tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post5479923647759367085..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: The Semantics of Politics and how to PopocatépetlUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-64821569754114964532007-12-29T11:26:00.000+11:002007-12-29T11:26:00.000+11:00BainoI'm sure your little treasure will be just fi...Baino<BR/><BR/>I'm sure your little treasure will be just fine.<BR/> <BR/>Adventure = character building.<BR/><BR/>And you take some beating, Baino!<BR/><BR/>Oh, to be young and carefree again :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-70584256266044695572007-12-29T01:27:00.000+11:002007-12-29T01:27:00.000+11:00The Yanks should keep their oar out of Central and...The Yanks should keep their oar out of Central and South America. <BR/>From William Walker electing himself President of Nicaragua to the Contra affair in the 80's, the US seems to love messing up its neighbours and installing right-wing, conservative, pro-US governments. <BR/><BR/>Stick to the Middle East there boys; soon you won't have enough troops to open a third front.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-85299642877277434352007-12-28T23:07:00.000+11:002007-12-28T23:07:00.000+11:00Jack: That's my point. They back who suits them at...Jack: That's my point. They back who suits them at the time then drop them in it when it doesn't. Noriaga was a prime example! Thanks for the reassurance. I'm sure she'll be fine. Just a nervous mumsy with fragile apron strings! Email answered. Cheers :)Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-82322749052468989892007-12-28T23:03:00.000+11:002007-12-28T23:03:00.000+11:00AV: This was more a postulation of what might happ...AV: This was more a postulation of what might happen if the US kept itself to itself and the constant 'fear' of leftism as if the extreme right is the only 'right'. I'm a little left of centre but pretty moderate but I'd just like some of these countries to be given the right and the time for self-determination without the paranoia. Sure, we can be available to help when needed but it would be polite to be asked rather than have it imposed. <BR/><BR/>You're right. She's not alone and the 9 weeks in South America is actually escorted if a little wild and woolly. <BR/><BR/>A tourist is just as likely to be mugged in George Street Sydney as the back alleys of any other big city. Stay with the lights and don't be too ostentatious. Worst comes to worse . . .she has a Swiss Army Knife (which I always thought a little strange for a Neutral country! then again, they race in the Americas Cup!) <BR/><BR/>BD: Thanks. It took a bit of research frankly and it's all your fault!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-92191764901362501322007-12-28T22:35:00.000+11:002007-12-28T22:35:00.000+11:00Hi Baino, I'm sure Clarebear will be fine. LadyMc ...Hi Baino, I'm sure Clarebear will be fine. LadyMc has travelled a bit in South America and so has another girl I know. There are some dodgy spots but no more so than in any other city or country in the world.<BR/>It suits the US to have its neighbours in turmoil, stops them from gettng things together and being a threat to the US economy.<BR/>(Check your email)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-23561480563809096982007-12-28T22:18:00.000+11:002007-12-28T22:18:00.000+11:00Great post Baino :)Great post Baino :)Brian Damagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05673118078479277680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-14431298195964656972007-12-28T17:14:00.000+11:002007-12-28T17:14:00.000+11:00A few things come to mind: One, South America doe...A few things come to mind: One, South America doesn't sound that much different from Africa. Two, South America in many senses strikes me as a lot more developed than Africa. Three, international politics should, instead of supporting its own interests in various regions, support the needs of the people (not necessarily the leaders) in those regions. And finally, few places are ever as unsafe as the media make out. Africa is supposed to be a complete hellhole yet I have a friend who has travelled to all sorts of farflung parts of the continent and has survived to tell the most amazing tales. I think there is danger in travelling everywhere these days - face it, who'd have expected those tube bomb blasts or 9/11? There are pick pockets and criminals everywhere. You could get hit by a bus in downtown Sydney. One simply needs to assess the dangers, know the facts and travel safely. I say this as one living in one of the most crime ridden cities in the world with a man who is about president who is up on charges of fraud and corruption. If I sat elsewhere I wouldn't want to come here and yet, with common sense, I live here comfortably. It's always all relative, I guess.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.com