dreadlocks previously said:

you see, GC, when you refer to "left wing weanies" and anti-american whiners, i ask myself "what does that have to do with the DR? too many north americans have turned this board into some kind of ideological battleground, which is better fought, to my thinking, somehere else. i really do not think that every time an issue is addressed regarding a problem in the DR, we need people like texasshoe regailng us with his parallel adventures in venezuela. you have a beef wih chavez, go take it to a venezuelan site. people here are trying to ventilate local issues. i really do not give a rats arse if Charlie Rangel did not pay taxes on some condo in bavaro, or whatever. if that is supposed to be some indicator that democrats are dishonest, then repeat it to your hearts content. this is just entirely too silly for my tastes.

dreadlocks previously said:

exactly, GC. but belial gets baited by repeated references to socialist states, which only serve to rile him up. it might make for entertaining theater, but, the 64 dollar question still remains "what does that have to do with us here"? so he goes off on the marxist trail, then all his detractors pile on from the other side. meanwhile, dominicans, for whom i assume the site was primarliy created, look from a safe distance and wonder "what the hell is going on here"?

dreadlocks previously said:

Carlos Franco, i see where you give me dismissive " thanks" for my post, informing me that you knew everything i wrote about. if you did, how could you have written such a dim witted article? you are the ignoramus who appears not to have known the difference betweeen an islamist and a terrorist. no need to get mad at me for your academic shortcomings. just keep going to school, and you may learn something. secondly, you assert that when we get nuclear power( which we already have), we will no longer have to fight energy wars. nuclear power is used mainly for generation of electricity. over 50% of energy generated in the usa comes from coal alone. then there are other major sources such as hydro. not to mention the electricity we buy from canada. it is not the generation of electricity which causes high consumption of fossil fuels, it is internal combustion engines of all types. in your case, Carlos, you prove the old bromide that " a little learning is a dangerous thing". you have such little learning, you are thermonuclear. and, Carlos, at least when i leave, i take my intellect with me. in your case, you just take a vaccuum of information , and inability to behave like a civilised person. your choice of words in your postings leaves me to conclude that you cannot possibly be very urbane , but, then again, it is your right to be a boor!

dreadlocks previously said:

Carlos, do not embarass yourself by inviting a contest of qualifications with me. you see, one of the rules of being a trial lawyer is that you never ask a question to which you do not know the answer. you do not know what my bona fides are, and i do not know yours. i would not challenge you, because i do not know what you bring. let us just say that i studied with the world bank institute ON INVITATION; i didn't apply to them, they wrote me. i have been offered six postgraduate scholarships , and recused myself from consideration for the Rhodes scholarship , because of my politics at that age. from the way you think and write , i do not believe you can top that. i may be old and tired by now, but you ain't in my league!!

dreadlocks previously said:

Carlos, do not embarass yourself by inviting a contest of qualifications with me. you see, one of the rules of being a trial lawyer is that you never ask a question to which you do not know the answer. you do not know what my bona fides are, and i do not know yours. i would not challenge you, because i do not know what you bring. let us just say that i studied with the world bank institute ON INVITATION; i didn't apply to them, they wrote me. i have been offered six postgraduate scholarships , and recused myself from consideration for the Rhodes scholarship , because of my politics at that age. from the way you think and write , i do not believe you can top that. i may be old and tired by now, but you ain't in my league!!

CarlosFranco previously said:

DR has been a puppet of powerful countries and of the lowest one as well and thats not how a country rises to greatness, thats how countries are used.