tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post2691401497742493683..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Crazed Iris Varela is solving the jail problem of Venezuela by... emptying the jailsDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-67965716227507025182011-08-14T04:52:47.347+02:002011-08-14T04:52:47.347+02:00.Kepler,
And now you are confusing Michael (Aster....Kepler,<br /><br />And now you are confusing Michael (Astera) and Mike (that would be me). I quoted 2 of many headlines about gun laws in Kennesaw, GA. Have you ever been there? No, you haven't, but I have, and actually have family living there and can corroborate the story. And btw, you will need google earth to find it.<br /><br />I live In a neighborhood in FL, where everybody owns guns. It's an old little town which kept a Western rural theme and the fact about the guns is well known, and, most importantly, the thugs know it too. WE HAVE ZERO CRIME. It's a fact, nothing more, nothing less.<br /><br />You know Kepler, while you are anti Chavez, you have more in common with him then you have been able to figure out. You are part of the radical, USA hating, corporation despising, UN ass kissing, Israel condemning, Fox detesting, social engineering loving, anthropogenic global warming, sorry: anthropogenic climate change, no sorry: anthropogenic climate CRISIS (up / down / no change: covers all and still = CRISIS!) embracing hard left. And that's fine, except people have different opinions.<br /><br />You however, have no time for dissenting opinions, in other words, you do NOT respect freedom of speech. You immediately resort to name calling, or using offensive qualifying adjectives describing the "offending" poster(s), yet you are an expert in brown-nosing the blog owners.<br /><br />And btw, by now everybody knows that you presumably speak umpteen languages, and guess what? Nobody cares. This is an English board. But worse, you believe you are the only multilangual, educated person on this board. You're wrong. You think that your and your opinion is without exception the ultimate and only truth. You're wrong. You believe the pursuit of happiness is only possible in Europe. You're wrong.<br /><br />Btw, Kepler, what says you about the riots in the U.K.? Would you like to tell us the truth about who the people are that are rioting? The media only shows us pics of hooded people from behind, no faces, no skin color, no gender, why? and what are they rioting about? Oh well, we know better, it's about looting / stealing the "in" stuff, that us normal people work for and then buy it AND PAY FOR IT. And for the most part, we know who they are. It is too obvious. Even the pundits had to call it as it is.<br /><br />I have read some of your posts in German. Sure, understandable, however: Style = Volksschule, ca. 4. Klasse. Grammar: deplorable / full of basic mistakes. I wouldn't publish stuff like yours for a German audience, because it's embarrassing. Sorry. Maybe your Swahili is better. I don't have a Master in that language and therefore couldn't judge it.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-11338830498021114592011-08-11T23:52:37.853+02:002011-08-11T23:52:37.853+02:00Mike, Astera,
Use arguments. Your little gringo w...Mike, Astera,<br /><br />Use arguments. Your little gringo world defines the world for you: you knew a couple of areas in the States where whites were poor but everybody could feel safe and you infer from that your whole wisdom. Then you surf around the net looking for your conspiracy theory sites - in English, of course-, else you can't read them- and that's it.<br /><br />If you knew a little bit of history you would know there have been quite a lot of periods where crime, very violent crime was more the norm among white populations.<br />Things have nothing to do with race, but with very complex developments.<br /><br />Mike, that is not racist?<br />Michael,<br />I give you. You have been living in Venezuela for many years now and you can't even speak Spanish.Keplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-81662790971871716502011-08-11T17:22:07.595+02:002011-08-11T17:22:07.595+02:00Kepler, your standard answer for everything you ca...Kepler, your standard answer for everything you cannot prove is to call people ugly names...I keep repeating to you, prove your points with numbers..is this lady also racist ?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/embed/ITJcparImeQfirepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-73700138255553039892011-08-10T21:00:50.577+02:002011-08-10T21:00:50.577+02:00Thanks, m_astera, for saying it as it is. Of cours...Thanks, m_astera, for saying it as it is. Of course you will be labeled a racist, bigot, xenophobe and what not, except the truth is on your side.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-37825024083666130612011-08-10T18:31:49.644+02:002011-08-10T18:31:49.644+02:00Michael,
You are racist and know very little histo...Michael,<br />You are racist and know very little history or geography.<br />Lithuanians are blacker than Ugandans, Estonians than Argentinians.<br />Colombians became suddenly whiter. Chileans are whiter than Argentines.<br />The white WASP villages you know are comparable with New Orleans.<br />Geez, Michael...no wonder, you quote The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Do we need to say more?<br /><br />Mike,<br /><br />You are a real scientist, yeah.<br /><br />End of conversationKeplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-48326687165967435732011-08-09T22:42:02.734+02:002011-08-09T22:42:02.734+02:00Kepler-
You really make me laugh sometimes, and I...Kepler-<br /><br />You really make me laugh sometimes, and I don't mean that in a cruel way. Social inequality. No, that's not it. You live in northern Europe in a northern European society that likes orderliness and has the intelligence and technical ability to achieve that. Not all other races and other peoples have that ability or really that desire. The politically correct slogans that you believe don't change reality any more than the ones the Marxist "revolutionaries" spout change reality.<br /><br />I could take you to many very poor white areas of the US where you or anyone would be safe walking down the street at night. The same does not hold true for the black areas, period. From all I have read, heard, and seen, it's the same in Europe, and economics has little to do with it. It's reality, and wishful egalitarian slogans haven't changed it yet. I suppose now I will be called names for speaking the truth that anyone can see.<br /><br />Also, you don't understand how it is in a population that is legally armed like the US is. I'm sure you can buy illegal weapons in Germany; in the US you can walk into the local hardware store and buy what you want, guns and ammo. Where do the killings happen, though? The same places you wouldn't walk through at night. That is simply how it is.m_asterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808513711410506159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-73489971948120773672011-08-09T21:20:32.758+02:002011-08-09T21:20:32.758+02:00Gun Ownership Mandatory In Kennesaw, Georgia --- C...Gun Ownership Mandatory In Kennesaw, Georgia --- Crime Rate Plummets.<br />Kennesaw was selected by Family Circle magazine as one of the nation's "10 best towns for families"<br /><br />ANY QUESTIONS?Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-34483679506727922512011-08-09T20:29:05.095+02:002011-08-09T20:29:05.095+02:00Roger: you are right about the doctora thing (assu...Roger: you are right about the doctora thing (assuming she is a lawyer)... I still think the whole thing with the titles is so backwards. <br />When I worked making auto parts in Valencia and the workers would call me Ingeniero it made me feel like in a plantation in the 1800s (For the record, I have a BS and MS in engineering but I did not register with the Colegio de Ingenieros, so I couldn't legally sign any blueprints...)Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801432826964358871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-29929121692728877222011-08-09T10:43:24.624+02:002011-08-09T10:43:24.624+02:00Roger:
Licenciado= Bachelor
Ingeniero= Engineer...Roger:<br /><br />Licenciado= Bachelor <br /><br />Ingeniero= Engineer<br /><br />Dr. or Dra= Doctor<br /><br />Theoretically all of the above imply a degree of some kind, but there are many who without any degree "adopt" the title that suits them, just because.<br /><br />Which led an acquaintance of mine to remark the following:<br /><br />"Doctor? Asi le dicen a los pendejos en mi pueblo"Roberto Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693120055439617799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-23779113030712356372011-08-09T05:22:02.267+02:002011-08-09T05:22:02.267+02:00Roberto: Doctora or Dra usualy refers to a Lawyer ...Roberto: Doctora or Dra usualy refers to a Lawyer as much as MD's in Venezuela. Licencio is more like a Batchlors Degree. Perhaps someone has the full list. The only other title I know is Inginerio which I assume also requires certification?Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-8376394731604888772011-08-09T02:32:30.695+02:002011-08-09T02:32:30.695+02:00Iris Varela-is symbolic.
All she wants is to spawn...Iris Varela-is symbolic.<br />All she wants is to spawn<br />with Chavez.-Model<br />chavista.RabbiBullanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-4497387253860975672011-08-09T00:27:58.592+02:002011-08-09T00:27:58.592+02:00I just noticed that the memo is signed as Dra. Iri...I just noticed that the memo is signed as Dra. Iris Varela... Is she really a Doctor (MD or PhD), or do you get the title when you become a political figurehead? You know to differentiate you from "Licenciados" and such... just wonderingRobertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801432826964358871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-25684318325141781262011-08-08T21:29:29.131+02:002011-08-08T21:29:29.131+02:00You lost me, Firepigette- I don't get it??? Yo...You lost me, Firepigette- I don't get it??? Your story- the point is?<br />And, spare me the chavista dream/fantasies- Venezuela is not a "fairy tale"..<br />Also- what does all this voodoo stuff have to do with reality?RabbiBullanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-53355570711486786182011-08-08T15:33:06.947+02:002011-08-08T15:33:06.947+02:00One released prisoner is a tragedy (think Afiuni)....One released prisoner is a tragedy (think Afiuni).<br /><br />20,000 released prisoners is a statistic.AIOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-57914783286062562782011-08-08T14:13:30.266+02:002011-08-08T14:13:30.266+02:00Kep, Since you don't want to reply with Statis...Kep, Since you don't want to reply with Statistics as I would have wished, I will catch your little term and throw it back to you in allegory :<br /><br /><br />Once upon a time there lived a great and guaramo caique named Chavez, in the beautiful oil rich lands of the Indians (what is now known as Venezuela)and who was known for his sneaky might and reputation as a fierce coupster. <br /><br />His kingdom encompassed the entire country and his enemies feared him even in their dreams as he made his voodoo sacrifices against them and called upon his personal army to intimidate. Yet he was also known to be a wise ruler by some who ushered a compassionate and fair form of prosperity ,by giving the poor their due, and reducing social injustice.<br /><br />And so it once happened that a beggar from the barrios walked into his lavish home in Miraflores and declared that he had a complaint against the Cacique himself. <br /><br />Everybody was outraged that a beggar would stand up to a Cacique, but the great Cacique who WAS the people in "reality", said,<br /><br />“Don’t be scared MACHETE Speak up.”<br /><br />“Everyone says that you have guaramo and are powerful and care about the little people, but I say that you’re cruel.”<br /><br />"Caramba machete porque?"<br /><br />Because you put oppos in jail , and threaten people all the time, yet most of us real people are not able to defend ourselves.We are helpless !!!<br /><br />-To which the Great Cacique smiled and replied in his ever so sympatico voice,<br /><br />“If I were a beggar, I’d not aspire to be Cacique if I were you”firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-80437549292693267082011-08-08T11:16:20.593+02:002011-08-08T11:16:20.593+02:00Astera, what I am trying to say is that no matter ...Astera, what I am trying to say is that no matter how many weapons the average people have, you are not getting more security for them. Your accounts about not having problems in Venezuela are totally anecdotal, unlike large amounts of police reports with names and ages of people murdered every month in each state (which Firepigette considers as anecdotal, even in the case of the USA and Europe).<br /><br />Firepigette is over-interpreting things, although she does that automaticall whenever she feels her "patriotic feelings" are hurt by some negative aspect of her country, flag-waving all the time. She wouldn't do that if the criticism were about Madagascar or Mexico. <br /><br />Fact is guns don't help. More often than not people do not use them for self-defence, they have no time. It's not like in those Western movies, it is seldom the case you get this heroic moment of "hey, Joe, put that gun down or I'll shoot you, don't move, I'll call the police". That's for cop films in the States and Europe, not for reality.<br /><br />Fact is in Venezuela a lot of weapons get stolen because legal owners don't know how to deal with them.<br /><br />Too slopy gun control in the States has led to the massive traffic of powerful weapons to Mexico, which have been used by Mexican gangsters lately. US authorities were so thick that they even promoted such process.<br /><br />Project Gunrunner someone?<br /><br />By the way: you can buy a lot of weapons here. I am not sure about which ones exactly, but you get the ones that can cause a lot of damage. And you get from time to time people running amok, although the Norwegian thing was extreme.<br />But you get less people with unaccounted "stolen" guns anywhere. Actually: a lot of them come from Eastern Europe.<br /><br />Here I have to have a real ID with me all the time. The government knows where every individual is supposed to live - most of the time. Although that can be circumvented, it certainly helps in sorting out where someone may be hiding. It is more difficult to hide.<br />And don't tell me you prefer another system and this is a totalitarian one while others are not; illegal screening of your communication is the rule in North America and elsewhere- read NSA - without bringing much security.<br /><br />Prisons here have issues, like everywhere, but they haven't become the big industry they are in the States and much less the shameless criminal factory they are in Venezuela.<br /><br />Last but not least, I drop a term:<br />social inequality.Keplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-20404175091295128652011-08-08T11:07:40.512+02:002011-08-08T11:07:40.512+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andréshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511926890557189618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91640557031887501972011-08-08T04:11:35.059+02:002011-08-08T04:11:35.059+02:00'The only armed people who have robbed me in V...'The only armed people who have robbed me in Venezuela have been the police.'m astera= and if you<br />had a gun- would you have stopped<br />them?RabbiBullanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-29300572904743806632011-08-08T01:20:02.879+02:002011-08-08T01:20:02.879+02:00"As a rule, if one doesn't look or act li..."As a rule, if one doesn't look or act like a victim they will be left alone."-What rubbish.<br />m_astera- I think you are in Nicaragua-and obviously you were raised inUS. Oh, I suppose you look and act like Rambo-ha...RabbiBullanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-46628603143808021662011-08-08T00:59:32.961+02:002011-08-08T00:59:32.961+02:00Kepler you misquote me here:
"You really sou...Kepler you misquote me here:<br /><br />"You really sound like a Chavista, who claims it is all about "sensations" Read again.<br /><br />Bottom line:<br /><br />1 You cannot statistically show that crime in the US is produced by a lack of gun control<br /><br />2. comparing 2 different countries does not prove that in either one the same reason exists for the same results.<br /><br />Lol!! Kepler you have expanded and expounded on the meaning of the "NEW Age" to include:<br /><br />- whatever Carlos Kepler does not comprehend.firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-12509906785817740562011-08-07T22:12:07.172+02:002011-08-07T22:12:07.172+02:00So Kepler, if the ordinary people in Venezuela wer...So Kepler, if the ordinary people in Venezuela were allowed to own guns, do you think there would be more crime, or less? Would they suddenly start using the guns to kill and rob each other? My experience has been that those who use violence or threats of violence to get what they want are a small minority of any population.<br /><br />If you carried a weapon daily, concealed or open, would that make you more likely to shoot or rob someone? On the other hand, might it make the killers and robbers hesitate about messing with someone if they knew they might be armed?<br /><br />Or would things remain the same?<br /><br />Another question, if you please: Those Parisian suburbs that you wouldn't want to walk at night, who lives in them?<br /><br />FP, I live on Margarita these days and have spent a little time in Caracas. I don't know the rest of the country, but I've been around a lot in Canada, the US, and Mexico and in places that aren't "safe". As a rule, if one doesn't look or act like a victim they will be left alone. The only armed people who have robbed me in Venezuela have been the police.<br /><br />Word Verification: Creara :-)m_asterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808513711410506159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-84833990489038833082011-08-07T20:05:59.402+02:002011-08-07T20:05:59.402+02:00Firepigette,
I think you should stick to New Age ...Firepigette,<br /><br />I think you should stick to New Age blogs. You can also say your stats on gun possession are just copy paste.<br /><br />Statistics on murder rates are rather reliable both in North America and in Western Europe. Murder rates in Western Europe are considerably lower than in the USA.<br />You really sound like a Chavista, who claims it is all about "sensations"<br />In France less than 2 people are murdered per 100 000 inhabitants every year. In the States it is over twice as many. In Venezuela it is well over 50.Keplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-24519311465901793502011-08-07T17:20:15.938+02:002011-08-07T17:20:15.938+02:00"the fact that many Venezuelans are openly pa..."the fact that many Venezuelans are openly passive, and not that assertive, which should never be confused with non violent.Some of the most passive people are the most violent in the end.In fact, passive aggressive behavior almost always ends in violence."<br />Kepler, I am sure this is 100% correct. And, this worries me because-Venezuela may "explode" and Chavez "knows" this-I guess he is using his "intuition, right-Firepigette.<br />But, I always thought the same thing would happen in Cuba, too..RabbiBullanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-62680871160794808942011-08-07T16:46:26.755+02:002011-08-07T16:46:26.755+02:00Kepler,
In the face of your incorrect assessmen...Kepler,<br /><br /> In the face of your incorrect assessment I feel obligated for the sake of integrity to object, starting with your assumption that people who own guns in the US are excited about them.Like I said there is no debate to be had in the face of useless irrationality( as opposed to useful),so some good advice might be:<br /><br />Sometimes intuition is our best ally ,it should be the Master and not the slave.The slave should be the rational mind.... but when we are comparing crime rates in terms of numbers we must take on a keenly observing scientific frame of mind.Saying that you can walk around in Western Europe feeling safe is nothing more than anecdotal.What does it prove?Even publishing statistics is not scientific as any one who can copy and paste can do this work themselves, and it is a purely mindless and mechanical task, not to mention that there is a perfect and manipulative statistic out there for just about anything you want to say.One reason for their power to manipulate is precisely because few people look at them objectively.<br /><br />If I say that US crime has gone down drastically since the 60's( which it has), and yet more people own guns than ever, I must come up with more than the ownership of guns to account for this statistic.Since 1991, when violent crime peaked, it has decreased 43% to a 35-year low. Murder has fallen 49% to a 45-year low. At the same time, the number of guns that Americans own has risen by about 90 million.firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-65301206738238080682011-08-07T16:23:02.048+02:002011-08-07T16:23:02.048+02:00sorry meant to say compliant , not complaintsorry meant to say compliant , not complaintfirepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.com