tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post5014034528551455447..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Is Chavez really, really going to go the violent way? Puerto Cabello indicates a yes...Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-47279486794725062802012-09-15T15:43:09.001+02:002012-09-15T15:43:09.001+02:00I hope people prove me wrong but as long as people...I hope people prove me wrong but as long as people have jobs etc .I don't see your average Venezuelan ready to stand up, and stay up and face losses in the case of a difficult situation."God" grant me the ability to hope.<br /><br />Just today I got an email from a friend who is a musician in Caracas complaining about his hourly wage which is 4 times what a music teacher makes here, and I am talking about musicians here who are FAR more qualified than those I know in Caracas.I guess that is why some of my friends stay there instead of returning to the US where they have no idea how to support themselves.<br /><br />A lot of the daily precios are comparable to here when I looked at his list of monthly expenditures....food however is super super high there, as is I suppose housing, and minimum wages of course are less than half....but it appears that teachers are charging fortunes so there must be quite a few with extra money to pay :)<br /><br />But in the end I am not trying to make a monetary comparison here-<br />but rather stress the point that i perceive an attitude that is more about money than about the political situation,and other intangible factors.<br /><br />This makes me pessimistic for Venezuelans ability to risk, and fight. I keep hearing these stories about money repeated.<br /><br />firepigettefirepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-72826915164053281492012-09-15T14:27:20.601+02:002012-09-15T14:27:20.601+02:00Chavismo will undoubtedly use violence whenever it...Chavismo will undoubtedly use violence whenever it sees fit.<br />Chavismo is a movement led by psychopaths. The extreme left and the military are per definition going to use any dirty method to try to remain in power.<br /><br />The question is how to react.Keplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-65546325632796428652012-09-14T19:50:05.667+02:002012-09-14T19:50:05.667+02:00Auto-analysis is not an easy concept for most peop...Auto-analysis is not an easy concept for most people, especially for those who have grown up spewing and believing lies, fantasies, or a little of both. <br /><br />Imagine how difficult it must be for these people to admit, after years, that they were brainwashed and manipulated, that they could not think for themselves. Hence, their efforts to maintain face and feign ignorance, when the wake-up call arrives.sydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-52426414368915819942012-09-14T15:55:01.630+02:002012-09-14T15:55:01.630+02:00Latest poll from Datos Interdata.
http://www.repor...Latest poll from Datos Interdata.<br />http://www.reporteconfidencial.info/noticia/3176676/encuesta-datos-interdata-capriles-sera-presidente-con-52-de-los-votos-/<br /><br />Interviewed 18.803 registered voters in 23 states - 1 al 12 de septiembre.<br />Capriles - 52%<br />Chavez - 48%<br /><br />Projection of votes with 25% abstention<br />Capriles - 7.309.208<br />Chavez - 6.804.056<br />Difference - 505,152 for Capriles<br /><br />This is super news when you take into account the "fear" factor.<br />I still will stick to my prediction of more than 1 million votes difference for Capriles.<br /><br />Hay un camino!<br />Se ve, se siente, Capriles Presidente!<br /><br />Island Canucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-35279564693032742382012-09-13T20:34:35.198+02:002012-09-13T20:34:35.198+02:00This will be a shock for them, comparable to the &...This will be a shock for them, comparable to the "Stunde 0" (0 hour) in Germany at the end of World War II in May 1945, as the fervent supporters among the germans perceived it then, when they had to get opened their eyes. For them, it was partly as if the world broke into pieces, especially the young ones, who were raised and had grown up all their (still short) life within and surrounded by this ideology. - Of course, it is important to distinguish: Chavez and his guys have never tried or announced to conquer any country, like the Nazis did, but in terms of ideology and the idiots who follow, one actually doesn't know if to laugh or cry out sometimes, since it's always the same, it seems: The follower idiots of an ideology want to establish the paradise on earth, and believe they're doing so by following the propaganda, and most or all of what it says, but eventually they take a stick to beat down everybody (or try so) who has a different oppinion, as soon as they are told by their "boss", or let's rather say: "god". <br />Oh PS., I forgot something important: As experience tells us, LATER, when all is over and spook is past, mostly these people "didn't know about the crime", can't remember what their role was, claiming they "had no choice", or simply say "I just did what I was obliged and told to do" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-44591315562852453842012-09-13T20:10:29.443+02:002012-09-13T20:10:29.443+02:00It is a very perfect comparison that I even missed...It is a very perfect comparison that I even missed already to read here about this propaganda. If one compares that with the typical Eastern Bloc propaganda, one finds many analogies. Already the whole diction is mostly like the "Pravda" was (or all the other communist papers at this time), and how still the cuban papers mostly are nowadays. But who is Chavez' best friend...? Any questions...? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-12028523989090589362012-09-13T17:11:31.525+02:002012-09-13T17:11:31.525+02:00Daniel,please be very careful i have a very bad fe...Daniel,please be very careful i have a very bad feeling if chavez feels he is about to lose he and his bootlickers will go on a killing spree!! I pray that doesn't happen!! I also worry about those thousands of cuban military poeple go to be concern about them!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-58921714066674092882012-09-13T14:04:19.067+02:002012-09-13T14:04:19.067+02:00Thank you Daniel, for addressing the important sub...Thank you Daniel, for addressing the important subjects of this campaign. I admire that you consistently choose to shed light on what is vital to advance the cause of democracy in our country. It is sorely needed in a somewhat rarified and detached blogosphere.<br /><br />MariaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-35276785986255415662012-09-13T14:03:34.723+02:002012-09-13T14:03:34.723+02:00We were watching the events on GloboVision news at...We were watching the events on GloboVision news at mid-day with the video of what was going on. During a commercial we switched over to VTV to see whether they were covering the incident.<br /><br />Ha, ha! It was surreal. <br /><br />The fault was 100% the opposition people who had gone to the airport to receive their candidate. They had a red shirted participant who had supposedly been hit be a rock saying that they were attacked by the Capriles followers.<br /><br />There was no explanation as to what 200 red shirted thugs were doing at the airport. There was not 1 second of video of a red shirted person throwing a rock or burning a vehicle.<br /><br />Later that evening we turned VTV on again to see what else was happening. The program "Cayendo y Coriendo" was on. The host was going on & on about facismo, terroristas, etc., etc. all referring to Capriles & his followers. The level of hate & venom was scary. This is what the cult members watch for hours each day. We have 2 family members who do just that & believe every word that spews from VTV.<br /><br />This is going to be a real culture shock for them when the programming changes to include all Venezuelans. This is also going to be a problem in the 3 months following the election. If Capriles wins they need to shut down this hatred. Island Canucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-56662747402983065762012-09-13T05:11:01.623+02:002012-09-13T05:11:01.623+02:00Daniel, you mentioned Noticias24. This is one of t...Daniel, you mentioned Noticias24. This is one of the media outlets where chavismo needed to be very active, according to the filtered document for the last 30 days of dirty campaign Javiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-90994127903986788372012-09-13T04:08:47.018+02:002012-09-13T04:08:47.018+02:00He managed to go by boat? He's my hero! He d...He managed to go by boat? He's my hero! He definitely proved that "there's a way" #HayUnCamino - that's what hundreds of tweets were saying today during the day, meaning that all Chavez's violence probably literally backfired. The crowd that was waiting for him was definitely a proof that something different is going on. Or so we hope. Keeping our fingers crossed, anyway, just in case! Milonganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-38159761895532975512012-09-13T00:26:59.323+02:002012-09-13T00:26:59.323+02:00The AVN article reads like something from Soviet e...The AVN article reads like something from Soviet era Pravda. The only things missing are references to the "bourgeoisie" and "gangster hooliganism".galloglassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-52063296332406146022012-09-12T23:07:02.754+02:002012-09-12T23:07:02.754+02:00I think it's about time everyone explicitly ac...I think it's about time everyone explicitly acknowledges that chavismo is a cancer. And that it should be treated EXACTLY like a cancer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-69344200384506454412012-09-12T22:30:26.231+02:002012-09-12T22:30:26.231+02:00Scorched Earth policyScorched Earth policyGeronLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145189615256636055noreply@blogger.com