Pay up Baron Münchhausen!

Pretty amazing there are more and more Bently's all the time.

What is funny is that the ones that are driving them live US$ 300,000 apartments and drive a $150,000 car, we used to have name for that but that name became socialbly unacceptable.

Or like the guy wearing Armani and he lives with his parents..

Hooray for this ...I am 100% behind this tax....people who choose to stick their thumb in the eye of the less fortunate should pay for the privilege ...If these people had any class they would not flaunt there money ....It is very tacky

"What is funny is that the ones that are driving them live US$ 300,000 apartments and drive a $150,000 car, we used to have name for that but that name became socialbly unacceptable.
Or like the guy wearing Armani and he lives with his parents.."

Why does this surprise you? This is the same country where people wii forego meals in order to buy an outfit for the next fiesta. I've seen similiar behavior time and again ever since I've had use of reason. Dominicans are enamored with appearances.

It is a Latin American sickness ciby

'It is a Latin American sickness ciby'


You would have meltdown of your pacemaker if someone made a prejudiced remark against the Jewish community and rightly so, but when it comes to us Latin Americans it is ok to lump us together and denigrate us .

You are such a hypocrite no wonder you get along so well with Loie-onel!

And josean who is the famous Baron Munchhausen?
"According to the stories, as retold by others, the Baron's astounding feats included riding cannonballs, travelling to the Moon, and escaping from a swamp by pulling himself up by his own hair (or bootstraps, depending on who tells the story)"

Josean, I think that goulet made a fair assesment. Sometimes we may not like the ruth but it's still the truth. Besides, he's lived among latins for some time now. He'd be a dunce to have no opinions on hispanic societies in general.

Amen

So because I have lived next to Jews all my life and one or a few happen to be greedy, that gives me the right to be anti-Semitic?

I am not a Jew but they have no problem pointing out their foibles and ethnic traits ...Jackie Mason for example is very funny doing it

just dont call them hooked nose money grubbing Christ killers like quisling

"So because I have lived next to Jews all my life and one or a few happen to be greedy, that gives me the right to be anti-Semitic?"

You can't base it on one individual but if you lived in a jewish community for some time I would be inclined to take into account your view of the people you lived among. A people themselves are not a good source for their shortcomings. Sometimes it's more obvious to outsiders.

josean are you trying to accuse me of being anti Hispanic .....that is very funny

No matter how you color it and how much ciby wants to throw you a life line you’re a racist sir!

You feel superior to us and your attitude is always condescending!

No new taxes. We are paying through our noses already.
No new taxes! Period.
If passed they will find a way to tax everybody as they lie as usual.
Just like the gasoline tax that we are being gipped on. Gasoline should be at least a dollar less than what they are charging us. It is called consumer fraud!

In theory this sounds good, but I bet anything they will try to charge this luxury tax on everyone but the worst POS conchos driving around.

"No matter how you color it and how much ciby wants to throw you a life line you’re a racist sir!

You feel superior to us and your attitude is always condescending "...says Josean.................Well josean I cant but help it..... no matter how hard I try to.....I do feel superior to you....Thats just the way you are and dont go changin....

can you guys kiss and make peace.

"can you guys kiss and make peace."

Never! I'm still waiting for Belial's return. That guy was hilarious.

Extra tax on luxury vehicles?
Socialism at it's most vile.

Either the Baron or weekend at Bernie’s is practicing censorship but that's ok; you guys fear the truth!

I am very prejiduced I am an Anti-AZZHOLE.. GC didn't say anything wrong. and as far as Jew's will laugh with you and at you if you accuse them of being Jewish they don't need to put on airs.

If I could afford a Bently I surely wouldn't waste a fine car like that on this island.
Meaning there is no where to drive it and even if there was I would be worried all the time some moto will try and squeeze between me and a fencepost and scratch the shit of it.



Josean you need to relax the Metro is your forte not accusing any of us being racist.

They could at least have posted a Bentley with DR plates. That would at least have validated their existence in DR. The one in the picture has German plates-funny, but I don't think Germans are fond of this vehicle.

They exist , but garaged most of the time or used for a trip to the colmado for some platinos.

You will see them at the social events , remember there are a lot of baseball players who love their bling and love to show it off.. Nothing wrong with that and most of them give a lot back to the DR.

If you can afford the luxary cars then a little more tax won't hurt,

"If you can afford the luxary cars then a little more tax won't hurt,"

How dare you?
Such a low-class jealous statement.

Oh no! Only in the DR.

DR is full of 'New Money'. I'd rather be in the presence of thieves than new money people.
Many that buy this kind of car will pay more for the car than the home they live in. Priorities again!

I recently visited DR and had the unfortunate experience of mixing with some of these types.
Just 20 minutes, of the dull conversations about, Cars, Apartments, iPhones, Foreign Holidays, The Acropolis and I wanted to have them all shot and buried someplace remote. No taste, no understanding of the word 'subtle' and worst of all how they like to consider themselves white.
There wasn't a white amongst them, everyone of them somewhere along their line, had a grandmother that enjoyed riding Leroys gristlestick.

If they want to spend money on a Volkswagen with a Bentley badge, let them pay, pay, pay and pay again. I would make them buy the car and pay a Doctors salary for the year too.
In a perfect world it should be the Doctors driving the Bentley!

duane use caution " josean the complainer " will call you a racist for not being PC he and dread are the guardians of all things Dominican.....Please explain Leroys gristlestick ?hahaha

the difference they used to say between a Rolls and a Bentley .....A Bentley you drive... A Rolls you hire a driver

PC is the slimiest form of censorship. Its only suitable for 'Alternative Comedians'. You know the ones that aren't funny.

Written by: Duane, 23 Jan 2009 7:24 AM
From: United Kingdom
PC is the slimiest form of censorship. Its only suitable for 'Alternative Comedians'. You know the ones that aren't funny.".....................You hit the nail on the head with that one

Above is the transcript of a Klan meeting on DT!

Josean has learned from his masters voice how to deal the slimy race card from the bottom of the deck

How about if the politicos take 1 day off from pillaging and looting the country's coffers, just 1 day. I bet it will be more than enough to cover the 40% wage increases proposed for the physicians. Just because there are people that can pay for this car even in an atmosphere where the other 99% of the populace cannot, doesn't mean they should be punished by paying more simply for their ability to be able to. The economic shortfalls are the product of rampant governmental corruption yet everyone else is expected to shore up the differences and share the inequity.

very true devin I am the last to believe in raising taxes and youare correct about the corrupt administration ...but i have always felt that these fools who drive these ostentatious cars in this society [DR] should be somehow made aware they are sticking their thumb in the eye of the less fortunate

"masters voice"

Very appropriate language for a Klansman!

Even though taxing rich people's toys is a populist measure, it has the opposite effect historically on
increasing tax revenues as the rich will stop buying or they will find a way not to pay the duty.
Many innovative scams will sprout up like : contraband, tax free diplomatic exonerations, temporary stay permits, civilian exonerations (legislators, judges, retired military, prosecutors, and so forth), under valuation scams, and others.
Lest not go back to the sad days of high taxes where the income to the state actually was much less than now.
The populist idea sounds good but in practice is a step backwards.
Whenever I see a Bentley in the road I just admire the car without making a judgement or moral valuation on the person driving it.
Personally I would never own that car if I did have the means to purchase one. In the DR you do need a high up SUV so when it rains you won't have to stay home until it passes because of the streets getting all flooded up.

"but i have always felt that these fools who drive these ostentatious cars in this society [DR] should be somehow made aware they are sticking their thumb in the eye of the less fortunate"

I never understood that line of thinking.
If a New Rich, Chopo wants to drive a Bently is that Sticking his thumb in eye of the less fortunate or the, So called, less fortunate feeling pangs of jealousy.

So are you suggesting that one should not wear or own anything of value so as not to upset others?

tonyc more often than not they are the children of the Oligarchs who have not been mugged often enough or taught it is . déclassé to be ostentatious .....chopos and drug dealers and people like you tonyc would not know the difference

Oh I know the difference.

I also know that everyone should be allowed to drive what they want and wear what they want without having to worry about hurting other people's feelings.

may be but it is not always a matter of hurting peoples feelings ...it is sometimes in a very poor country like telling them " Let them eat cake " and you know what happened then ....So apply your Cuban Latino bling in Miami and here at your own risk

Those who are rabidly jealous of the rich are just that: jealous.
I a society where successful entrepreneurship is rewarded and admired many choose to spend their moneys in hedonistic pleasures and we should not condone them, it is their free will and unfulfilled desire.
Sometimes I see many baseball players or other high paying athletes spending their money on several expensive cars instead of investing more wisely; and then I wonder if 10 years from now they will have any money left. But it is their choice just it is their choice to wear expensive jewelry laden with diamonds and gold. I would not be caught dead wearing that but it is their choice.
Even in communist China the new rich were buying more BMW's and expensive items than the rest of the world put together.
You will not see a Ramon Corripio driving a Bentley as he knows better and his fortune is for keeps, not transient. Yet you can not legislate his right to do so if he so chooses.

you are right ....He knows Better.....baseball players sign autographs....He signs checks

I love it now The Klansman sounds like Lenin as he argues with Batista!

Since I am from Old Money it is ok for me to drive my Rolls?

I love you guys. Hard to hold back on someone who has more than you do:)

Same thing on EVERY message board I am affraid.

TonyC you are the cats ass!

no it is not ..if you really deserve a Rolls you hire a driver

josean Marie Antionette had very little in common with Lenin

You should suffer her fate, Klansman!

yes the Magregor clan... pretty good whiskey

Josean,

I've noticed you have not had the usual comedic repertoire and banter with GC that normally highlight's my day. Your responses to him seem less slapstick and more direct, have I missed something and can I expect there to be a resurgence of the old interaction?

I hurt his feelings ....he is still licking his wounds devin

devin11,

This buffoon has finally showed his racist inner self with his derogatory comments against Latinos, via his pompous condescending attitude, wrapped in his sophomoric humor which is quite despicable!

That’s all!

josean cant take it ....by the way josean I doubt you have ever set foot in another Spanish speaking country my little jibarito friend....so do not speak as if you know anything except what you have read counts for zilch

I rest my case devin11!

Every time he posts he proves my point and incriminates himself more and more!

yes please give it a rest ...it is old and tired and repetitive ...like most of your postings ...josean why dont you say something ....you really are the dog that barks while the caravan moves on...bark bark bark

Repetitive, repetitive! Your picture appears next to the word in the dictionary in your NAZI regalia!

Please at least put me in the uniform of the Phalange Party of Spain ...Viva Franco Viva Espana

Goolly,

You sell the most ostentatious, pretensious product on this planet and you complain about others?

go and seel you overpriced grape juice to those who buy into the myth. But i would never tell people they shouldn't buy it.

The Klansman is get wacked from all sides today!

not anymore ....but yes at the high end you are absolutely correct what fools they are ...to some it is like stamp collecting ....to others it is a way to draw attention to one self ....Look how much money I have ...the trade allowed me a pleasant lifestyle and the producers are generally very nice people and gentleman farmers ...its the sales and marketing where it gets down and dirty .... it reeks of pretension and snobbery

Another uppercut to Lie-onel; like the Klansman he will not t be able to take too much more of this!


http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det.php?id=185941

josean do you know the origin of the Klan costume ?

So none of the "New Rich" get into wine to show off?
As for Cigars....I smoke what i like. Some cost a lot some are quite economical. I do not base my choice on rags like Cigar Aficionado or Cigar.

Same with wine although most I enjoy seem to be on the lower price scale. Wine for me is something you drink with a good dinner.

especially the arrivistes.or in english Nouveau riche they are suckers for expensive wine ....if you took a fabulous bottle of wine and generally it would be quite expensive and served it to one of these types they would not like it if you told them it was inexpensive...they are so sure they wouldn't know any better...not always but it is often the case....it is not inexpensive to make good wine and then you have supply and demand ....The trick is to discover a wine before the masses of collectors and consumers catch on because then it will become expensive ....Chateau Petrus is a prime example Jackie Kennedy was told it was a great wine for the price and it was ...in 20 years it went on to surpass all the classified growths of Bordeaux...She had a lot to do with it ...but it was a great wine to start with when she started buying it I believe it was 15 bucks a bottle at retail ..not cheap in those days but surely not expensive.....I.hope you were not bored with my anecdote

PS Buy Argentinian Malbec almost any brand is pretty cheap and great.
Comments?

It in my opinion is more interesting than most if not all Chilean cab and a real bargain for the most part and forget Merlot as in the movie[sideways] it is unmentionable...South African stuff is becoming competitive once again they say as well after many years out of the market place

I have been out for over 10 years as well and they used to call me tin palate ...I used to have the rights to Trapiche in those days it was cab only for the USVI whoopee 400 cases a year but it was good value the Malbecs are much better

I really enjoyed the movie "Sideways" I saw it about 5 times.
Ever since I tried the malbec's in Argentina I was sold over the Spanish Rioja's.

Hey goulet, I think it's unfair to call tobacco a weed. Outside of smoking the plant does have medicinal properties.

OH Well.
I prefer a Chianti with my dinner. But waht do i know.
I am a Cigar smoking, Racecar driving, Scotch drinking, Gun Shooting, Porn watching, Meat eating, Libertarian.

actually it does in old age it helps sharpen the memory I mean really old like 80 and above and if you lived that long well what the hell .....I have never heard of another

Chianti tonyc got a bad reputation in the old days ...remember when it came in the Fiasci which is the wicker bottle ....but not anymore it has great respectability and is an excellent wine when it is from the top producers.... Piero Antinori revolutionized this wine when he produced the great Tiganello or Super Tuscan the first of many....tonyc have a nice big veal chop for me will you one of those 14 oz jobs

anthonyC
Try the Fonseca, Cubano limitado cigars, you will thank me forever. Creme de la creme.
Libertarian, that's good, best party regarding taxes.
PS What do you shoot?

ciby
I agree it "stretches" the imagination and heightens the senses. LOL.

Interesting article:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1079499

"actually it does in old age it helps sharpen the memory I mean really old like 80 and above and if you lived that long well what the hell .....I have never heard of another"

If you put a fresh tobacco leaf on a new cut it will heal faster, or so I've heard from the older folks.

That is quite possible and you coming from cibao I will take your word ....But maybe it is just folk loric

Written by: anthonyC, 23 Jan 2009 3:27 PM
From: United States
OH Well.
I prefer a Chianti with my dinner.

So did Dr. Lecter!

Now tell me you like fava beans as well!

I propose, anyone buying or importing a luxury car, the government should request a copy of the last yr. tax declaration.

In the United States its require for any car dealer to contact the IRS if someone is buying a vehicle cash over US$20,000.00

The End.

genoroso I also am no fan of Rioja wines although they say they are changing their style to a more fruit type of wine ...Spaniards hate it when I criticize these over oaked over aged curiosities....they can continue producing them but they will only be able to sell them to Spaniards and old timers and not for much money by market standards ...The Ribera del Duero wines when mentioned make the people in Rijoa furious ...Because they are now more costly and probably becoming more popular certainly on the world market than Riojas...Alejandro Fernandez a character makes my favorite Ribera wine Pesquera but it is becoming to expensive for me

"Written by: generoso, 23 Jan 2009 3:35 PM
Try the Fonseca, Cubano limitado cigars, you will thank me forever. Creme de la creme.
Libertarian, that's good, best party regarding taxes.
PS What do you shoot?"

Never smoke Cuban Cigars. I don't support Slave Labor nor put money in the Castro brother's Swiss bank account.

I shoot various. .45 1911A1 and it's variants. Ruger Blackhawk in .45LC with custom loads for hunting. Also a .20 gauge for quail Hunting.
I own some of those evil "assault rifles" as well to piss off liberals.

cubanito,

Now that Darth Vader (Cheney) is retired please go hunting with him, please, please!

anthonyc, now that we know what you smoke, drive, shoot, and eat, what do you read? let me re-phrase that; have you ever read?

I once asked 'New Money' if she enjoyed Beluga Champagne. She said it was fantastic. In the same conversation, I also asked her if she had ever tried Bollinger Caviar - she proceeded to tell me it was her favourite brand.

Now - that is new money.

New money think:
That Hollywood Celebs are the upper Class of American Society.
That Il Divos are the epitome of Classical Music.
Rolex makes the best watches.
That Chivas Regal is the best Scotch.
Have outfits that match the color of their car.
Have Cement copies of classic stutes in their front yard.
Think Scarface was a great movie.
That having a Ferrari with Guchii interior is cool.

Yes indeed !

I find the comments that condone the rich doing exactly what they want very funny. That they 'deserve' what they have. Thats fine with me, lets all do what we want and balls to any sense of sharing or living in a civilised society. Anyone with wealth that takes this attitude must be stupid, as if we used there own mentality against them, then those without would be justified to just overpower them and take what the wealthy have. Its a matter of the strongest survive - and in most cases the weedy lawyer would get slaughtered by the gorilla that cuts cane all day long.

If you're wealthy - shut up - don't rub your cash into the faces of those that don't have it.
Have some respect and give some thought for your fellow man.

it is . déclassé to be ostentatious .

maybe, gc, you should send an email to anthonyc on that subject. he could use some of his money in an attempt to buy some class, then maybe some classes.

Written by: dreadlocks, 28 Jan 2009 8:18 AM
From: United States
maybe, gc, you should send an email to anthonyc on that subject. he could use some of his money in an attempt to buy some class, then maybe some classes.

dread,

There isn't that much money in the world!