tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post2242782342395762332..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Let's ask Occam to come shave Venezuela Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-48610661499631210462014-03-01T03:13:41.826+01:002014-03-01T03:13:41.826+01:00Well, a lot of people are not writing as accuratel...Well, a lot of people are not writing as accurately as they should. It is not enough to know how biased Venezuelan TV is, you need to be able to explain it otherwise people like FAIR find tricks to tune you down on "objectivity" when they are just plain pro Chavez agents.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-66553369543113415722014-03-01T01:27:53.597+01:002014-03-01T01:27:53.597+01:00The propaganda wars over Venezuela continue up her...The propaganda wars over Venezuela continue up here:<br /><br />NYT Corrects Venezuela TV Falsehood<br />http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/02/27/nyt-corrects-venezuela-tv-falsehood/Darren Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-42345834169371886582014-02-26T22:27:05.267+01:002014-02-26T22:27:05.267+01:00Stalin wasn't exactly at rest. All the boyos s...Stalin wasn't exactly at rest. All the boyos sat around and watched him die in his own puke.<br />HalfEmptyhttp://www.roadsideamerica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-47896050753676363882014-02-26T18:27:31.516+01:002014-02-26T18:27:31.516+01:00Daniel -- I'm not sure your analysis makes sen...Daniel -- I'm not sure your analysis makes sense. You agree, I'm sure, that the economy is the important backdrop for these protests. Inflation and shortages and devaluation....AND inseguridad and impunity on top of all that. You have done terrific work explaining what the dollar shortages mean for Venezuelan businesses, especially within the food industry.<br />So...you think the people of San Cristobal will calm down if the regime moves Leopoldo to house arrest? This doesn't make sense to me. As much as Leopoldo wishes it were otherwise, this is not about him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-76598162306709168342014-02-26T13:58:46.890+01:002014-02-26T13:58:46.890+01:00No harm done. It is difficult these days not to wr...No harm done. It is difficult these days not to write what one truly thinks.....Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-16760974001291790722014-02-26T09:22:25.787+01:002014-02-26T09:22:25.787+01:00There is a slight chance it will go "we'l...There is a slight chance it will go "we'll give you something to cry about" road. I wish someone would take that stance, e.g. over North Korea, to stop this nonsense once and for all. Economic war would be a good example, Maduro has no clue how devastating an actual economic war would be for Venezuela.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-83886145237360567422014-02-26T06:47:08.819+01:002014-02-26T06:47:08.819+01:00the Cubans do not care about Venezuelan lives. It ...the Cubans do not care about Venezuelan lives. It is in their interest to run the country into the ground. They need Venezuelan territory and its natural resources, they do not need Venezuelans. we shouldn't kid ourselves about this. Maduro, et al. have continued to drink the Cuban "cool aid" served by Chavez, and are blind to the fact that they are facilitating their own destruction. Cuba has no other choice to survive. Venezuela needs to stand up and fight. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-64888950938589414712014-02-26T04:23:08.826+01:002014-02-26T04:23:08.826+01:00All my apologiesAll my apologiesCharlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-42684837735077563852014-02-26T04:07:54.830+01:002014-02-26T04:07:54.830+01:00The desperate government fools have finally starte...The desperate government fools have finally started to blame Uribe and Colombia. Wonder where this will go? Blaming the US is apparently not working very well. RLEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825555024937741161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-30832527445353795222014-02-26T03:24:49.849+01:002014-02-26T03:24:49.849+01:00Sometimes this stuff these lefty clowns come up wi...Sometimes this stuff these lefty clowns come up with is just too much:<br /><br />@nytimes: Fix Your False Reporting on Venezuela<br />http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/nyt-fix-your-false-reporting?source=c.tw&r_by=1135580<br /><br />Facepalm!<br />Darren Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055259906316988117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-42645071276562277372014-02-26T02:27:15.998+01:002014-02-26T02:27:15.998+01:00I had to erase comments from Charly because the wa...I had to erase comments from Charly because the way things are today they could land me in jail. Thank you for all readers from abstaining to put "suggestive" comments. Contrary to other blogs, this blogger resides in Venezuela and has no intention to pull a general Vivas.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-10455709149631494312014-02-26T02:24:36.925+01:002014-02-26T02:24:36.925+01:00Boludo
OK, you got me there. Though I would not ...Boludo<br /><br />OK, you got me there. Though I would not count in successors, but those that went on their own to the top. So Lenin and Mao are good. Gomez no because he was a successor.<br /><br />Francia I am not sure. Criteria for the times were not those we had in the XX century. If we go that way then we should put a whole bunch of kings and emperors....Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-56791414478866057972014-02-26T00:30:30.682+01:002014-02-26T00:30:30.682+01:00Besides Franco or Tito, who ended up in bed, at re...<i>Besides Franco or Tito, who ended up in bed, at rest?</i><br />For starters:<br />USSR: Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko.<br />China: Mao 27 years<br />Venezuela: Juan Vicente Gómez.- 27 years<br />Paraguay: José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia - 26 years <br />[Cuba: Fidel: 55 years, but not yet dead, so not yet on the list.]<br />But as you say, the odds should not stop you from trying. As you previously pointed out, the ongoing and ensuing foreign exchange strangulation of businesses- which you point out will also reduce agricultural production- will add motivation.<br /><br />I am reminded of Herbert Hoover's famine relief in the USSR in the early 1920s, a famine resulting mainly from farmers not responding positively to Leninist dictums. I can see Maduro come begging to the US for some such assistance when the food supply collapses. Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-20894983955841969302014-02-26T00:01:22.227+01:002014-02-26T00:01:22.227+01:00People also make mistakes and all eventually fall....People also make mistakes and all eventually fall. Besides Franco or Tito, who ended up in bed, at rest? That the odds are against us should not stop us from trying.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-43408586406208029722014-02-25T23:44:27.070+01:002014-02-25T23:44:27.070+01:00Bla bla bla....I'm not being negative. .I'...Bla bla bla....I'm not being negative. .I've been hitting this blog for years..thru elections. .Chavez cancer.....all the drama.."its a daily chore" and I've traveled there a number of times...all this hand wringing. ..El pueblo couldn't care less..they would live in a cardboard box as long as it has a flat screen" just saying"...and the middle class has to pay bills..feed their kids..go to work...so ask yourself..who turns on the lights..has all the guns..by the way...is so "fierce" did you see the guy getting beat on the ground with a helmet?..who wants to be that person?..so scream...scream as loud and clear as you can..cuz the Guyz in Red never heard that before..michael*248https://www.blogger.com/profile/17045248451468333210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-75737214984933057632014-02-25T23:32:22.842+01:002014-02-25T23:32:22.842+01:00No matter what, I believe this is all wishful thin...No matter what, I believe this is all wishful thinking. Bolivarians, Cubans and the lot have a LOT to lose and one is safeguarding the other should things go wrong. They're here to stay or else the world will know about all the wrongdoings and outward robberies carried out in the name of the so-called revolution. It is not the case of one person falling, its a load of persons falling. No way they are going to let this happen. Milonganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-87075448168070307482014-02-25T23:16:03.140+01:002014-02-25T23:16:03.140+01:00Food shortages and their riots do tend to be game ...Food shortages and their riots do tend to be game changers because all strata of the population will join.<br /><br /><br />Way off topic and perhaps not the place to ask:<br />Are their any pirate AM radio stations? Seems like it would be time.<br />HalfEmptyhttp://www.roadsideamerica.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-24415612261316231212014-02-25T22:34:06.757+01:002014-02-25T22:34:06.757+01:00They may be planing to do that but my humble opini...They may be planing to do that but my humble opinion is that it is a big mistake. Venezuelan always look at the government to solve their problems and never to themselves. They (we) are always waiting for the next Messiahs to do it. In the next few weeks the economics problems will get much worse since nobody is importing or producing anything. At that time, there will be a lot of looting and after they loot everything what will be have?...nobody else to blame, only the government .<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com