tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post4310506803087233109..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Get Back to the Chickens and PigsAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-6434568640609277922013-01-13T15:57:07.540-08:002013-01-13T15:57:07.540-08:00Good. :-)Good. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82012131749158271832013-01-12T01:21:26.218-08:002013-01-12T01:21:26.218-08:00Apart from a historical point of view ( which has ...Apart from a historical point of view ( which has enlightend me once again) this post was hillarious! Love the way you work with words " dumped in the dustbin" or "spent an eye-watering trillion" and lastly "..gone step by step down the primrose path to economic ruin. The cupboard is bare." Time for my 2nd cup of "java" and will read the rest of your posts later this afternoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32431793210189732242013-01-09T15:46:47.457-08:002013-01-09T15:46:47.457-08:00Antisthenes, perverse is not the word! History te...Antisthenes, perverse is not the word! History teaches us that we learn nothing from history. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42240986201336688132013-01-09T15:45:12.248-08:002013-01-09T15:45:12.248-08:00Ah, Dennis, you will get no argument from me on th...Ah, Dennis, you will get no argument from me on that! Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66982232605726643652013-01-09T15:44:41.750-08:002013-01-09T15:44:41.750-08:00Exactly, Joe. Exactly, Joe. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-20844863475595102902013-01-09T15:44:26.563-08:002013-01-09T15:44:26.563-08:00And the irony, Calvin, is that it is potentially t...And the irony, Calvin, is that it is potentially the richest country in South America. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-34952463228548319412013-01-09T15:43:25.949-08:002013-01-09T15:43:25.949-08:00Viva la Muerte! Viva la Muerte! Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-27539207869025876442013-01-09T10:18:40.303-08:002013-01-09T10:18:40.303-08:00All revolutions or regime changes seem to do in pl...All revolutions or regime changes seem to do in places like Venezuela is swap one set of thugs for another set. It took centuries for developed nations to reach the levels of democracy and competence that they now enjoy so perhaps it is no surprise that developing nations lag far behind. However developing nations do have the advantage that developed nations did not have in that they have developed nations templates from which to build upon. It is very strange though that those templates are largely ignored. Also now developed nations are throwing away all their gains by embracing socialist practices that have been known to have failed in the past and are being seen to be failing in the present. We humans are perverse or what?Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4925854702750910452013-01-08T21:29:10.647-08:002013-01-08T21:29:10.647-08:00While I consider El Commandante to be a despicable...While I consider El Commandante to be a despicable demagogue, the archetypal "chav", I make no moral distinction between Chavez squandering his country's oil wealth and enriching his family in the process and Sheikh Mansur of Abu Dhabi squandering his country's oil wealth on a football team (Manchester City).<br />Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49928083000491189872013-01-08T21:03:31.552-08:002013-01-08T21:03:31.552-08:00I think you've put your finger on something I ...I think you've put your finger on something I was struggling to grasp: if Venezuala is so enlightened, what's he doing getting treatment in Cuba?Joe Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13813771610543530480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-12542069270355384292013-01-08T17:37:38.771-08:002013-01-08T17:37:38.771-08:00I have a young cousin, probably headed for the Sta...I have a young cousin, probably headed for the State Dept., who specialized in Latin American studies and has been traveling all over South America in the past few years. The Peruvians hired him to walk all the trails around Machu Picchu and write a hiker's guide. He lived in Pablo Escobar's old hideout in Colombia for 6 months. He spent a year in Cuba doing post-grad studies. According to him, Venezuela is the worst. It was no paradise before Chavez, but really took a dive when he took over. Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4445768579298678862013-01-08T16:36:26.886-08:002013-01-08T16:36:26.886-08:00Die a little faster Hugo! and you too Fidel!Die a little faster Hugo! and you too Fidel!anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com