010-11-29T20:08:04.309+01:002010-11-29T20:08:04.309+01:00Somehow I don't foresee too many problems with...Somehow I don't foresee too many problems with Chavistas in a possible aftermath of the demise of Chavez's power.Those' interesados' who are making money or receiving ego benefits will find new venues for their needs.Criminals never lack for venues, they just switch them.<br /><br />As for those who are genuinely fooled, most them are by nature fearful, and lacking in self confidence.These types will be loyal to anyone in power or at least be fearful enough to hang low in a situation where their 'papito' has lost power.<br /><br />Fearful types don't feel they have the necessary inner resources to think for themselves or act alone, so they have to rely on infrastructures, groupthink, allies and supports outside themselves for survival.Once they establish trust they hold on to it for dear life.Truth will not be readily available to them.This is why we see( to our utmost consternation) Chavistas who actually don't think that crime in Venezuela is that bad :)The cannot see because they have delegated their seeing to their highest authority.<br /><br />People who have so much trouble contacting their own inner guidance think that- as the Japanese say,: " The blade of grass that grows too high gets chopped off".<br /><br />When a new government comes in, if they perceive it as powerful and popular enough they will adapt to it.They will shift their alliances to whatever influence is hitting the hardest at the moment.<br /><br />If I worry about anybody it won't be so much the Venezuelan Chavistas, it will be the "revolutionary" foreigners in the country.But whatever ruckus they and a few Venezuelan fanatics might cause would be a drop in the bucket compared to the escalating crime in Venezuela today.firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-83756759368110595782010-11-29T18:05:52.515+01:002010-11-29T18:05:52.515+01:00Daniel,
Great post. I think it is important to c...Daniel,<br /><br />Great post. I think it is important to consider what will happen to the high officials of the Robolution. The magnitude of the fraud is simply to great to shrug off. There must be an accounting.<br /><br />However, what about the Waraos, the llaneros, the campasinos, the people living in urban slums (ranchos)... all of the approximately two to three million chavistas who are true believers? How are they going to react to having their entire belief system ripped out from under them? These people love and revere their Comandante. They believe in him not for his logic, or his results. No, they believe in him because they love him. What will happen when this "love" is taken away from them?<br /><br />I suspect that we can look for guidance to the Kübler-Ross model of "Five Stages of Grief".<br /><br />In order, these are:<br /><br />1. Denial and Isolation<br />2. Anger<br />3. Bargaining<br />4. Depression<br />5. Acceptance <br /><br />However, the effects will be magnified because we will be dealing with large masses of people experiencing these feelings at the same time. The part to focus on is number Two, "Anger". Having two to three million angry people in the streets venting their rage and desperation is not a prospect to look forward to.<br /><br />However, there will be a short respite during stage One, "Denial". During that brief stage, there will be a small window of opportunity create a psychological campaign to short circuit the process, to blunt the anger, or at least redirect it from taking vengeance on anyone who is, represents, or supports the Opposition.<br /><br />I do hope that someone smarter than I am is already working on this "PsyOp" campaign. This plan needs to be crafted, polished, and ready for when the time comes. Without such a plan, the Opposition may find themselves in charge of a pile of charred ruins.Roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-77333031590874591762010-11-29T15:58:04.652+01:002010-11-29T15:58:04.652+01:00charly
i started a post about her when i saw her ...charly<br /><br />i started a post about her when i saw her but i dropped it because you are right, she was not worth much of my time. but after last tuesday she became a symbol of how chavez degrades all what he touches and thus she became a case story, worth a narration. <br /><br />that she is featured is in a way accidental, but she offers a complete narrative of descent into abjection because she started on the internet, hacking pro chavez stuff in english. <br /><br />if i may say a good word about her, believe it or not, she is head and shoulders above some of the other hacks like borev or that kid in merida whose name escapes me now. not to mention justin delacour or calvin tucker. at least at first she believed in the stuff and became anti US only over time: these other guys became pro chavez because they were anti US. that is why she was better than all of them, political connections et al., she had at least a hint of genuine. now she lost it to become a major, major sycophant. hence the post.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-80436595135279521462010-11-29T14:58:59.185+01:002010-11-29T14:58:59.185+01:00Daniel, thanks for bringing up this subject.
I ne...Daniel, thanks for bringing up this subject.<br /><br />I never, ever, watch cadenas. Except this time I did. The moment I saw her standing there, I got curious...<br /><br />The majesty of the place she was standing. It was sacrilege! Well, at least to myself. And then I heard all the rubbish she spoke. It was a mix of Lina Ron and chavez speeches, with a gringo accent. Almost funny, but no, it was a cochinada. That's the adjective that fits the whole affair.<br /><br />I concur with you. To me, the comeflorismo of accepting these people into a new Venezuela will be a big, big mistake. What to do? Our future involves many Nurembergs. Our future or our children's future, will not be a nice one.<br /><br />For justice to be upheld, many unsavory days will come by. If not, we'll never get rid of the cancer that slowly gnaws our country.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409833836497330449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-27200725494603218032010-11-29T12:17:02.667+01:002010-11-29T12:17:02.667+01:00Daniel, what a waste of talent, writing so much ab...Daniel, what a waste of talent, writing so much about that useless gringa. Just another opportunist rebolucionaria.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-66706706627486251732010-11-29T10:24:25.384+01:002010-11-29T10:24:25.384+01:00While reading the history or North Korea from the ...While reading the history or North Korea from the Wikipedia I came about this part which greatly surprised me:<br /><br />"Indeed, a great many of the refugees fleeing to China because of famine still showed significant support for the current government as well as pride in their homeland. Many of these food refugees reportedly return to North Korea after earning sufficient money." <br /><br />So don't expect the Waraos or anyone for that matter to shift their allegiance because of economical problems. With enough Brainwashing they will be loyal forever.JFEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-1109118335678829912010-11-29T06:03:20.459+01:002010-11-29T06:03:20.459+01:00Great post Daniel. With a few notable exceptions, ...Great post Daniel. With a few notable exceptions, prosecution, whether it be in the Hague or Venezuela, will not necessarily be in the best interests of the country. It may be best to provide incentives for the most high-profile members of the current government to relocate to Cuba or Iran or wherever. Will a new government want to have political prisoners around to be the downtrodden darlings of the extreme left? Better to have them out of the country.Williamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-38251038470841846432010-11-29T05:36:24.010+01:002010-11-29T05:36:24.010+01:00Oh yes, but were the panties red too!
danno: this...Oh yes, but were the panties red too!<br /><br />danno: this is a very serious commentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com