tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post7430999600752272391..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Closed for businessDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-61078581444738114882011-02-15T19:45:44.026+01:002011-02-15T19:45:44.026+01:00Venezuelans have not seen the worst of Cummunism/2...Venezuelans have not seen the worst of Cummunism/21st century Socialism yet. Wait until the economy totally collapsed.199 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-54142891075672216782011-02-15T18:15:02.903+01:002011-02-15T18:15:02.903+01:00Next time anyone from SENIAT comes by, make a vide...Next time anyone from SENIAT comes by, make a video of the whole thing and post it on youtube. I'm not saying that I doubt your story is true, I'm just saying that in this day and age when every cell phone comes with a camera, there's no reason not to have video of everything that happens, so we can have a nice look at the faces of all those who will be needing some "neutering" once the tyrant is out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-87724821486998228462011-02-15T17:49:03.767+01:002011-02-15T17:49:03.767+01:00I know all about that...very common, from the airp...I know all about that...very common, from the airport to where ever. Venezuela is a joke.Alejandro Veganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-4215320036863896142011-02-15T17:38:15.602+01:002011-02-15T17:38:15.602+01:00Next time a few hidden cameras and microphones to ...Next time a few hidden cameras and microphones to record the scumbags offer might be helpful. Helpful, not in a court of law (Venezuela has no laws now) but to make public.RWGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-9222713774636865472011-02-15T17:10:51.413+01:002011-02-15T17:10:51.413+01:00its kind of insane the amount of bribery is needed...its kind of insane the amount of bribery is needed in this country.. police were quite blatant with me asking for 200 bsf.. my dad was so pissed that he refused to pay jack, because i didnt have a cellulo, all i had was my expired passport and birth certificate (venezuelan.) I live in the states, so i didnt have a cedullo, i was in the process of getting one, but even then the amount of bribes needed to get this crappy card is ridiculous... my crappy illinois drivers license is better quality than the cedullo for the country.. .its ashame.pookeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18186297797503732891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-65587331801228357072011-02-15T16:04:46.891+01:002011-02-15T16:04:46.891+01:00One of the worst cases I saw was a friend of mine ...One of the worst cases I saw was a friend of mine from Ohio who had resided in an apartment in Santa Paula for over 20 years, decided to sell and move back to the States.The government ended up charging her for years and years of back taxes that she had already paid but did not have the receipts for.Of course she never imagined that they would go back that far. Logic has it that if people owed 10 years in the 80's, they won't be paying the 10 years in the 90's.But of course logic did not persuade them.<br /><br />In the end she had to pay the the entire worth of her apartment in taxes in order to get out of the country, at which point her final words were " I don't care firepigette,I'm going to pay it cause I just want to get out of this G.D. country."<br /><br />Chavez controls Venezuela through its natural tendencies of creating chaos which creates uncertainty, which engenders fear, which ends in self- inhibition, which allows him to control without always enforcing the rules.Actually in some ways this works more efficiently than a more obvious iron hand dictatorship where people know what the rules are and follow them if they want to stay out of trouble.<br /><br />This way Chavez can control without looking like much of a dictator to outsiders.10 times worse in my opinion, in terms of getting him out.<br /><br />The international media in general is more conscious of who Chavez is now, but there are important exceptions like the BBC and Time Magazine.firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-48639076266850806262011-02-15T14:59:24.967+01:002011-02-15T14:59:24.967+01:00You know what the good news is in this? That SENI...You know what the good news is in this? That SENIAT has been doing this for six years now and it hasn't gotten any worse. Not exactly positive, but everything else has been going downhill, so this is a minor miracle.AIOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-8119298353615770042011-02-15T03:29:58.110+01:002011-02-15T03:29:58.110+01:00Sounds like your common everyday thugocracySounds like your common everyday thugocracyGeronLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145189615256636055noreply@blogger.com