Parliament Declares Venezuela Free of Illiteracy

Prensa Latina ^ | Oct 28, 2005 | Prensa Latina

[Honcho Bongs]

Parliament Declares Venezuela Free of Illiteracy

Caracas, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) The National Assembly (Parliament) has officially declared Venezuela territory free of illiteracy thanks to a two-year campaign aimed at teaching people how to read and write.

At the ceremony held at the Congressional quarters, Speaker Nicolas Maduro thanked Cuba for its contribution to Mision Robinson that helped almost one million Venezuelans to learn to how to read and write.

He also highlighted the role played by President Hugo Chavez as a key promoter of the campaign.

The ceremony was attended by Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel, several other ministers, and UNESCO´s

representative for the region, Maria Luisa Jauregui who praised Venezuela´s achievements in education as compared to the rest of Latin America, save Cuba.

[Honcho Bongs]

Now why didn't WE think of that? All we need is a congressional declaration to rid ourselves of our problems! Those crafty Communists - always one step ahead of free people.

[Borges]

I further proclaim that all people not yet 16 years old...are now 16 years old.

[Robert A Cook PE]

/sarcasm.

Wonderful.

I agree: We should declare that the US is 100% literate, and quit spending all that money foolishly on NEA_dominated school indoctrination. (Er, classes.)

After all, we've been trying for 100 years to get everybody to read and write.

And it hasn't worked yet.

/sarcasm

[MarcusTulliusCicero]

Oddly, though, no one could actually read the proclamation!

[cripplecreek]

I don't need to learn no readin. How's I supposed to know that the person writin the writin writ the writin right?

[FormerACLUmember]

All glory to Fidel and Hugo! Another miracle of socialism!

[cripplecreek]

Koko B Ware has seized power?

[ElkGroveDan]

I believe there once was a proposal in Congress to round pi off to exactly 3.

[GSlob]

"Those crafty Communists - always one step ahead of free people."
Nah... Their declaration was full of howling mistakes both grammatical and orthographical, was stylistically abominable, liberally seeded with typos and typeset the wrong way.

[Clemenza]

I further proclaim that all people not yet 16 years old...are now 16 years old.

Rebels are we, born to be free, just like the fish in the sea!

[tom h]

"Declares Venezuela Free of Illiteracy"

Great. Free of illiteracy and a population illiterate about freedom.

[Billthedrill]

So classic. All that is necessary for something to come into being is for the government to declare it so. It worked for Stalin, didn't it?

[decal]

But if Venezuelans are going to to be allowed to read only what Huge Ego Chavez wants them to read, why bother?

[Tax-chick]

Is the parrot making a political point, or just hanging around pooping?

[vrwc0915]

[TomB]

Is the parrot making a political point, or just hanging around pooping?

Funny, many people ask the same thing about Hugo.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

"Earth doesn't have homeless. We don't have the problem. Well, yes, there are some displaced people, here and there, but they've chosen to be in their position. They're either lazy or they're criminal or they're mentally unstable."

"They can't get a job."

"Earth-gov has promised a job to everyone that wants one. So, if someone doesn't have a job, they must not want one."

"Poverty?"

"It's the same."

"Crime?"

"Yes, there is some, but it's all caused by the mentally unstable. And we've just instituted correctional centers to filter them out at an early age."

"Prejudice?"

"No, we are just one happy planet."

"And when exactly did all this happen?"

"When we rewrote the dictionary."

(Best show ever)

[Tax-chick]

BWAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Tax-chick]

YUCK~!

[Gay State Conservative]

And on that very same day,his good buddy Robert Mugabe declared Zimbabwe to be free from hunger.

Ain't it wonderful what revolutionary zeal can accomplish!