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Chavez orders supporters to give up extra possessions
CNN ^ | June 11, 2007 | Reuters

Posted on 06/12/2007 7:16:33 AM PDT by tlb

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his supporters to give away possessions they do not need such as an extra refrigerator because he only wants true socialists to be members of a new single party he is forming.

"Whoever has a fridge they do not need, put it out in the village square. Whoever has a truck, a fan or a cooker they do not need, give something away. Let's not be selfish. I demand you do it," Chavez said at a milk producing cooperative, in remarks released on Monday.

The anti-U.S. president who calls Cuban leader Fidel Castro his mentor denies he is turning the OPEC nation of avid consumers into another communist state as his critics say.

"I only want to be accompanied by true socialists," he said.

Chavez's critics complain his constant railing against U.S.-promoted consumerism contrasts with the behavior of senior government officials who can can be seen dining out at fancy restaurants or riding around in expensive cars.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chavez; hugochavez; socialist; venezuela
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When they came for the oil companies I said nothing for I was not an oil company, then they came for the refrigerators...
1 posted on 06/12/2007 7:16:35 AM PDT by tlb
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what is HE goping to put up??? He must have an extra buck or two he can give to some poor, needy socialist.


2 posted on 06/12/2007 7:18:10 AM PDT by camle (keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
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In a few years time - there will be gasoline shortages in Venezuela - but he next 5 year plan will fix it...
3 posted on 06/12/2007 7:18:21 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Then they cam for the deep-fryers..


4 posted on 06/12/2007 7:18:33 AM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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I’ll draw the line when they demand my turkey cooker.


5 posted on 06/12/2007 7:18:54 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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I’m sure everyone in Venezuela is receiving this quite well, and are gladly giving up their extra bedrooms to others. Anyone else reminded of “Dr. Zhivago” when Zhivago returns home after the Revolution to find several families living in his house?


6 posted on 06/12/2007 7:19:00 AM PDT by TommyDale (Rudy Giuliani’s candidacy is fading faster than an abortionist’s conscience.)
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Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket new poster
7 posted on 06/12/2007 7:19:05 AM PDT by davidlachnicht ("IF WE'RE ALL TO BE TARGETS, THEN WE ALL MUST BE SOLDIERS.")
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Imagine no possessions....


8 posted on 06/12/2007 7:19:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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Volunteer today or we’ll confiscate tomorrow.
9 posted on 06/12/2007 7:19:56 AM PDT by AU72
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” Let’s not be selfish. I demand you do it,”

Hey, HOOOGO!

You gonna put your extra airplanes and limos out there?

What?

You weren’t talking about you?

Can’t hear ya...........


10 posted on 06/12/2007 7:20:09 AM PDT by Al Gator (Refusing to "stoop to your enemy's level", gets you cut off at the knees.)
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Good grief! NO more “go it alone society”? Pretty soon, he will have as strong a set of communist credentials as the hildebeeste...


11 posted on 06/12/2007 7:20:12 AM PDT by Migraine (...diversity is great... until it happens to YOU...)
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“...and throw in those TVs as well, No more MTV!”


12 posted on 06/12/2007 7:20:26 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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He sounds like Hillary.


13 posted on 06/12/2007 7:20:28 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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No wonder Democrats and leftwingnuts like him....


14 posted on 06/12/2007 7:20:57 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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It’s only a matter of time before this turkey jumps the shark, even with his own supporters.

If he hasn’t already.


15 posted on 06/12/2007 7:21:00 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
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Soon enough, they’ll just round up the kulaks anywise....


16 posted on 06/12/2007 7:21:08 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Run Fred RUN!)
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When they came for the television stations, I said nothing, for I was not a television station; then they came for my IPod...


17 posted on 06/12/2007 7:21:31 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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18 posted on 06/12/2007 7:21:32 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson 2008. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter 2008 (VP) Lifetime ACU Rating: 92)
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H! should go to Venezuela ( say for 10 years or so) to see how well what she wants to do here is working out there.
19 posted on 06/12/2007 7:21:48 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
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Hugo needs a lead enema.


20 posted on 06/12/2007 7:21:57 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (I'm Fred, White and Blue!)
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