Comments on: Uribe appointment under attack from human rights groups

By: am i the only person

am i the only person — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:32:09 +0000

am i the only person who finds that if mark lance is protesting something, i’m instinctively going to be in favor of whatever it is.

By: am i the only person

am i the only person — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:42:10 +0000

am i the only person who finds ‘adios, uribe’ vaguely offensive?

By: Federico

Federico — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:32:50 +0000

A lot of very wealthy Latinos go to Georgetown and get hysterical when someone goes against the defender of their properties, such as Uribe. They take this whole attitude, like if you are not from Colombia, you have no right to opine about Uribe. If that was the case, they have no right to opine about Bush.

That’s crap.

They lived in the cities, and only feel happy now because Uribe has allowed them to visit their big fincas, or travel to Santa Marta accompanied by military escorts. They use their emotion as the trump card, but they couldn’t give a rat’s ass if a bunch of campesinos were killled, as long as they can safely enjoy the spoils of war. They are rich brats, probably schooled at some private American school and have NO sense of what is happening in the Colombian countryside.

They make me sick with all their stupid whining.

Fuera Uribe!

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:31:29 +0000

@Good Judge of Character. I will eat my computer if someone can show me a major Colombian politician with no ties to drug lords/paramilitary groups/etc. The Colombian government only controlled about a third of the country when Uribe became president, so of course he may have made some shady deals, most politicians in that country were. What counts is what he did when he took power. He forced the right-wing paramilitary group to disband, has driven the FARC and ELN out of the countryside, and brought an unprecedented era of growth and confidence to Colombia. He is a hero. Period.

By: Good Judge of Character

Good Judge of Character — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:14:49 +0000

Diversity of opinion about mass graves=bad. Very bad.

By: Suspicious

Suspicious — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:25:51 +0000

So, Georgetown should only hire faculty that “activists” agree with?

Cultural diversity=good. Diversity of opinion=bad. Very bad.

By: Asuka

Asuka — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:04:02 +0000

Sandals is such a stick in the mud. Lighten up, bro!

By: Good Judge of Character

Good Judge of Character — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:26:22 +0000

Sounds like a real stand-up guy to me:

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/colombian-president-should-stop-false-accusations-against-human-rights-groups-20081120

Man, why can’t human rights groups just leave him alone?

By: por favor

por favor — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:37:21 +0000

What bothers me most is that” activists” feel they are pushing against the same yoke MLK, Susan B . Anthony, Gandhi did. Standing american apparel hoodied shoulder to american apparel hoodied shoulder, coffee clutching hand in coffee clutching hand… these young heroes have taken up the fight for all man kind!!!. Sorry, I think this type of display is the one note samba of the self important and ignorant.

disclaimer: I am a “lefty” who drinks coffee and wears american apparel, and I think this is ridiculous.

By: @Jacob

@Jacob — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:01:05 +0000

But, do you think they can wait until GAAP weekend to protest?