Sunday, March 19, 2006

Taking it off for Simon Bolivar The photo below is a picture of: i) A group of naked people waiting with Simon Bolivar to see the Viaduct fall ii) The members of the Anglo-Saxon Conspiracy (TAC) being rounded up by the Venezuelan Government iii) The opposition trying to get on Chavez' nerves by undressing in the middle of downtown in front of the statute of his zambo heroe No, it is the work of art of Spencer Tunick Tunick came to Caracas financed by the Chavez Government, surprisingly enough. It took place this morning very early and 4,000 people had registered to attend, but only 1,500 showed up. There is a prize if you recognize me in the picture. 9:30:17 PM    comment []

Candidate Smith at the Viaduct I have to take my hat off to candidate Roberto Smith, the only one that showed up at the viaduct today and retold the whole story ofhow  this could have been avoided and the proposal he handed over to the Government a month and a half ago, asking himslef why the Government spent US$ 15 million in what was a hopeless cause. But Smith's best pot shot, was when he was asked about what the Vice-Minister of Infrastructure had said minutes earlier, that all of the technicians that built the viaduct has approved of what the Government was doing to stop its collapse. Smith, who is not a favorite of mine, replied with a very straight face: "My dear, all of those technicians are dead by now" Revealing yet another lie by the cynic revolution. Hats off for the answer and for showing up! 4:50:53 PM    comment []

When ignorance and politics dominate your brain: The viaduct collapses There are two things that dominate this Government: Ignorance and Politics. Ignorance because people who have no clue about a field are appointed to positions to make decisions that require technical knowledge and know how, but the revolution believes that anyone can do anything. Politics because this is the number one priproty of the revolution: Never say something which may go agaisnt the official line, lie until you can and then simply lie again claiming you never said what you said. This way of running the Government has been quite evident in the way the Government has handled the problem of the viaduct of the Caracas-La Guaira highway. For months and years experts had been telling the Governmnet they were going to have to shut it down. The Government denied this was possible, claiming that the work being done was sufficient to stop the bridge from becoming useless. On December 22nd. the School of Engineers of Venezuela said that the viaduct was in danger of buckling. The Government denied this was the case, Chavez said it was all the media blowing it out of proportions. Then, on January 5th. the Government was forced to shut down the viaduct, essentailly closing one of the most important access roads to the capital of Venezuela. Even then Government officials said the problem could be solved, they were working on it. In fact this official line has been defended until today, while experts continue to say almost daily that the viaduct could collapse. Only yesterday, the man in charge of the viaduct at the Infrastructure Ministry denied that it could collapse, saying that in fact the mountain pushing the viaduct was moving slower, that they continued working on fixing it and on Tuesday they would hold a meeting to decide on the alternatives to fix it.This was in response to the main headline of pro-Government paper Ultimas Noticias yesterday which said "The Viaduct will collapse". Today, the viaduct collapsed. (Pictures taken from the TV) As I write the Vice-Minister of Infrsatructure is saying on TV this was all expected, while Chavez sings with Reina Lucero on Alo Presidente while Nero in burning Rome. 12:07:11 PM    comment []