Another Cuba in the making.
1 posted on
02/17/2007 9:44:11 AM PST by
WBL 1952
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To: WBL 1952
The definition of insanity (and socialism): Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
2 posted on
02/17/2007 9:46:47 AM PST by
inkling
(exurbanleague.com)
To: WBL 1952
Last week on El Gordo y La Flaca someone said, 'Hugito Chavez es la primera dama de Cuba." (Chavez is the first lady of Cuba) and everyone fell down laughing, including me.
3 posted on
02/17/2007 9:47:09 AM PST by
3AngelaD
(ic.)
To: WBL 1952
This is almost fun watching.
4 posted on
02/17/2007 9:47:26 AM PST by
Dog Gone
To: WBL 1952
Understatment of the day: "There seems to be a basic misunderstanding in Chávezs government of what is driving scarcity and inflation, said Francisco Rodríguez, a former chief economist at Venezuelas National Assembly who teaches at Wesleyan University.
5 posted on
02/17/2007 9:49:01 AM PST by
3AngelaD
(ic.)
To: WBL 1952
Eventually, El Gordo's fiscal irresponsibility, not limited to selling Venezuela's major export at below market rates for the sole purpose of tweaking W, will be his ruin.
6 posted on
02/17/2007 9:49:05 AM PST by
sono
(There are only two exit strategies - One is victory, the other defeat - Joe Lieberman)
To: WBL 1952
No, more like another Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe with the inflation they are having. The only thing keeping that entire nation afloat is the oil, and when oil prices drop then that place will become the festering crotch of the entire Continent.
10 posted on
02/17/2007 9:52:01 AM PST by
Abathar
(Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
To: WBL 1952
Another Cuba in the making. But Fidel only had cigars. This guy has oil. I don't understand how things could be spiraling out of control this fast down there.
ML/NJ
11 posted on
02/17/2007 9:54:02 AM PST by
ml/nj
To: WBL 1952
Since communism is against the free market and human nature the government must become oppressive to force people to follow communist dictates.
To: WBL 1952
so it's either obey strict price control laws OR be nationalized? i'm failing to see the difference.
16 posted on
02/17/2007 9:57:33 AM PST by
mmmRamen
(i could use a clever tagline)
To: WBL 1952
To: WBL 1952
But Cindy Sheehan told us that the people of the world looooove him in her little retarded-child voice. Maybe Cindy Sheehan just wants to have his love-child.
19 posted on
02/17/2007 10:01:33 AM PST by
MichiganConservative
(Mary Carey 2008! It is time for better boobs in DC.)
To: WBL 1952
Well, they had the guy and didn't kill him.
To: WBL 1952
if you will supply us with the food stuffs DearLeader... we will sell them at what ever price you say.
30 posted on
02/17/2007 10:20:05 AM PST by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: WBL 1952
From the article:
"Venezuela, despite boasting some of South Americas most fertile farmland, still imports more than half its food, largely from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and the United States." Bush ought to sell loaves of bread to Venezuela's poor below the "official government price" like Sluggo does with his oil here in the USA.
31 posted on
02/17/2007 10:20:39 AM PST by
theymakemesick
(Under sharia law, bacon will be illegal in Americistan, reason enough to keep islam out of America)
To: WBL 1952
Ed Asner says that socialism has not worked because it has not been tried by the right people or leader.
Here is yet another chance for Ed Asner to be proven right.
33 posted on
02/17/2007 10:22:42 AM PST by
lormand
(Michael Wiener - the tough talking populist moron, who claims to be a Conservative)
To: WBL 1952
This is what those who stayed home last November want this here.
34 posted on
02/17/2007 10:23:49 AM PST by
dleecomeback07
(Pitchers and catchers report February 15th)
To: WBL 1952
This is fascinating to me. The NYT prints an article about a hard-left economy on the brink of catastrophe, and the only mitigating sentence in the whole article is "For now, Venezuela remains far from any nightmarish economic meltdown." Everything else is an accurate litany of the train wreck in the making.
So, the NYT really *does* understand economics. Then my question becomes, why do they push so many Marxist ideas for the US?
Oh, and the "First Lady of Cuba" comment was priceless.
37 posted on
02/17/2007 10:24:55 AM PST by
Felis_irritable
(Dirty_Felis_Irritable...)
To: WBL 1952
Inflation climbed to an annual rate of 18.4 percent a year in January, the highest in Latin America and far above the official target of 10 to 12 percent. The country is in big trouble when the government is hoping for 12 percent inflation.
To: WBL 1952
Inflation climbed to an annual rate of 18.4 percent a year in January, the highest in Latin America Only 18 percent? At least its better than Mugabee's 1600 percent.
To: WBL 1952
Comrade Chavez doesn't seem to understand that if you force people to sell at a loss, there will be shortages. That's what price controls do. Economics 101.
"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
56 posted on
02/17/2007 1:54:54 PM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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