tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post116507258816754947..comments2023-10-30T08:28:53.519-07:00Comments on The Bush Diaries: Crime Wave in VenezuelaPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1165197590977612002006-12-03T17:59:00.000-08:002006-12-03T17:59:00.000-08:00"The screen-name is not meant to be fake but rathe..."The screen-name is not meant to be fake but rather allude to a humane way of looking at fellow humans on Earth".<BR/>!!!! If you say so. Doesn't mean anything to me. Just more nonsense like the rest of your blog-blab.<BR/><BR/>You are one-half statistics, and the other half surfacey opinion. Reign it in dude.<BR/><BR/>Won't be reading your comments, so save your insipid answers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085092.post-1165108511430717852006-12-02T17:15:00.000-08:002006-12-02T17:15:00.000-08:00I was raised there, in and around Caracas. Yes, it...I was raised there, in and around Caracas. Yes, it's still the way it was when I was there. You wrote, "the police themselves are the source of some of the murderous violence." And, "the poor are still victimized by both social discrimination and virtually unchecked crime." So all three have them in daily danger. I haven't been there since 1956, and yet the people are still the same. I have talked to a few who say so, I believe them. Chavez could be the greatest thing since sliced bread, but if the military wants him out of there, I can guarantee you, he'd be gone in a heartbeat. The military is the heart of the country, as long as Chavez holds his ground, he'll be okay, if he falters... by by. Good post Peter:).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com