From my brother the Tyromaniac:
First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
– Mahatma Ghandi
I sure hope Ghandi knew what he was talking about….we are in “they are fighting us” stage here…..
Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
From my brother the Tyromaniac:
First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.
– Mahatma Ghandi
I sure hope Ghandi knew what he was talking about….we are in “they are fighting us” stage here…..


Venezuelan Flag Kite My wife, fired from PDVSA proudly wears her ID card


A special marcher What can I say….


The flag all over her Gral. Gonzales Gonzales, one of the dissident military


Nice pic, no? Nice Body, no?


Well preserved momma with kids Oil well


Religious symbols reportedly scare Chavez Two more…..




not one more death From Chavez’ home state: we are driving him crazy


You are kicked out PDVSA will not surrender


Looking for opposition boyfriend preferably ex-PDVSA






My march T-shirt Keep Fighting



Truck with petition supporting PDVSA Flags and no to communism PDVSA worker proudly shows her ID
(More in photos in the Pictures and other subsections)
I think Venezuelans should emulate the Central Park protest yesterday where 30 naked women wrote out the word “Bush” with their bodies on the snow

We have a number of advantages. First of all it is warm. Second there are so many women protesters we could probably write out the Constitution with their bodies on Caracas’ highways. Third they are very pretty so the country will, once again, come to a standstill. I also propose men participate. This might not get rid of Chavez, but it will be a lot of fun for all and will make a lot of Chavista men switch sides in envy. I am sure the Vice-President will say the women were ugly, nobody enjoyed it and it never took place anyway.
(This type of protest is catching on, I already reported on a similar one in San Francisco, where the word peace was written out by 50 naked women)
Fortune magazine has an article about the origin of the term The Devil’s Excrement (The term not my blog!)