Well we will reach a tipping point. I think. I hope.
But these guys have both a well-developed sense of mission and a method that awards them the element of surprise.
I mean, this is the United States of America! Isn’t it? This kind of thing can’t happen here. . . .
Nor camps, either. No sir, not here.
Prepare yourselves for war. If you want peace you have to be ready for war.
— Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to military commanders, Alo Presidente television broadcast, November 8, 2009
People forget what a coward Chavez is. I served in our embassy there briefly and was told by people who were in country in 2002, when Chavez was deposed and returned to power in just two days’ time, that when he was first arrested he was a slobbering fool, pleading for his life. This stands in sharp distinction to the role he tries to play now, but people who remember that attempt are clear in their memory of him acting in a cowardly fashion.
Upon his return to power he tried to claim the coup was US-instigated, a charge that was accepted by other Latin Americans who think of the US as the source of all evil. And the charge was made all the more believable by the State Department’s readiness to recognize the replacement government of Pedro Carmona.
Like Neo says, though, he is now running out of other peoples’ money. Another phony unmasked, for those who care to look. F
Thugo has been running short since the collapse of the oil price next hear. His best friend will be Obama’s humongous bidget dificit, which will push inflation and drive up the price of oil. Cuba’s recent energy shortage is a consequence of Thugo’s cash flow problems. The utility companies have been starved for years for investment funds, due to 1)freezing uility rates (in the same manner that gasoline has been kept around 15 US cents per gallon for the last 10 years or so- not exactly giving to the poor; 2)funds being channeled into Thugo’s pet programs.
Daniel Duquenal’s Venezuela News & Views(Daniel Venezuela Against Tyranny in the blog link on Neo’s right side ) did a copy/paste from an article in Tal Cual. Though Daniel didn’t have the time to translate, he writes his blog in English. I have translated a paragraph, to give an idea of what it says. If you want more translated, I will be glad to do so. The gist of the article is that there were a number of technical studies from 7+ years ago that predicted Venezuela’s electrical generating system would face big problems if nothing were done. And thanks to Thugo, nothing was done. Tal Cual via Daniel’s blog: Leer y analizar los informes de los ingenieros de Edelca ¬que nos muestra el ex gobernador Andrés Velé¡squez- hechos en 2002 advirtiendo lo que ocurriréa "entre 2009 y 2010" de no tomarse las medidas adecuadas junto con hacer un plan de inversiones que ellos detallaron, es comprender la causa de la actual crisis de energéa eléctrica.Mas claro si se consultan dos informes de los ingenieros de Cadafe. Uno de 1997 y otro de 1999 ya con Ché¡vez en el gobierno.My translation:We can comprehend the cause of the current electrical energy crisis after reading and analyzing Edelca engineering reports from 2002 that former Governor Andrés Velé¡squez shows us. The engineering reports warned what would occur “between 2009 and 20010” if adequate measures were not taken. The reports’ detailed investment plans indicated what measures to take. The cause of the crisis becomes clearer yet if one were to consult two Cadafe engineering reports: one from 1997, and the other from 1999, when Ché¡vez already headed the government.Caracas Gringo (not I) has an interesting article which compares Venezuela’s current electrical generating problems to a crippling accident several months ago in large hydroelectric plant in Siberia. It links to some photos of the accident in the Boston Globe. Devil’s Excrement linked to some photos showing abysmal maintenance at a thermoelectric plant. Thanks to Thugo. Truly, a picture can be worth a thousands words. No translation is necessary.
Thugo has been juggling balls for years, and in the process has been able to accumulate more and more power. I doubt he will be forced out until Venezuela is at the point of total collapse, and a mob from the slums storms the presidential palace.
Correct to :Thugo has been running short since the collapse of the oil price last year.
Although it is still unlikely that Chavez would bring on a war with Columbia at this time, he may reasonably conclude that the USA would not stand in his way as it would under Bush. Given the strange policy espoused by Obama with regard to the “coup” in Honduras, Chavez might even believe that the USA would back any such adventure on his part. He might even approach Obama (if he has not done so already) seeking our support oor at least nonintervention.
If the situation in Venezuela worsens, as it will, there may come a point at which Chavez must conclude that his only chance at survival is to bring on a war with Columbia, even if not popular with even his supporters. The question is whether he has the financial wherewithal to win a protracted war given all the money he has wasted and the wreck he has made of the Venezuelan economy.
Chavez has been buying billions of dollars of advanced Russian arms and may be itching to use them. He has also been spending the oil revenues of Venezuela to prop up statist regimes in Equador, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Honduras (unsuccessfully). He does not have the unanimous support of the people and reports of unrest are common. At some point in time the people of Venezuela will call him to account for wasting their money and resources and it will not be pretty, as he will not be allowed to get on a plane and fly out of the country like Batista for fear that he would want to return and start over.
Only a coup could remove Chavez now. Look at North Korea for a textbook case of insane mismanagement and abuse yet Kim Jong is still there.
Kim Jong Il is still there because of the simple fact that a starving nation does not have enough energy to rise up.
The situation in Venezuela did not happen overnight – they’ve allowed themselves to be cooked slowly.
Now many may not want to rock the boat as doing so may be considered as potentially making things worse than they already are.
For some, it may be a case preferring to deal with the devil (and economic situation) they know rather than risk something worse (at least in their minds).
There’s also the case that many did support this jerk, and now to argue against him would require them to admit they were so utterly wrong about him (sound familiar?).
By the time they truly become desperate, it may be too late to do anything but starve.
there is a war coming.
russian civil defense czar went there.
there is a big contingent of arms and such with experts coming in december.
nicaragua is on the brink.
wake up.
you guys didnt hear about the troops moved to the borders? the quote i pasted above was from LAST WEEK..
when a despot runs out of money, imperialism is what they do. russia did it… and kept painting the US as the same. but the US didnt need a millstone, and chavez needs something to completely throw off the issue.
when i post short… ya dont get it.
when i post long, you dont want to read it.
Chavez outburst puts Mercosur vote on hold http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/11/13/Chavez-outburst-puts-Mercosur-vote-on-hold/UPI-17851258088488/
Chavez angered the Brazilian senators after going on air to urge his people to prepare for war with Colombia, which recently agreed to let the U.S. military use its bases to fight drug cartels and rebels. Venezuela opposes the U.S. use of Colombian bases and calls it a preparation for a U.S. invasion of oil-rich Colombia to capture its resources.
i said over a year ago that this is where they are going to go with it. why? because it takes over a year to set it up. he needed to upgrade, get experties, buy new weapons… etc.
why do you think he has no cash now?
i laid out his buying and licensing and building of factories to build land mines, ak105s and dragunove sniper rifles.
thats what you do when you have insurgency warfare in the cities…
and he has been rolling through the country side attacking people. remember he now controls the news, so a lot will no longer be reported.
maybe thats why obama wants the news too? sheesh.
anyone pay attention to the part of the climate cap law that passed that gives obama emergency powers when we dont meet the ppm marks? which we cant since china and others wont comply. so its basically a law that gives him emergency powers.
hitler did that too.. no?
President Hugo Chavez’s government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups.
The deployment to the Venezuelan border states of Zulia, Tachira, Apure, Amazonas and Bolivar follows shootings involving troops and gunmen that have heightened tensions between the two countries. The latest came Thursday when pro-Chavez lawmaker Iris Varela said Venezuelan soldiers killed a suspected Colombian paramilitary fighter and detained five others near the border.
Cuba is also rotting from the inside and yet Fidel is still there. Leftists rarely leave without violence.
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Funny you should mention Hugo Chavez.
Obama Administration Intends to Purge Republicans From the Civil Service
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Yeah, I saw that (ht: Instapundit).
Well we will reach a tipping point. I think. I hope.
But these guys have both a well-developed sense of mission and a method that awards them the element of surprise.
I mean, this is the United States of America! Isn’t it? This kind of thing can’t happen here. . . .
Nor camps, either. No sir, not here.
Prepare yourselves for war. If you want peace you have to be ready for war.
— Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to military commanders, Alo Presidente television broadcast, November 8, 2009
People forget what a coward Chavez is. I served in our embassy there briefly and was told by people who were in country in 2002, when Chavez was deposed and returned to power in just two days’ time, that when he was first arrested he was a slobbering fool, pleading for his life. This stands in sharp distinction to the role he tries to play now, but people who remember that attempt are clear in their memory of him acting in a cowardly fashion.
Upon his return to power he tried to claim the coup was US-instigated, a charge that was accepted by other Latin Americans who think of the US as the source of all evil. And the charge was made all the more believable by the State Department’s readiness to recognize the replacement government of Pedro Carmona.
Like Neo says, though, he is now running out of other peoples’ money. Another phony unmasked, for those who care to look. F
Thugo has been running short since the collapse of the oil price next hear. His best friend will be Obama’s humongous bidget dificit, which will push inflation and drive up the price of oil. Cuba’s recent energy shortage is a consequence of Thugo’s cash flow problems. The utility companies have been starved for years for investment funds, due to 1)freezing uility rates (in the same manner that gasoline has been kept around 15 US cents per gallon for the last 10 years or so- not exactly giving to the poor; 2)funds being channeled into Thugo’s pet programs.
Daniel Duquenal’s Venezuela News & Views(Daniel Venezuela Against Tyranny in the blog link on Neo’s right side ) did a copy/paste from an article in Tal Cual. Though Daniel didn’t have the time to translate, he writes his blog in English. I have translated a paragraph, to give an idea of what it says. If you want more translated, I will be glad to do so. The gist of the article is that there were a number of technical studies from 7+ years ago that predicted Venezuela’s electrical generating system would face big problems if nothing were done. And thanks to Thugo, nothing was done. Tal Cual via Daniel’s blog: Leer y analizar los informes de los ingenieros de Edelca ¬que nos muestra el ex gobernador Andrés Velé¡squez- hechos en 2002 advirtiendo lo que ocurriréa "entre 2009 y 2010" de no tomarse las medidas adecuadas junto con hacer un plan de inversiones que ellos detallaron, es comprender la causa de la actual crisis de energéa eléctrica.Mas claro si se consultan dos informes de los ingenieros de Cadafe. Uno de 1997 y otro de 1999 ya con Ché¡vez en el gobierno.My translation:We can comprehend the cause of the current electrical energy crisis after reading and analyzing Edelca engineering reports from 2002 that former Governor Andrés Velé¡squez shows us. The engineering reports warned what would occur “between 2009 and 20010” if adequate measures were not taken. The reports’ detailed investment plans indicated what measures to take. The cause of the crisis becomes clearer yet if one were to consult two Cadafe engineering reports: one from 1997, and the other from 1999, when Ché¡vez already headed the government.Caracas Gringo (not I) has an interesting article which compares Venezuela’s current electrical generating problems to a crippling accident several months ago in large hydroelectric plant in Siberia. It links to some photos of the accident in the Boston Globe.
Devil’s Excrement linked to some photos showing abysmal maintenance at a thermoelectric plant. Thanks to Thugo. Truly, a picture can be worth a thousands words. No translation is necessary.
Thugo has been juggling balls for years, and in the process has been able to accumulate more and more power. I doubt he will be forced out until Venezuela is at the point of total collapse, and a mob from the slums storms the presidential palace.
Correct to :Thugo has been running short since the collapse of the oil price last year.
Although it is still unlikely that Chavez would bring on a war with Columbia at this time, he may reasonably conclude that the USA would not stand in his way as it would under Bush. Given the strange policy espoused by Obama with regard to the “coup” in Honduras, Chavez might even believe that the USA would back any such adventure on his part. He might even approach Obama (if he has not done so already) seeking our support oor at least nonintervention.
If the situation in Venezuela worsens, as it will, there may come a point at which Chavez must conclude that his only chance at survival is to bring on a war with Columbia, even if not popular with even his supporters. The question is whether he has the financial wherewithal to win a protracted war given all the money he has wasted and the wreck he has made of the Venezuelan economy.
Chavez has been buying billions of dollars of advanced Russian arms and may be itching to use them. He has also been spending the oil revenues of Venezuela to prop up statist regimes in Equador, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Honduras (unsuccessfully). He does not have the unanimous support of the people and reports of unrest are common. At some point in time the people of Venezuela will call him to account for wasting their money and resources and it will not be pretty, as he will not be allowed to get on a plane and fly out of the country like Batista for fear that he would want to return and start over.
Only a coup could remove Chavez now. Look at North Korea for a textbook case of insane mismanagement and abuse yet Kim Jong is still there.
Kim Jong Il is still there because of the simple fact that a starving nation does not have enough energy to rise up.
The situation in Venezuela did not happen overnight – they’ve allowed themselves to be cooked slowly.
Now many may not want to rock the boat as doing so may be considered as potentially making things worse than they already are.
For some, it may be a case preferring to deal with the devil (and economic situation) they know rather than risk something worse (at least in their minds).
There’s also the case that many did support this jerk, and now to argue against him would require them to admit they were so utterly wrong about him (sound familiar?).
By the time they truly become desperate, it may be too late to do anything but starve.
there is a war coming.
russian civil defense czar went there.
there is a big contingent of arms and such with experts coming in december.
nicaragua is on the brink.
wake up.
you guys didnt hear about the troops moved to the borders? the quote i pasted above was from LAST WEEK..
when a despot runs out of money, imperialism is what they do. russia did it… and kept painting the US as the same. but the US didnt need a millstone, and chavez needs something to completely throw off the issue.
when i post short… ya dont get it.
when i post long, you dont want to read it.
Chavez outburst puts Mercosur vote on hold
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/11/13/Chavez-outburst-puts-Mercosur-vote-on-hold/UPI-17851258088488/
Chavez angered the Brazilian senators after going on air to urge his people to prepare for war with Colombia, which recently agreed to let the U.S. military use its bases to fight drug cartels and rebels. Venezuela opposes the U.S. use of Colombian bases and calls it a preparation for a U.S. invasion of oil-rich Colombia to capture its resources.
i said over a year ago that this is where they are going to go with it. why? because it takes over a year to set it up. he needed to upgrade, get experties, buy new weapons… etc.
why do you think he has no cash now?
i laid out his buying and licensing and building of factories to build land mines, ak105s and dragunove sniper rifles.
thats what you do when you have insurgency warfare in the cities…
and he has been rolling through the country side attacking people. remember he now controls the news, so a lot will no longer be reported.
maybe thats why obama wants the news too? sheesh.
anyone pay attention to the part of the climate cap law that passed that gives obama emergency powers when we dont meet the ppm marks? which we cant since china and others wont comply. so its basically a law that gives him emergency powers.
hitler did that too.. no?
President Hugo Chavez’s government is sending 15,000 soldiers to the border with Colombia, saying the military buildup is needed to increase security, combat drug trafficking and root out paramilitary groups.
The deployment to the Venezuelan border states of Zulia, Tachira, Apure, Amazonas and Bolivar follows shootings involving troops and gunmen that have heightened tensions between the two countries. The latest came Thursday when pro-Chavez lawmaker Iris Varela said Venezuelan soldiers killed a suspected Colombian paramilitary fighter and detained five others near the border.
Cuba is also rotting from the inside and yet Fidel is still there. Leftists rarely leave without violence.