Elktonnick

Matthew chapter 7 verse 6

Are you capable of "deep analysis"?

Typical faulty logic

Typical superficial analysis.

Apple's and oranges

Kennedy has been around the Dodgers a long time. He could well have picked up something which could explain why this deal isn't done. It is question of due diligence.

El pueblo unido ademas sera vencido.

Kevin Kennedy said this morning that Verdugo has back issues. He expressed some concern that these back issues may be congenital which could explain why Dodgers are willing to part with him.

For all their faults, they are still the best damn intelligence agency in the world and we would be far worse if it were not for them and their colleagues in the IC.

Me and the other long suffering Sox fans get to vote with our feet. If enough do (and we don't even need to be a majority) the FO will feel the pain.

As an unabashed capitalist I pay a portion of Mookie's salary every time I buy a ticket to a game or buy a product advertised on NESN

You either misread or misinterpreted what I wrote. I was referring to Central America in general and El Salvador in particular when I spoke of a bloody history. However there is generally no argument that pre Spanish Central and Andean America was a pretty violent and bloody place since all three the dominant pre Columbian empires practiced human sacrifice. As for violence of the 50 most violent cities in the world 42 are in Latin America, 15 in Mexico, 14 in Brazil, 6 in Venezuela, 2 in Colombia, 2 in Honduras and one each in El Salvador and Guatemala. I never suggested or implied that the Pupil were communist but that the Pupil had a long tradition of violence and yes explotation. I assume you aren't defending communism are you ?

Sorry to disillusion you the School of Americas was not disbanded but merely renamed it now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation. Since its " abolition "it has trained over 19000 students from over 30 countries.

When I speak of the bloody history of Central America, I am referring to the Pipil. My native Salvadoran staff explained that the vast majority of Salvadorans are descendants of the Pipil Guardians. Bill Fowler the noted anthropologist wrote, " Pipil men served as part-time soldiers, and they were among the fiercest warriors that Alvarado met in the conquest of Central America. Warfare was endemic in south eastern Mesoamerica during the Postclassic period, and, of course, it was through armed conflict that the Pipil dislodged resident populations and seized territory. Warfare for the Pipils, as for most ancient Mesoamericans, was an expression of political force and an important means of social mobility. Military orders were powerful social and political institutions through which highly specialized warriors achieved fame and recognition The Pipil heritage of most Salvadorans is evidenced by their culture which remains indelible in El Salvador." My Savadoran friends told me that violence has always been prevalent in El Salvador long before the civil war and any North American ever set foot in the country. Once you understand the Pipil culture it also puts the rise of MS 13 in an entirely different light, now doesn't it.

I just love these arn chair liberals who have never had any real experience in the region. Those of us who tried to achieve a peaceful settlement always get vilified by those who live in their ivory towers. There were assassins on all sides. No side had a monopoly on evil. No one side had a sole claim on righteousness. The FMLN murdered the teenage daughter of a Salvadoran Colonel for the sole reason that her father was in the Army. The left killed the head of the Salvadoran Supreme Court the right murdered a Salvadoran Judge. Which side had right on their side, neither. The history of Central America has been bloody long before the arrival of the Spanish. The violence in El Salvador today is as bloody as it was during the civil war. There are many reasons for this none of which has anything to do with the School of the Americas.

I lived in El Salvador for three years. Traveled extensively throughout South America and have spent 9 years living in the hemisphere. Have many close Salvadoran and Guatemalan friends. Central America has always had a bloody history long before the United States had any involvement in the area. In general we have done much more good than harm as any fair minded person who really knows both the history and culture of the hemisphere understands. BTW after the Jesuit massacre in 1989 I hosted the surviving Jesuit rector of the UCA the Jesuit university and several other Jesuits for dinner with visiting Congressmen at my house. I met repeatedly with Maria Julia Hernandez who won the RFK human rights award as head of tutela legal of the arch diocese of El Salvador as well as meeting with Jody Williams was then with Medical Aid to El Salvador. I was also held at gunpoint by the Salvadoran army and my wife had a M60 machine gun pointed at her by a FMLN guerilla. I could go on but just say I know a hell of a lot more about central America then some one who only visited Guatemala 8 times.

Are your thought processes and logic that poor?

I am happy to do it for you both

Wikepedia is hardly considered authoritative source on anything. According to Wikipedia.com itself, “Wikipedia is not considered a credible source. "

What happened in 1954 the United States. saved Guatemala from a Castro style government supported and secretly funded by the Soviet Union. " The New York Times was a first-rate newspaper in the 1950s, with reasonably comprehensive treatment of events in Washington and internationally, while the Post was inferior, even in its coverage of Washington politics. Still, both papers' editorials argued that the United States had to stop the Soviet Union from solidifying its Guatemalan "beachhead" in Central America. " Two liberal papers he Washington Post and the New York Times both supported action to prevent the installation of a communist government in Guatemala.

Can not let that stand. Simply not true re Venezuela or the rest of South America..

Grammatically you are not correct. While it was 16.5in 08. It waned to below that until 2017. It increased in 2018. An increase does not mean participation is waning. It means it had waned but is now doing the opposite of waning , it is waxing.

It is extremely difficult to leave Cuba. While Cuba technically eliminated exit view requirements in 2012 there are still. hurdles that prevent a large number of Cubans the opportunity to leave. So they idea that everyone currently living in Cuba is happy to remain is just utter nonsense.

Venezuela was a wealthy country until Chavez went full socialist. Anyone who defends communism is naive and has never lived in or experienced the oppression first hand. During my foreign service career I interviewed enough people fleeing communism to get a clear picture how truly awful communism is. Anyone who defends it is either a member of the elite who benefits from the oppression or is so naive that they are utterly clueless.

Bill s***! Go spend some time in South Florida and talk to some Cubans especially those who have come over within the last few years. Talk to Venezuelans as well. Just visited with a Venezuelan friend yesterday. The situation there is awful.