Here's the latest Hugo raving.
Captive Chavez prayed under stars for Venezuela ***"Let's hold each other's hand, let's pray here by the sea. Let's look at the stars and let's pray to God," Chavez said as he made his way to the helicopter that would fly him back to Caracas. "Let's ask for God's help so we are able to accept our differences and still come together in dialogue."*** LINKS to what he really thinks about religion and his communist association.
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... The recent history of Latin America shows us a region that has grown very little
during the last ten years. Some countries are fledgling democracies after long ...
and it's kind of interesting. One of the "big themes" I keep coming back to is how we on the right/Libertarian side ( dare I steal a word & call us "progressives?" ) are in an Information War with the Left ( dare I call them "regressives?" )-- and how the free flow of information, facts, stories, and data is critical to winning this war.
Which I think we ultimately will win.
A common denominator of oppressive regimes everywhere is how they rely on fear, ignorance, propaganda, and spin to keep their populace in check. The Muslim countries are a case in point, the old USSR was another- where a Xerox machine was a state secret, protected by armed guards to stop "unauthorized copying" of documents.