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(Lunatic)Chavez to United States: 'Go to Hell!'
FNC ^ | January 21, 2007

Posted on 01/21/2007 6:36:08 PM PST by Kaslin

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez told U.S. officials to "Go to hell!" on his weekly radio and TV show Sunday for what he called unacceptable meddling after Washington raised concerns about a measure to grant Venezuela's fiery leftist leader broad lawmaking powers.

The National Assembly, which is controlled by the president's political allies, is expected to give final approval this week to what it calls the "enabling law," which would give Chavez the authority to pass a series of laws by decree during an 18-month period.

On Friday, U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said Chavez's plans under the law "have caused us some concern."

Chavez rejected Casey's statement in his broadcast, saying: "Go to hell, gringos! Go home!"

Chavez, who was re-elected by a wide margin last month, has said he will enact sweeping reforms to remake Venezuela into a socialist state. Among his plans are nationalizing the main telecommunications company and the electricity and natural gas sectors.

The president's opponents accuse him of using his political strength to expand his powers.

Relations between Caracas and Washington have been tense since Chavez was briefly ousted in a 2002 coup that he claimed the U.S. played a role in. The Bush administration has repeatedly denied being involved, although it recognized an interim government established by coup leaders.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gotohell; hugochavez; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist
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To: JerseyJohn61

What's wrong with taking his cheap oil? Ignore him.


21 posted on 01/21/2007 7:42:36 PM PST by peander
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To: highlander_UW

Agreed! Another hypocrisy that really bugs me is the left being for the "little guy" and doing everything for the children. All the while have no problem taxing the working man or aborting millions of babies.


22 posted on 01/21/2007 7:52:54 PM PST by upsdriver
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To: Kaslin

Pat Robertson was right about Chavez.


23 posted on 01/21/2007 7:53:24 PM PST by Rosemont
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To: Rosemont
ROFL...you're right, but he sure got alot of flak at the time he said it.
24 posted on 01/21/2007 7:54:30 PM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: peander

"Ignore him"

Some folks ignore the symptoms of early stage cancer too.
....JJ61


25 posted on 01/21/2007 7:58:00 PM PST by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: Kaslin

Hey Chavez.........you'll be pushing up daisies soon. Bye, asshole.


26 posted on 01/21/2007 8:06:46 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: Kaslin

If he really thinks we are the devil ... then let's send him to hell. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PkzeX0_uTM


27 posted on 01/21/2007 8:58:40 PM PST by BenLurkin (There's no such thing as a patriotic liberal.)
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To: Kaslin
Hi Kaslin!

Headline = Right back attcha!

28 posted on 01/21/2007 8:59:28 PM PST by NordP (America Votes: So sad to find out the majority is self-centered, short-sighted, and impatient.)
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To: Kaslin
Screw the Venezuelans, they deserve it. Throw up the fence and hire 50,000 immigration agents to ruthlessly hunt down illegals with bonuses for every successful capture before we get our own Chavez. Note that he didn't use the word American, he used the racial hate term "gringos." The dirty little secret of the turn to the left in much of Latin America is that it is a race war by another name, just as politics often is in any multicultural nation or empire.
29 posted on 01/21/2007 9:07:04 PM PST by jordan8
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To: Kaslin

Chavez Pledges “Socialist Paradise” at Swearing In Ceremony

Invoking Castro as his socialist model, President Hugo Chavez began his third term by declaring that socialism, not capitalism, is the future for Venezuela and the world. “It may take time,” Chavez said, “but we will replicate the socialist paradise Castro has built for the people of Cuba. We will crush the capitalist exploiters who tempt the Venezuelan people with material abundance. We will light a shining beacon for the world to follow.”

In fulfillment of his pledge, Chavez has already announced the nationalization of electricity and telephone service. Chavez said he plans to file a bill in Parliament that will grant him absolute authority to seize capitalist property “for the benefit of the state.” Called the “Enabling Act,” Chavez’s bill is modeled on a similarly named 1933 German measure. The Act will enable Chavez to enact laws without the participation of the Parliament.

Lamero de la Botas, a deputy in Venezuela’s National Assembly, praised the proposed measure. “Instead of constant arguing over policy one voice will speak for Venezuela,” de la Botas said. “The rest of us will merely have to obey. I can’t tell you how relieved I am to not have to face the tedium of reading all these bills brought up in the Assembly. When a country has a genius like Hugo at the helm it is an honor to be a ‘yes-man.’”

To prevent “capitalist propagandists” from thwarting his drive toward a “workers’ paradise,” Chavez has said he will shutdown opposition media beginning with Radio Caracas Television. “We cannot make a socialist revolution with dissenters in our midst,” Chavez declared. “Radio Caracas cannot be permitted to spread lies. This broadcasting prerogative must be reserved for the government.”

Radio Caracas is among a number of private TV and radio networks that in recent years have strongly criticized Chavez’ government.

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http://www.azconservative.org/Column_Archives.htm


30 posted on 01/21/2007 9:25:17 PM PST by John Semmens
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To: windsorknot; Eaker; humblegunner; thackney; TheMom; pax_et_bonum; Allegra; Xenalyte; dasher; ...

Well hang on a second...

I don't think he meant to say "hell", I believe because he is accent challenged, he may have actually meant to say "ello", like "ello guvnah", you know like the Brits do...

Right???

(Steve needs to stop watching breakfast cereal commercials over the weekend...)


31 posted on 01/22/2007 5:16:44 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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