tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post1359807388600851033..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: The Venezuela that Chavez will leave us (or to himself for that matter): 12 years afterDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-50071285397758874122011-02-22T23:20:56.785+01:002011-02-22T23:20:56.785+01:00It's just incredible how far behind our countr...It's just incredible how far behind our country is going to be when he dose decide to leave. Which personally I don't see happening in the near future, so why do you say we are transitioning? Also just thinking how much better we would be with the imense influx of money he's had these 12 years had we have had a true government. It's sad how he has truley destroyed this country and in the process the lives of many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-14754775216698440082011-02-07T20:55:30.535+01:002011-02-07T20:55:30.535+01:00you know, i just got back from venezuela, and all ...you know, i just got back from venezuela, and all i have to say is that the country is fantastic. the only problem? nothing is open after 9pm... i mean.. seriously? dangerous is an understatement.<br /><br />anyways corruption is nuts over there, i am venezuelan and i couldnt even get a cedullo cause i have to go to get so many different damn papers to get this damn id, even though i have my birth certificate.. <br /><br />since i didnt have my id, the police were blatantly asking for 200 bsf... i mean seriously.. that is nuts.. <br /><br />and nothing is made there in venezuela... that is really bad...pookeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18186297797503732891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-9786179931162146962011-02-05T22:32:28.795+01:002011-02-05T22:32:28.795+01:00Roger
The problem is not that he made mistakes an...Roger<br /><br />The problem is not that he made mistakes and admits to them. The problem is that he is not willing to correct them.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-20139040393225130772011-02-05T18:50:06.960+01:002011-02-05T18:50:06.960+01:00Chavez admits to school kids he made mistakes in t...Chavez admits to school kids he made mistakes in the last 12 years http://english.eluniversal.com/2011/02/03/en_pol_esp_chavez:-after-12-ye_03A5103931.shtml WOW!!!! I guess he said He would try to better the next 12 years,Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-46501534530206140642011-02-05T17:36:24.802+01:002011-02-05T17:36:24.802+01:00anonymous
there is a substantial difference from ...anonymous<br /><br />there is a substantial difference from the pre Chavez era (not that i want to make this whole exercise less depressing).<br /><br />the 58-78 period can be looked upon as positive. many social needs were met. if true democracy was not achieved at the very least alternative government became the norm. that the 78 to 98 period was a constant down slide should not make us forget that in 1978 it was still possible to believe that things could get fixed at a reasonable cost.<br /><br />we should not fall into chavismo over simplification of history becasue its only purpose is to hide the naked fact that in 12 years of Chavez rule Venezuela has slid downwards more than what it did in the previous 20 years. in fact, we are still living off that inheritance of the cursed 40 years becasue Chavez is not building upon anything and whatever inheritance he is leaving us is violence.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-89123752562937044732011-02-05T06:35:36.270+01:002011-02-05T06:35:36.270+01:00Chavez is certainly awful, but it makes one wonder...Chavez is certainly awful, but it makes one wonder what future Venezuela can possibly have when critics of his government consider a future of "a country with little prospects, wasted time, squandered opportunities and a mess" to be substantially different from what came before.<br /><br />Chavez may very well be worse in each of these ways. But the irony of what you write is depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-69718140782613224782011-02-05T04:59:03.770+01:002011-02-05T04:59:03.770+01:00Both the article and the Requiem lead one to quiet...Both the article and the Requiem lead one to quiet contemplation, in contrast to the shouting and gyrations of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfxUTMCyabk" rel="nofollow">Hugo Chavez</a>. <br /><br />An eloquent if sad summary of what has transpired in twelve years. Will the hard-core Chavistas who were not thieves ever become aware of what has transpired? The thieves will not care.<br /><br />As oil has been called the Devil's Excrement, this thread is not the first time that theology and the petrostate have been linked.<br /><br />What have we come to? How do lift ourselves out of the abyss?Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-2300934625302414812011-02-04T10:56:06.009+01:002011-02-04T10:56:06.009+01:00Chávez would never be able to articulate those wor...Chávez would never be able to articulate those words.<br /><br />He would perhaps say<br />"Father Bolívar, teach me how to remain as humble as I am and teach me how to better lead my people and show them who the boss is. Give me above all the strength to lead my country and my continent for the rest of this century"<br /><br />He is long round the bend.<br />And yet he is extremely dangerous. Even a murderer running amok can be very "intelligent" in his goal.<br /><br />I repeat: we are playing here chess or rather go. We need to think 20 steps ahead.Keplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-56365405816473076792011-02-04T05:07:22.669+01:002011-02-04T05:07:22.669+01:00Bravo Daniel! I'd say that you are WELL WITHIN...Bravo Daniel! I'd say that you are WELL WITHIN the 'loop'. Your taste in baritones is superb with Ramey and Hampson. Being a soprano, I liked the Shaw recording with Arleen Auger, but I was not much for Richard Stilwell. The other two recordings I picked up along the way were with Hermann Prey and Hagegard. My Boston years influenced my musical taste. Peace and fullness for your spirit Daniel! Thank you for your blog and your writings. It's very comforting to have your perspective.MMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-62829214223029595792011-02-04T00:31:16.015+01:002011-02-04T00:31:16.015+01:00MM
Ah! Finally someone that addresses fully the o...MM<br /><br />Ah! Finally someone that addresses fully the opening verse of this post!<br /><br />I have the Ramey version where he is very good but the quality of the recording is lacking. The one I got last year is with Thomas Hampson who used to be my favorite baritone. But I confess that living in Venezuela I am a tad out of the classical loop and there might be younger noteworthy baritones to watch.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-18491191019851840052011-02-03T22:09:11.164+01:002011-02-03T22:09:11.164+01:00Daniel, you write well and it is the truth all Ven...Daniel, you write well and it is the truth all Venezuelans are faced with. I wish I could come up with a more positive blog.<br />However, can we all TRY to stick together, retain hope for Venezuela and its people's future? Without hope, surely one cannot see a better future. <br />Thugo Chavez must go, the sooner the better, before he can do more damage! No, it will not instantly turn the country aroud, but might Venezuelans not have a better chance to feel more positive and more enthusiastic to fight for what is right and just? <br /><br />"You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated." - Maya AngelouCoracon en Venezuelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116845907954633938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-1941519538594386722011-02-03T22:07:53.129+01:002011-02-03T22:07:53.129+01:00Oh dear! This return-trip posting is horribly blea...Oh dear! This return-trip posting is horribly bleak and probably more reality than is easy to take in one dose! And with the weight of this text from the 3rd movement of Brahm's German Requiem...who's your baritone of choice? Ahh...I dread returning to Ccs next week. It's so depressing!MMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-36618759026177320362011-02-03T19:19:52.777+01:002011-02-03T19:19:52.777+01:00Very OT:
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WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Pea...Very OT:<br /><br />"<br />WikiLeaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; 'unlikely' to win says Nobel expert<br />"<br /><br />http://ca.news.yahoo.com/wikileaks-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-norwegian-lawmaker-20110202-091232-051.html<br /><br />Here we go again.1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-26320595666397569912011-02-03T16:57:27.434+01:002011-02-03T16:57:27.434+01:00Daniel,
Excellent summary!
"The opposition ...Daniel,<br /><br />Excellent summary!<br /><br />"The opposition needs to really study the situation before it can dare make proposals. And it needs to criticize the regime consequently, consistently, continuously to gain credibility"<br /><br />Truer words, never spoken.But,how do you make the population understand the situation without access to the public media?<br /><br />I understand Globovision has limited reach and is also limited in the degree in which it can criticize Chavez- not to mention the " new attitudes" Chavez has taken towards criticism in general.<br /><br /><br />I have noted (to my chagrin), that many opposition pundits, spend more time apologizing for, or justifying Chavismo, and attacking oppo leaders than they do in taking a clear and unwavering stance against it.This only creates a confusion thereby weakening the force to combat Chavismo.I have even read that some in the opposition actually uphold Chavez's basic message.Where is the clear ethical stand in this?If you uphold Chavez's basic message then you come under another category that is not truly opposition.You may favor another candidate, but then perhaps your new candidate would be part of the same general party ideologically.<br /><br />I have come to wonder where these self destructive impulses are coming from.firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91446866351224699212011-02-03T15:11:52.227+01:002011-02-03T15:11:52.227+01:00I think a continuation of Psalm 39 (after v. 4 fro...I think a continuation of Psalm 39 (after v. 4 from Daniel and Brahms, and v. 5 from Lim) is appropriate, with a paraphrase of v. 8:<br /><br />Deliver me from all of Hugo's transgressions: make us not the reproach of the foolish.AIOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-71148799663059312312011-02-03T14:44:54.465+01:002011-02-03T14:44:54.465+01:00pelao
still, you cheated because you could have l...pelao<br /><br />still, you cheated because you could have limited yourself to use the google translation tool ....<br /><br />:)Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-17497428245430515762011-02-03T14:44:02.100+01:002011-02-03T14:44:02.100+01:00yeah, well...
this is the blog that take readers ...yeah, well...<br /><br />this is the blog that take readers to task, where the agnostic french author belonging to venezuela writes in english using the german luther bible as played by brahms to make a point about fate.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-21437757794059739222011-02-03T14:13:13.237+01:002011-02-03T14:13:13.237+01:00Could not be summed up better. Decomposition at al...Could not be summed up better. Decomposition at all levels, not only Pudreval.Charlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-36444981885031529932011-02-03T12:49:41.765+01:002011-02-03T12:49:41.765+01:00Thoman Mann?Thoman Mann?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-73476138106567167352011-02-03T12:45:56.135+01:002011-02-03T12:45:56.135+01:00Heinrich Heine?Heinrich Heine?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-8340050668181521342011-02-03T10:01:09.429+01:002011-02-03T10:01:09.429+01:00The next lines of psam 39 go like this:
You have ...The next lines of psam 39 go like this:<br /><br />You have made my days a mere handbreadth; <br />the span of my years is as nothing before you. <br />Everyone is but a breath, <br />even those who seem secure.<br /><br />The problems of Venezuela are not trscendental in a cosmic scale (although they may seem inmense in a personal one). Chavez and his cohorts will die and be forgotten before very long. What remains is what each individual contributes to the common good. I think that collective solutions by "the opposition" are useless without the personal dimension. At the moment it seems that helping others to form a healthy concience is a good thing to do. Even if we end up smashed on the wall like the grillo parlante in Pinocchio. <br /><br />You are doing a great deal writing this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-77022305225577072932011-02-03T07:12:23.390+01:002011-02-03T07:12:23.390+01:00Another "positive" is all the idiot Holl...Another "positive" is all the idiot Hollywood stars who go down there to praise Chavez.<br /><br />/sarcasmGeronLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13145189615256636055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-4555754711841854902011-02-03T05:51:24.479+01:002011-02-03T05:51:24.479+01:00Oh, Daniel.... how depressing and painful.
Lord...Oh, Daniel.... how depressing and painful. <br /><br /><br />Lord, teach me<br />that an end must be with me<br />and my life has a goal,<br />and I need thisCoracon en Venezuelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116845907954633938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-18150887465528352472011-02-03T05:04:58.559+01:002011-02-03T05:04:58.559+01:00Well, since I do not speak German and you did not ...Well, since I do not speak German and you did not provide a translation (you snob! LOL) I did have to look it up. It's from Brahm's A German Requiem. And the loose translation is:<br />Lord, let me know my end<br />And the measure of my days<br />So I may know<br />How frail I am. <br /><br />Fair enough?<br /><br />Pelao ManriqueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com