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		<title>By: caesar agustus</title>
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		<dc:creator>caesar agustus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is laughable.Guyana cannot even police it&#039;s eastern border with a weakling Suriname.A border which it does not even know where it is actually located up to now,much less stir up another unknown/unfixed border furore with Venezuela, which can invade Guyana in one day.This is foolishness magnified in a 10x 50 binoculars.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is laughable.Guyana cannot even police it&#8217;s eastern border with a weakling Suriname.A border which it does not even know where it is actually located up to now,much less stir up another unknown/unfixed border furore with Venezuela, which can invade Guyana in one day.This is foolishness magnified in a 10x 50 binoculars.</p>
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		<title>By: gap1</title>
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		<dc:creator>gap1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Meanwhile, nothing is being done to arrest Guyana&#039;s massive population decline, jobs, security, to make Guyana investor friendly with tax holidays and other incentives to attract investors.

Guyana does not need an oil pipeline or to find oil to strike it out as a very decent middle income country in a very short space of time, what Guyana needs is a sound, well funded developmental plan, what Guyana does not have, is that.

Simple, but would you believe,  they don&#039;t seem to have one! 

Meanwhile the world passes us by while the govt may be throwing out Chavez&#039;s name at us, to see if they can put some perfume on him. 

Well the nation is not just saying no, notice, we are growling a resounding, no!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meanwhile, nothing is being done to arrest Guyana&#8217;s massive population decline, jobs, security, to make Guyana investor friendly with tax holidays and other incentives to attract investors.</p>
<p>Guyana does not need an oil pipeline or to find oil to strike it out as a very decent middle income country in a very short space of time, what Guyana needs is a sound, well funded developmental plan, what Guyana does not have, is that.</p>
<p>Simple, but would you believe,  they don&#8217;t seem to have one! </p>
<p>Meanwhile the world passes us by while the govt may be throwing out Chavez&#8217;s name at us, to see if they can put some perfume on him. </p>
<p>Well the nation is not just saying no, notice, we are growling a resounding, no!</p>
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		<title>By: Mainlandweb.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mainlandweb.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Venezuela is in territorial issues with virtually all of its neighbors. Its Military Police has been constantly harassing the fishermen of Trinidad and Tobago in the Gulf of Paria. A lot of weapons and drugs are coming from Venezuela. Venezuela has always worked in alliance with Suriname to undermine Guyana&#039;s development, and its ties with Suriname are stronger than it is with Guyana. There are several joint ventures between Venezuelan companies and those of Suriname, such as Vensur, their cement company. 
The people of Venezuela and Brazil are very similar as compared to Guyanese. With the declining population of Guyana and Suriname, and the influx of immigrants from these larger and more populated states around us, it is just a matter of a few generations before we are outnumbered. Technology can put us at a great advantage against all these people around us, but the plan must be put in place now. 
Red Lion</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Venezuela is in territorial issues with virtually all of its neighbors. Its Military Police has been constantly harassing the fishermen of Trinidad and Tobago in the Gulf of Paria. A lot of weapons and drugs are coming from Venezuela. Venezuela has always worked in alliance with Suriname to undermine Guyana&#8217;s development, and its ties with Suriname are stronger than it is with Guyana. There are several joint ventures between Venezuelan companies and those of Suriname, such as Vensur, their cement company.<br />
The people of Venezuela and Brazil are very similar as compared to Guyanese. With the declining population of Guyana and Suriname, and the influx of immigrants from these larger and more populated states around us, it is just a matter of a few generations before we are outnumbered. Technology can put us at a great advantage against all these people around us, but the plan must be put in place now.<br />
Red Lion</p>
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		<title>By: gap1</title>
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		<dc:creator>gap1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe,
         I have been hitting at you and running into hiding???!!!  Surely you fill yourself with your own self-importance! 


I am a mommy and a sister and an aunt and a lover and a friend and I am a beach lover (for the second time I tell you I am woman and I could call you girlfriend in response to this but I will not--I will wait for evidence that Joe is a person, not just some disjointed spirit who does not recognise reality when it smacks him in the face) , and yes I do have my own business so I work doubly hard at what I do, and surprise--it is not blogging!

First of all, my dear Joe, it would take a &quot;paradigm&quot; shift to get me riled up about you, since on the scale of what is important to me or not, you are so completely off radar that I find your comment really &quot;interesting&quot;.  I don&#039;t know you and I have no wish to do so, nor your little &quot;paradigm&quot; shift here. As I so clearly stated, I get riled up about my govt doing business with Venezuela here, and if I have to be double-banked here then I don&#039;t mind. I can have you both---for breakfast tomorrow. Nothing personal, never is.

And this time, I promise, I will return to the blog. That&#039;s really not good news for you or your little paradigm shift here--nothing personal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe,<br />
         I have been hitting at you and running into hiding???!!!  Surely you fill yourself with your own self-importance! </p>
<p>I am a mommy and a sister and an aunt and a lover and a friend and I am a beach lover (for the second time I tell you I am woman and I could call you girlfriend in response to this but I will not&#8211;I will wait for evidence that Joe is a person, not just some disjointed spirit who does not recognise reality when it smacks him in the face) , and yes I do have my own business so I work doubly hard at what I do, and surprise&#8211;it is not blogging!</p>
<p>First of all, my dear Joe, it would take a &#8220;paradigm&#8221; shift to get me riled up about you, since on the scale of what is important to me or not, you are so completely off radar that I find your comment really &#8220;interesting&#8221;.  I don&#8217;t know you and I have no wish to do so, nor your little &#8220;paradigm&#8221; shift here. As I so clearly stated, I get riled up about my govt doing business with Venezuela here, and if I have to be double-banked here then I don&#8217;t mind. I can have you both&#8212;for breakfast tomorrow. Nothing personal, never is.</p>
<p>And this time, I promise, I will return to the blog. That&#8217;s really not good news for you or your little paradigm shift here&#8211;nothing personal.</p>
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		<title>By: New Paradigm</title>
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		<dc:creator>New Paradigm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree with Joe. Lets discuss. Po9litica is not just simple. Sometimes presidents have to be careful or they will bring unnecesdsary confrontation that would weaken them. chavez is facing alot already.

In any event Chavez does not need a road or a pipe line if he wants to invade Guyana. 

On the other hand such infrastructure can assist greatly in the development of this country and the region. 

We also have a border dispute with the Surinamese. What do we do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree with Joe. Lets discuss. Po9litica is not just simple. Sometimes presidents have to be careful or they will bring unnecesdsary confrontation that would weaken them. chavez is facing alot already.</p>
<p>In any event Chavez does not need a road or a pipe line if he wants to invade Guyana. </p>
<p>On the other hand such infrastructure can assist greatly in the development of this country and the region. </p>
<p>We also have a border dispute with the Surinamese. What do we do.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Coxall</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe Coxall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gap1,
             You little private eye pro, you have been hitting on me and running into hiding. Listen we are simply throwing around pros and cons, Make it a lively debate, do not get personally riled up. 

Blog sites has become wildly popular on the internet because folks like you and me can now provide controversal comment and that is the only reason why people are attracted to bolg comments.

Remember, where all people think alike, no man thinks, so It is healthy to disagree, just do not raise your blood pressure in doing so. Now that is very unhealthy for you.

Peace my man.

Joe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gap1,<br />
             You little private eye pro, you have been hitting on me and running into hiding. Listen we are simply throwing around pros and cons, Make it a lively debate, do not get personally riled up. </p>
<p>Blog sites has become wildly popular on the internet because folks like you and me can now provide controversal comment and that is the only reason why people are attracted to bolg comments.</p>
<p>Remember, where all people think alike, no man thinks, so It is healthy to disagree, just do not raise your blood pressure in doing so. Now that is very unhealthy for you.</p>
<p>Peace my man.</p>
<p>Joe.</p>
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		<title>By: gap1</title>
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		<dc:creator>gap1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe:  &quot;First of all, where did we get the idea that there is oil somewhere in the Essequibo that Venezuela wants to get it’s hands on?&quot; 

How could we even begin to prove it when your Chavez is objecting to every potential investor who comes into Guyana with the intentions of finding oil? We believe that there is oil in Essequibo, and  that is all you and your Chavez need to know. 

All the reasons and all the argument you make for us doing business with Chavez are moot under the circumstances and will continue to find stiff opposition from the Guyanese people in and out of Guyana unless Chavez and his people drop their claim on Essequibo and give us a chance to develop our own true potential. Otherwise, you could better spend your time telling your dear Chavez to get our Essequibo off his confounded map! We don&#039;t like it, and we don&#039;t like him, to use an understatement, for obvious reasons, so enough already with these tedious tirades!

Who are you trying to convince, Guyanese? Save yourself the effort! We&#039;re riled up enough with even the thought of our govt even thinking of doing business with this...this character, under the circumstances.

I hope Jagdeo and his PPP are reading this. The Guyanese nation voted the PPP into office to do anything but sell out our country to its worse enemy. Enough said!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe:  &#8220;First of all, where did we get the idea that there is oil somewhere in the Essequibo that Venezuela wants to get it’s hands on?&#8221; </p>
<p>How could we even begin to prove it when your Chavez is objecting to every potential investor who comes into Guyana with the intentions of finding oil? We believe that there is oil in Essequibo, and  that is all you and your Chavez need to know. </p>
<p>All the reasons and all the argument you make for us doing business with Chavez are moot under the circumstances and will continue to find stiff opposition from the Guyanese people in and out of Guyana unless Chavez and his people drop their claim on Essequibo and give us a chance to develop our own true potential. Otherwise, you could better spend your time telling your dear Chavez to get our Essequibo off his confounded map! We don&#8217;t like it, and we don&#8217;t like him, to use an understatement, for obvious reasons, so enough already with these tedious tirades!</p>
<p>Who are you trying to convince, Guyanese? Save yourself the effort! We&#8217;re riled up enough with even the thought of our govt even thinking of doing business with this&#8230;this character, under the circumstances.</p>
<p>I hope Jagdeo and his PPP are reading this. The Guyanese nation voted the PPP into office to do anything but sell out our country to its worse enemy. Enough said!</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Coxall</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe Coxall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok, so here we go again, let&#039;s continue the debate. First of all, where did we get the idea that there is oil somewhere in the Essequibo that Venezuela wants to get it&#039;s hands on? Why don&#039;t we extend that same wishful unfounded argument and assume that the oil lies somewhere in the Demerara or Berbice region?

The last news I got is that miners  local ,Venezuelan and Brazilian are all over the Essequibo prospecting for gold and diamonds. So where is the attempt to keep us in economic bondage?

Guyana cannot find oil in Guyana the same way that Venezuela did not find oil in Venezuela. Western oil companies found the oil and Chavez nationalised the companies. Right now he is in the process of nationalising three cement companies. Now these are two very important commodities that Guyana need.

An oil pipeline will change the geopolitical landscape in the region, the same way that an oil pipeline has suddenly increased the importance of some very small insignificant countries we never even heard about before :::Gerogia and Ossetia:::
Nobody gives a damn about these countries except that they are sitting smack in the middle of the pipeline bringing oil from Eastern Europe into the hands of Israel and the USA..

The USA is planning missile sites in Georgia, Ukraine and Poland, Russia has been invited to set up a missile site in Syria. We bystanders are now witnessing the beginning of the Oil Wars.

Russia may turnout to be our saviour afterall, Without them there is no other force that can prevent the USA and Israel from grabbing all the oil in Eastern Europe. 

If that happens and with the US dollar still the worlds reserve currency, then we will remain in economic bondage, not by Venezuela but by those who have already enslaved us a long time ago.

Government politics on the world stage requires the best and brightest minds. It is more like a chess game where strategy can defeat might. We need to get into the mind and thinking of Chavez and try to accurately anticipate his purpose.

My guess is that a terminal in Suriname will allow Dutch oil companies shipping rights bypassing the American oil giants and also making oil more available to Brazilian and other regional countries via the Amazon River.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok, so here we go again, let&#8217;s continue the debate. First of all, where did we get the idea that there is oil somewhere in the Essequibo that Venezuela wants to get it&#8217;s hands on? Why don&#8217;t we extend that same wishful unfounded argument and assume that the oil lies somewhere in the Demerara or Berbice region?</p>
<p>The last news I got is that miners  local ,Venezuelan and Brazilian are all over the Essequibo prospecting for gold and diamonds. So where is the attempt to keep us in economic bondage?</p>
<p>Guyana cannot find oil in Guyana the same way that Venezuela did not find oil in Venezuela. Western oil companies found the oil and Chavez nationalised the companies. Right now he is in the process of nationalising three cement companies. Now these are two very important commodities that Guyana need.</p>
<p>An oil pipeline will change the geopolitical landscape in the region, the same way that an oil pipeline has suddenly increased the importance of some very small insignificant countries we never even heard about before :::Gerogia and Ossetia:::<br />
Nobody gives a damn about these countries except that they are sitting smack in the middle of the pipeline bringing oil from Eastern Europe into the hands of Israel and the USA..</p>
<p>The USA is planning missile sites in Georgia, Ukraine and Poland, Russia has been invited to set up a missile site in Syria. We bystanders are now witnessing the beginning of the Oil Wars.</p>
<p>Russia may turnout to be our saviour afterall, Without them there is no other force that can prevent the USA and Israel from grabbing all the oil in Eastern Europe. </p>
<p>If that happens and with the US dollar still the worlds reserve currency, then we will remain in economic bondage, not by Venezuela but by those who have already enslaved us a long time ago.</p>
<p>Government politics on the world stage requires the best and brightest minds. It is more like a chess game where strategy can defeat might. We need to get into the mind and thinking of Chavez and try to accurately anticipate his purpose.</p>
<p>My guess is that a terminal in Suriname will allow Dutch oil companies shipping rights bypassing the American oil giants and also making oil more available to Brazilian and other regional countries via the Amazon River.</p>
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		<title>By: bgsbny</title>
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		<dc:creator>bgsbny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>........ i&#039;m almost positive that the Jagdeo administration has,, or is seriously modifying plans to accomodate venezuela and the pipeline as soon as they denounce their expnsionary claim to our land ! if the pipeline is of interest to Chavez ,, then he must know that he WILL not be able to put an INCH of pipe any where near or in GUYANA ! and i say this in no uncertain manner ,, for i&#039;m still able to hold a gun ,, read a map ,, and go without food for a few days ,,.......</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;&#8230;.. i&#8217;m almost positive that the Jagdeo administration has,, or is seriously modifying plans to accomodate venezuela and the pipeline as soon as they denounce their expnsionary claim to our land ! if the pipeline is of interest to Chavez ,, then he must know that he WILL not be able to put an INCH of pipe any where near or in GUYANA ! and i say this in no uncertain manner ,, for i&#8217;m still able to hold a gun ,, read a map ,, and go without food for a few days ,,&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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