Eleven years, stuck in the same place...
...and everyday is exactly the same weird, warped reality as the day before, and nothing you do matters...
Yup, it's February 2nd...Happy Groundhog Day, everybody!
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Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes...
"Yo hago un llamado a todos los venezolanos para que hagamos ese acto individual y colectivo: ya basta. Aquella crisis moral de los años setenta fue la gran crisis y esa es la crisis más profunda que todavía tenemos, ese es el cáncer más terrible que todavía tenemos allí presente en todo el cuerpo de la República, esa es la raíz de todas las crisis y de toda esta gran catástrofe, mientras no curemos ese mal seguiremos hundiéndonos en la catástrofe, aúnque el petróleo llegue de nuevo ¡ojalá que no! a 40 dólarares el barril, no lo queremos, no queremos que llegue a 40 dólares el barril, pero aunque llegara y aunque lloviesen petrodólares y mucho dinero, igual sería como un alivio momentáneo, pero igual nos seguiríamos hundiendo un poco más allá, en un pantano ético y moral. Esa crisis no hubo capacidad para resolverla, la más mínima capacidad ni la más mínima voluntad para resolverla y siguió galopando como un pequeño cáncer que no es extirpado a tiempo y así llegaron los años 80 y ocurrió la segunda gran crisis, después de una serie de pequeñas perturbaciones, vino el «viernes negro». Ahora carcomió instituciones, carcomió el modelo económico y la crisis se hizo económica y comenzamos a oír en Venezuela a hablar de devaluación, de inflación, términos que habían quedado durante muchos años al recinto de los estudiosos de la economía."
-Hugo Chávez, 2 de febrero de 1999
Guess why there are no
Guess why there are no classes today?
Yep... megalomaniac day.
El Tank, I just read on VTV
that there are classes. Although I don't usually believe VTV about anything, earthquakes included: is this not just one of those typical "Venezuelans when in doubt stay at home or go to the beach"?
Quico:
Priceless quote.
I know there are no
I know there are no classes... atleast at USM and a couple others...
Are you sure that word means what you think it means?
Because I fully expected Chavez to fail since way back then. He was just telling people what they wanted to hear. I'm pretty sure he didn't believe in the moral speech he was giving. From his point of view there's no irony, only incompetence from his followers to transform his revolutionary ideas into XXI Century Socialism. If anything Chavez was suffering from a Battlestar Galactica moment: This has all happened before and it will all happen again.
This is similar to your post about how ironic it was that the head of public safety was gunned down by criminals (and expected us to laugh about it). To channel George Carlin: That wasn't ironic, that was just coincidence. You fully expect violent criminals to gun down whoever gets in their way. Now, if the POLICE who had been charged with protecting the guy had gunned him down in a case of friendly fire THAT would have been ironic.
A crisis foreseen, but not averted
I do have to give Hugo some props for his prophetic ability: "aunque lloviesen petrodólares y mucho dinero, igual sería como un alivio momentáneo, pero igual nos seguiríamos hundiendo un poco más allá". Pretty much sums up his tenure. Only problem is that "un poco" should be "mucho".
AIO
Come to think of it
Come to think of it, Bill Murray would have probably been a better president for us than Chavez, groundhog or no.
If he insisted, we could have given him a Chiguire since groundhogs are hard to come by in Venezuela.
Hey, now there's a script idea! I wonder if our bipolar friend has an agent?
Punxsutawney Phil says
"Brace yourself for six more weeks of wintry weather: Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania's world-famous prognosticating groundhog, saw his shadow when he emerged this morning from his burrow on Gobbler's Knob in Jefferson County."
Does Chavez ever see his own shadow or is he doomed to repeat the same thing over and over again? What can we say for ourselves as well ?
losing touch
Chavez is supposed to be a political genius.
Here's what he should have done today: cancel the celebration. Say that this is a time for hard work, not for partying.
But he's lost touch with the struggles Venezuelans face every day.
Miss a chance to celebrate himself? Why, the people deserve this celebration of his wonderful-ness.
There's no doubt that the guy started with a boatload of political talent. But he's in the bubble now.
February 4th - another memorable anniversary
Y'know, Quico, - you have been stuck in the same place for 11 years; chavismo has not and will keep adavncing. It's 05.50am in Caracas and we expect a good turnout today for the "marcha de la dignidad" no matter how you guys try to discourage us. Go back to noble causes and defend RCTV and CNB but at the end of the day you will have to succumb to the love which Bill Murray resisted for so long in Groundhog Day in order to break out of your timewarp. The placard is correct in the photo and believe it or not, Chávez is and will be your "Andie McDowell".
John (Evers)