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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.
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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...
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:16:35 AM PDT
by
tlb
To: tlb
what is HE goping to put up??? He must have an extra buck or two he can give to some poor, needy socialist.
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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)
To: tlb
In a few years time - there will be gasoline shortages in Venezuela - but he next 5 year plan will fix it...
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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)
To: tlb
Then they cam for the deep-fryers..
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:18:33 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: tlb
I’ll draw the line when they demand my turkey cooker.
To: tlb
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?
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:19:00 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Rudy Giuliani’s candidacy is fading faster than an abortionist’s conscience.)
To: tlb
new poster
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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.")
To: tlb
Imagine no possessions....
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:19:26 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
To: tlb
Volunteer today or we’ll confiscate tomorrow.
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:19:56 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: tlb
” 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...........
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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.)
To: tlb
Good grief! NO more “go it alone society”? Pretty soon, he will have as strong a set of communist credentials as the hildebeeste...
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:20:12 AM PDT
by
Migraine
(...diversity is great... until it happens to YOU...)
To: tlb
“...and throw in those TVs as well, No more MTV!”
To: tlb
To: tlb
No wonder Democrats and leftwingnuts like him....
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:20:57 AM PDT
by
Badeye
(You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
To: tlb
It’s only a matter of time before this turkey jumps the shark, even with his own supporters.
If he hasn’t already.
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:21:00 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
To: tlb
Soon enough, they’ll just round up the kulaks anywise....
To: tlb
When they came for the television stations, I said nothing, for I was not a television station; then they came for my IPod...
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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)
To: davidlachnicht
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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)
To: AU72
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.
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:21:48 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
To: tlb
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posted on
06/12/2007 7:21:57 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(I'm Fred, White and Blue!)
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