EFerrari
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Sun Aug-23-09 06:58 PM
Response to Reply #31 |
| 37. But that didn't happen. And no, Venezuela is not failing today. |
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They've surfed this crisis very well and now oil prices are back up again.
You doomsayers have been proven wrong over and over and over again. It amazes me that you can continue with your dire predictions that never materialize. That must be exhausting.
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| -Venezuela sees economy skirting recession-report |
Judi Lynn |
Aug-23-09 01:21 PM |
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No doubt someone is going to claim responsibility when in actuality... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 01:35 PM |
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Both of which |
dipsydoodle |
Aug-23-09 01:38 PM |
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Instead of listening to what's trendy try talking to people who live in Venezuela.. |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:04 PM |
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Link it. |
Wilms |
Aug-23-09 06:08 PM |
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Very well... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:27 PM |
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LOL. That's hilarious. |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:30 PM |
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Wow... maybe you should go back and read it... he was nearly ousted because of FAILURES of the 1990s |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:33 PM |
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No thanks. Chavez was nearly ousted because he moved against |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:55 PM |
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Chavez was restored to power by his own people |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-23-09 08:15 PM |
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I knew Venuezula was doing something right and that is why we were attacking them behind the scenes. |
earcandle |
Aug-23-09 09:04 PM |
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I'd imagine most countries economies are affected by the largest resource. |
Wilms |
Aug-23-09 06:30 PM |
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The OP's link is... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:35 PM |
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Actually, your remark alleged impropriety. |
Wilms |
Aug-23-09 06:45 PM |
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What I said... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:55 PM |
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The sum of the "bad times" of his leadership is this last quarter |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 07:10 PM |
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No the sum of the total of his leadership time actually. Not just the last four years. |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 07:12 PM |
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Chavez came into office in 1999. The GDP dropped between 1-2 per cent |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 07:28 PM |
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So that it's clear, I'll reprint your post I've asked you to provide a cite for. |
Wilms |
Aug-23-09 07:35 PM |
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Wilms |
Aug-23-09 10:22 PM |
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Who are YOU listening to in Venezuela? |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:08 PM |
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I tend to listen to those who aren't getting what they were promised... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:12 PM |
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I don't listen to anyone but read everything and do the math. |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:14 PM |
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Well before the oil price boom of the late 2000's you had this... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:17 PM |
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Actually, oil is at over $70 right now. And the Ven government |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:23 PM |
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And yet their economy is shrinking... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:32 PM |
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Well it could be a lagging effect, of sorts. |
Wilms |
Aug-23-09 06:50 PM |
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We would need to take certain factors into count... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 07:05 PM |
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Yes. Which is ironic given the belligerence with which the US and Corporate Media treat LA. n/t |
Wilms |
Aug-23-09 07:37 PM |
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Too bad we didn't get their bailout. |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:51 PM |
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If you want to argue about the bail out I'd be glad to... but I'm not doing it here... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 07:09 PM |
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But in general, their strategy would have been better for us. |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 07:15 PM |
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CEO's pay isn't what doomed our economy... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 07:23 PM |
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Actually, the pre-Chavez Venezuelan economy did resemble ours. |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 07:39 PM |
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That's not an answer. |
Wilms |
Aug-23-09 06:16 PM |
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I'm sure someone from Venezuela... |
WriteDown |
Aug-23-09 06:11 PM |
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Let's hope so... because it takes citizenship to be knowlegable... Just like in US politics. |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:13 PM |
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LOL By the same logic, we should just shut down our schools |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:16 PM |
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No, by my logic it takes more than citizenship to be knowlegeable. |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:20 PM |
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Your post didn't say that. n/t |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:25 PM |
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It did and still does actually. Notice... no edit mark. |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:36 PM |
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Maybe you dropped a word then. No, your post doesn't say that |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 07:00 PM |
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You can read it above for heaven's sake! |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 07:10 PM |
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So can you - so why don't you? |
bitchkitty |
Aug-24-09 12:21 PM |
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That's funny. That same oil was under the ground when |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:18 PM |
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Not what I said. |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:43 PM |
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In the period before that, there was abject poverty |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:53 PM |
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You can't know that. It was the same under Chavez from 1999-2001... |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 07:11 PM |
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Of course I can know that. The vultures that have preyed |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 07:31 PM |
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Yes well and those oil profits are now going to the people |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-23-09 09:21 PM |
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But Venezuela has had oil and natural gas |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-24-09 12:54 AM |
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LOL! After five years of astonishing economic growth, nearly 10% per year, with most of the growth |
Peace Patriot |
Aug-23-09 01:43 PM |
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How 'bout a link? |
Wilms |
Aug-23-09 05:58 PM |
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Venezuelan economy shrinks for the first time since 2003 |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:11 PM |
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Here are some numbers |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-23-09 09:53 PM |
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If not for the food shortages and runaway inflation.... |
WriteDown |
Aug-23-09 06:10 PM |
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1996 99.9% oh wait, wrong decade.nt. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-23-09 09:23 PM |
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Had however the recession decimated oil prices... it would be quite the opposite. |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 06:48 PM |
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But that didn't happen. And no, Venezuela is not failing today. |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 06:58 PM |
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Did they cause oil prices to go up? Absolutely not! They are not the drivers of their fortunes. |
Fearless |
Aug-23-09 07:14 PM |
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You're looking at a static model when Venezuela is anything but static. |
EFerrari |
Aug-23-09 07:32 PM |
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There really aren't going to be any more bad years for oil prices. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-23-09 09:32 PM |
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This supportst that as well... |
WriteDown |
Aug-24-09 08:26 AM |
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They mirror these states... |
WriteDown |
Aug-24-09 08:27 AM |
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you really can't stand that Venezuela isn't failing. |
Warren Stupidity |
Aug-23-09 09:26 PM |
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Nail on the head! nt |
jasi2006 |
Aug-24-09 12:58 AM |
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Name removed |
Aug-23-09 04:28 PM |
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Rec'd this good news |
sabrina 1 |
Aug-23-09 08:24 PM |
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UnReKKK for HUH?!1 n/t |
UTUSN |
Aug-23-09 09:02 PM |
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One of Hugo Chavez's favorite authors: Eduardo Galeano Contemplates History's Paradoxes |
Judi Lynn |
Aug-24-09 01:57 AM |
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