[wideawake]

"The president of the United States should go before an international tribunal," Chavez said as applause filled the hall at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He compared the Bush administration's actions to those of the Nazis.

Chavez is a joke, of course, but what's actually tragic about this speech is the venue.

Cooper Union is where Abraham Lincoln gave one of the greatest speeches of his career - the one that made him so famous and popular that it guaranteed him the nomination that made him the first Republican President and the man who saved the Union.

Cooper Union has fallen on hard times.

[presidio9]

Cooper Union is where Abraham Lincoln gave one of the greatest speeches of his career - the one that made him so famous and popular that it guaranteed him the nomination that made him the first Republican President and the man who saved the Union.

And afterwards, he stopped off here for some liquid refreshments.

[GW and Twins Pawpaw]

GWB could never to to Fidelito's country and smack him down like the Tired, Underappreciated, Realistic, Diplomate from Venzuela did to GWB in NYC this week. Not only could he not do it, he would not do it 'cuz that's just the way he is.:-)