Posted on 05/05/2015 3:25:18 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Laureano Márquez was performing a benefit at his old high school in the Venezuelan city of Maracay. The comedian dwelled on the absurdities of life in this oil-rich nation, where gas is cheaper than water but it's hard to find milk, toilet paper and many other everyday goods.
In the supermarket, Màrquez said, desperate customers will steal scarce items right out of your shopping cart.
"In Venezuela, you get robbed of stuff that isn't even yours yet," he said to a round of laughs.
Turning serious, Marquez tells the crowd that the socialist revolution, launched 16 years ago by the late Hugo Chavez, is collapsing under the weight of bad policies and corrupt public officials
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Hey. Joke about Obama in America and you get savaged by the media and pubic officials alike. What’s the difference?
Now jokes are in short supply in venezuela like everything else there.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get on the line for toilet paper.
Yakov Smirnov did much damage to the Soviets’ facade. Looks like the current Venezuelan regime learned at least one lesson from history.
Mockery could just do that. It's one reason why radical "organizer" Saul Alinsky put it in his "Rules for Radicals":
" RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
What would Bill Maher or Kathy Griffin do down there?
An all too familiar meme.
To celebrate the crack-down on those wishing to alleviate suffering through independent humor, Venezuelans will enjoy another year of starvation, unemployment, and appropriate government-approved patriotic comedy.
Well, that explains the lack of funny comedians in this country...
Only 16 years to societal ruin?
Soon a “Man on a White Horse” will seize power and get things going again. It will not be democracy but it will get things done—some are not ready for democracy. I sometimes wonder if the uSA is ready for it.
“...is collapsing under the weight of bad policies and corrupt public officials...”
No, it’s collapsing because it’s a system that can’t possibly work.
There aint much to laugh about.
Theyd both leave as fast as they possibly coild.
Have they resorted to forcing Venezuelans at gun point, and under threat of jail, to attend mandatory parades and speeches of "Dear Leader" to show the world how happy they are living in their Socialist paradise ?
Obama has already complained that the media has reported facts on Baltimore. He has already complained about Fox News publicly - lamenting the fact that he has to deal with real news reporting and not just propaganda.
No but it’s certainly understood among comedians that your career will be in jeopardy if you dare make fun of “The One”.
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