Wait until the prices stabelize!!!! Who do they think they are lying to?????

That will just be another debt to pay for after the election by the children of the DR.

My god they must think everybody is stupid but the PLD.

Long live the corruption of the parties.

RD$188 pesos for a gallon of gas,
that is US$6.00 dollars for one damn gallon of gas, which bring us to probably to have one of the most expensive countries in the world paying for gas, even more expensive than all European countries.
Aren't we supossed to have some special prices from Venezuela in all oil subproducts?
the hell if I understand all of this, perhaps somebody else must look into all this.

Just who the heck is Jim Harrington???
are you Dominican at all?

actually, DenisC, gasoline is more expensive in some european countries; in the UK, it is over 8 dollars. it is not the price which is the problem, it is the poor utilisation which causes the hurt. poorly tuned vehicles, with balding tires, front ends out of alignment, improper tire inflation, etc, contribute to upwards of 20% waste of fuels ingested into the internal combustion engine. sadly, we have no inspection protocols, for reasons known only to the politicians. so, rather than treat the disease with stern medicine, such as an irrevocable ban on cars which give less than a stated minimum miles per gallon, the government puts on theatrics such as this; they seek to cure cancer with an aspirin

Everybody IS stupid. The worst part of this is that the people will eat it up.

Filler Up or get a bicycle...the fresh air will be good for you as long as your not in S.D......then ride the Metro to the polling booth....4 more years 4 more years

who is Jim Harrington you say ?.....why thats Mr. and Mrs Harringtons son Jimmy

The real question that should be asked, how much on May 17.... 200, 210 heck 220 pesos ? for gasoline.

Yes, we do get a 40% subsidy from Venezuela, but certain "government officials" pocket the change. Leonel calls that "progress". I laugh how they state that, they are freezing the price at $188 for one week, just so happens it's elections week..lol...

You must be the poeta25 laureate of the PRD

JimHarrington

I wonder if the polls state you are 56%, the other serious contender is in the 30s and you have built the greatest achievement of the 21st century, why do have to rely on these campaign gimmicks?

Is "Lie-onel" worried?

Josean and Time2rize, long lost brothers.

I understand ur concerns wholeheartly. I don't argue with everything you guys say but I definitely comprehend your doubts/worries.

What can we as Dominicans do to make DR better?? I think there is enough talent, intelligent, and humantarian individuals to start a movement.

As I have said many times before, "Be careful what you wish for". We all want a government with great transparency. Could there be something that they could do at any time that is more transparent than this obvious attempt to make it seem as if they are addressing a serious problem in a serious way right before the election, when all it actually is is an attempt to get more votes. They already have mine, but only because there is no one else.

" we do get a 40% subsidy from Venezuela, but certain "government officials" pocket the change."

0000

Not subsidy, but a discount and an alternative payment arrangement.

DR can pay 40% of its Petrocaribe oil purchases with bartered DR goods and services.

The Venezuelans want a part of the DR's livestock if the DR would only clean up the contaminations, especialy in beef and poultry.

In 2001, Dominican livestock included 187,000 goats and 106,000 sheep.

There were also about 2.1 million head of [tainted] cattle, 60% for beef and 40% for dairy.

The hog population was decimated by African swine fever, decreasing from 400,000 in 1978 to 20,000 in 1979; by 2001, however, it was 565,000.

[Tainted] Poultry is the main meat source because it is cheaper than beef or pork. Poultry production relies on imports of feed grain from the United States.

In 2001, 203,000 tons of poultry meat were produced, along with 71,000 tons of beef and 420,000 tons of milk.

Rather than sniveling over a lost export market in Haiti, why doesn't DR just spend the good piece of money necessary to clean up its livestock to meet international certifications standards.

The foreign exchange the DR would save from batering livestock for Venezuelan oil would be immense.

And the foreign exchange that the Venezuela would save from buying Dominican livestock with oil would also be immense.

[Of course, the US imperialists will be outraged that the Dominicans are smart enough and tough enough to go in and grab a part of the fabulously rich Venezuelan agricultural market from US imperialists. "You Dominicans should export livestock to Haiti, not to "our" Venezuela. You Dominicans better watch out.]

"But whose gonna pay for the livestock clean-up in the DR? Who? Not me. I ain't gonna spend my money cleaning up sick chickens and sick cows."

ny4life

On May 16th vote for Guillermo Moreno on the 17th begin to watch his actions as he prepares an Obama type movement for 2012 and decide if it is credible and join.

"On May 16th vote for Guillermo Moreno on the 17th begin to watch his actions as he prepares an Obama type movement for 2012 and decide if it is credible and join."

0000

That would be a good, but difficult, move for Moreno.

Difficult because Obama's art in politics is playing the "truly" nice guy who just happens to be super-smart without appearing too nice or too smart.

Good because widespread display over character of candidates is an underlying and potentially determinative issue in Dominican politics.

Obama beat the difficulties in two ways. First, by a grueling schedule of campaigning in peoples' homes at small events, unnoticed by the media, all over USA, before he had name recognition and fundraising. Sometimes he would even spend the night in the homes of his hosts in Iowa or New Hampshire. When election season arrived he had a base, where the other Democratic Party contenders had only million dollar consultants.

Second, he listened to his drama coach.

Even with a good drama coach, it will still be difficult for Moreno to play "the 'truly' nice guy" because prosecutors, former prosecutors, and formers attorney generals don't come off as nice guys.

Look at Mark Spitzer.

[In other words, Obama is trying to pull a "Jimmy Carter." To do this, you got to be real good.]

Belial I like your breakdown of the oil/tainted meat situation. One solution would be if the industrialists behind all those animals organized and got this done by the government, by hook or crook.

Also re: Obama as Carter, look how it turned out for Carter in the end. The system doesn't like it if you do it that way.

"Belial I like your breakdown of the oil/tainted meat situation. One solution would be if the industrialists behind all those animals organized and got this done by the government, by hook or crook."

oooo

Maybe the reactionary bourgeois state under LF will pay for the clean-up after May 16, but this only shows that laissez faire gospel of the cappies is a bunch of hogwash espoused by two-faced cappie garbage.

Is easy to cheat the prople especially when the medias supports politician with the used of technical words. The add to that all the other words on how and what they need to do to the petroleon before it gets to the pumps and people formed lines to juice up their vehicles. The tendancy is that if the markets said something or suggets prior to doing most jump the wagon and act or react - raised it now and so the price goes up. There is no justification for the increases but for D.R. is a preparation of the I told you so and we gave you a break but now election is over and this is the new price. The thing is that where there is a need many will take advantages and exploit those with the needs. What a great government, freezing the price. We can go to the beach now, get everyone in the car, no, lets go to the river.

I will echo: ny4life, 9 May 2008 3:16 PM


And so, my fellow Dominicans,
ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

ny4life,

You never know, we all might be,reincarnated Revolutionaries from ABRIL65, that Blaguer and the U.S. murdered.

time2rize

"You never know, we all might be,reincarnated Revolutionaries from ABRIL65, that Blaguer and the U.S. murdered."

They are reincarnated, you are one of them, and so is every person who speaks truth to power!