tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post4018792246269251020..comments2023-11-02T09:24:37.671-04:00Comments on Review of Cuban-American Blogs: Henry Gomez Is No MachiavelliManuel A.Tellecheahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-52013156342212870052011-11-27T19:00:12.999-05:002011-11-27T19:00:12.999-05:00Love your blog -Love your blog -Clean Eatinghttp://getjosette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-76842644251548011712007-04-14T10:30:00.000-04:002007-04-14T10:30:00.000-04:00Rick:Actually, you are wrong. Quite a few people a...Rick:<BR/><BR/>Actually, you are wrong. Quite a few people are following this thread. In fact, it has the most page views of any thread on this site (and not just from you and the Bunker <I>Hill</I> boys). <BR/><BR/>I also have quite a few things in common with you, Rick, and a great deal more in common with Alex. And I am not talking about age. I am in fact <I>older</I> than you by any reckoning. The only thing we could share in common is a birthday. But you were you born in June and I was born in July. Still, we are both Cancers. Oh, that's funny: Cancers both.<BR/><BR/>"What's in a name?" you asked. Oh, everything. Who knows my name knows everything about me. I cannot reveal more than that. You and Alex, however, conceal <I>everything</I> about your yourselves because you conceal your names. <BR/><BR/>You have been visiting me here with such regularity that you are making me feel ashamed of having neglected <B>Stuck on the Palmetto</B> for so long. Shall I return, Rick? Am I still "the much loved Manuel A. Tellechea, South of the Palmetto's favorite" (to quote your famous words)?Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-7492686739617811232007-04-14T08:16:00.000-04:002007-04-14T08:16:00.000-04:00BWAAAHHHHHHHH.You are so predictable, Manuel. You ...BWAAAHHHHHHHH.<BR/><BR/>You are so predictable, Manuel. You just can't help yourself.<BR/><BR/>Okay, so we continue.<BR/><BR/><I>In the honesty and openness department I have you both beat by a mile.</I><BR/><BR/>A mile, of course, representing a middle initial and a last name. Your age and your credentials, well, not so much. <BR/><BR/>So then tell us your age, Mr. Openness and Honesty. It's just a number, after all, isn't it? No one is following this tired old thread except a couple of us. Your secret would remain here, Manny, don't you worry.<BR/><BR/>And if you shared with me that number, we could actually say that we had something in common! Wouldn't that be fun, Manny?<BR/><BR/>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997071705150751465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-68259940012580765012007-04-14T00:12:00.000-04:002007-04-14T00:12:00.000-04:00Rick:"Pretending to be someone I am not?" Are you ...Rick:<BR/><BR/>"Pretending to be someone I am not?" Are you serious? My name is everywhere here. Yours and Alex's are not. I have never written one word to which I have not subscribed my name. You have never written one word to which you subscribed yours. In the honesty and openness department I have you both beat by a mile.<BR/><BR/>And <I>now</I> this discussion ends.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-25124220930334574632007-04-13T23:34:00.000-04:002007-04-13T23:34:00.000-04:00My obsession isn't with the cards you are holding,...My obsession isn't with the cards you are holding, Manuel, because you hold none. My obsession is to make sure that you stop pretending to be someone you aren't.<BR/><BR/>You aren't the 90-year-old erudite old man that you represent yourself to be but a guy half that age who uses that other identity to help convince others of his enlightenment. <BR/><BR/>You refused to tell me your age. You refused to tell me the 1st 2 letters of my last name. And because I know how much of a weak spirit you are, Manuel, the third thing that you're going to do is refuse to let this comment thread die.<BR/><BR/>Right.<BR/><BR/>Here.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997071705150751465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-30063793974151367832007-04-13T15:49:00.000-04:002007-04-13T15:49:00.000-04:00Alex:So you say that many people know who you are....Alex:<BR/><BR/>So you say that many people know who you are. How remarkable and unprecedented! I suppose that these many people are known as your relatives, friends and acquaintances. Your readers at <B>Stuck on the Palmetto</B> and anywhere else on the Cuban-American blogosphere don't know your name because you have punctiliously concealed it from them. They do know your aliases "Alex" and "gansibele." Obviously, you treasure your anonymity for the uses you make of it and feel no pangs of conscience at all attacking others anonymously. Well, if you are so well-known and your parties covered by the local rags, why don't you tell everybody who you are? I know at least one person in yours and Henry's acquaintance who would be awfully surprised to learn who "gansibele" and "Alex" really are. Right, Alex? Right, Henry?<BR/><BR/>Would you like to know how I learned your name? I have no problem telling you. I think that it would do you good to know. But not here, of course. Should I e-mail you at the company, or would you prefer to e-mail me? Let me know.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-84756232853635446242007-04-13T10:17:00.000-04:002007-04-13T10:17:00.000-04:00Manuelito, like I told you before, many people kno...Manuelito, like I told you before, many people know who I am and what I do. I certainly give plenty details about myself. I hosted a party at my house for crying out loud.<BR/><BR/>So if you are hoping to use me to stop Rick from houding you, think again. Quit stalling. You know you don't have shit.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652590368824681564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-2418346288404217522007-04-13T08:48:00.000-04:002007-04-13T08:48:00.000-04:00Rick:Why this obsession with seeing what cards I a...Rick:<BR/><BR/>Why this obsession with seeing what cards I am holding? Is it not enough for you that I already know Alex's name and his position? It is obviously not my privacy or Alex's that you care about. Only yours.<BR/><BR/>You don't have to do anything. Continue as you are. Everything is as safe with me as it would be in the keep of your best friend. Ask Alex.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-2910647763479312042007-04-13T07:19:00.000-04:002007-04-13T07:19:00.000-04:00Okay, Manny, so since you know so much, tell me th...Okay, Manny, so since you know so much, tell me the first 2 letters of my last name. Doesn't reveal anything but it shows me that you know my name and I'll give you new respect and shut down this banter right here and now.<BR/><BR/>Just the first 2 letters of my last name, Manny. Go ahead, poser. Tell us.<BR/><BR/>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997071705150751465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-75530513853186081302007-04-12T23:33:00.000-04:002007-04-12T23:33:00.000-04:00Alex:I have tried on numerous occasions to end thi...Alex:<BR/><BR/>I have tried on numerous occasions to end this charade, but Rick will have none of it. Like you, I claim the right to the last word on my own blog.<BR/><BR/>Even if your friend thinks I am bluffing, you know better.<BR/><BR/>So, for the last time, let me say that this little game is at an end and will only resume at your instigation or Rick's.<BR/><BR/>I have nothing more to say.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-50489769140253284992007-04-12T23:25:00.000-04:002007-04-12T23:25:00.000-04:00Rick:It is not my fault that you don't understand ...Rick:<BR/><BR/>It is not my fault that you don't understand me. I could not have been clearer without being explicit. The problem is that you want me to show you my cards, which I will not do. Unlike you, I keep mine tight to my chest.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-22867061723845153652007-04-12T21:47:00.000-04:002007-04-12T21:47:00.000-04:00I thought you had given up a couple weeks ago manu...I thought you had given up a couple weeks ago manuelito, so to my surprise I got an email today (I get those as well, you know) saying that no, you were still at it.<BR/><BR/>Seriously dude, no poker or domino. It's embarrasing.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652590368824681564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-34242203773453726442007-04-12T12:43:00.000-04:002007-04-12T12:43:00.000-04:00Rick:Do you really? And why would I do that? Would...Rick:<BR/><BR/>Do you really? And why would I do that? Wouldn't that be like giving the store away, so to speak? And what's up with your friend Alex? Is he on holliday again with his friend Henry? Oh, look, I misspelt "holiday." It only has one "l." I am sure Alex will take me to task for it.<BR/><BR/>This discussion is now at an end.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-73599157286486950062007-04-12T09:15:00.000-04:002007-04-12T09:15:00.000-04:00Manuel: I give you permission to publish any and a...Manuel: I give you permission to publish any and all information you may have regarding my identity.<BR/><BR/>Go ahead. Don't waste your breath on playing games. If you have something go ahead and put it out there.<BR/><BR/>If you don't then just STFU and go back to your masquerade.<BR/><BR/>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997071705150751465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-71890568466417472542007-04-11T20:21:00.000-04:002007-04-11T20:21:00.000-04:00Another hint: Hialeah and a cousin (of mine) who w...Another hint: Hialeah and a cousin (of mine) who works for the city.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-19792735350935103152007-04-11T20:19:00.000-04:002007-04-11T20:19:00.000-04:00And you are so real, Rick.And you are so real, Rick.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-6858372524536524292007-04-11T18:26:00.000-04:002007-04-11T18:26:00.000-04:00Well, it's certainly not your age; that much you a...<I>Well, it's certainly not your age; that much you acknowledge: 45 (turning 46 in July) and born in 1961. But nothing else.<BR/><BR/>But is there more to you than your age? Of course there is. And the answer can be found in Hialeah (at least that's where I found it).</I><BR/><BR/>Haaaaaa haaaaaaa. El stupido. You can't even get my birthday right, you moron.<BR/><BR/>Show me what you got, Manny. I dare you. No, I double dare you. You got zip. Nada. Nothing.<BR/><BR/>You're a fake, but then we've known that for quite sometime.<BR/><BR/>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997071705150751465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-52620699039833145682007-04-11T10:05:00.000-04:002007-04-11T10:05:00.000-04:00Rick:I have never considered the foregoing as "pla...Rick:<BR/><BR/>I have never considered the foregoing as "playful banter." I had always believed that the hostility that you and Alex professed towards me in the past was simply part of a game and one at which we were all pretty good; a game, I may add, played for your benefit. Nothing more. I see now that, from your end at least, there was nothing "playful" about it.<BR/><BR/>I should like to know who appointed you the master of me, Rick. It's not a rhetorical question. Kindly answer it if you can.<BR/><BR/>My age is no concern of yours. By providing my real name I have already revealed everything that anyone can ever hope to know about me. Why don't you do the same, Rick? Is there anything you are hiding? Well, it's certainly not your age; that much you acknowledge: 45 (turning 46 in July) and born in 1961. But nothing else.<BR/><BR/>But is there more to you than your age? Of course there is. And the answer can be found in Hialeah (at least that's where I found it).Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-55931602046604327222007-04-10T11:00:00.000-04:002007-04-10T11:00:00.000-04:00Manuel: It is true comedy when I am "attacking" yo...Manuel: It is true comedy when I am "attacking" you by asking how old you are. The importance you place on this little detail is shown in your extreme response to an inquiry on your age. And it's easy to understand why when you consider that you consistently represent yourself to be in your 80's or 90's.<BR/><BR/>But I have tired of this playful banter and your refusal to share this information with the rest of your audience.<BR/><BR/>The fact that you are half the age you claim to be is not in dispute. Liz Balmaseda, then writing for The Miami Herald, "revealed" your age in a column entitled "Jose Marti's 'simple gifts'" back in 1998. It's on the web and available for everyone to see. FIU has graciously saved it in their archives.<BR/><BR/>You can claim to be 90 all you want. But the facts are the facts and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit here and let you lie to my face.<BR/><BR/>If I observe you doing it again, I'm not going to ignore it and will continue to make sure that your readers understand that a misrepresentation is being made.<BR/><BR/>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997071705150751465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-3138154712177163712007-04-06T09:36:00.000-04:002007-04-06T09:36:00.000-04:00Rick:Threats? This is what you and Alex specialize...Rick:<BR/><BR/>Threats? This is what you and Alex specialize in, not me. Anyone reading this thread will not see anything in it but a failed attempt at blackmail on your part.<BR/><BR/>I do not see the reason that you must know my age. It is, as you say, an insignificant fact, but clearly an assault on my privacy, much, as for example, if I were endlessly asking personal questions about you. <BR/><BR/>Your name, which you choose to conceal for a very special reason which we have discussed in the past, is your concern. No one is forcing you to share this hardly insignificant fact with your readers. Neither should you try to compel me to share anything of a personal nature with anybody else. <BR/><BR/>I have never been able to understand how anyone can emit an opinion and not subscribe to it with his own name. Your "Rick" is no better than or different from anonymity. You, who conceal everything about yourself, want me to reveal everything about myself. Of course, I have already revealed the most essential thing — <I>my name.</I> The very thing that now allows you to harass me with impertinent questions, unconcealed threats and innuendos. But be very clear about this: If a masked man attacks me behind my back, the first thing I will do is unmask him. It would be more important to me to unmask him than even to save my life.<BR/><BR/>You may have been able to conceal your identity (thus far) because others have accepted your subterfuge and abetted it with their public silence. I would have been content to do the same. But your personal attacks upon me have made it incumbant upon me to inquire your identity, for it is impossible to fight a concealed enemy. And an enemy is what I now believe you to be. <BR/><BR/>It was not difficult to discover Alex's identity; there are not many degrees of separation between Cubans and we are all notoriously garrulous and very prone to turn secrets into "confidences." It was much harder to learn your identity. I had very few clues to guide me, since you have covered your tracks well. However, persistence will always gain its object, and other bloggers, in their innocence, left here and there enough clues on your blog and theirs to unlock the enigma of Rick.<BR/><BR/>I am content to leave you and Alex to attack others anonymously; but if you attack me, it will not be anonymously.<BR/><BR/>So decide, then, where lie your interests and act accordingly.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-303252581385036592007-04-06T08:14:00.000-04:002007-04-06T08:14:00.000-04:00What is it that you fear so much, Manny, that you ...What is it that you fear so much, Manny, that you have to make these types of threats to expose me or Alex? I mean, all we're talking about is your age. It's just a number. But yet you're treating it like some state secret. <BR/><BR/>Why would that be and, like Agustin asked, why would anyone care? Why would you be so afraid of just simply stating your age?<BR/><BR/>You know why, Manny. And now it's more than clear to those few who read this blog that you are not who you pretend to be.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's better that I post the link to the article as part of a Detour of the Day type thing. It's certainly an interesting read and something that helps people get to know you better.<BR/><BR/>I'll actually be doing you a favor.<BR/><BR/>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997071705150751465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-1582907493418629242007-04-06T00:52:00.000-04:002007-04-06T00:52:00.000-04:00Rick:I have no need to make any deals with you, no...Rick:<BR/><BR/>I have no need to make any deals with you, nor will I. If these numbers are "cryptic" to you, then you are not as quick as I thought; for I am a lot clearer than you are. <BR/><BR/>I have no control over what you choose to do. Nor, for that matter, have you any control over what I choose to do. Therefore do what you think is best and I so will I. <BR/><BR/>I could also run a contest to guess your name or Alex's and publicize it beyond the bounds of my "crummy blog" but it would serve absolutely no purpose since I already know the answers and every day I know more, because you and Alex have injected me with the same curiosity about you that you appear to harbor about me. In fact, today I almost phoned you but relented, not wishing to get closer to you but farther from you. <BR/><BR/>As Alex has already pointed out on more than one occasion, I am a "leech," that is, I am loathe to act but quick to react. That's where a certain someone made his mistake recently. I hope you will know better, but I doubt it.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-77662289909279175812007-04-05T21:41:00.000-04:002007-04-05T21:41:00.000-04:00Please, Manuel. Cryptic numbers with no decoder ri...Please, Manuel. Cryptic numbers with no decoder ring? You make me laugh, my worrisome friend.<BR/><BR/>Of course you want this conversation to end. If I were in your shoes, I would be hoping for the same thing. <BR/><BR/>To think this is all about just your age. Makes one wonder, doesn't it? <BR/><BR/>Actually, you are still in control, Manny. Because here's the deal. You can take this opportunity to come clean, tell the truth and put any spin on it that your heart desires. Lie about the reasons, because you do it so well. I don't care. But come forward on your own. Heck, your admission would be buried in the comments section of a post. Hardly anyone would notice.<BR/><BR/>Or the other choice is to let me reveal the truth. Maybe a poll. Something like, "Guess how old Manny is." Something fun that will be up on the blog for a week after which the answer will be announced. You, of course, would not be allowed to play. I hope you understand, Manny.<BR/><BR/>It's all up to you. Just to show you my good faith, let me provide you with something else you might find familiar....<BR/><BR/><I>The fruit of his 20-year effort is a nicely textured set of verses, a work that is more an interpretation of Marti's essence than a strictly literal translation.</I><BR/><BR/>Surely you remember, Manny.<BR/><BR/>Now tell us your age, compadre.<BR/><BR/>.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11997071705150751465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-29157517954166038782007-04-05T13:31:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:31:00.000-04:00agustín:You are very right. I trust that with the ...agustín:<BR/><BR/>You are very right. I trust that with the information I have just provided to Rick this little game will end here and now and <I>never</I> be played again.Manuel A.Tellecheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637085685599554349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021135461622264124.post-50943578037588554292007-04-05T13:23:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:23:00.000-04:00Alex,regardless of how I arrived at this blog, or ...Alex,<BR/>regardless of how I arrived at this blog, or when, the important issue here is : we need to stop bickering and fighting amongst ourselves and concentrate our efforts for the fight on the real enemy: Castro. Everything else is just a needless diversion from the real issue. Let's focus the fight where it belongs. About Cuba and its tragic recent history and how we can bring an end to it. Who cares where Rick works or how old Manuel is? This peanuts compared to the big picture. That was all I was talking about. I don't think I am too far off the mark.Sharpshooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392128808186050440noreply@blogger.com