tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post771855079381822630..comments2024-03-28T09:43:20.058-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Looks like Puerto Rico's endemic corruption has struck againPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-58203313222404841772018-01-17T01:53:32.503-06:002018-01-17T01:53:32.503-06:00Puerto Rico is an American territory, but their cu...Puerto Rico is an American territory, but their culture is anything but American, and it is foolish to believe otherwise. Caribbean culture, which IS present there, relies on graft and gray and black marketing to overcome disorganization and endemic self-interest at others' expense. <br />Paul, Dammit!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02264872375942355609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-70330635598726725372018-01-16T09:40:57.993-06:002018-01-16T09:40:57.993-06:00The large majority of people in Puerto Rico are wh...The large majority of people in Puerto Rico are white people... nothing racist about referring to Puerto Rico and the 3rd world $%^hole that it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52059804565712660762018-01-16T04:27:45.894-06:002018-01-16T04:27:45.894-06:00Xavier,
Just yesterday the (now extinct but their ...Xavier,<br />Just yesterday the (now extinct but their members live on) CIU political party was fined and a couple of mid level corruptocrats handed jail sentences in one of the many cases of institutionalized corruption in Cataluña. The capo of the crime family, the "molt honorable" Jordi Pujol has not yet been charged, but it's only a matter of time.Timbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-66002555183566110012018-01-15T19:18:34.959-06:002018-01-15T19:18:34.959-06:00Peter,
You're quite right about how tough it ...Peter,<br /><br />You're quite right about how tough it is to uproot it. In Spain, the Economic crimes unit of the Guardia civil directly implicated the Spanish prime minister with benefiting from the illegal party financing and the parallel payments (caja B).And yet he's still in power. <br />And there've been even more mind blowing scandals where a Guardia civil agent and some businessmen were actively money laundering for the son of the Equatorial Guinea's president and created a parallel spy organization that had its hooks in the public bureaucracy.<br />Of course, this deep seated corruption is yet again the reason that Catalans voted to separate again. The Catalans are no saints but the depths and level is so intense that they want to cut off the poison.<br /><br />xavier<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-89727604943239414372018-01-15T12:29:50.088-06:002018-01-15T12:29:50.088-06:00The illegal drug trade fosters corruption. Elimina...The illegal drug trade fosters corruption. Eliminating the drug trade has been the goal of the War On Drugs for the last 50 years. Near as I can tell it hasn't had any effect, other than to keep a large number of people occupied with violent confrontations.<br /><br />Removing the prohibitions on drugs could help cut down on corruption, but it will never happen because too many people are making too much money off of that trade. I suspect some of that money is going to promote the War On Drugs through political contributions, or am I being too cynical?Chuck Pergielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473338620167201696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-55347112115046002342018-01-15T12:14:35.804-06:002018-01-15T12:14:35.804-06:00I just wonder who they were gonna sell all that ma...I just wonder who they were gonna sell all that material to. Would not surprise me if more than enough recovery material had already been shipped to Puerto Rico to completely rebuild the electric grid, but had been "sold off the island".nonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946012129539132762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-88887636658018493312018-01-15T11:05:32.458-06:002018-01-15T11:05:32.458-06:00There's nothing wrong with Puerto Rico that wo...There's nothing wrong with Puerto Rico that wouldn't be solved by halting all emigration from there into the US, repatriating all residents in the U.S. back there, and granting them full and unconditional independence this coming July 4th.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-63618433925177153192018-01-15T08:56:35.729-06:002018-01-15T08:56:35.729-06:00Remove citizenship from the territories. No right...Remove citizenship from the territories. No right to free movement here, no right to instantly vote by moving to a hotel in Miami or New York. "I want to be an American. I want to live in America."McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-260079175148298042018-01-15T08:41:57.780-06:002018-01-15T08:41:57.780-06:00Not likely. Power and money are the draws and the...Not likely. Power and money are the draws and they will always attract ones who can't get them any other way.<br /><br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868713277676628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10359837264735919682018-01-15T06:31:47.100-06:002018-01-15T06:31:47.100-06:00People need to be charged, tried, convicted and hu...People need to be charged, tried, convicted and hung. Don't care if it deters others, it will keep them from doing it again.Nylon12noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86603866552477803432018-01-15T06:22:32.926-06:002018-01-15T06:22:32.926-06:00Well said.
As I said when I posted about this la...Well said. <br /><br />As I said when I posted about this last Friday, The problems with Puerto Rico are the people and the Government. Otherwise, it is a paradise.... B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.com