I love regularly reading Scott’s Burtonterrace blog (the only blog by a non-Venezuelan under “For a better Venezuela” on the left) there are always interesting links, stories and articles and he does have a genuine interest in the problems of Venezuela. In the last few days he has had a number of interesting posts that I enjoyed:
-It does give you perspective to read the letter by poet Manuel Vasquez from jail in Babalu blog, posted by Val Prieto. All of those that admire the Cuban revolution should pause and read this sentence in Vasquez’ letter:
“Of paradise, Cuba has only had the perilous passage, a danger-strewn Styx, that daring navigators have desperately discovered in the Straits of Florida, in which they envision the promise of a better life after having faced Cerberus”
or this one
“Thousands pay with their imprisonment the quota of suffering that periodically punishes the nation. Faced with the impossibility of lowering social pressures through another massive exodus, the regime has been forced to substitute imprisonment for migration”
Follow the links and you will enjoy the reaction by Little Tiny Lies blasting the pro-Castro apologists or Chicago Boyz blasting tourist ads by Cuba.
-There is also a link to Haitipundit, a regular blog from that island which is so close yet so far.
-Or a link to the cult to that strange Venezuelan deity “Maria Lionza”.
and you have to love Scott’s question:
Neo-conservative-liberalism?
Is it just me, or have the poles flipped? Right is wrong, and up is down. Just decades ago, mention Pinochet and the left would tremble with indignation. But today, they coddle Castro, cheer on Chavez, oppose overthrowing Saddam and think we should give Kim Jung Il whatever he wants to keep to himself, no matter that he’s starving his own people. Who’s really liberal and or conservative anymore? Seems the left is suddenly for “status quo”. Conservatives now are for overthrowing the old paradigms and creating a huge swath of self-determined peoples, free from the shackles of tyranny. Free speech, basic human rights, government by the people were once hallmarks of the liberal intellectual. It was conservatives who installed and coddled dictatorships. Why the sudden seismic shift?
Think about it, I do all the time…
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