Venezuela government creates happiness agency

Associated Press ^ | October 25, 2013 | JORGE RUEDA

[Cincinatus' Wife]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Americans may insist on the right to pursue happiness, but Venezuela now has a formal government agency in charge of enforcing it.

President Nicolas Maduro says the new Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness will coordinate all the "mission" programs created by the late President Hugo Chavez to alleviate poverty.

Wags had a field day Friday, waxing sarcastic on Twitter about how happy they felt less than 24 hours after the announcement.

[Cowboy Bob]

The floggings will continue until happiness improves...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You must live in a free society - a Republic - to engage in the pursuit of happiness.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The floggings will continue until happiness improves...

Along with confiscation of property and weapons.

[Gene Eric]

>> Venezuela government creates happiness agency

An agency painted with a bulls-eye?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Take it away, the Ray Conniff Singers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeXhMS3ipio

[xrmusn]

Put words to the edict, get it recorded and maybe Coca~Cola will adapt it as a theme song.....

Start with

I’d like to teach the world to sing....etc...etc..

[stormhill]

In Spanish, happiness is more clearly associated with economic prosperity as the word infeliz (unhappy, literally) means "poor" in common usage.
Since Spanish is a more archaic, less modern language than English, it turns out the meaning of the word is nearer to what the Founders intended in the Declaration by "pursuit of happiness."

In other words, "happiness" is not a feeling or emotion but a more substantial condition: wealth.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Good post.

And “wealth” can be defined in many way.

[ronnie raygun]

you vill be happy unt like it!

[melsec]

I would say that you need to live in a free society to engage, unimpeded, in the pursuit of happiness - everyone pursues happiness in one way or another but being in anything other than a free society will determine how profitable your efforts maybe in comparison.

Mel

[stormhill]

Seems to me that the Venezuelan government is planning to engage in a type of Great Society war on poverty. Judging by America's recent history, they are about to develop a disaster into a catastrophe.

Tell the Mexicans to make room at the border crossings because we are about to see a new flood of economic refugees.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

It’s already happened.

[DH]

We have a “Happy Agency” too. It’s called the Ministry of Propaganda and all of the “happy news” is spouted directly from the White (Black) House.

I’m happy, are you happy. We are all happy for we now live in a world of utopia and ride unicorns and eat rainbow stew.

Bless Obama.

[ZOOKER]

Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness

Because Ministry of Love was already taken.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

One Venezuelan suggests a Ministry of Beer so he and all the drunks can be happy.

[yuleeyahoo]

Happiness will prevail!

[NTHockey]

The jokes sometimes write themselves. President Maduro (ripe) appoints as minister of happiness a man named Lechuga (lettuce).

[Moltke]

Just putting up some banners reading “Hugo Chavez Is Still Dead” should do.