Pinochet is dead.

[EFerrari]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/10/MNPinochet10.DTL

[Cleita]

1. Yes, he is, but the disease that bred him isn't.

It's our country, here, that needs to change in it's foreign diplomacy so monsters like him never rise above the gutters they came from.

[EFerrari]

2. People are thinking (always dangerous) -- check this out, Cleita

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[NV1962]

3. Hear hear! Pinocho's gone, but not the river of goo he slithered around in.

Michelle Bachelet's one hell of a courageous woman, and I wish her well in steering Chile's ship of state forward.

[EFerrari]

4. I can't believe how just it is that she's in office.

It's rare enough, isn't it?

:)

[NV1962]

5. Yes, it is. Chile's very fortunate to have her.

It doesn't mean that she's having it any easier, but it does mean that with her, I have little worries about a spike in polarization that would set the clock back to that "other" 9/11.

I think she's handled the aftermath of Pinocho's demise very well - and I laud her for not flinching a split second in ousting his grandson from the military, following his disgusting speech.

It's just more evidence for me that she is well-equipped to deal with the particularly sensitive berenjenal of her position.