Comments on: From the depths of the revolution’s stupidity http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/05/from-the-depths-of-the-revolutions-stupidity/ Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that. Mon, 28 May 2012 08:04:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Karateka http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/05/from-the-depths-of-the-revolutions-stupidity/#comment-1974 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:20:42 +0000 http://devilsexcrement.com/?p=6514#comment-1974 There is a law of “unintended consequences” and it seems to consistently trip up government programs. While it seems Chavez and his supporters have stooped to outright stealing, less direct methods are also filled with bad results.

One of these in the United States was the Great Depression. A downturn that would have lasted 3-4 years was extended to 12 years on an employment level, and the stocks never did recover until after WWII. I’ve been thinking about the depression recently as we are in similar times, and similarly stupid things are being done and proposed.

]]> By: Frame http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/05/from-the-depths-of-the-revolutions-stupidity/#comment-1835 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:30:22 +0000 http://devilsexcrement.com/?p=6514#comment-1835 Moving ahead still. The ups and downs of a revolution.

]]> By: Desde lo más profundo de la revolución de la estupidez « El Excremento del Diablo http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/05/from-the-depths-of-the-revolutions-stupidity/#comment-1825 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:53:24 +0000 http://devilsexcrement.com/?p=6514#comment-1825 [...] Desde lo más profundo de la revolución de la estupidez Agosto 7, 2009 (This post in English here) [...]

]]> By: Kepler http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/05/from-the-depths-of-the-revolutions-stupidity/#comment-1797 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:46:00 +0000 http://devilsexcrement.com/?p=6514#comment-1797 Carajo, qué foto tan buena, Miguel!

]]> By: Floyd http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/05/from-the-depths-of-the-revolutions-stupidity/#comment-1789 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:09:43 +0000 http://devilsexcrement.com/?p=6514#comment-1789 “and then what?” is a question nobody is supposed to ask in Utopia while wondering why there is no bread and why there are long long lines for basic goods and seeing the news reporter on a dock hyperventilating when a shipload of sugar pulls in.

]]> By: moctavio http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/05/from-the-depths-of-the-revolutions-stupidity/#comment-1786 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:05:01 +0000 http://devilsexcrement.com/?p=6514#comment-1786 No wonder I could not find the website:

http://www.yanmarine.com/

]]> By: EG http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/08/05/from-the-depths-of-the-revolutions-stupidity/#comment-1785 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:56:43 +0000 http://devilsexcrement.com/?p=6514#comment-1785 FYI. It should be Yanmarine not Jhan Marine.

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