I DID join 3 miles high club....LaPaz is 12,000 feet above sea level, you join the club either you like it or not
;-))))

http://www.oprano.com/msgboard/index.php?s...=ST&f=12&t=9562

Looks nice. I'll get there eventually for sure.

I'm doing my third around the world trip at the end of the year and I'm thinking of seeing some more of South America.



Last edited by Joe Sixpack at Feb 21 2004, 04:46 AM

Looks nice. I'll get there eventually for sure.

I'm doing my third around the world trip at the end of the year and I'm thinking of seeing some more of South America.[/b][/quote]
don't postpone Bolivia for too long...
It's a barrel of gun powder which can blow at any moment.

Indians (the majority of the population) want...Socializm...last uprising they had was in...October.

don't postpone Bolivia for too long...
It's a barrel of gun powder which can blow at any moment.

Indians (the majority of the population) want...Socializm...last uprising they had was in...October.[/b][/quote]
Socialism doesn't scare me, Serge. I'm sure it won't affect the tourist industry that much.

Socialism doesn't scare me, Serge. I'm sure it won't affect the tourist industry that much.[/b][/quote]
wrong....60+ people died in few days in LaPaz in October...
It doesn't scare you because you haven't lived in "socialist paradise"...I did.

wrong....60+ people died in few days in LaPaz in October...
It doesn't scare you because you haven't lived in "socialist paradise"...I did.[/b][/quote]
If socialism is so terrible then why do the majority of Bolivians want it?

If socialism is so terrible then why do the majority of Bolivians want it?[/b][/quote]
ignorance is bliss....and this is a true answer.

They just don't know that Stalin killed more of his own people than all years of Inquisition.

ignorance is bliss....and this is a true answer.

They just don't know that Stalin killed more of his own people than all years of Inquisition.[/b][/quote]
I think you are confusing Stalinism with Socialism.

yeah-yeah-yeah,
I heard that argument before....

c'mon, do you REALLY don't know how Socializm is REALLY built?

yeah-yeah-yeah,
I heard that argument before....

c'mon, do you REALLY don't know how Socializm is REALLY built?[/b][/quote]
Socialism is government of the people by the people in the interests of the people, not in the interests of the rich and the privileged.

Socialism is government of the people by the people in the interests of the people, not in the interests of the rich and the privileged.[/b][/quote]
sure, sure....
the system can NOT exist economically, and collapse of the Soviet Union proved that,
but...
you are living in a FREE and not a Socialist country, therefore you are entitled to you opinion
;-))))

Joe's ignorance on so many different things always astounds me. It's like dealing with an idealistic high schooler. :unsure: