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Venezuela's Chavez pushes through 26 decrees
AP via SFGate ^ | 8/4/8 | FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 08/04/2008 8:22:54 PM PDT by SmithL

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez is aiming to set up neighborhood-based militias, move toward a socialist economy in Venezuela and increase state control over agriculture under a package of laws enacted by presidential decree.

Changes in areas from the military to small business loans were pushed through by the president in 26 laws released Monday in the official gazette.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: castrowannabe; chavez; communism; fiat; hugochavez; lp; venezuela
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1 posted on 08/04/2008 8:22:57 PM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
Communism pushed through the back door in Venezuela - after the country's electorate rejected it last year.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 08/04/2008 8:26:26 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: SmithL

Venezuela’s Chavez pushes through 26 decrees.....in Obama wannabe like fashion......


3 posted on 08/04/2008 8:27:16 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (END THIS FREEPATHON NOW!!!!)
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To: SmithL

“The official language of San Marcos is now...Swedish!”


4 posted on 08/04/2008 8:29:08 PM PDT by Clemenza (McCain/Palin; Maverick and the MILF)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Give Obama a couple years, he will join Chavez. Maybe they’ll fight over who gets to be king of the commies.


5 posted on 08/04/2008 8:29:27 PM PDT by Defiant (Democrats complained that the war was for oil. Now they make war ON oil.)
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To: SmithL

I wish we had the CIA of the moonbats’ nightmares. Then maybe we could be rid of scum like this.


6 posted on 08/04/2008 8:30:37 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: SmithL

Why is Obama, oops I mean Chavez, even bothering? the law in that dump is “Chavez’s thugs take what they want, the rest submit.” And everyone knows it.


7 posted on 08/04/2008 8:37:20 PM PDT by piytar
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To: Defiant
Nah, Chavez is a useless putz, but he is a man and would actually fight for the crap he believes. Obama is an empty suit, and the first real opposition he ever faces will discover he is made out of jelly, and will never do anything.
8 posted on 08/04/2008 8:37:23 PM PDT by JasonC
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To: Defiant

I get the distinct feeling that they are already holding hands.....


9 posted on 08/04/2008 8:39:09 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (END THIS FREEPATHON NOW!!!!)
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To: SmithL

Starving populations often begin revolutions.

Can we hope for one in Venezeula?


10 posted on 08/04/2008 8:40:09 PM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Obama for President!)
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Chavez blazing the path towards starvation in a resource rich country...


11 posted on 08/04/2008 8:45:49 PM PDT by DB
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We should be about a year from Venezuela being near starvation due to bad weather brought on by global warming.

Or at least that’s what the media will say. Count on it.


12 posted on 08/04/2008 8:48:26 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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To: SmithL

The neighborhood militias are to ensure he never loses another referendum.


13 posted on 08/04/2008 8:51:10 PM PDT by flying Elvis ("In...War, the errors which proceed from a spirit of benevolence are the worst" Clausewitz.)
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To: Tzimisce

“Starving populations often begin revolutions.

Can we hope for one in Venezeula?”

Last I heard, Venezuela was still a democracy. They can vote him out of office. The U.S. supported a coup against Chavez in 2002. Not the way for a champion of democracy to behave.


14 posted on 08/04/2008 8:52:41 PM PDT by vanishing liberty
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To: SmithL
President Hugo Chavez is aiming to set up neighborhood-based militias, move toward a socialist economy in Venezuela and increase state control

Are we sure that this isn't a story about Obama?

15 posted on 08/04/2008 8:53:42 PM PDT by SIDENET (Hubba Hubba...)
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President Hugo Chavez is aiming to set up neighborhood-based militias>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Obamesiah has mentioned the formation of civilian security forces, and when the reaction came to his suggestion, it was pushed onto his back burner.

Make no mistake, Obama means to have neighborhood militias of leftists who will patrol their neighborhoods enforcing the redistribution of wealth and status to racial and ethnic minorities. It will be done the way that AMerican Muslims already have neighborhood patrols to keep drugs out of their communities, but there also is a loss of freedom which accompanies that theocratic patrol. Obama means to fund that with our tax money.

Its the first step towards institutionalizing an American version of Sharia law.

16 posted on 08/04/2008 8:56:23 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (Ridicule Obama))
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To: SmithL

Hugobama | Hugobambi | Barack Chavez


17 posted on 08/04/2008 9:03:29 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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"Obama means to have neighborhood militias of leftists who will patrol their neighborhoods enforcing the redistribution of wealth and status to racial and ethnic minorities."

Imagine the force of Political Correctness with that kind of regime in place - especially with the race card and the 'class' (wealth=evil) card.

PC is already bad enough that no real learning or discussion takes place in schools and universities, I can't fathom where this sort of thing will leave us!

Scary - I even may be forced to vote for the other (but less scary) liberal democrat.

18 posted on 08/04/2008 9:10:25 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: SmithL
And there was much rejoicing.


19 posted on 08/04/2008 9:13:14 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (A kid at McDonalds has more real-world work experience than Barack Hussein.)
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To: SmithL

I wonder if the oil companies and business still think their investments are worth it.


20 posted on 08/04/2008 9:20:00 PM PDT by Clock King (Under revision...)
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