tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post8011290943053592583..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Father's dayDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-6889399055939076532016-06-23T23:18:41.169+02:002016-06-23T23:18:41.169+02:00I have a friend who was born in Chile. Her parents...I have a friend who was born in Chile. Her parents emigrated to Venezuela when she was young after Pinochet took over. They did very well. She went to college and has had a great career. She has lived surrounded by middle-upper class, educated people. She is dismayed at what happens in Venezuela these days. Yet, her political views are exactly those that led Venezuela to the place it is now. I dare to say that most Venezuelans living in Venezuela are like that, just like I was. It is not until after you live in another stable country for many years that you start realizing that... sh#t, I caused that <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-5720849240199605132016-06-23T14:55:14.475+02:002016-06-23T14:55:14.475+02:00I come back from sending the kids off to camp in N...I come back from sending the kids off to camp in New Hampshire, beautiful morning, all is quiet and I'm alone having a nice cup of coffee, just Folgers French Roast nothing fancy, start browsing reading primarily about Brexit and then I find myself called an a**hole and accused of deficient reading skills.<br /><br />For what? <br /><br />For reading the following "...through Obamacare as a political refugee we could consider going to the US.".<br /><br />Did I read that incorrectly? It is still there in black and white a couple of posts up. <br />Yes! you also said you would go to France because you already have a passport, but you said you would consider coming to the US, didn't you?<br /><br />So if you come to the US on the phony excuse of "political asylum", to get Obamacare with a serious pre-existing condition you will be -as you so delicately put it- be "sucking my precious tax dollars". <br /><br />You know why? Because you are going to be put on MedicAid and pay next to nothing for very expensive treatments and you will be taking out a lot more than you will ever put into the US system.<br /><br />You would be coming here to take advantage of the system. That is what I mean when I say that your actions are identical to the actions of a typical chavista: take advantage of the system any way you can.<br /><br />It doesn't seem to matter to you if millions like you eventually wreck the system, but it matters to me.<br /><br />Look I am really sorry about your situation, you must be stressed out as you "scrounge for your next meal" as Dylan would say, so about that insult?, let's just forget it.Anitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91448392464914940812016-06-22T14:37:32.801+02:002016-06-22T14:37:32.801+02:00Anita
You definitely have deficient reading skill...Anita<br /><br />You definitely have deficient reading skills. Since you need things spelled out, when I will be forced to leave Venezuela it will for France for which I hold a passport, and which is less encumbered with assholes like you.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-48476446250550842172016-06-22T01:00:18.516+02:002016-06-22T01:00:18.516+02:00Daniel,
I am so sorry to hear of your mugging--th...Daniel,<br /><br />I am so sorry to hear of your mugging--that is always a blow to the psyche. You seem to have digested the horror of it well enough, though. I am horrified at the self-righteous Anita. Please know, Anita, that this US citizen would be very happy to have Daniel come here with his SO. I know he lived and worked here once, and so he has paid income taxes. I am glad he has France as a choice as well. But it is his personal prerogative to stay wherever his loved ones are. One can never make those major, complex life decisions for another person.carolina boyhttp://aol.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-82866082707401368402016-06-21T17:56:54.208+02:002016-06-21T17:56:54.208+02:00Of course you would consider going to the US to ge...Of course you would consider going to the US to get the best health care for free, who wouldn't????<br /><br />And who do you think would be paying for your "free" healthcare? People of my "ilk", that's who!<br /><br />You are welcome.<br /><br />Political refugee my ass. A political refugee flees to the nearest safe country but you pick the country that would give you the best goodies. And then you ruin it.<br /><br />If this is not the thinking of your typical chabestia <br /><br />Anitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-7107991869838298852016-06-21T17:35:32.650+02:002016-06-21T17:35:32.650+02:00Anita, I thought my points were quit clear and did...Anita, I thought my points were quit clear and didn't need explaining. However, your hostility towards Daniel and touchiness over Trump suggests you have issues, so I will leave you alone. Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-14235787323503069202016-06-21T11:29:39.605+02:002016-06-21T11:29:39.605+02:00Most of us will never return to live in Vzla. We h...Most of us will never return to live in Vzla. We have built new lives elsewhere, where its much safer, and everything works. The Brain Drain is final. I bet not even 5% will ever dare to return to such a high risk, messed-up country. And those few would only do that for money reasons, if they find some business deal. And temporarily. You don't want to get killed for a pair of shoes in the street any day. You don't want to put your children in some mediocre school, where they can also get kidnapped. We'll stay in Europe or Chile or the USA, rest assured. Because even if Vzla got back to be what it was in the 80's, it was not that great. And it won't get back to even that. It's getting even worse, and the MUD will not be able to get it much better at all. Because the "pueblo" are mostly complicit crooks, thieves and murderers too. Not all, but many of them, at all levels. Not to mention the politicinas, including the MUD. Crooked, rotten. Vzla se jodio, y pa largo rato. Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-18015970205930086122016-06-21T06:11:08.169+02:002016-06-21T06:11:08.169+02:00Anita
Whoever you are, you are I'll informed ...Anita<br /><br />Whoever you are, you are I'll informed and do not know how to read properly. <br /><br />My S.O. has a deadly cancer and only through Obamacare as a political refugee we could consider going to the US. We would certainly not go there to hang out with people of your ilk. So be assured we will not go there to suck your precious tax dollars unless we had no other option, for as much as I personally love the US.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-85159498935980141232016-06-21T05:32:04.318+02:002016-06-21T05:32:04.318+02:00"you are a Trumper, who would have gladly sto..."you are a Trumper, who would have gladly stolen +300 billion ..."<br /><br />What are you talking about? Where did I mention Trump? Why are you comparing Trump with Chavez? This is incoherent and you probably think you are very smart. Keep watching MSNBC, thank g.d you are in canada, please stay there.<br /><br /><br />Anitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-79246633653917900912016-06-21T00:13:02.449+02:002016-06-21T00:13:02.449+02:00This will be the biggest struggle to recovery with...This will be the biggest struggle to recovery without question. How many of these people will want to return if they have a better life elsewhere. Many successful ones may look to invest in Venezuela to help employ family etc.Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-48444939453811661362016-06-21T00:09:24.713+02:002016-06-21T00:09:24.713+02:00I think even though a full recover will take a lot...I think even though a full recover will take a lot of time a lot could improve quickly. For example immediate medical aid could be sent in from around the world as well as food for the starving. Programs could be put in place to get the farm land back in to production and massive oil company investments could employ people and bring in much wealth and economic development. Ideally the USA could assist to recover 10's of billions of dollars and all the military toys could be sold for billions more. The currency issue could be immediately fixed. Although all will be slow to recover any improvement will seem huge to people who have been suffering so bad. The real key is to get a competent leader in place who cares more about the country then themselves, something Venezuela and most of the world has not seen and hence will be difficult. The drug lords are ingrained into Venezuela and as we seen in Colombia are very difficult to remove. Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-4041158850017232942016-06-21T00:01:31.644+02:002016-06-21T00:01:31.644+02:00Anita if you followed Daniel's blog you would ...Anita if you followed Daniel's blog you would understand, but if just tuning in for a quick read you do not. Daniel is an entrepreneur not a Chavista, but your tone and chastising of him would suggest you are a Trumper, who would have gladly stolen 300+ billion as Chavez regime did under the cover of pretending to care for the poor. Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-30334424997193288722016-06-20T23:55:56.361+02:002016-06-20T23:55:56.361+02:00I, for one, am glad you were not harmed or injured...I, for one, am glad you were not harmed or injured. To others it is easy to say, "Why don't you leave?", but it isn't because of family and your SO whom you very much love. Do what you need to do and try to find some peace when you can please.William Hubschwerlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982230953460314441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-14128522762874336972016-06-20T23:52:26.257+02:002016-06-20T23:52:26.257+02:00"courtesy of Obama we could maybe work out so..."courtesy of Obama we could maybe work out something there". <br /><br />Spoken like any good chavista waiting for a handout from the dear leader. <br /><br />What do you expect from Obama? Do you think the United States is run like your Venezuela, or you want it to be because it would be convenient for you?Anitanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-76197284858605357562016-06-20T23:37:55.912+02:002016-06-20T23:37:55.912+02:00France not the US ... whoosh we dodged a bullet. France not the US ... whoosh we dodged a bullet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-8154529815755037442016-06-20T22:08:10.158+02:002016-06-20T22:08:10.158+02:00Finally, no one hardly mentions this, but 90% of t...Finally, no one hardly mentions this, but 90% of the best, better educated professionals left the country long ago. Most of the readers of these blogs, for instance. You know who you are. Gone. 1.5 Million is my estimate since in the past 2 decades. <br /><br />Massive Brain- Drain for a country with just 30 million people, most of whom are very poorly educated, if at all. Result? The government is full of stupid bastards without an education. And corrupt, on top of that. And that will continue under any MUD government. The best of the best are gone. And continue to leave, first chance they get. Very few good, honest, bright, educated workers are left. Sadly, Vzla is doomed for a long time.Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-63949856739619824522016-06-20T21:59:09.549+02:002016-06-20T21:59:09.549+02:00And the thing is that things in Vzla are not about...And the thing is that things in Vzla are not about to get better, at all, anytime soon. Any year soon. Heck it's gonna continue to be a mess for decades. There is no magical cure for the economy or crime after Chavismo falls, and the MUD takes over.<br /><br />The economic measures required to fix the economy are too tough, and would take a long time time take effect. Start with raising gas prices, free the market, no price controls.. massive inflation will continue. Then you would have to restrain corruption, which is everywhere, not just on the government. That would take purging the polizia, the guardia nazional, the filthy military bosses, and the TSJ. A Herculean task. Won't happen in decades. And it would take real education for the "pueblo" in general, because they are vastly ignorant, and vastly corrupt as well, everywhere. It takes a justice system that works. Lots of people going to jail, including white-collar crooks. <br /><br />Under the Muddy MUD none of that will happen. Half of them are probably bribed by the Chavista regime already, if not more. The only way out is another type of authoritarian regime, unfortunately, one that steals much, much less, and builds something. (a lot) Yes, a Perez Jimenez or a Pinochet is what the doctor ordered for Cleptozuela. For a while. Or it's gonna be the same mess forever. Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-62269216427904726152016-06-20T21:46:29.679+02:002016-06-20T21:46:29.679+02:00Well, unfortunately a few of the good guys are for...Well, unfortunately a few of the good guys are forced to stay in such a chaotic country. A place where even medicines are tough to get. I still have a few good friends there, and feel sorry for them. They have jobs and their entire families still there.But they risk their lives everyday, plus they have to stand in line for food.. <br /><br />I'm just glad I was able to get the hell outta there a long time ago, with all of my family members. I do miss the Avila, Choroni, Morrocoy, la Gran Sabana, and many other things very much (pollos chez Hermanos Rivera, for instance). <br /><br />Stay alert, be safe.Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-21945969237203186942016-06-20T21:23:55.608+02:002016-06-20T21:23:55.608+02:00Why do anonymous and unknown see emigration as an ...Why do anonymous and unknown see emigration as an easy option? It is not. <br /><br />There are myriad of reasons why one must stay until the bitter end. One, for me, is that the SO has all his family here, in particular a relative he must take care of. Also, at my age, where am I going to start again? I need to wait a few more years until I can retire in France. Yes, I am dual citizen but of France, not the US. Amen of the SO who does not speak english and could not start any job unless full health coverage is offered, without pre existing. Then again courtesy of Obama we could maybe work out something there, as long as Hillary is elected.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-29533998108843559952016-06-20T21:19:28.112+02:002016-06-20T21:19:28.112+02:00Please, repeat your interesting comment without an...Please, repeat your interesting comment without any personal data. Thank you.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-6470294095018014012016-06-20T18:15:44.994+02:002016-06-20T18:15:44.994+02:00I have a simple question. Why the HELL are you sti...I have a simple question. Why the HELL are you still there? Aren't you a dual citizen? Come back to the U.S.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03793172971096284784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-81161959040718879002016-06-20T18:12:59.267+02:002016-06-20T18:12:59.267+02:00I used to live that way when I was in Venezuela. B...I used to live that way when I was in Venezuela. But I never ever let down on my edginess. My main problem was getting my family to up their game to a high enough level. Quite a few times I had to get into a fight with them because I refused to stop at a given place, wouldn't wait for friends being picked up even if they were only one block away, forced them to reverse directions, cross streets, enter stores they didn't like, sit at inconvenient tables near the rear of the restaurant, made them abandon routines, go late, changed routes at random, etc. <br /><br />By the way, I carried two wallets, two phones. The wallet I was willing to give up had old expired credit cards, and fake IDs. The phone to be stolen was an ok prepaid Nokia. And I carried $200 in USD to make sure they didn't get pissed off. But I never did get approached or robbed. I guess I was lucky. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-8342376849822532722016-06-20T17:36:09.683+02:002016-06-20T17:36:09.683+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-50790410902148651022016-06-20T17:28:53.246+02:002016-06-20T17:28:53.246+02:00Glad you are unharmed.Glad you are unharmed.jsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526596147319229399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-86847245507272705022016-06-20T17:25:43.469+02:002016-06-20T17:25:43.469+02:00Your comparison, to feeling like a rodent always o...Your comparison, to feeling like a rodent always on the lookout, was neat. How you can survive in that atmosphere is amazing? I suppose one gets used to the situation and adjusts, but its got to be extra hard for a thinking person.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698270745774898965noreply@blogger.com