tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post5844796113417633058..comments2024-03-29T05:29:57.536-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Venezuela: Bozo as Al Capone, or is it Vice-Versa? [[UPDATE]]DiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-67210453229374281922021-09-28T08:42:49.523-04:002021-09-28T08:42:49.523-04:00You’ve been selling goods on the internet and busi...You’ve been selling goods on the internet and business grew enough to adopt an inventory software for your eBay store. Let’s take a look at how inventory management software can improve your business, not to mention eBay sales. <br />------------------------------------------------------<br /><a href="https://www.bloggen.be/itgeekdutch/archief.php?ID=3271183" rel="nofollow">eBay Bellen</a>Angel charlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004327337415679833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-78972862790023508052013-12-02T19:54:40.896-05:002013-12-02T19:54:40.896-05:00Chavez and now Manduro would be characters out of ...<i>Chavez and now Manduro would be characters out of one of those movies and figures of some irreverence. However they are not on our doorstep and never will be unlike the US that sits so close to them.</i><br /><br />Actually, Latin America has been more successful in the last 30 odd years at building an orderly political life than it ever was before. What looks to be happening now is the sort of long term decay experienced after 1955 in those Latin American countries which had had some time under constitutional administrations (Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay at that time).Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-41441919280117739532013-12-02T19:51:00.490-05:002013-12-02T19:51:00.490-05:00I think it was 15 years ago that Mark Falcoff said...I think it was 15 years ago that Mark Falcoff said that Venezuelans from all strata of society had misconstrued the sources of affluence, thinking it was to be found in natural resource endowments and not in the assiduous development of human capital. Ordinary Venezuelans interpreted the country's economic problems as someone thieving from them (an impression aided by brobdingnagian corruption). He said that time that Venezuelans were just going to have to learn the hard way what was what.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-66450537876915542642013-12-02T19:47:23.329-05:002013-12-02T19:47:23.329-05:00Maduro does not have the skills for that, and came...<i>Maduro does not have the skills for that, and came to power as the long-con was coming to an end. He has to go for the "Winner! Winner! Chicken dinner!" short-con approach. </i><br /><br />I got a nice agreeable laugh out of that.<br /><br />---<br /><br /><i>Noriega of Panama, Ceausescu of Romania, the Kim family of despots of the DPRK, Burnham of Guyana, Amin of Uganda, Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Mobutu of Zaire, Zelaya of Honduras, Gairy of Grenada, Bokassa of the Central African Republic/Empire, and perhaps a tiny handful of others. </i><br /><br />The analogy to Noriega, Burnham, Zelaya, and Gairy I think I understand. The rest seem too cruel and sanguinary for a match. <br />Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-37394579806017450082013-11-29T13:15:15.326-05:002013-11-29T13:15:15.326-05:00I think the elites support him because they do not...I think the elites support him because they do not fear economic damage. They feel immune and the Socialist policies make them feel good about themselves. Potemkin works with the over credentialed elites. The Obamacare fiasco might be enough to shake their faith.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-81064537999947248232013-11-25T16:21:47.267-05:002013-11-25T16:21:47.267-05:00Thanks for the welcome. I've been lurking a w...Thanks for the welcome. I've been lurking a while and find myself learning a great deal from both our host and the commenters.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856230887523751934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-54747348927268877632013-11-25T09:33:54.267-05:002013-11-25T09:33:54.267-05:00David, "wanker" does fit Lennon. That wo...David, "wanker" does fit Lennon. That word has always struck me funny. It's a shame we don't use it here in the states. He had to be under chemical influence to take up with that hag Yoko. Your new PM has an excellent command of the language. I'll bet pols in some quarters are wetting themselves by now. We hope to imitate you fairly soon.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-26466660791781609872013-11-24T21:35:22.039-05:002013-11-24T21:35:22.039-05:00Oops. That should have read "sanity will ret...Oops. That should have read "sanity will return to a great country".David from Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-77366164508774040082013-11-24T21:33:35.907-05:002013-11-24T21:33:35.907-05:00G'day Whitewall and Alpha,
Very clever Ww.
H...G'day Whitewall and Alpha,<br /><br />Very clever Ww.<br /><br />However Lennon was a hypocritical wanker who advocated that others give up what he wanted for himself and his dreams were chemically induced. Maybe he and your President would have got along well.<br /><br />I suppose I am now on the list of "undesirables" for your current homeland security mob but then I won't be back to the US until the adults are back in charge so when that happens I'll be a "friendly".<br /><br />On a happy note and nothing to do with the topic the Australian very low level delegation to the current Climate Scam Conference in Poland has upset the luvvies by wearing T-shirts to functions and not subscribing to the "Rich nations should give lots of money to poor nations". In fact our new Prime Minister is on record as having called Man Made Climate Change "crap" and has started dismantling the public trough the parasites were supping at. Life can be good.<br /><br />Chin up mates - your day will come and sanity will return to great country.David from Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-70368156873839489852013-11-24T19:38:24.199-05:002013-11-24T19:38:24.199-05:00Can't wait to see Dips column on this little e...Can't wait to see Dips column on this little escapade.<br />It will be interesting to compare this deal with the one Clinton did with NorK (and we know how that ended up).KellyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01342332734935313737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-82670395890067074582013-11-24T18:38:05.256-05:002013-11-24T18:38:05.256-05:00Can we create an award for all-star thuggery/clown...Can we create an award for all-star thuggery/clownery? Perhaps call it the Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Award?Leopoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-23990188739729565022013-11-24T13:26:41.672-05:002013-11-24T13:26:41.672-05:00"Imagine" that"Imagine" thatwhitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-22625424099214153862013-11-24T13:00:50.791-05:002013-11-24T13:00:50.791-05:00I don't think Obama is a Leninist. I think he ...I don't think Obama is a Leninist. I think he is a Lennonist.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59061195963387440012013-11-24T12:06:40.818-05:002013-11-24T12:06:40.818-05:00Ahhh, smart "diplomacy".Ahhh, smart "diplomacy".whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-25784303949109026672013-11-24T11:23:36.536-05:002013-11-24T11:23:36.536-05:00Iran: "We're not building nukes."
Cl...Iran: "We're not building nukes."<br />Clinton: "You're lying."<br />Iran: "We're not building nukes."<br />Bush: "You're lying and here's smoking-gun evidence showing that you're lying."<br />Iran: "*gulp*"<br />Iran: "We're not building nukes."<br />Obama: "Sounds good to me."<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-53816068071908097872013-11-24T10:44:57.823-05:002013-11-24T10:44:57.823-05:00Good morning David. Well I see the damnable Barack...Good morning David. Well I see the damnable Barack Obama and his cadaverous imp John Kerry have bent over and reached a sell out deal of Israel and the entire Gulf region. I have said before, Obama is a threat to America's national security. He and his fellow Leninists are managing to exact every twisted nightmarish acid induced dream the Leftist faculty lounge ever managed to conjure up. It's almost as if Obama and his junta know the sweep of history is upon them and their future is bleak, so do all the damage possible and go out in a blaze "glory".whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-40254825104348982262013-11-24T04:59:35.098-05:002013-11-24T04:59:35.098-05:00From an island [Continent and Nation] far far away...From an island [Continent and Nation] far far away I have always looked at Central and South American countries as something belonging to a Graham Greene novel or a B grade movie. Lots of machismo and precious little else. Certainly no history of any acknowledgement of true democracy. <br /><br />Chavez and now Manduro would be characters out of one of those movies and figures of some irreverence. However they are not on our doorstep and never will be unlike the US that sits so close to them.<br /><br />Militarily they cannot be a threat but it is in the damage they can do to stability in your region that must be of concern to the US in providing spring boards to people and ideologies that can do harm to you.<br /><br />Whitewall makes an excellent comparison between your current President and Chavez and Manduro. In my lifetime he is the one US President an allied nation would have cause to be concerned about in anything he says he commits to. If in doubt ask an Israeli.<br /><br />Many people watch closely how the US deals with these tin pot despots and will judge the reliability of any US Government commitment on what they see.David from Oznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-2873069315985412012013-11-23T20:36:18.294-05:002013-11-23T20:36:18.294-05:00Re your update. I have used the term "Bolivar...Re your update. I have used the term "Bolivarian" more than once to describe some of Obama's actions. He has used the financial collapse of 2008 to depress the middle class into lower class standards of living. He has launched attacks on bankers, manufacturing sectors, imaginary racists, energy execs and all political opponents. He has held himself out as the only thing standing between the mob and any opponents future prosperity. Threatening and intimidating the business and financial sector is his stock in trade. These groups, for now, are afraid of him. <br /><br />While doing this, he enjoys strong support from the poor, the under educated and oddly enough, from well off elites. His political party has just trashed the Constitution and grabbed more power in the Senate. The man is a traitor to his oath of office. Except for geography, how is Obama's m/o much different from any of the wretches mentioned in this column?whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-90168673422682888372013-11-23T19:48:35.584-05:002013-11-23T19:48:35.584-05:00That was because Britain was just losing America. ...That was because Britain was just losing America. Whereas we are losing something much more important: America.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-45861993597025652942013-11-23T19:40:42.588-05:002013-11-23T19:40:42.588-05:00"One of the world's biggest clowns-cum-th...<i>"One of the world's biggest clowns-cum-thugs/thugs-cum-clowns is Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro."</i><br /><br />He is but a poor imitation of Barack Hussein Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-62325553687346350462013-11-23T18:13:33.352-05:002013-11-23T18:13:33.352-05:00Adam Smith wrote that there was " a lot of ru...Adam Smith wrote that there was " a lot of ruin in a country".Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-67662982945157759232013-11-23T17:27:16.727-05:002013-11-23T17:27:16.727-05:00Sorry. Dyspeptic me. I suppose it is plausible tha...Sorry. Dyspeptic me. I suppose it is plausible that in the limit, the effective IQ is independent of group size.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-57556331398447976532013-11-23T13:15:26.932-05:002013-11-23T13:15:26.932-05:00Welcome, newbie. (Corrected from item below.)
Welcome, newbie. (Corrected from item below.)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-17495621149632045552013-11-23T13:14:23.451-05:002013-11-23T13:14:23.451-05:00Oops. Replied to wrong item.
Oops. Replied to wrong item.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-766493743625130902013-11-23T13:13:38.531-05:002013-11-23T13:13:38.531-05:00Welcome, newbie.
Welcome, newbie.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com