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Venezuela president seeks power to rule by decree
Associated Press ^
| Oct 8, 2013 6:10 PM EDT
Posted on 10/08/2013 5:38:08 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Congress to give him special decree-making powers that he says he needs to fight corruption and economic sabotage.
The opposition says Maduro is simply following the playbook of his late mentor, Hugo Chávez. …
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chavez; dictatorship; hugochavez; leopoldolopez; nicolasmaduro; venezuela
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:38:08 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Our President didn’t even bother asking.
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:39:03 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: gorush
Our President didn’t even bother asking LOL! So true.
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:42:11 PM PDT
by
tsowellfan
(www.cafenetamerica.com)
To: Olog-hai
The decisive moment draws near.
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:44:15 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Economic sabotage...that’s rich.
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:45:47 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Olog-hai
American progressives are deeply jealous.
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:46:17 PM PDT
by
DManA
(.)
To: Olog-hai
Aspiring to be Obama, it seems.
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:46:19 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: Olog-hai
Obama does the same thing but AP ignores it.
To: Olog-hai
If the democrats win the House then they will give Obama that power. 2014 election is for it all
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:53:12 PM PDT
by
rurgan
(give laws an expiration date:so the congress has to review every 4 years to see if needed)
To: Olog-hai
he’s learning from Obama only Obama calls it Executive Order - same as decree!
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posted on
10/08/2013 5:54:43 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: Olog-hai
... fight corruption and economic sabotage. Preparing the stage for Soviet style show trials. If I worked at that toilet paper factory he seized, I would be s***ing bricks right about now. Economic sabotage is punishable by death.
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:04:09 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
To: gorush
Yeah, Maduro sure is a dumbass, what kind of communist is he?.
You don't play the "Special Powers" card unless its to mass murder thousands of civilians.
Last POTUS to do that was Lincoln.
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:08:48 PM PDT
by
Rome2000
(THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
To: Olog-hai
Do you still need TP? I have TP for you.
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:09:39 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Putin Does Obama.)
To: Olog-hai
Venezuela President Seeks Power to Rule By Decree
Gets idea from watching the President of the United States
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:26:45 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(This post coming to you today from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
To: Olog-hai
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Congress to give him special decree-making powers Don't we have that dog and pony show going on here?
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:30:05 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
To: gorush
Permission?
Barackus Halfricanus just issues imperial edicts. He don’t need no stinkin’ permission.
Only lightweight dictators ask for permission.
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:36:38 PM PDT
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: Olog-hai
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has asked Congress to give him special decree-making powers that he says he needs to fight corruption and economic sabotage.I know, they can call it the "Enabling Act."
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:37:24 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Jim Noble
Where is Venezuela’s “Pinochet”?
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posted on
10/08/2013 6:38:10 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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