tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post2622553881862294518..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The Carter Center returns to VenezuelaDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-89657264830813265222013-04-13T06:03:33.498+02:002013-04-13T06:03:33.498+02:00Sorry, thought it was clear enough when I wrote RR...Sorry, thought it was clear enough when I wrote RR. The only relevance is that JM's reputation got set in stone for me since back then, so I was merely pointing it out. Didn't mean to divert. Sorry, again.<br /><br />--torresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-47486776952799765192013-04-13T05:15:43.196+02:002013-04-13T05:15:43.196+02:00Sorry my friends, but if you think the Carter cent...Sorry my friends, but if you think the Carter center and/or NPR will do anything to ensure clean elections in Venezuela, you must be smoking some really bad stuff.<br />Carter and his center (and I know people there) are nothing but a rubber stamp for anybody "kind" enough to make a donation...these people swear in my face Venezuela is a free democracy, they'll like to see that model all over the world. When you say NPR you mean National Public Radio? (if I am wrong I apologize) but if not, these people are far from being a news media, have you heard their programing??? Holly crap, they are so far left, the only reason they are alive is because the democrats in goverment, and a few useful socialist wingnuts with a lot of money are funding them. They couldn't survive competitively.<br />Sorry, these two entities will not help. Lets hope somebody credible shows up and speaks openly. <br /> Orlandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12981548916797058549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-64979785643883076112013-04-13T02:43:06.498+02:002013-04-13T02:43:06.498+02:00But this is not the document we are discussing tod...But this is not the document we are discussing today. Can you relate your issue with today's tópic? Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-7150984952673495362013-04-13T00:39:59.253+02:002013-04-13T00:39:59.253+02:00http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/2020.pdf
No...http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/2020.pdf<br /><br />Note: it's pages 100 and 101 of the pdf numbering, but pages 98 and 99 of the document's numbering.<br /><br />--torresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-53017816515983545302013-04-12T23:29:15.695+02:002013-04-12T23:29:15.695+02:00I was on Margarita in 2003 (during the paro) with ...I was on Margarita in 2003 (during the paro) with my Venezuelan wife and her friends were excited (at that time) that Jimmy Carter was coming to monitor the situation. The insipid Mr Carter is the friend of dictators across the globe and he and his center are as useless as ever. I really hope venezolanos get rid the the cancer of chavismo on Sunday, but I am not holding my breath.Will Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-1299241434914967302013-04-12T21:38:31.824+02:002013-04-12T21:38:31.824+02:00what reprot are you talking about? the one I have...what reprot are you talking about? the one I have does not have 100 pages.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-60113444268968024692013-04-12T20:41:56.818+02:002013-04-12T20:41:56.818+02:00Carter is not the only one down there. NPR has bee...Carter is not the only one down there. NPR has been in Caracas all week and Im sure there are many other news channels there too. In other words, the global spotlight is on this election. While what they say may seem tamer than what we blog, they have read us and know what to look for when the voting starts and the counting begins and is reported. That's what we do and I think all of us have done a great job. If you don't think so, try searching blogs in any other LatAm country and see what you get!Rogerhttp://www.llanera.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-69927678313444210462013-04-12T20:19:39.062+02:002013-04-12T20:19:39.062+02:00You're being too kind with the CC, especially ...You're being too kind with the CC, especially with JM. If you look at their final report, RR 2020, on page 100 you will find a simple bar chart, Chart 1. Check out the X axis. You will note a difference of 100 for the labels near zero, then they jump to differences of 400. Firstly, this is not straightforward with worksheet applications. Secondly, it makes the data look closer to a bell curve, when, in fact, had it not been tweaked, we would have seen an abnormally high set of outlier points to the right, which is what the whole statistical complaint was about. "todo está normal" was JM's argument to justify her stance.<br /><br />Aside from that, she had exchanges with Hausman and Rigobon where JM finally admitted to getting the same results as H&R did if she cleaned the data, but she decided to reject H&R's results based on insistence on using unclean data.<br /><br />The list of her seemingly ill-intended decisions goes on and on, but I'll leave you with my (least) favorite: Chart 2, on page 101 of the RR 2020 final report. Again, note the X axis. Its jumps (i.e., the differences between each label and its neighboring label) are as follows: 450 150 50 150 300 600 600 600 600. The only way I know how to get chart applications to do that is by explicitly forcing the X labels. The problem here is that the chart is being used to visually demonstrate that there is hardly a difference between the two lines. Yet, when the chart is graphed with a standard equal stepping, the difference between the two lines becomes so visually obvious that my bet is that CC was quite "descaradamente" hiding the fact, the very fact to which H&R were pointing, that there was a sufficient difference to call for opening of a new random sample of boxes.<br /><br />There is no excuse for JM. She is unethical and untrustworthy. What's worse is that she seems to have her own agenda, or someone else's, which is based on ends justifying the means.<br /><br />--torresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-16437255616844025672013-04-12T19:25:37.746+02:002013-04-12T19:25:37.746+02:00FYI: Venezuela After Chavez.FYI: <a href="http://www.hoover.org/publications/defining-ideas/article/144421" rel="nofollow">Venezuela After Chavez</a>. Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-46042463615866387932013-04-12T18:32:30.141+02:002013-04-12T18:32:30.141+02:00I agree but we are not discussing a senile Carter ...I agree but we are not discussing a senile Carter here, we are discussing the Center he created when he still had all of his mind and who may have blown it in Venezuela but had successes elsewhere. I am no fan of them because of what happened in 2002-2004, but I judge them on their work, not on their namesake connection.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-88802179215147424422013-04-12T18:29:11.159+02:002013-04-12T18:29:11.159+02:00Huh? Read again my comment. Je ne fais pas de proc...Huh? Read again my comment. Je ne fais pas de procès d'intentions. Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-55285339791862809622013-04-12T17:42:26.190+02:002013-04-12T17:42:26.190+02:00Daniel, if you do not consider the Carter Center a...Daniel, if you do not consider the Carter Center as suckers, then I stand corrected.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-13567747494928567782013-04-12T17:35:22.345+02:002013-04-12T17:35:22.345+02:00As a U.S. citizen, I am truly embarrassed by James...As a U.S. citizen, I am truly embarrassed by James Earl Carter. He has sold out his country and human rights across the globe. Saudi Arabia pays the Carter Center $millions, and ghost authors books that Carter willingly puts his name on. <br /><br />Carter can hardly walk or talk and is ethically challenged. Carter's credibility is deep into the negative range.<br /><br />Ronaldonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-2608492796888808472013-04-12T15:29:23.693+02:002013-04-12T15:29:23.693+02:00Pastrana is right. But if we have only suckers &qu...Pastrana is right. But if we have only suckers "acomapañando" who is going to report problems from ground zero. It is the same principles as abstention: if you do not vote you feel good, but you lose any claim at complaining against those who got elected....<br /><br />Pastrana was right to do because to begin with the CNE should not invite ANY ex president of any tendency. That was also, indirectly, what he was getting at.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-51466502028551303992013-04-12T15:12:39.154+02:002013-04-12T15:12:39.154+02:00A quick comparison between Pastrana's and Mc C...A quick comparison between Pastrana's and Mc Coy's attitude says it all. Carter Center should stay home, on the ground they just play the useful idiots.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-39345119131453074632013-04-12T15:06:44.461+02:002013-04-12T15:06:44.461+02:00This is a must read!! I saw a very important inter...This is a must read!! I saw a very important interview yesterday in Globovisión with ex president Alejandro Toledo of Peru who led a movement signed by other ex presidents and LA personalities, asking the CNE for a transparent election and demanding the OEA to ensure it. But I haven´t seen this around at all. I am proud of Pastrana that had the balls. Unfortunately, not so many balls around, I am afraind. And sorry for the language! Milonganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-5806167040625715992013-04-12T14:16:54.974+02:002013-04-12T14:16:54.974+02:00This is a very useful and informative post! Thank ...This is a very useful and informative post! Thank you, sir! Jeffry Househttp://jeffryhouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com