tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post112544310708793759..comments2023-10-28T04:12:12.714-06:00Comments on THIS DIVIDED STATE - Official Blog of the Filmmakers: Good LeadersEliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600841645881080576noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125465263370379082005-08-30T23:14:00.000-06:002005-08-30T23:14:00.000-06:00I'm trying to write my fucking speech. I'm just go...I'm trying to write my fucking speech. I'm just going to play 18 minutes of the film and then spend 2 minutes plugging the DVD. END...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14516741404829369165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125465165200726492005-08-30T23:12:00.000-06:002005-08-30T23:12:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125463333722190972005-08-30T22:42:00.000-06:002005-08-30T22:42:00.000-06:00For better or worse, violence and revolution have ...For better or worse, violence and revolution have played a major role in the much of Latin Americas political landscape. <BR/>I just think it is scary to see how unacceptable the US deems any Latin American leader who commands natural resources and does not bend to their (or the World Bank's) every wish. <BR/>I'm not trying to glorify or demonize him, but I have a feeling this Chavez fella is going to shake the world and it will be interesting to see how his legacy unfolds. And I also pray that Venezuela will be able to legally extradite Pat Robertson. That would be... well. Just.Eliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600841645881080576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125460815959512502005-08-30T22:00:00.000-06:002005-08-30T22:00:00.000-06:00In fact, the omelette thing... I was actually quo...In fact, the omelette thing... I was actually quoting the Joker from the first Tim Burton Batman picture.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086411448964347304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125460600922532422005-08-30T21:56:00.000-06:002005-08-30T21:56:00.000-06:00Word of note: I was being sarcastic.But I also ha...Word of note: I was being sarcastic.<BR/><BR/>But I also have to say, if you could drive a tank into the White House and do to America what it looks like Chavez has done to Venezuela, wouldn't you do it too?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086411448964347304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125459924093621032005-08-30T21:45:00.000-06:002005-08-30T21:45:00.000-06:00Make an Omlette- a "FREE" IraqBreaking some eggs- ...Make an Omlette- a "FREE" Iraq<BR/><BR/>Breaking some eggs- over 1800 US troops dead.<BR/><BR/>Not a good quote and it doesn't justify murder and corruption....https://www.blogger.com/profile/14516741404829369165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125459847505621022005-08-30T21:44:00.000-06:002005-08-30T21:44:00.000-06:00Another quick note to explain myself:I was also a ...Another quick note to explain myself:<BR/><BR/>I was also a Republican when I lived in Venezuela. So I didn't see Chavez through the beautiful eyes of my current Fucking Pinko Communist idealogy....https://www.blogger.com/profile/14516741404829369165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125459789755055372005-08-30T21:43:00.000-06:002005-08-30T21:43:00.000-06:00Well...You can't make an omelette without breaking...Well...<BR/><BR/>You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086411448964347304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125459712198720972005-08-30T21:41:00.000-06:002005-08-30T21:41:00.000-06:00I'll post a larger explanation on my opinion of Ch...I'll post a larger explanation on my opinion of Chavez later, but for now:<BR/><BR/>Having lived in Venezuela for 2 years under Chavez rule, I'm not a fan. Maybe I need to go back and get my facts together, but the guy's a nutbar.<BR/><BR/>Also, Chavez wasn't democratically elected. He drove a tank through the Venezuelan White House and overthrew the government. Then he was actually elected a few years later. <BR/><BR/>The government, police, and army in Venezuela are EXTREMELY corrupt. I've witnessed murder and corruption with my own eyes. Fucking straight up. <BR/><BR/>And Dulles International is in Washington DC. Ronald Reagan Washington is also an airport in DC. 2 airports. <BR/><BR/>-steve...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14516741404829369165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125458272984971212005-08-30T21:17:00.000-06:002005-08-30T21:17:00.000-06:00Dulles international in NY. I think it has since ...Dulles international in NY. I think it has since been renamed Ronald McRegan ans if that's any better.<BR/>I hope someone else chimes in here some time.<BR/><BR/>Viva Zapata!Eliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600841645881080576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125455432541332842005-08-30T20:30:00.000-06:002005-08-30T20:30:00.000-06:00P.S. I mean "alive" in a political sense. I don't...P.S. I mean "alive" in a political sense. I don't mean to imply that United Fruit killed Arbenz. But I also don't mean to imply that they wouldn't have had he not resigned under threat of invasion.<BR/><BR/>Cavez in 08!Eliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600841645881080576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125455286127479832005-08-30T20:28:00.000-06:002005-08-30T20:28:00.000-06:00Didn't those United Fruit guys get an airport name...Didn't those United Fruit guys get an airport named after them, in honor of their atrocoties?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086411448964347304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-1125454572764414062005-08-30T20:16:00.000-06:002005-08-30T20:16:00.000-06:00I'm glad there are "strong arm communist dictators...I'm glad there are "strong arm communist dictators" who care for the poor in the U.S. while our President plays golf and snubs greiving mothers of fallen soldiers. Chavez reminds me of another communist president Jacobo Arbenz who Guatemala democratically elected in the 1950s. He siezed dormant farmlands owned by United Fruit and gave it back to the peasant population. What a monster! <BR/>I just pray that Chavez stays alive longer than Arbenz did. It's funny how brutal a fruit company can get when someone gets in their way, just imagine how a Texas oil cowboy will react.Eliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600841645881080576noreply@blogger.com