Hasn’t Chavez given material support to the FARC terrorists in Colombia?
[bubbler] I’ve made certain decisions about my immediate future: for example, I’ve decided that I must journey to Colombia, and I’m pretty excited about this. ...Ref: Manderson’s Bubble (blog) @ http://bubbler.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/colombia-ho/
5. on 15 Jul 2007 at 7:48 am supposeSay hello to Chavez, the commie dictator. Better yet, don’t say anything to him, no matter what.
6. on 15 Jul 2007 at 11:20 am bubbler
Hugo Chavez is the president of Venezuela, not Colombia. And I would love to meet him. At least his “dictatorship” is benevolent, as opposed to our current dictatorship by Dick Cheney.
7. on 15 Jul 2007 at 12:30 pm suppose
Bubbler,
Hugo Chavez ordered that a television station[network] he does not like will be closed down. By any definition Hugo Chavez is a dictator and I’m sure you would love to meet him.
8. on 15 Jul 2007 at 3:38 pm bubbler
Yes, of course every action taken by Chavez that can be considered unsavory is blown up by the American media, and our government would love to see him deposed (we supported the short lived coup of Chavez in 2002). But closing down a TV station seems pretty darn insignificant in comparison to things that our own government have been doing on a consistent basis. I don’t think I need to list these things, as you have obviously been paying attention to the news, but here’s a reminder: firing of US attorneys, Jack Abramoff, Valerie Plame, unauthorized wiretapping, nonexistent weapons of mass destruction, Halliburton, Tom Delay, Abu Ghraib, etcetera etc ad nauseum.
Let me also remind you that we don’t exactly have a “free” media in these parts either. Now, I’m not trying to justify Chavez’ actions. But I also don’t know anything about Venezuelan politics yet, and I have the feeling that neither do you, aside from the one-sided portraits painted by the American media.
We got plenty to criticize within our government before we start criticizing foreign governments.
[ The march of folly continues ... so many, like young "bubbler" want to join the march! ]