Monday, January 16, 2006
Can't Stop the Water Carrying
Referring to the Chilean presidential election:
You have a front runner, that is, the probable winner. Then run a piece that gives about 3/4 of the space to the anticipated loser.
I refer to the Times article on January 15th.
Of course, a piece actually focused on Bachelet would have to both acknowledge her background which would then involve, God forbid, an accurate precise of the Allende and Pinochet years which, of course, is something that is no interest to the Pinch/Keller regime.
Meanwhile, it's a shame that all these South and Latin American countries are all going "leftist" (actually center-left as opposed to socialist or communist or Marxist, or even Maoist). From the Journal, subscription still required):
Maybe it's the lack of unrestrained greed as a driving principle of life. Or that the rightists in Latin America are a little odious. Or, as in Chile, the right is "tainted" (see the linked Times article above) by an association with some very ugly stuff.
And this socialism is pretty bad stuff. It brought the God-awful, disasterous replacement of Chile's social security system with a dreadful free market plan that, as foreseeable (being reliant on corporate welfare over the wellbeing of retirees), just isn't working.
You have a front runner, that is, the probable winner. Then run a piece that gives about 3/4 of the space to the anticipated loser.
I refer to the Times article on January 15th.
Of course, a piece actually focused on Bachelet would have to both acknowledge her background which would then involve, God forbid, an accurate precise of the Allende and Pinochet years which, of course, is something that is no interest to the Pinch/Keller regime.
Meanwhile, it's a shame that all these South and Latin American countries are all going "leftist" (actually center-left as opposed to socialist or communist or Marxist, or even Maoist). From the Journal, subscription still required):
Peru May Join Latin America's Populist Tilt to Left
Free-Trade Opponent's Lead In Polls Poses New Challenge To Market Reforms in Region
Maybe it's the lack of unrestrained greed as a driving principle of life. Or that the rightists in Latin America are a little odious. Or, as in Chile, the right is "tainted" (see the linked Times article above) by an association with some very ugly stuff.
And this socialism is pretty bad stuff. It brought the God-awful, disasterous replacement of Chile's social security system with a dreadful free market plan that, as foreseeable (being reliant on corporate welfare over the wellbeing of retirees), just isn't working.
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