The Devil's Excrement

An important change took place this week in Venezuela which should not go unnoticed. President Hugo Chavez changed his old Minister of the Interior and Justice Lucas Rincon (below left), famous for saying on the evening of April 11th. 2002 “The President was asked to resign and he accepted it” earning him the nickname Pinocchio, for Jesse Chacon who particiapted in the murders of innocent civilians on Nov. 27th. 1992 during the failed coup (below right)

A friend has now corrected me, telling me that despite claims in newspapers, teh guy below is not Jesse Chacon and above is the picture he sent of Chacon that same day after the takeover of Canal Ocho. he was there but did not pose for the icture below over the civilian guard at the TV station. I stand corrected.

An important change took place this week in Venezuela which should not go unnoticed. President Hugo Chavez changed his old Minister of the Interior and Justice Lucas Rincon (below left), famous for saying on the evening of April 11th. 2002 “The President was asked to resign and he accepted it” earning him the nickname Pinocchio, for Jesse Chacon who particiapted in the murders of innocent civilians on Nov. 27th. 1992 during the failed coup (below right)

A friend has now corrected me, telling me that despite claims in newspapers, teh guy below is not Jesse Chacon and above is the picture he sent of Chacon that same day after the takeover of Canal Ocho. he was there but did not pose for the icture below over the civilian guard at the TV station. I stand corrected.

These imaginary dialogues could have been part of the comments section of this blog:

-January 2004, Juan Chavista and Pepe Opposition meet to have coffee:

JuanCh: You see, I knew there was fraud, Chavez is saying it.

PepeOpp: Come on Juan, just because Chavez says it does not make it true.

JuanCh: But you have to admit the signatures have the same calligraphy so it needs to be investigated.

PepeOpp: But the international observers saw the person gathering the signatures writing the names

JuanCh: Didn’t you see the four cases Chávez showed on Sunday.

PepeOpp: That does not prove anything; it’s only a small sample.

JuanCh: Let’s do an audit of all the signatures

PepeOpp: That’s ridiculous and a waste of time.

JuanCh: It isn’t a waste of time, if it clears the air.

PepeOpp: But a sample will tell you the truth.

JuanCh: But Rodriguez said a sample was not valid.

PepeOpp: What does Rodriguez knows about statistics, he is a psychiatrist.

JuanCh: You guys just have to be patient, what’s the rush?

PepeOpp: The rush is this is going to take forever and that’s not good for the country.

JuanCh: Why don’t you accept the truth, there was fraud and you did not get the signatures.

-August 2004, Juan Chavista and Pepe Opposition meet to have an arepa:

PepeOpp: You see, I knew there was fraud, the CD is saying it.

JuanCh: Come on Pepe, just because the CD says it does not make it true.

PepeOpp: But you have to admit the results are funny, so it needs to be investigated.

JuanCh: But the international observers saw the lines of Chavistas and said the results match.

PepeOpp: Didn’t you see the coincidences and the exit polls the CD showed.

JuanCh:  does not prove anything, it’s only a small sample and who believes in exit polls.

PepeOpp: Let’s do an audit of all the votes

JuanCh: It’s ridiculous and a waste of time.

PepeOpp: It isn’t a waste of time, if it clears the air.

JuanCh: But a sample will tell you the truth.

PepeOpp: How do you know where the fraud took place and if the boxes were changed?

PepeOpp: You guys just have to be patient, what’s the rush?

JuanCh: The rush is this is going to take forever and that’s not good for the country.

PepeOpp: Why don’t you accept the truth, there was fraud and the “Si” won.

These imaginary dialogues could have been part of the comments section of this blog:

-January 2004, Juan Chavista and Pepe Opposition meet to have coffee:

JuanCh: You see, I knew there was fraud, Chavez is saying it.

PepeOpp: Come on Juan, just because Chavez says it does not make it true.

JuanCh: But you have to admit the signatures have the same calligraphy so it needs to be investigated.

PepeOpp: But the international observers saw the person gathering the signatures writing the names

JuanCh: Didn’t you see the four cases Chávez showed on Sunday.

PepeOpp: That does not prove anything; it’s only a small sample.

JuanCh: Let’s do an audit of all the signatures

PepeOpp: That’s ridiculous and a waste of time.

JuanCh: It isn’t a waste of time, if it clears the air.

PepeOpp: But a sample will tell you the truth.

JuanCh: But Rodriguez said a sample was not valid.

PepeOpp: What does Rodriguez knows about statistics, he is a psychiatrist.

JuanCh: You guys just have to be patient, what’s the rush?

PepeOpp: The rush is this is going to take forever and that’s not good for the country.

JuanCh: Why don’t you accept the truth, there was fraud and you did not get the signatures.

-August 2004, Juan Chavista and Pepe Opposition meet to have an arepa:

PepeOpp: You see, I knew there was fraud, the CD is saying it.

JuanCh: Come on Pepe, just because the CD says it does not make it true.

PepeOpp: But you have to admit the results are funny, so it needs to be investigated.

JuanCh: But the international observers saw the lines of Chavistas and said the results match.

PepeOpp: Didn’t you see the coincidences and the exit polls the CD showed.

JuanCh:  does not prove anything, it’s only a small sample and who believes in exit polls.

PepeOpp: Let’s do an audit of all the votes

JuanCh: It’s ridiculous and a waste of time.

PepeOpp: It isn’t a waste of time, if it clears the air.

JuanCh: But a sample will tell you the truth.

PepeOpp: How do you know where the fraud took place and if the boxes were changed?

PepeOpp: You guys just have to be patient, what’s the rush?

JuanCh: The rush is this is going to take forever and that’s not good for the country.

PepeOpp: Why don’t you accept the truth, there was fraud and the “Si” won.