Posted on 09/28/2008 4:05:25 AM PDT by Salman
LISBON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday it was the capitalist system that had caused the financial crisis in the United States and the country should come up with a new constitution.
Speaking to reporters in Lisbon on the last leg of a tour that included visits to China and Russia, he said: "I think the United States should start a constituent process to create a constituent assembly, a new truly democratic model."
A constituent assembly is a body elected to draft and sometimes adopt a new constitution.
"It was capitalism that caused the ruin" in the United States, said Chavez, who is one of Washington's fiercest critics, calling the financial crunch "the worst financial crisis in history".
"Let the U.S. empire end and let a great nation and great republic rise from the ruin ... It's time to shout 'Liberty!' again in the United States," Chavez said, calling for a new government to be free of the "dictatorship of the elite" such as big banks and corporations.
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We need to use the one we have.
Isn’t that just sweet.....
Am I getting paranoid, or is there a commie behind every tree?
No, you’re not getting paranoid.
This guy needs to eat a bullet.
Chavez has spoken...Marxist talking points. Great. (Barry O will propose exactly this in the next few days.)
BTTT
Exactly.
Actually he has a point. First lines in this new constitution? The US government will not supplement or “assist” any US government with loans or bail-outs. Second line...no senators or representatives will appear on any Sunday chat shows unless they are in recess. Third line....no senators or representatives will travel to locations outside the borders of the US or accept funding or contribution from lobbyists who work for a non-US organization. Fourth line...no one will write tax code unless they are a certified tax accountant and elected to that position. Fifth line...no congressman or senator shall remain in DC for more than twelve years maximum. Retirement will be limited to $30k a year maximum.
A roache is still a roache.
You will look in vain for any mention of communism in this typical Reuters dispatch. Why post this crap?
Well, Hugo knows that writing a new Constitution would keep the US Congress fighting for the next 100 years. They can’t even give us a decent energy bill when gas is $4/gal. and the voters are screaming at them. Fat chance these clowns could come up with a new Constitution.
Yep, just heard we need a Socialist Democrat solution to the banking/mortgage ripoff scam, like the telecoms and other state run businesses in Europe
Nationalize CITGO’s U.S. holdings! Use the proceeds to finance Chavez’s opposition.
First lines in this new constitution?
The highest tax rate imposed by Congress shall apply to Congress, no deductions allowed
I’m sure Obama and the Dems second that. The new one would ban “hate speech”, as defined by unaccountable judges.
Before any vote, all members of the House and Senate shall be subject to alcohol and drug tests and shall take and pass a detailed examination on the details of the bill being passed. The results of the alcohol and drug tests and the subject matter test shall be public.
Congress shall meet for a maximum of 90 days during any two year period.
Jack
Hugo is not getting enough lead in his diet.
No, you ignorant baboon, the capitalist isn't the reason why we are in this mess. It's because democrats thought though social engineering by forcing though legislation, financial institutions to let their worst human nature (greed) overcome their good common sense
You can’t lecture a communist on the benefits of capitalism.
Very true, but I can still call him a baboon !!!
FWIW I have previously called for a Third Constitutional Convention. The second Convention peacefully changed our government to a more appropriate form for its time. At the very least, a third Convention may frighten the powers that be to work for the common interests instead of those of a coddled and irresponsible elite.
Yeah, just what we need... The most incompetent batch of politicians in history to re-write the work of John Adams and James Madison.
Chavez shouts:
“Change
Yes, we can.”
Yes, we do need one. One that declare Socialism and Communism illegal and automatically declares war on any regime that supports such. One that reigns in and removes activist judges.
“This guy needs to eat a bullet.”
Well said. This crumb needs to be wiped off earth’s table.
This guy seems to have a fixation with this country. He’s obsessed with us.
Better yet...let's just call up Patton.
That would have been the man to turn loose on the Ruski's.
When he was finished with them we wouldn't have had to hide under our school desks for A bomb attack drills, and that's a fact.
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