Hi folks,
Im orginaly from NYC and have been coming to BsAs for business and to be an expat for months at a time since 2005.
I was walking up Santa Fe Avenue last night and had never seen so many people ( 100k-150k ) angry with the government and certainly never seen so many middle class people protesting. So I asked them what the deal was and they hate Kirchner ( old story from Nestor's time ) but not one of them could suggest an alternative and they had only the vaguest notions of what needs to change here...
I'll be quite frank. I know this country better than most and it makes no difference who sits in the pink house so long as Argentines behave like...Argentines, i.e. disagreeable, obstructionist and generally make everything more difficult than necessary and constantly stoke conflict.
I just got here this week and before I had even arrived the Argentine Airlines staff at the departure gate were being typical blackmailing assholes... 10 minutes before takeoff as I boarded the plane with 2 small personal bags, the staff started insisting that I and 5 other startled passengers carry only one or pay $120 on the spot to carry the second small bag...a total scam. Here is the proof: I refused to pay and after trying to scare me with warnings I could not fly, I called their bluff and they let me board anyway.
And I know some people will howl, but to tell the truth means to leave political correctness back in the US so here it is: many women here are not intelligent yet they occupy employment positions that enable them to make decisions that have a big impact on others. At banks, in government and elsewhere, they can shut down or slow down whatever you want to get done....there has always been a lot of negativity here and the women are keen to say NO NO NO to anything and everything... And no Im talking talking about Kristina Kirchner; she's probably much smarter and patriotic than most of her countrymen and women. And yes this is also a problem outside Argentina.
Basically, the people here are always complaining about everything. I asked one 40 year old guy when was the last time Argentina had a good government and he said not n his lifetime. All of them will repeat this. So what does that say about them?
Im orginaly from NYC and have been coming to BsAs for business and to be an expat for months at a time since 2005.
I was walking up Santa Fe Avenue last night and had never seen so many people ( 100k-150k ) angry with the government and certainly never seen so many middle class people protesting. So I asked them what the deal was and they hate Kirchner ( old story from Nestor's time ) but not one of them could suggest an alternative and they had only the vaguest notions of what needs to change here...
I'll be quite frank. I know this country better than most and it makes no difference who sits in the pink house so long as Argentines behave like...Argentines, i.e. disagreeable, obstructionist and generally make everything more difficult than necessary and constantly stoke conflict.
I just got here this week and before I had even arrived the Argentine Airlines staff at the departure gate were being typical blackmailing assholes... 10 minutes before takeoff as I boarded the plane with 2 small personal bags, the staff started insisting that I and 5 other startled passengers carry only one or pay $120 on the spot to carry the second small bag...a total scam. Here is the proof: I refused to pay and after trying to scare me with warnings I could not fly, I called their bluff and they let me board anyway.
And I know some people will howl, but to tell the truth means to leave political correctness back in the US so here it is: many women here are not intelligent yet they occupy employment positions that enable them to make decisions that have a big impact on others. At banks, in government and elsewhere, they can shut down or slow down whatever you want to get done....there has always been a lot of negativity here and the women are keen to say NO NO NO to anything and everything... And no Im talking talking about Kristina Kirchner; she's probably much smarter and patriotic than most of her countrymen and women. And yes this is also a problem outside Argentina.
Basically, the people here are always complaining about everything. I asked one 40 year old guy when was the last time Argentina had a good government and he said not n his lifetime. All of them will repeat this. So what does that say about them?
