Have fun, it's -10F in Denver right now.
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.
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.
(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...?
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?
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"
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.
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.
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.
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)
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