Comments on: Radio Free Venezuela http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/06/02/radio-free-venezuela/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Blue Crab Boulevard » One Of The More Annoying Habits http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/06/02/radio-free-venezuela/comment-page-1/#comment-60479 Blue Crab Boulevard » One Of The More Annoying Habits Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:36:59 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/06/02/radio-free-venezuela/#comment-60479 [...] I write about Hillary! Clinton because I feel like it. I write about Fred Thompson because he's interesting. In neither case is it an endorsement. For the record, yet again, I am not a Republican or a Democrat. I have a lot of conservative ideas - that are my own, but I am not a party member or a campaign worker for anyone. But I wrote this about Thompson yesterday: He says we have missed a great opportunity to engage people in Latin America and in the Middle East. I don't disagree that this is something we should be doing. Counteracting the information offensive the al Qaeda and their fellow travelers are engaged in is, in and of itself, a good idea. Thompson does not mention Radio Marti, however. That operation, launched in 1985, has continuously attempted to send the truth into Cuba ever since. It has not had a noticeable impact on Cuba, unfortunately. (On the other hand, they have wasted a lot of money trying to jam those signals.) So it doesn't always work. But planting the seeds of freedom is a good thing. I rather like his closing lines: I do know, though, that it's time for a new generation of Americans to stand up for freedom — like others before us. And this time, we’ll have a whole new set of media technologies. [...] [...] I write about Hillary! Clinton because I feel like it. I write about Fred Thompson because he's interesting. In neither case is it an endorsement. For the record, yet again, I am not a Republican or a Democrat. I have a lot of conservative ideas – that are my own, but I am not a party member or a campaign worker for anyone. But I wrote this about Thompson yesterday: He says we have missed a great opportunity to engage people in Latin America and in the Middle East. I don't disagree that this is something we should be doing. Counteracting the information offensive the al Qaeda and their fellow travelers are engaged in is, in and of itself, a good idea. Thompson does not mention Radio Marti, however. That operation, launched in 1985, has continuously attempted to send the truth into Cuba ever since. It has not had a noticeable impact on Cuba, unfortunately. (On the other hand, they have wasted a lot of money trying to jam those signals.) So it doesn't always work. But planting the seeds of freedom is a good thing. I rather like his closing lines: I do know, though, that it's time for a new generation of Americans to stand up for freedom — like others before us. And this time, we’ll have a whole new set of media technologies. [...]

]]> By: Purple Avenger http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/06/02/radio-free-venezuela/comment-page-1/#comment-60450 Purple Avenger Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:01:46 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/06/02/radio-free-venezuela/#comment-60450 When Chavez realizes these alternate avenues exist will promptly begin shutting them down too. VE's edge routers will be reprogrammed to exclude things like YouTube, Google, etc just as the PRC has done. Owning a general purpose radio or TV will become illegal and only those with preselected stations will be permitted. When Chavez realizes these alternate avenues exist will promptly begin shutting them down too. VE’s edge routers will be reprogrammed to exclude things like YouTube, Google, etc just as the PRC has done.

Owning a general purpose radio or TV will become illegal and only those with preselected stations will be permitted.

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