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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 06:57 PM Original message |
Leftwing activists flock to Venezuela to soak up the socialist 'revolution' |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd be more interested in going to Bolivia. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. why Bolivia? |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Same kind of revolution there |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The new socialist President Evo Morales |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Seems like a perfect formula for reelection in Latin America |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Reminds me of Managua during the Ortega Administration |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I don't really know if that's comparable, though. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Nicaragua was only dangerous because of us |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. True |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. tips for surviving in nicaragua |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:08 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. You hit that nail on the head. |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Daniel Ortega is the current president of Nicaragua. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yes I know |
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biggerfishsmallpond (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. i can't wait to go to Cuba |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Absolutely beautiful photos. Thank you! n/t |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ew, socialism. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Democratic Socialism (nt) |
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Ordr (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Bah...well...I guess it's better than National |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It's not even that strident a brand of socialism. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. You Just Described the New Deal and What Made America a Great Nation |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Me too. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. You mean the private sector has grown faster, no? |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Let's hear it for trickle-up economics! |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Hey! Now I know you can't read German! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Too many scholars around here! n/t |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Alright, If you insist. |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. kick for later... n/t |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hey look, they didn't call them 'leftists' |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
21. my Nicaraguan coworker already invited me to a class in Caracas: |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. how many failed experiments |
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freedomnorth (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Law of historical inevitability |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. the definition of insanity |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. So 'practice' is insanity? |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. yes |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'll defer to them for the time being. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. One could say the same |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. They're already succeeding in Northern Europe. |
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selador (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. that's hardly |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-26-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Are you sure? |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 07:20 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Democratic socialism is working great in Europe |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. *Real* socialism succeeds all the time. |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm confused by the "lack of real journalism" comment. Are you suggesting |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. The US media's coverage of Latin America is horrendously biased. |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-24-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. OIC, I thought it was a slam against the Venezuelan's. My Bad. You Go! |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
32. Sounds like my kind of party! |
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freedomnorth (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 03:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Yes its a party |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 06:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. And a bad one at that |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Sorry But You are Mischaracterizing this Thread |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-25-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
48. I would love to go there. I bet it's exciting. |
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