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Why are so many expats clueless?
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What is this thread?
A bunch of people patting themselves on the back for absolutely nothing.
Well done guys!
This thread is the arse end of DR1.....
A bunch of people patting themselves on the back for absolutely nothing.
Well done guys!
This thread is the arse end of DR1.....
So much bs in one single post made my head spin. Sorry, PICHARDO, but your government's own census and surveys would beg to differ on that statement about the composition of the population of the "campitos" and reproductive rates. "80%"...what the hell? MAYBE in a batey. CITE YOUR SOURCES. What do you gain from trying to convince others that poor rural Dominicans are NOT "real Dominicans"? I would love to see you roll up into some places where some "real Dominicans" have lived for generations and tell them that they are not Dominicans.
YOU are another harmful anomaly on the spectrum with "clueless" expats, always trying to paint the DR as an upper middle class and upper class haven, and disavowing to even share a nationality with poor Dominicans.
This should be moved to another thread.
It could be called:
"why is PICHARDO so clueless?"
I don't think anyone else denies that there aren't extremely successful, educated Dominicans; a sizable amount of very concentrated wealth; some nice buildings and rich neighborhoods in the big cities, etc. But you always seem to deny that anything other than that exists. And if it does...1) blame it on the Haitians 2) it's worse elsewhere (always via fotos, because statistically it isn't) 3) look for a way to personally discredit the poster since surely they don't know what they're talking about.
And it's not necessary to shirk reality; people still love the DR anyway.
Pichardo's "AGENDA:....Everything,and Anything,that is not right about the DR,is the fault of his Haitian "Relatives"!
"Man Up",mr "PEEEEEEEEEEEEE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Back in Orlando yet?
"Man Up",mr "PEEEEEEEEEEEEE"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Back in Orlando yet?
Why is a certain Dominican, clueless???
And now let's take Pichardo, the one claming the Dominican Republic IS on the Gold Standard. Unfortunately this thread is titled "why are so many ex-pats clueless?" So for this one reply lets just call it "Why is this Dominican, Pichardo, clueless?"
Pichardo, you know very well I have responded to your cutting and pasting of excerpts from Dominican monetary Law and demonstrated point by point how it DOES NOT show the Dominican Republic is on the Gold Standard. "Convertible currency/values" . . . NOTHING TO DO WITH A GOLD STANDARD.
The Gold standard has NEVER been affirmed by any Dominican Monetary Law, period, so there is nothing to be cancelled.
Yes Pichardo, you did post excerpts from Dominican Monetary Law and I also replied to you outlining and highlighting each and every point CLEARLY showing how the Dominican Republic is not on the gold standard. I won't re-post my replies here as they were very specific, detailed and lengthy, and the Dominican Monetary Law excerpts were in Spanish, but anyone interested can easily search and read my posts for themselves on the threads "Recession of 2008 and impact on the DR" and "Middle Class in the DR".
What I do find interesting is when I did reply to your posting of excerpts of the DR monetary law and outlined and highlighted point for point how the DR is not on the gold standard you didn't have anything more to say on the subject. After I picked apart your post point by point you went silent, except for the occasional pathetic attempt at an insult by questioning my education.
It is funny how you characterize me as "the one claiming the DR is NOT on the Gold standard." I CERTAINLY am that one you refer to in your post, but I am also CERTAINLY not the ONLY ONE. The people you so foolishly address as "the fan club" consist of EVERY SINGLE other poster who has posted regarding the DR being on the gold standard. Everyone who has commented on the subject of the DR being on the gold standard has been in TOTAL AGREEMENT that the DR is NOT on the Gold Standard, EVERYONE!! That is everyone except for you Pichardo.
Perhaps YOU are better characterized as "the one claiming the DR IS on the Gold standard." Because you are certainly ALL ALONE in that category. So far in all of the other threads and posts where this was discussed with literally HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of views, NOBODY, NOT ONE PERSON, except for you Pichardo, has been foolish enough to claim the DR is on the Gold Standard. Even the other Dominican apologists who usually come to your defense have been deafeningly silent on the subject.
Anyway in response to your question in your post . . . "What have they posted? Their words? Hah!"
That is exactly what I have posted MY WORDS, and I can confidently say MY WORDS have illustrated very clearly how the DR is not on the Gold Standard. Unlike you cutting and pasting lengthy excerpts of the Dominican Monetary Law which have NO RELEVANCE at all to the DR being on the Gold Standard. Perhaps you thought that since the excerpts were in Spanish and very boring and lengthy nobody would bother to read and analyze their detail. When I did, and commented on them point by point showing their irrelevance you fell silent.
Perhaps a more interesting thread would be . . .
"Why is a certain Dominican clueless?"
And now let's take Pichardo, the one claming the Dominican Republic IS on the Gold Standard. Unfortunately this thread is titled "why are so many ex-pats clueless?" So for this one reply lets just call it "Why is this Dominican, Pichardo, clueless?"
Pichardo, you know very well I have responded to your cutting and pasting of excerpts from Dominican monetary Law and demonstrated point by point how it DOES NOT show the Dominican Republic is on the Gold Standard. "Convertible currency/values" . . . NOTHING TO DO WITH A GOLD STANDARD.
The Gold standard has NEVER been affirmed by any Dominican Monetary Law, period, so there is nothing to be cancelled.
Yes Pichardo, you did post excerpts from Dominican Monetary Law and I also replied to you outlining and highlighting each and every point CLEARLY showing how the Dominican Republic is not on the gold standard. I won't re-post my replies here as they were very specific, detailed and lengthy, and the Dominican Monetary Law excerpts were in Spanish, but anyone interested can easily search and read my posts for themselves on the threads "Recession of 2008 and impact on the DR" and "Middle Class in the DR".
What I do find interesting is when I did reply to your posting of excerpts of the DR monetary law and outlined and highlighted point for point how the DR is not on the gold standard you didn't have anything more to say on the subject. After I picked apart your post point by point you went silent, except for the occasional pathetic attempt at an insult by questioning my education.
It is funny how you characterize me as "the one claiming the DR is NOT on the Gold standard." I CERTAINLY am that one you refer to in your post, but I am also CERTAINLY not the ONLY ONE. The people you so foolishly address as "the fan club" consist of EVERY SINGLE other poster who has posted regarding the DR being on the gold standard. Everyone who has commented on the subject of the DR being on the gold standard has been in TOTAL AGREEMENT that the DR is NOT on the Gold Standard, EVERYONE!! That is everyone except for you Pichardo.
Perhaps YOU are better characterized as "the one claiming the DR IS on the Gold standard." Because you are certainly ALL ALONE in that category. So far in all of the other threads and posts where this was discussed with literally HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of views, NOBODY, NOT ONE PERSON, except for you Pichardo, has been foolish enough to claim the DR is on the Gold Standard. Even the other Dominican apologists who usually come to your defense have been deafeningly silent on the subject.
Anyway in response to your question in your post . . . "What have they posted? Their words? Hah!"
That is exactly what I have posted MY WORDS, and I can confidently say MY WORDS have illustrated very clearly how the DR is not on the Gold Standard. Unlike you cutting and pasting lengthy excerpts of the Dominican Monetary Law which have NO RELEVANCE at all to the DR being on the Gold Standard. Perhaps you thought that since the excerpts were in Spanish and very boring and lengthy nobody would bother to read and analyze their detail. When I did, and commented on them point by point showing their irrelevance you fell silent.
Perhaps a more interesting thread would be . . .
"Why is a certain Dominican clueless?"
Pretty much sums up my first 2 weeks here. TOTALLY surprised at some of the stuff I have seen. Great post!
In regard to frank12 post #46 isn't that the way things were done 100 years ago?
If he writes a book, I am going to have to edit it for him. I love what he has to say, but hard as h3ll to read! I mean that with all due respect, of course
*edit. Just realized someone already offered their services.
With regard to your answer, isn't that the way we first world citizens, forgot to do a lot of things?
Here, your tv or washing machine breaks down, you call someone, the guy comes over on his moto with a plastic box with a couple of bits and pieces, changes a 50 cent transistor and charges you 7 bucks for the whole repair.
Where we come from, you call the dealer you bought it from, he calls the manufacturer, if you are lucky they will send someone over (if in warranty), but 9/10 you will have to send it to them. They will not replace that transistor, but the whole circuit board. Same repair, but the cost will run into several hundred bucks.
I once brought in an HP printer for repair, one week old, to the HP center in Belgium. The only problem was one of those white rollers guiding the paper (a 2 cents piece). They picked up the printer, threw it into a garbage container and gave me a new one. Their explanation, the cost in man-hours would be bigger than the cost of a new printer.
The Negative Patrol Squad
In Pichardo’s defense, you guys do the same thing but in a negative way where y’all never have anything constructive or positive to say. Everything that comes out of your keyboard is negative as if you have some hidden agenda against our people and our country. Always the same “negative patrol squad” just waiting on someone to highlight something good about DR and no matter what it is you guys try to knock it down even when it is an investment project, some of you waste no time at all to degrade it by saying it is drug money. I guess I can’t blame you though, after all, most of you are the barrios’ mingling fools that don’t know anything else beyond that. You guys remind me of those Peace Corp guys that are used to work helping the poor in villages but then make fools out of themselves by acting all shocked when they meet a wealthy Dominican or see a structure that they think would only exist in a developed country.
Your negativity sometimes may be a clear depiction of a frustrated life
In Pichardo’s defense, you guys do the same thing but in a negative way where y’all never have anything constructive or positive to say. Everything that comes out of your keyboard is negative as if you have some hidden agenda against our people and our country. Always the same “negative patrol squad” just waiting on someone to highlight something good about DR and no matter what it is you guys try to knock it down even when it is an investment project, some of you waste no time at all to degrade it by saying it is drug money. I guess I can’t blame you though, after all, most of you are the barrios’ mingling fools that don’t know anything else beyond that. You guys remind me of those Peace Corp guys that are used to work helping the poor in villages but then make fools out of themselves by acting all shocked when they meet a wealthy Dominican or see a structure that they think would only exist in a developed country.
Your negativity sometimes may be a clear depiction of a frustrated life
I find it amazing that in my teens and twenties I knew EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING. As I get older, I am learning that I know less and less about anything. I'm getting more clueless by the minute... about life in general, not just the D.R. Old age sucks, but at least it brings humility with it. LOL
"MrDR",you have given a typical "Dominican Response" to ANYTHING critical of your "Perfect" country!
Thank you for yet once again proving my knowledge about all Dominicans,and how they all respond criticism.
The first step to solving a problem,is to recognize that you have a problem!
Do you read "Bocachivo" in "Diario Libre"?
Do you know "Jose Boquete" of "Diario Libre"???
They are the only two "Dominicans" actually pointing out some of the many problems facing the DR,and it's citizens.
Maybe if more Dominicans spent more of their time trying to make this a better place to live,instead of defending the "Status Quo",life would get better here!
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Thank you for yet once again proving my knowledge about all Dominicans,and how they all respond criticism.
The first step to solving a problem,is to recognize that you have a problem!
Do you read "Bocachivo" in "Diario Libre"?
Do you know "Jose Boquete" of "Diario Libre"???
They are the only two "Dominicans" actually pointing out some of the many problems facing the DR,and it's citizens.
Maybe if more Dominicans spent more of their time trying to make this a better place to live,instead of defending the "Status Quo",life would get better here!
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And that is as it should be!
Too many "Gringos" try to "Go Dominican".
They "Think" they are accepted as such.
They think the Dominicans at the "Colmado" are laughing with them,in reality,they are laughing AT THEM!
Remember "Dan Akroyd" and "Steve Martin's characters on "SNL"???
"Cool Cats",or so they thought!
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Proud To Be A "GRINGO"!
Too many "Gringos" try to "Go Dominican".
They "Think" they are accepted as such.
They think the Dominicans at the "Colmado" are laughing with them,in reality,they are laughing AT THEM!
Remember "Dan Akroyd" and "Steve Martin's characters on "SNL"???
"Cool Cats",or so they thought!
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Proud To Be A "GRINGO"!
I'm not an "ex pat" YET... just another gringo who bought a condo and enjoys the sun, ocean, and the tropics. I LIKE my newly adopted vacation neighborhood (Cortecito), I LIKE the D.R. and the Dominicans I've met (idiosyncrasies and all), and I LIKE being a "gringo". I have no misconception that I'll "blend in" now or ever, (LOL.. if you knew what I look like, the joke is funnier), I just want to get along, being "me", shorts and sandals included. If people laugh at me at the colmado, I couldn't care less. I've found that if you treat people with respect and a smile, they'll pretty much respond in kind. Actually, other than the added speed bump of language, I think there was almost as much "culture shift" when I moved from Philly to Pittsburgh 16 years ago. I'm still not a "Burgher"... never will be, just like I'll never be Dominican. In the immortal words of Popeye.... "I yam what I yam and 'dats all 'dat I yam." Now hand me a can of Spinach and I'm good to go! LOL (My apologies to those unfortunate souls who never got to see "Popeye" cartoons. LOL)
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