Another "lunatic" idea by DR politicians

Once again, our politicians seem to be sniffing something. Otherwise you would not hear so much nonsense. I am not sure if you heard the one about a Congressman calling for changing the name of the San Cristobal province and giving it the name of Pena Gomez. This nut was not even the province's senator!

Now the ultimate idiocy is the proposal by some to name the Malecon, which has been known forever as George Washington Avenue as the Avenida Hermanas Mirabal.

Those of us who live and love this city would find this outrageous. I am sure Uncle Sam would also look at this as a slap in the face. There is already a Mirabal Avenue in one of the popular neighborhoods. The Malecon has already been divided in four sections with different names. Of course, nobody respects any other name but Goerge Washington's and Malecon. The section by Avenida del Puerto was named after Caamano. But who cares. Have you ever heard even the most vocal revolutionary call the Malecon by Caamano's name? Can you imagine purchasing a $4 million condo on a street with the Mirabal sisters's name? What would happen to the Torre Washington and the Malecon Center. Can you picture living in a luxury hirise called Mirabal Tower? It would be the equivalent of buying at any Martin Luther King Drive in the USA. This is not a racist thing.

Caamano was a nobody. So were the Mirabal sisters. What did they do for this country besides opposing Trujillo? Many think they gave their life for democracy. I don't. They just hated Trujillo because he chased one of the sisters and she didn't like him. That's it. The other one was married to Tavares Justo and one can understand her hate. Tavares Justo was a frustrated revolutionary who sacrifized his life for stupidity. He knew he was no Fidel Castro, but he still decided to got o the mountains and die there. So did Caamano. We are not talking here about Che Guevara quality people!! I would prefer Che Guevara Boulevard if it were the case.

I could care less what they call the Malecon. To me it will always be George Washington Avenue. So it's Lincoln Avenue and Churchill Avenue. Keep the fake Dominican heroes to the oriental zone and small towns where people still believe in fables.

TW

Jojocho

Jojo: As far as ignorance, I dont think you can touch me with a 50 foot pole as far knowledge of Dominican Republic and yes I am Dominican. But you are just like most Dominicans....extremely naive. You only live in present history. To you anybody shoved in front of you by the "limpiasacos" of today is a hero. We have firm heroes who have been engraved in our minds already in the mold of the Washingtons and the Lincolns. Duarte,Sanchez and Mella to name a few. They got their streets, although these guys were just figureheads in their time.

To some Pe?a Gomez is a hero. But of what? What did he do besides take a salary from the PRD party for 30 years without ever holding a regular job? The guy never worked a day in his life. He travelled abroad every other month at our expense. He wore $2000 dollar tailored suits and lived like a king. Can you tell me what he did? If you know any history...what did the Mirabals do besides one being a wife of Tavares Justo and the other just an opposer of Trujillo. Does that make them heroes? Did the fact they get killed make them heroes? What about the 30,000 Haitians Trujillo got rid off ...are they heroes? Maybe we should have a Haitians Killed By Trujillo Boulevard?

Hey man...if you compare some of our mickey mouse heroes with worldwide personalities who had an impact on mankind, you better take your argument somewhere else. I am too much into macro politics and history to bother with midgets. Almost every capital of the world has a Kennedy Boulevard. The Mirabals are nobodies. I have more respect for Jackie Kennedy, who lived thru a true impacting historical event that is still imprinted in everyones mind.

TW

HILLBILLY

At least Eisenhower got himself a nice big expressway in Chicago. Of course, I wouldn't want to get caught in "his" traffic jams during rush hours.

Peggy Cabral "de Pena Gomez" was hardly a proletariat herself. And she's, like Pena Gomez are not Dominicans. Peggy is Argentinian and we all know where Pena Gomez came from. Peggy got her first job ever with this administration(Hipolito's) She also had never worked except being Pena's wife, yet she ran for Mayor and lost and now has the responsibility for the office that handles the poor. Her father was Manuel del Cabral, a well known poet and writer who was ambassador to Argentina, and a socialite. Her brother runs the foundation, which does art exhibits.So much for heavy work.

The Mirabals have been true to the spirit of good revolutionaries. The new Mirabals have cashed on the name and are super rich. One is running for president(no chance) and Minou has gotten her share of good government posts. She was recently elected to the Chamber of Deputies. Good wine, world travel and fine clothes have never been absent from the original Mirabals and the new ones now.

One of the richest men in DR is a "living hero" who took the first shot to kill Trujillo. Can Jojocho name him? What does this hero have in common with Trujillo?

TW

Jojocho, it's all relative

The motives for killing Trujillo were strictly personal. The group that killed Trujillo was inspired by greed and personal vengeance. The plans by this group of "traitors" who all became rich and powerful by Trujillo's benevolent hands was to take over and continue dictatorial rule. I have posted long and enough on the real background of these people here. You can check around. But none of these people were less feared than Trujillo himself.

Imbert is a copy of Trujillo except he does not have the leadership and charisma. Other than killing Trujillo he would have been a nobody. He drives around in a long Lincoln limo with an entourage larger than any of Trujillo's. He brags by showing brass license plates with full general stars and wears an unfit military uniform with more medals and condecorations than Trujillo ever wore. Traffic is stopped and detoured wherever he drives. Remember that Trujillo was nicknamed "chapita" because of all the condecorations in his uniform. Well, today's generals look like clowns. they make Trujillo look like a well-mannered English Lord. Take our Chief of the Armed Forces, an extremely overweight man,. His condecorations cover from two inches below his clavicle to the last rib in his chest. He as well as all of our generals now walk around with Nazi style batons. Imbert was never an academic military man. Trujillo's legalcy still lives.

Antonio de La Maza, another dead "hero" was the terror of the border, who owned the largest lumber mill in the nation in the town of Restauracion. Young women were hidden from his entourage when he drove thru towns, including my sister.

Our living hero was in charge for years of no other than our biggest gold mine!

TW