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The recent losses of freedoms are real and there is a long history that indicates that cultures which have suffered such incremental losses of freedoms have usually continued to march in a particular direction ending in absolute tyranny. There is also a long history of disbelief by the masses that things could ever get so bad…until they did.
I am only suggesting that perhaps it is advisable to take to heart the tendency that things WILL get very bad once a certain threshold of restrictions of personal freedoms is reached. Some of the dots listed and connected in the article already exist. Connecting the others is no stretch of imagination. In fact, as the article states, the system was perfected by the USSR.
David instructs us to look how far we have come. But we would not be the first people to have begun as a republic only to degenerate into a tyrannical empire. In fact, we wouldn’t even be the second or the third or the fourth to do so. It seems to be the way things normally play out.
So before Rome burns, I would prefer to leave rather than jump off David’s bridge.
Obviously there many EX pats who speak very little Spanish and say they are happy in Costa Rica just as there examples of marriages where one mate does not speak the language of the other. How many people could pull that off? What kind of personalities and conditions are required to make that work?
For me, I see no point in choosing a new home within a culture where I could not communicate effectively or even understand the intriguing nuances of that culture. For me, the people, the land and the language are intimately tied together.
For me, moving to Costa Rica will be like a marriage. I was first attracted to Costa Rica by the physical beauty of the landscape and the climate just as physical beauty first attracted me to my wife. But for me, there has to be more than physical beauty. The soul, the spirit of any country or culture is, of course, its people. How can one ever hope to know the culture without the language?
Maravilla,
GMO food is poison, pure and simple. However, it is useless to try and educate some people. Nice try with Victoria, though, but I am sure you have realized over the years that at some point, the effort becomes a waste of time.
(Paraphrasing an article)
There is always a large segment of the world population living in some state of denial. One common thread runs through this very human condition: people are presented with information that is too frightening or threatening to be absorbed or openly acknowledged. The information is therefore somehow repressed, disavowed, pushed aside or reinterpreted. Or else the information “registers” well enough, but it its implications-cognitive, emotional or moral- are evaded, neutralized or rationalized away.Here in the States, it is nearly impossible to avoid GMO food. It is reported that 80% of the food in most grocery stores are GMO. I wonder, though, if it is any better in Costa Rica. I know that many Tico farmers like to use all the popular insecticides. How healthy is the produce at the farmers’ market in San Ramon?
Well, you are inferring that most North Americans are geographically and politically ignorant. And you are wishing that this state of affairs remains true so that you can keep Costa Rica to yourself. I, for one, would like to see how a counter argument against this might be conducted. You won’t get an argument from me on this.:D
So sorry about your loss. I know that thieves poisoning dogs happens often enough. It is totally incomprehensible to me how anyone could kill three dogs for some tools and back yard bric-a-brac. This is one big cultural divide between me and some Ticos and country people in general. I could never put my dogs out for the night. And dogs will bark outside. It is what they do.
Do you keep dogs today and if so, you still keep them outside?
Please elaborate…Was the robbery restricted to outside the house?
I think dogs would be a necessary accessory to any home. They may not stop a robbery, but they can warn you of intruders if you are present.
Besides the obvious emotional connection between dogs and people, dogs are effective early warning systems. But if the dog is outside, he is barking all day long and no longer serves as anything but a noise nuisance. Chaining a dog outside is barbaric.
The most humane way to keep dogs from barking at night is to have them sleep in doors with a white noise fan running.
This is my solution for my two mutts. It works well.
But I suspect most Ticos would no more let a dog sleep in house than they would a pig or a cow.Since the government does not officially recognize gold or silver to be money, only their counterfeit paper currency, I wonder what tax consequences there would be, if any, for taking several kilos of one or the other out of the country and into Costa Rica?
How is gold and silver viewed in Costa Rica as an import of personal effects? In the US, precious metals are duty free when imported. But there is an interesting contradiction here which illustrates the big lie under which we all live.
Ben Bernanke, when asked by Ron Paul if he thought gold was money, replied that he believed it was not money. However, US Customs and Border Protection has a tariff number assigned to precious metal when imported as “monetary” precious metal. Somebody is full of you-know-what.
[quote=”davidd”]wagoneer
yep.. that was me
it appears that the “king” Scott found it not useful if any of the little people posted something that not favor the king.
it’s ok that he posts diatribes of bashing the Israelis etc and such
thats ok 🙂
it’s his board and he can do whatever he wants
I posted not to blame any particular sides but to reveal an ignorance in general of the american populace.
one young lady even suggested we promote corporate losses 🙂
I bow to the king and ask for humble forgiveness
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Davidd,
I have been reading posts here for six years and I do not recall seeing Scott post anything critical of the Israeli people. I have seen posts critical of the genocidal Zionist regime in Tel Aviv and their minions elsewhere. But I consider that to be a public service no different than me posting a criticism of the criminal government in Washington DC, my home land. And it is all relevant to life in Costa Rica as an expat.
American citizens are taught a ridiculous philosophy called “American Exceptionalism” which says that we are the best and brightest and god’s favorite people (after the Israelis). So I suppose the thinking is “why bother to learn anything else about economy?”
The American economy at present is the world economy. But the reverse is also true..the world economy is america’s economy. This is changing rapidly. It seems to me that during my lifetime, the US dollar has been American in name only. For all of my life and up to the present, it has been THE fiat world currency, a petrol currency, created by a cabal of bankers 99 years ago. I think this is changing before our eyes as the very same banker cabal is currently working at destroying the dollar. It will be sharply devalued and since this is known, there is a currency war on right now to establish a replacement. An example of this is that the Chinese moved last week to tie the Yuan to gold.
Costa Rica and other nations,in order to create additional stability for their currencies, have tied their fiat money to the fiat dollar. So, of course, when the world’s fiat dollar falls, Costa Rica will see economic consequences.
According to some, this fall is imminent. Max Keiser, a well known ex Wall Street broker, has predicted that this epic fail will happen anytime between now and April of 2013.[quote=”DavidCMurray”]So is there a question here, sprite, or are you just offering advice? Or not?
[/quote]There are several questions. First of all, I would love to know what the details of this guy’s plan are. Where is he going? How will he support himself? What measures will he take to escape the long arm of the government?
The bigger question I have is one I suppose nobody can answer authoritatively; what will happen to expats in Costa Rica after the economic crash? Perhaps some of you do have a plan for this likely scenario. There was an article by George Lundquist here wherein he listed his plan for the crash. But how many do not?
I am also inquiring into this matter. Banks do pretty much what they want to everywhere and I was told by my CR bank two years ago, after they closed my account, that they do not open accounts based on passports.
I am confused. You can start the pensionado process while living in the States but in order to maintain a cedula after approval, I understand that you must exchange at least $1000 per month or $12000 per year into colones with a CR bank. How can this be done without a CR bank account?
I wish I could help but I am still in Miami for a while longer. I love and appreciate dogs very much. I have two rescued dogs with me here and I intend to devote time to dogs once I move to CR. There is nothing which creates more empathy within me than seeing a dog in need.
I know some Israelis who live and work in the San Lorenzo area who spend time rescuing dogs and cats. I admire them immensely for that and I salute you as well for your efforts down there.
[quote=”costaricafinca”]I have seen first hand results from a couple of these slide together homes when constructed in an area which has often occurring strong winds. Cracking does occur.[/quote]
It would be interesting to know just how much of a cost difference exists between traditional cement block construction and pre fab cement component construction.
$40k for three acres and about $70 per sq ft construction cost seems pretty reasonable from what I have read. Of course, the location and accessibility to infrastructure and so many other factors would have much to do with that. For example, I don’t think I could be comfortable at 300 meters without air conditioning and that would be more important than a sea view.
Land pricing in Costa Rica remains a mystery to me. I suppose it is open to so many subjective factors that it is difficult to discern at first but it seems to me that construction costs should be pretty objective and easy to judge. How much more should be considered besides material, labor and transportation costs?
