en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/565357 Comments by Pixar http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/mental-health-view-from-quicos-window.html#IDComment46398283 Have fun, it's -10F in Denver right now. Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:44:09 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/mental-health-view-from-quicos-window.html#IDComment46398283 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/dictatorship-means-never-having-to-say.html#IDComment46271783 I thought of the same thing. I heard a piece on NPR about the direct relation between the spawn of radical politics and the 24 hour news cycle. If the loudest and most obnoxious voices are the ones that get the 1 hour show on VTV, Globo, Fox News, MSNBC then the population tends to follow the loudness and obnoxiousness as well. Tue, 8 Dec 2009 17:00:54 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/dictatorship-means-never-having-to-say.html#IDComment46271783 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/rules-for-subversives.html#IDComment45852161 Thanks for answering guys. I look forward to keep getting your opinion on Venezuelan issues now knowing that you are writing them wearing cammo and two bullet belts hung across you chests. Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:12:27 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/rules-for-subversives.html#IDComment45852161 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/rules-for-subversives.html#IDComment45843160 (cont.) To me places like these are interesting places to go get an intelligent perspective on issues that I care about. This is where I go after I read the news to see what your take is on the news. I'm I wrong? It just seems hard to me to understand where you want to take this blog when you now declare yourselves "subversive". Do you mean that all your opinions will now be viewed through the prism of subversion? If that's the case then we don't need to worry about actually starting a rebellion against Chavez any time soon (which is what most people have been talking about in this thread. It’s a big orgy of “Finally!!! Here is what we can do…) It's just that we won’t hear stuff like "If the oppo wins a majority in the 2010 National Assembly elections", or "If Chavez looses 2012". I'm I making sense...? Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:36:40 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/rules-for-subversives.html#IDComment45843160 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/rules-for-subversives.html#IDComment45843127 I've been thinking about this post all day (I'm pathetic, I know), and I have a question for Quico and Juan. How do you see yourselves? What is the reason for the existence of this (or any) blog? Are you a couple of smart, somewhat narcissistic guys who have the urge to spend a large amount of your unpaid time on writing your opinions about Venezuela and spawning conversations amongst other relatively smart and somewhat narcissistic people who make up this community? Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:36:21 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/rules-for-subversives.html#IDComment45843127 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/rules-for-subversives.html#IDComment45829568 Wow you actually do some work one morning and you guys decide to go all out on a serious conversation without me... Have you thought that people might like Chavez, even though they know he's lied in the past? I don't have the time to pull them but I've seen polls where a very high percentage of Venezuelans support a lifetime term for Chavez, or the elimination of private property. What I'm saying is that just informing people that Chavez is a dictator, or that he lies, or that he completely disregards the laws of the land might not be enough to erode his support to the point when the guys with guns have to start shooting their own families when the shit hits the fan. Let's be realistic here guys, there are countless examples of people like Chavez qhi stay in power long after they have lost public support. We're not there yet, but we will get to the point where the only way out will be related with a conversation on the lines of: "My gun is bigger than yours, so your time is up" Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:01:37 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/rules-for-subversives.html#IDComment45829568 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/intervention.html#IDComment45696278 I think most people who live outside of the country have been pessimistic for a while, those still living in Venezuela were willing to take the bad because most people were making good money, it seems like business opportunities are drying up fast so pessimism is moving in at the speed to light. Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:22:09 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/intervention.html#IDComment45696278 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/picking-up-on-new-memes.html#IDComment45594750 I'd say there is a 70% chance that 50% of the private banks will be taken over. It's the perfect oportunity to take over the banks of the "enemy" under the argument of instability. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:21:55 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/picking-up-on-new-memes.html#IDComment45594750 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/useful-illussion.html#IDComment45548834 On the fence. It's hard to think that there are people in Venezuela who still are not aware that Chavez does whatever he wants, and the Constitution/Institutions/Laws be dammed. On the other hand there are a bunch of kids who will be voting for the first time in 12/2010 so maybe these kind of ads are aimed at them. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:27:18 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/12/useful-illussion.html#IDComment45548834 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45292829 We'll have to agree to disagree on this one. I don't think that there is anything wrong with any that kind of transaction between consenting adults, I also approve of Bingos/Casinos. If the central government chooses to squeeze municipalitities out of their share of the budget and the choice is between shutting down tax paying "businesses" or shutting down essential services, I'm all for letting the girls do their thing. I looks like our ol' pals at LLA didn't get to me as much JC... ;o) Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:27:31 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45292829 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45289532 JC is your beef with the brothels per se on moral grounds (i.e. prostitution is morally wrong and as so the oppo should shut them down as part of its path to the higher moral ground) or with the fact that prostitution is typified in the code as illegal even though in reality it is a freely accepted practice in our country and as so oppo should abide by what's written and shut them down. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:55:08 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45289532 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45285984 Thxs Kepler, GG&S I've read. I'll try to find Humboldt's, it sounds like a fascinating read. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:14:48 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45285984 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45282593 As for the famed "Viveza Criolla" I have a theory about it; we hail from a 3rd world country, an uncivilized country, a country of savages. Even the most studied and accomplished have a little bit of this savageness in them, they need to have it to be able to deal with and operate in a country of savages. This savageness (Salvajismo) is what allows someone to take an undeserved scholarship from a deserving student without even blinking or the slightest shame. Face it guys, underneath those Hanes or VS panties we're still wearing the guayucos... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:36:18 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45282593 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45282529 You know, I'm willing to give brothels the benefit of the doubt. You have to think that at some point the big wigs in the Alcalde's office made an educated choice that collecting taxes from businesses that are "wink wink" illegal is more beneficial than not allowing them and having them locate somewhere else in the city. If this choice is made so those resources can be used for something like education, how can you really condemn it? Unless of course you are agaisnt the act of selling sex for money, then you condemn it. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:36:03 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/fun-with-skype.html#IDComment45282529 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/chavismos-crazy-new-pr-strategy-telling.html#IDComment43647131 I think it's more like "Yes, we're screwing YOU up. So what?" Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:48:14 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/chavismos-crazy-new-pr-strategy-telling.html#IDComment43647131 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/villa-del-tukiti.html#IDComment42962686 "Villa tel Tukiti" is brilliant! Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:12:24 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/villa-del-tukiti.html#IDComment42962686 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/owning-up-to-ones-bad-calls.html#IDComment42268020 Have to agree with Quico on this one, I don't see how a right wing nut job like DeMint sets US foreing policy any more than Glenn Beck. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:42:34 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/owning-up-to-ones-bad-calls.html#IDComment42268020 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/reproduced-verbatim.html#IDComment41975080 Good job GTAC, I think we tend to forget that behind chavismo's seemingly anarchic thought process there are indeed people who have made changing Venezuela's political system the main goal of their lives. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:04:21 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/reproduced-verbatim.html#IDComment41975080 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/reproduced-verbatim.html#IDComment41712875 //Starts saying something and then turns around and walks away shaking head Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:50:34 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/reproduced-verbatim.html#IDComment41712875 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/is-iberdrola-scamming-venezuelan.html#IDComment41560305 Good, corruption should not be allowed under any circumstance. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:58:26 +0000 http://www.caracaschronicles.com/2009/11/is-iberdrola-scamming-venezuelan.html#IDComment41560305