KD in CA Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/a...-news-a_section No mention at all here of Chavez assuming dictator level powers yesterday? Good thing socialism through dictatorship has such a long history of success. I'm sure the average Venezuelan will see a dramatic improvment in their quality of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/a...-news-a_section No mention at all here of Chavez assuming dictator level powers yesterday? Good thing socialism through dictorship has such a long history of success. I'm sure the average Venezuelan will see a dramatic improvment in their quality of life. The Bushies do so much as tighten their shoes and the usual suspects scream about it and portray it as abuse of power, etc. But things like what is going down in Venezuela raise not even an eyebrow. Typical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molson_golden2002 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The Bushies do so much as tighten their shoes and the usual suspects scream about it and portray it as abuse of power, etc. But things like what is going down in Venezuela raise not even an eyebrow. Typical. Hey cupcake, in case you didn't know, we don't live in Venezuela. It's not as important as Bush f'n up. Is that easy enough to understand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/a...-news-a_section No mention at all here of Chavez assuming dictator level powers yesterday? Good thing socialism through dictatorship has such a long history of success. I'm sure the average Venezuelan will see a dramatic improvment in their quality of life. It doesn't always have to be mentioned here to be digested or understood. Just sayin'. And judging by some of the stuff that does get posted here, serious news or concerns wouldn't really be in proper company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicot Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/a...-news-a_section No mention at all here of Chavez assuming dictator level powers yesterday? Good thing socialism through dictatorship has such a long history of success. I'm sure the average Venezuelan will see a dramatic improvment in their quality of life. Dictator level powers? Has he abolished elections then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Dictator level powers? Has he abolished elections then? Yeah. Because Stalin never had elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicot Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Yeah. Because Stalin never had elections. Yeah, because Chavez can be compared to Stalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Yeah, because Chavez can be compared to Stalin I'm sorry...we can compare socialist dictators who hold sham elections to each other only if the body counts are similar? You inhaling nitrous oxide today? You're usually sharper than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicot Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I'm sorry...we can compare socialist dictators who hold sham elections to each other only if the body counts are similar? You inhaling nitrous oxide today? You're usually sharper than this. If you're going to post sarcastic one-line comments, don't be suprised by a one-line sarcastic comment reply Which of Chavez's numerous election victories were "shams"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 If you're going to post sarcastic one-line comments, don't be suprised by a one-line sarcastic comment reply Which of Chavez's numerous election victories were "shams"? The next one. Hey, you made a stupid blanket statement that dictators don't hold elections. Dictators DO hold elections, as I pointed out. The moral of the story is: don't make stupid blanket statements. Smart blanket statements (e.g. "everything Holcomb's Arm says is wrong") are okay. Stupid ones, try to avoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Yeah, because Chavez can be compared to Stalin You're right, there's no comparison to Stalin. Let's start over. Because Castro never held elections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 If you're going to post sarcastic one-line comments, don't be suprised by a one-line sarcastic comment reply Which of Chavez's numerous election victories were "shams"? How about the last one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicot Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 How about the last one? "Fischer noted that the process the OAS monitored saw a 75% voter turnout and noted that this represented “a high percentage of citizen participation, considering that in Venezuela the vote is not mandatory.” He affirmed that this is “a clear result that determines President Chávez as the winner, with an open recognition of the same by the opposition candidate, Governor Rosales." OAS report on Venezuelan elections Is it so impossible to believe that maybe, just maybe, quite a few Venezuelans actually want Chavez to be their president? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 "Fischer noted that the process the OAS monitored saw a 75% voter turnout and noted that this represented "a high percentage of citizen participation, considering that in Venezuela the vote is not mandatory." He affirmed that this is "a clear result that determines President Chávez as the winner, with an open recognition of the same by the opposition candidate, Governor Rosales." OAS report on Venezuelan elections Is it so impossible to believe that maybe, just maybe, quite a few Venezuelans actually want Chavez to be their president? Regardless, he's assumed unchecked power over the country since then. I guess that's all fine and dandy with you as long as he preaches his socialist bullsh--? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 It doesn't always have to be mentioned here to be digested or understood. Just sayin'. And judging by some of the stuff that does get posted here, serious news or concerns wouldn't really be in proper company. Sad but kinda true. That's what happens when the likes of BiB and KRC are replaced with molson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Tom, your avatar is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Tom, your avatar is awesome. Thanks. I've got to get a sheaf of printouts of that and leave them around the DC metro. I'll probably be arrested for terrorism, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdh1 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Yeah, because Chavez can be compared to Stalin You do that he wants to be compared to Stalin, don't you? His new powers are also intended to be limited, only applying to 11 specific areas and designed to sunset in 18 months, but considering the broad discretion Chavez now has to make decisions on societal and even military matters, it's unlikely he'll relinquish his newfound authority once Aug. 1, 2008, rolls around. Part of Chavez's reversal of fortune can be attributed to his use of "social responsibility" laws to shut down television stations that allegedly supported the 2002 coup attempt against him. While Chavez supporters eagerly point to other opposition stations and newspapers in the country, after Wednesday, it is questionable how long they will last. Many of these facts are eerily similar to another national socialist leader who, as part of his quest for domination, sought emergency powers in order to recreate his society as well as to respond to imagined threats. Chavez's imagined threat just happens to be us - the United States. He claims we are planning and invasion, promising a "hundred-year war" if we did. He also echoed the paranoid conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 terror attacks, telling the U.S. Congress in a letter the Bush administration deliberately dynamited the Twin Towers in order to allow President Bush to assume emergency powers of his own - a theory that likely gives Chavez a few points in his favor in the eyes of rabid Bush-haters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPS Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Chavez's imagined threat just happens to be us - the United States. Where would he get such a cockamamie idea? We've never intervened in Latin America before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Where would he get such a cockamamie idea? We've never intervened in Latin America before. That would be even funnier if he weren't getting that cockamamie idea from Pat Robertson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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