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Parliament Declares Venezuela Free of Illiteracy
Prensa Latina ^
| Oct 28, 2005
| Prensa Latina
Posted on 10/28/2005 5:08:16 PM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: chavez; communism; illiteracy; propaganda; stupidity; venezuela
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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.
To: Honcho Bongs
I further proclaim that all people not yet 16 years old...are now 16 years old.
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:10:17 PM PDT
by
Borges
To: Honcho Bongs
/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
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:10:42 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
To: Honcho Bongs
Oddly, though, no one could actually read the proclamation!
To: Honcho Bongs
I don't need to learn no readin. How's I supposed to know that the person writin the writin writ the writin right?
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:14:15 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Honcho Bongs
All glory to Fidel and Hugo! Another miracle of socialism!
To: Borges
Koko B Ware has seized power?
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:18:33 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Honcho Bongs
I believe there once was a proposal in Congress to round pi off to exactly 3.
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:22:03 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: Honcho Bongs
"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.
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:23:35 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Borges
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!
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:25:10 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Gentlemen, Behold!)
To: Honcho Bongs
"Declares Venezuela Free of Illiteracy" Great. Free of illiteracy and a population illiterate about freedom.
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:27:01 PM PDT
by
tom h
To: Honcho Bongs
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?
To: Honcho Bongs
But if Venezuelans are going to to be allowed to read only what Huge Ego Chavez wants them to read, why bother?
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:30:53 PM PDT
by
decal
(Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives; the Progs have never figured this out.)
To: Borges
Is the parrot making a political point, or just hanging around pooping?
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:31:10 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last. ")
To: Tax-chick; All; Travis McGee
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:36:11 PM PDT
by
vrwc0915
(I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against al)
To: Tax-chick
Is the parrot making a political point, or just hanging around pooping? Funny, many people ask the same thing about Hugo.
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:36:54 PM PDT
by
TomB
("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
To: Honcho Bongs
"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)
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:38:33 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Warning: Not a Romantic or hero worshiper. Attempts to tug at my heartstrings annoy me... and I bite)
To: TomB
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:39:46 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last. ")
To: vrwc0915
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posted on
10/28/2005 5:41:03 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last. ")
To: Honcho Bongs
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!
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