tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post1547430366877047476..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Going Nowhere with Juan ForeroMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-2763382975011281562009-08-28T21:15:57.147-05:002009-08-28T21:15:57.147-05:00Without ageeing to a right or left wing slant, I h...Without ageeing to a right or left wing slant, I have analyzed Forero's work on Colombia, and it sloppy. See http://colombialawbiz.com/2009/08/28/why-look-at-colombia-part-ii-getting-the-facts/nymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04605191783704164614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-25031041742336320742009-05-03T13:59:00.000-05:002009-05-03T13:59:00.000-05:00Just an update. I did do a followup to Forero's N...Just an update. I did do a followup to Forero's NPR piece correcting my error in spelling his name and adding additional comments. Truthout ran the same article about the Texaco/Chevron contamination lawsuit and I posted my comments there as well with reference to your blog. We will see if the comments run there (the screen comments but mine are usually posted).Arroyoriberahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955940337928790469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-9572554606424293572009-05-03T11:02:00.000-05:002009-05-03T11:02:00.000-05:00I left a comment at http://www.npr.org/templates/s...I left a comment at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103233560<br />with mention of your blog and your posting regarding Forero. The issues is, again, biased reporting and misleading interpretation. Unfortunately I misspelled his name throughout my post and at this moment due to a cookie problem with my computer I can not access the NPR comments to post a note acknowledging my error. One wishes that NPR would acknowledge its errors. Speaking of Forero, you may be aware of the post at http://www.bloggingsbyboz.com/2007/11/poll-numbers-venezuelan-constitutional.html <br />by V. Jerone Stephens, retired political science professor. In commenting on polling in Venezuela by capitalist polling firms that (quote) Even Juan Ferero, a NPR and Washington Post reporter--and a very poor one at that--finally admitted, after years of claiming that Hinterlace and Keller were reliable pollsters, after the 2006 election that they were pollsters with ties to the opposition. (end quote)Arroyoriberahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955940337928790469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-56478480101340078262009-02-16T11:42:00.000-06:002009-02-16T11:42:00.000-06:00This anti-Chavez stuff is not limited to NPR. The...This anti-Chavez stuff is not limited to NPR. The other night BBc and it's Rebecca Keisey (sp?) news program had an international lecturer exclaim that Chavez holds too many elections. I think so also because I have an election every two years here in the Dutch WonderLand where I reside. And when circumstances require I have an election every year.<BR/><BR/>And thwere is no seperation of power in Chavez land. Like here in the gooder USofA. Now that Democrats control Congress, White House we'll see an "activist" Supreme Court; unlike the 8 years of Bush.<BR/><BR/>And worst of all? Why does Chavez insist on using oil wealth to improve the lot of the poor in his country? The nerve of that guy!<BR/><BR/>edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-53636846586027049052009-02-16T11:16:00.000-06:002009-02-16T11:16:00.000-06:00Clearly the distinction is the one in English -- b...Clearly the distinction is the one in English -- between what we mean when we say someone is "going nowhere" and what we mean when we say someone is "not going away." We might even say he's "not going anywhere," but that would still be different from "going nowhere."<BR/><BR/>Assuming Juan Forero, an NPR reporter, is a fluent English speaker, his semantic abuse was deliberate and dissembling. Though sadly not unexpected.Buzztreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556126018133552905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-59306880587719408962009-02-16T05:16:00.000-06:002009-02-16T05:16:00.000-06:00Oh, and if you want to listen to the song by Grupo...Oh, and if you want to listen to the song by <I>Grupo Madera</I>, it is here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooRRtigvZoY<BR/><BR/>Enjoy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-92009445038425143212009-02-16T04:57:00.000-06:002009-02-16T04:57:00.000-06:00OK: Let's recap: "¡Uh, ah, Chávez no se va!,"--a...OK: Let's recap: "¡Uh, ah, Chávez no se va!,"--also a great song by the Venezuelan group <I>Grupo Madera</I>--means "Oooh, ah, Chávez isn't going away!"<BR/><BR/>In French, "s'en aller;" in Italian "andarsene;" in Portuguese it's very similar to Spanish--"ir-se" or "ir embora." I've just mentioned the infinitives.<BR/><BR/>So, in French, «Ouh, ah, Chávez s'en va pas!» (I have the poetic license to to suppress the «ne», since in French «ne...pas» is the normal form for a negative--a double negative in French.<BR/><BR/>In Italian, it would be «Uh, ah, Chávez non se ne va!<BR/><BR/>I have emailed the NPR shill/ombudsman. I'm not holding my breath, those sobs are so brazen.<BR/><BR/>I'm a translator, and translation that horrible--as horrible as Juan Forero´s--is grounds for firing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-78766766624177556512009-02-16T04:24:00.000-06:002009-02-16T04:24:00.000-06:00"Chavez is going nowhere." in the context of their..."Chavez is going nowhere." in the context of their culture can also mean the equivalent of what we mean in the US when we say "He's not going anywhere," i.e. he's not going away.<BR/><BR/>In that context I don't see it as dishonest at all, however the translation could have been better so people who aren't familiar with Latin American culture would get the correct meaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-53649311573877858802009-02-15T23:50:00.000-06:002009-02-15T23:50:00.000-06:00American interests are fried by Chavez because Cha...American interests are fried by Chavez because Chavez doesn't kowtow to them, just like other good little LatAm subserviants do. The only solution? BLACKBALL CHAVEZ! STOP AT NOTHING TO ACCOMPLISH MISSION!Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-88565121967383760752009-02-15T22:30:00.000-06:002009-02-15T22:30:00.000-06:00Apparently something has been lost in the translat...Apparently something has been lost in the translation.<BR/><BR/>Chavez was elected so what is so un-democratic about all that ??<BR/>I also admire Chavez for calling Bush "The Devil"...other than that I haven't heard anything good or bad about the guy, except that I know the oil companies don't like him...heh,heh,heh.Hubertghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409027211218872203noreply@blogger.com