tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post2433716213851698342..comments2024-03-27T02:18:35.808-07:00Comments on LAS ARMAS DE CORONEL: Fellow travelers (Pendejos sin fronteras) become active in defense of the criminal Venezuelan regimeGustavo Coronelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048121984705082839noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-19017120954179997972014-02-22T15:32:27.322-08:002014-02-22T15:32:27.322-08:00May I add another Fellow Traveler ... oops! ... &q...May I add another Fellow Traveler ... <i>oops!</i> ... "Liar" to the list?<br /><br />Mark Weisbrot, one of the writers Oliver Stone used for his 2009 documentary polemic <i>South of the Border</i>.<br /><br />Weisbrot has just given the world another outrage to add to his impressive list of previous falsifications. He has trumpeted the Maduro lie that the protests are a Washington-sponsored coup attempt aimed at regime change in Venezuela.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/18/venezuela-protests-us-support-regime-change-mistake" rel="nofollow">Mark Weisbrot on U.S. Support for Regime Change in Venezuela</a><br /><br />There is no need to address his mishandling of the facts, except to point out that his selection of "proof" for his line of argumentation relies almost exclusively upon "studies" published by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, which has supported the programs of leftist governments in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Venzuela for years. But the weaknesses in his presentation--<i>My God! Even CNN is against him!</i>--will only lead all of us to watch as the inevitable march of history once again forces leftist intellectuals to confront the failures of the Socialist model.<br /><br />No one can talk to these leftist commentators about the cost in human lives and misery they help to sustain. The Left has never cared about human misery before, they have always been set upon transforming the way people think. And right now Venezuelans are showing the world that they think a better life can be had if Socialism for the 21st Century is set aside. Yet Mark Weisbrot would have us believe that hundreds of thousands of people showed up in the streets of Caracas today because Washington ordered them out.<br /><br />If there is any good news to be seen in the dissemination of recent information it is that some of the more respectable news organizations in the developed world are now reporting to counteract the indoctrination fostered upon us by dishonest propagandists like Mark Weisbrot and Steve Ellner.<br /><br />The London <i>Daily Telegraph</i> has an excellent review of the situation which calls down leftist commentators for fostering the lie of Maduro's democratic election, a fact it presents along with other useful information explaining the failures of the regime:<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100260605/venezuela-the-lefts-favourite-socialist-paradise-is-sliding-into-poverty-and-dictatorship/" rel="nofollow">Venezuela: the Left's Favorite 'socialist paradise' is sliding into poverty and dictatorship</a><br /><br /><i>Investor's Business Daily</i> also offers a sound analysis of the Venezuelan protests, though it is quite pessimistic about their prospects for success so long as the resistance remains passive, comparing Venezuela to the Ukraine, where protesters are much more likely to achieve their goals.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/021914-690544-venezuela-and-ukraine-are-no-velvet-revolutions.htm" rel="nofollow">Ukraine and Venezuela: This Ain't No Velvet Revolution</a><br /><br />Sadly, the following quote strikes me as frighteningly realistic:<br /><br />"<i>...It's hard to win against regimes like [Maduro's] with constant surrender. Sadly, Venezuelans have been doing this for 15 years without result....Outside the country, few understand that Venezuela is in fact ruled by communist Cuba, which has sent 60,000 personnel to infiltrate every branch of the shambling government, and which literally issues orders to its president because it needs him in power and his oil cash to keep Cuba and its failed economy afloat....</i>"<br /><br />If current events in Venezuela continue apace, Fellow Travelers like Steve Ellner, Roy Chaderton, and Mark Weisbrot will soon find themselves sitting and shaking their heads as history once again passes them by. The lights are coming on again.<br /> Jacob Sulzbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797414738375951231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-52041961251225105992014-02-22T11:14:07.623-08:002014-02-22T11:14:07.623-08:00Para Ellner, Penn y Co.
Quien y como les retribuy...Para Ellner, Penn y Co.<br /><br />Quien y como les retribuyen por esas manifestaciones a favor de la dictadura?<br /><br />Por la plata baila el mono!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-86364405514659988372014-02-21T11:50:37.850-08:002014-02-21T11:50:37.850-08:00Ellner:
None of the non-state channels and newspap...Ellner:<br /><i>None of the non-state channels and newspapers (that the vast majority of Venezuelans get their news from) supports the government and<b> most of them are ardently anti-government. </b></i><br /><br />Which non-state channels are "ardently anti-government?" [Newspapers, perhaps.]<br />Inquiring minds want to know.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Gringonoreply@blogger.com