Posted on 10/25/2011 12:34:47 PM PDT by Kartographer
As I write this, I can’t avoid feeling two very clear sensations. The first one I can only explain by saying that it’s like stepping out of a boat just as it finishes its slow, decadent sinking and finally goes under the surface. The second one is genuine sadness. Of all the posts I’ve written, this is without a doubt the saddest one I’ve written. I’m not talking about the loss of culture, standards of living or the death of a friend. Its not about the starvation of children of violence towards people close to me. It’s about all that and more. It’s about the death of a country itself.
As the press all over the world talks about the political success of the current administration, and mentions the “flourishing”, prosperous Argentina, a clear minority which I’m part of sees things differently. It makes you wonder and ask yourself a few other things as well. Who writes all these praises? What kind of data do they use to make such positive statements? How can a country be booming economically, yet keeps having shantytowns grow at an accelerating rate, poverty, misery and decadence never backing down one inch, and the 3rd greatest inflation in the planet as the icing on the cake? After reading some of the emails people sent me on the “success” of Argentina, I wonder if its just innocent stupidity, lack of professionalism or if there’s more to it than meets the eye and there are other intentions behind it.
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Preppers Ping!
How long before the Argies invade the Falklands again just to distract people from the failures of their government?
ping
Must-read.
Coming soon to a first-world country near you ...
Where’s Pinochet when you need him?
FYI, my anti-virus raised an alarm when I clicked on that link.
Here’s a good follow-up link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703573604574493541233653908.html
OH NO! Guess I am ‘Blog Pimping’ again! LOL
I have three different scan programs and nothing came up, go figure.
It was a firefoz specific alert, perhaps that is why.
So do you have one of those big purple hats with a feather?
Ping
purple suits will do
“my anti-virus raised an alarm when I clicked on that link.” So did mine.
Someone posted earlier as well. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2797533/posts
Mine, too. Something about a malicious toolkit.
Me, too. Wouldn’t open it. Must be bad in Argentina.
Mine too.
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