[Rurudyne]

What we are really witnessing here is a unique kind of machine politician. He's not bound by the legal democratic process and he's making sure his followers understand that they're not bound by it either. And to give orders in the almost subtle manner that he uses may be the clearest statement of all.

Two unrelated thoughts:

Crystal Night in Germany, 1938.

This guy makes Al Gore look honorable.

[StJacques]

Kristallnacht is an interesting comparison Rurudyne, because the whole affair does seem to have an air of "we're going to have to take our opponents out into the streets to make them known" kind of air about it. The underlying conspiracy theory needed to justify that kind of action is clearly present in Chavez's remarks.