Oscar Heck sounds very much like a socialist ... which is another word for communist!

<a href=www.vheadline.com>Venezuela's Electronic News Posted: Sunday, May 11, 2003 By: Robert Hammer

Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 03:32:44 +0000 From: Robert Hammer robham20@hotmail.com To: Editor@VHeadline.com Subject: The USAPS Way Of Life

Dear Oscar Heck: You may have lived for several years and worked in the USA but, if you really believe what you wrote in your article, you learned little about the people of the United States.

I have lived all my life in the United States, and the way of life you described is totally foreign to me!

Do we have druggies in the US?  Yes, we do ... but the overwhelming majority of the people are not druggies.

Do you have druggies in Venezuela?  If you tell me no, then I know you are truly misinformed.

Do we have people who own guns in the USA?  Yes, we do ... but the majority of the people do not own guns.

Do you have gun owners in Venezuela? If you tell me no, then I ask who is it that is shooting other people there and what are they shooting them with ... pea shooters?

Do we have violent crime in the USA?  Yes, we do. But if you looked at the crime statistics here, you would know that over the past ten years, the crime rate has been dropping steadily. You would know that the crime rate in the USA is lower than the crime rate in Venezuela.

Do they have violent crime in Venezuela? Please don't say no ... for if you do, then we all will know that you are completely off in outer space somewhere. From what I have been able to read, and from my friends in Venezuela, Crime in Venezuela has reached epidemic proportions, and is growing ... not subsiding. And what about the overcrowded jails I have been reading about ... is this all lies fed to us northern gringos by honest reporters like yourself?

You already have McDonald's and Wendy's and Pizza Huts in Venezuela ... have had them for several years now. Has "salsa, merengue, cumbia, and llanero music on the buses" disappeared?

You know the answer ... the Venezuelan way of life will not disappear because someone in Venezuela likes the USA or opens a fast food place ... despite your insinuations and misleading words.

But the most false information you try to disseminate, is when you wrote:

"Venezuelans would no longer celebrate occasions within whole families (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc) and/or with friend and neighbors. Celebrations would occur within one’s own home, and perhaps ... by invitation ... other family members would join in."

Don't you see what you are doing, Mr. Heck? 

I think you do ... and I think you are doing it on purpose.

Whatever, your reason, it is disgraceful that you are telling people that USAPS don't have celebrations with whole families. Have you never heard of "family reunions?" If you know the US as you claim, you do ... then you ignore them completely to make such a statement as quoted above.

And to tell others that we put our elders in old folks homes for them to rot away, is down right absurd! Yes, there are homes for the elderly, where medical attention is given that is needed but cannot be provided at home.

What would you do? Close the homes for the elderly and deny them needed care?

Mr. Heck, I suspect that you know the majority of grandparents do not live in "old folks homes" but take care of themselves or live with their children. Then why are you writing such misleading things?

And then we read this from you: "The fact is, after having worked extensively in the USA, I find no added-value to the USA society. It is money-oriented and self-centered. It is righteous and military-power oriented. It is “me, myself and I” … all traits that are not Venezuelan in nature (and not in the nature of many other countries of our world)."

Mr. Heck, I am glad that Venezuelans are not money-oriented. That way they will not mind living in poverty ... right? I am glad that Venezuelans are not self-centered ... that way they give everything up to help their neighbors.

The charitable organizations in Venezuela must be overflowing with wealth!

Of course, I am being facetious and ridiculous to make my point ... my point being, Mr. Heck, that you sound like you believe in a society where the people surrender their money and their selfish dreams over to the government for the good of the many. You like the phrase "in fact"... so I will use it.

In fact, Mr. Heck, you sound very much like a "socialist" which is another word for "communist."  And please, don't come back to me with the false, misleading statements about "we are not communists" for we believe in democracy ... one can be a communist without being for a dictatorship ... those are two distinct different things, Mr. Heck ... and you know that already.

You, and others have said on many occasions in VHeadline News that you are presenting new ideas that have never been tried ... BULL!

There have been many countries that have tried socialism to improve their lot in life ... and to date, all of them have failed. Maybe it will work in Venezuela. No one wishes Venezuela more success and no one wishes Chavez to succeed in lifting the people of Venezuela out of poverty more than do I.

I don't want the USA to take on Venezuela as a project ... I want the people of Venezuela to find their own way to happiness ... in fact, I believe no country can become great unless they make themselves great.

The people of Venezuela will have to bring about change and an honest government that is not corrupt and dictatorial. They have to find the way to greatness in their own way ... no other country can do it for them, including the USA.

One last thought, Mr. Heck. If I read you and your cohorts correctly ... and if I take Mr. Chavez at his word ... then I think you want to help the people of Venezuela rise out of poverty and become self sufficient. Let me give you a secret, Mr. Heck. The key to doing that is "MONEY" ... no Venezuelan will rise from poverty unless he has money.

So before you go condemning "money hungry" people, think about that!

The USA is not a prosperous nation because a few have and control the wealth ... we are a prosperous nation because we have in our own way found a way to distribute that wealth to a majority of our people ... and we did it with a system called "free enterprise" ... not socialism. Just a thought.

Mr. Heck, your statements are anti-USA ... and any thinking person can see that. So why not write facts and eliminate the purpose to turn people against the USAPS. For you know this to be a fact, Mr. Heck.

You can tear down the USA and bring its government and people to complete ruin.

You can eliminate the USA as a world power, you can humiliate us, and bring us to complete poverty.

But you know what, Mr. Heck?

None of these actions would help not one single person in Venezuela rise from poverty.

You do not make yourself better by tearing down anyone else ... you may put us below you ... but you do not rise any doing it.

Sincerely Robert Hammer, USA robham20@hotmail.com