tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post3568311049210246155..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Weil's best cartoon ever? A new meaning for "reactionary"Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-80026120911737126342010-06-03T20:14:20.087+02:002010-06-03T20:14:20.087+02:00"His inability (more than unwillingness) to s..."His inability (more than unwillingness) to surround himself with the brightest comes from this lack of real worldly education coupled with his intolerable narcissism: no one can outshine him."<br /><br />Very true. I can only add that the brightest and most capable people, those with the best intentions and the sharpest minds, are unwilling to work for such a retrograde, putrid Regime. If asked, they will refuse and uphold their moral principles. If they haven't left the country, no amount of money can buy the integrity of the best talent Venezuela would have to offer to any other decent government.<br />Carlos I.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-84287585213959316242010-06-02T23:01:54.941+02:002010-06-02T23:01:54.941+02:00Anon, I'm not sure that it's fear of the m...Anon, I'm not sure that it's fear of the modernity so much as it is that he absolutely needs to be the leader, and doesn't care where he is leading so long as he is in charge. Of course, that's sort of a chicken and egg discussion, so maybe there's no point.<br /><br />On the other hand, Daniel, I think unwillingness ("to surround himself with the brightest") completely trumps his inability. He couldn't if he tried, but he doesn't try.<br /><br />I think the kid is partly an expression of Weil's hope for the future. I have to think he's an optimist, otherwise I don't see the point of what he's doing.AIOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-83608716596782632992010-06-02T19:18:43.158+02:002010-06-02T19:18:43.158+02:00Interesting that the little boy who is the only o...Interesting that the little boy who is the only one not wearing a red beret, pointing to a laptop while being dragged back to the past making the wise old saying come deliciously alive with the wisdom:<br /><br />" out of the mouths of Babe's"firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-12896005734979606792010-06-02T18:34:35.565+02:002010-06-02T18:34:35.565+02:00Chavez is afraid of modernity when it could lead t...Chavez is afraid of modernity when it could lead to his overthrow. Chavez cannot let one group or means of communication be above his control. <br />Chavez has ordered hi-tech fighter jets and submarines from Russia. These are ok because they will be used to keep him in office.<br />The internet, texting, twitter, etc. can hurt him when he lies to the pueblo. Thus these must be controlled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com