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Okaaaayyy – he was a friend of democracy and human rights, right? Ignore those VRWC nuts at Human Rights Watch. http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/05/venezuela-chavez-s-authoritarian-legacy And instead listen to Joe 4 Oil.
In the dozen or so states with the most gun control-related laws, far fewer people were shot to death or killed themselves with guns than in the states with the fewest laws, the study found. Overall, states with the most laws had a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of laws. - Just sayin’ - Striking a balance between Stalin (nobody but the State’s operatives have guns) and Yemen (everybody everywhere goes armed) might be worth a systematic try.
I just came back from Aruba, 15 miles from Venezuela, and the people on the island all agreed that the people of Venezuela were poor and destitute even with all the oil money going to Chavez personally. He was no great leader. He was planning on taking over Cuba. Good riddance. I just hope Venezuela gets moving on personal freedoms and responsible leaders because with their natural resources they could become a world leader fast.
Oh for! Not that there aren’t legitimate reasons to criticize Chavez, but planning to take over Cuba? All the oil money going to Chavez personally? There are enough and more than enough reasons and arguments against Chavez without adding ones that don’t exist.
Chávez was an unnecessarily combative and polarizing politician and a truly awful administrator, but he has actually achieved what he went into politics for. Twenty years ago, Venezuelan politics was a corrupt game fought out between two factions of a narrow elite. Now the task of using the country’s oil wealth to improve the lives of the poor majority is central to all political debate in the country. In last year’s election, the Venezuelan opposition parties managed to unite behind a single presidential candidate, Enrique Capriles, whose political platform was basically “Chavismo” without the demagoguery. In previous elections, the opposition had railed against Chávez’s “socialism” and Marxism, and lost by a wide margin. Capriles, by contrast, promised to retain most of Chávez’s social-welfare policies and lost very narrowly. Over the past dozen years, Chávez’s governments have poured almost $300 billion into improving literacy, extending high school education, creating a modern, universally accessible health-care system, building housing for the homeless and subsidizing household purchases from groceries to appliances. What made that possible was not “socialism,” but Venezuela’s huge oil revenues.
Your post says that Chavez wanted President Obama to win, that does NOT make them buddies. Chavez’s support is because Bush wanted American imperialism at the expense of other countries. Previous US administrations supported brutal dictators in SA at the expense of the poor.
How about some pictures of Bush kissing the Saudi prince? http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bush+kiss+saudi
“he did more for the poor”? Really? What jobs did he create for them? (answer – NONE) What he did (and what Obama dreams of) is making them totally dependant on him for their lives. He took from those that had made their country wealthy and gave it to those that do nothing (again, Obama’s dream). Sure, the “poor” loved him but now that he’s gone are they better off? A good leader is one that leaves his people in a position where they aren’t dependent on anybody but themselves. Nearly half of Americans are totally dependent on the government (up by nearly a third than just four years ago).
But, our Ima is an expect is this field….just ask him… He has taken the trouble to converse with every man in Aruba in order to learn the truth. The fact ( I think) that he has NOT spoken WITH any Venezuelan means nothing… And this is the root cause for half-truths and conservative spin..
Mix a snifter of Bill Mauldin, a dash of Jeff McNelly and a very large dollop of common sense, and you begin to get an idea of Lisa Benson’s considerable talent.
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exoticdoc2 said, 3 months ago
Nobody likes an amateur monster.
Radish
said, 3 months ago
Now lets compare apples and oranges.
old1953 said, 3 months ago
Okaaaayyy refresh my tiny mind here. Exactly when did Chavez kill millions of people?
bhinkle said, 3 months ago
Okaaaayyy – he was a friend of democracy and human rights, right? Ignore those VRWC nuts at Human Rights Watch.
http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/05/venezuela-chavez-s-authoritarian-legacy
And instead listen to Joe 4 Oil.
wmconelly said, 3 months ago
In the dozen or so states with the most gun control-related laws, far fewer people were shot to death or killed themselves with guns than in the states with the fewest laws, the study found. Overall, states with the most laws had a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of laws.
-Striking a balance between Stalin (nobody but the State’s operatives have guns) and Yemen (everybody everywhere goes armed) might be worth a systematic try.Just sayin’ -
Bill Ewing
said, 3 months ago
Stalin doesn’t hold a candle to Mao!
20 million vs. 150-300 million.
No contest.
ghostkeeper said, 3 months ago
I can’t say I admire Chavez, but! He did more for the poor and dispossessed of Venezuela than any of the ‘economically sound’ politicians before him!
Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago
I just came back from Aruba, 15 miles from Venezuela, and the people on the island all agreed that the people of Venezuela were poor and destitute even with all the oil money going to Chavez personally. He was no great leader. He was planning on taking over Cuba. Good riddance. I just hope Venezuela gets moving on personal freedoms and responsible leaders because with their natural resources they could become a world leader fast.
ghostkeeper said, 3 months ago
@Ms. Ima
Oh for! Not that there aren’t legitimate reasons to criticize Chavez, but planning to take over Cuba? All the oil money going to Chavez personally? There are enough and more than enough reasons and arguments against Chavez without adding ones that don’t exist.
ghostkeeper said, 3 months ago
Gwynne Dyer column on Hugo Chavez=
Chávez was an unnecessarily combative and polarizing politician and a truly awful administrator, but he has actually achieved what he went into politics for. Twenty years ago, Venezuelan politics was a corrupt game fought out between two factions of a narrow elite. Now the task of using the country’s oil wealth to improve the lives of the poor majority is central to all political debate in the country.
In last year’s election, the Venezuelan opposition parties managed to unite behind a single presidential candidate, Enrique Capriles, whose political platform was basically “Chavismo” without the demagoguery. In previous elections, the opposition had railed against Chávez’s “socialism” and Marxism, and lost by a wide margin. Capriles, by contrast, promised to retain most of Chávez’s social-welfare policies and lost very narrowly.
Over the past dozen years, Chávez’s governments have poured almost $300 billion into improving literacy, extending high school education, creating a modern, universally accessible health-care system, building housing for the homeless and subsidizing household purchases from groceries to appliances. What made that possible was not “socialism,” but Venezuela’s huge oil revenues.
Nantucket19 said, 3 months ago
@
Your post says that Chavez wanted President Obama to win, that does NOT make them buddies. Chavez’s support is because Bush wanted American imperialism at the expense of other countries. Previous US administrations supported brutal dictators in SA at the expense of the poor.
How about some pictures of Bush kissing the Saudi prince?
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bush+kiss+saudi
Zipi said, 3 months ago
@ghostkeeper
“he did more for the poor”? Really? What jobs did he create for them? (answer – NONE) What he did (and what Obama dreams of) is making them totally dependant on him for their lives. He took from those that had made their country wealthy and gave it to those that do nothing (again, Obama’s dream). Sure, the “poor” loved him but now that he’s gone are they better off? A good leader is one that leaves his people in a position where they aren’t dependent on anybody but themselves. Nearly half of Americans are totally dependent on the government (up by nearly a third than just four years ago).
Adrian Snare said, 3 months ago
@ghostkeeper
But, our Ima is an expect is this field….just ask him…
He has taken the trouble to converse with every man in Aruba in order to learn the truth.
The fact ( I think) that he has NOT spoken WITH any Venezuelan means nothing…
And this is the root cause for half-truths and conservative spin..
Adrian Snare said, 3 months ago
@Zipi
I favor the Ghost keeper’s philosophy over your’s Zipi… and your very clever lies, Zipi….I do see thru them..
Ionizer said, 3 months ago
@Mr. King
“Wow you have time to travel and post all day on Gocomics. Are you independently wealthy?”
Sounds like you have the same lifestyle.