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April 20, 2007
Manny Lopez Reports on Venezuela
Detroit News editorial columnist Manny Lopez knows Venezuela well, and recently returned to see what leftist goon Hugo Chavez has been doing to the country. An interview with him at A Second Hand Conjecture is highly educational. Below are a few of his observations.
On propaganda, crime, and confiscated revenue:
Chávez has spent millions plastering the country with propaganda. "Socialism, patriotism or death" banners hang throughout Caracas as well as a litany of "death to American imperialism" murals.
There also is an unquestionable concern about crime among locals and visitors (though there aren't nearly as many tourists as there once was). Chávez has created such an atmosphere of entitlement among the truly poor that some now think they have a mandate to take what they want and redistribute it to themselves and their families. And why not? Though there is a decent police presence, I'm told they apparently don't act on theft or assault charges that often.
Ironically, the socialists are so caught up in the so-called revolution and the attack on middle and upper class Venezuelans, that they don't stop and think about why Chávez hasn't significantly redistributed the tremendous amount of oil money he's raking in. Since he took office the number of truly poor is the same, but he's confiscated more oil money than the three previous governments combined.
On the media:
It is going to get increasingly difficult for the opposition to have a voice because Chávez is shutting down anyone (Radio Caracas Television, for example) who questions or opposes him. And he pulls the puppet strings of his media without fail. Watch some of his "interviews" with them and he rarely allows them to speak. No one challenges his answers or his asinine statements.
What's worse, he's got plenty of American media personalities and pseudo-celebrities hoodwinked. Witness the inane interview Barbara Walters did of him recently. She's a joke and her interview proved it. It was painfully embarrassing to watch and she never asked why the overall poverty is the same despite his "socialism" or why he wants to shut the free press, etc.
On stooges in our Democrat Party who have played along with Chavez's heating oil propaganda stunt:
Can you say "lapdogs"? That's what Joe Kennedy, U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and U.S. Rep. Jose Serrano, a New York Democrat, are when it comes to home heating oil and Chávez. I'm being kind with that description. All three ignore the outright threats and insults that Chávez has issued to the United States and its president and government. The shallowness of their character is astounding, especially since it's motivated by contempt for President George W. Bush and our own democratically elected government.
Posted by Van Helsing at April 20, 2007 10:47 AM
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Posted by: KHarn at April 22, 2007 10:56 AM
Can the US politicians and celebrities who heap praise on Chavez be ignorant of his claim to be the new Simon Bolivar, another power mad egomaniac like Napoleon and Hitler willing to plunge an entire continent into ruin for the sake of his dreams of conquest? And, if they are not ignorant of his goal, they must share it. As Shakespeare said in a very different context, "What fools these mortals be." Or, are they, worse than fools, knaves?
Posted by: jkeenholland at April 24, 2007 5:48 AM
as manny lopez point of view of the venezuelan revolution its clear that his only using his right eye to espress his point of view .it seen he never came here during the 4th republic other wise he wouldnt be talking as he does.as a sample it took over 30 years to build a high way that never go finish to top it off they name it autopista romulo betarcourt.other than that when chavez took office he found a country falling in pieces
Posted by: felix lopez at April 25, 2007 11:27 AM
as manny lopez point of view of the venezuelan revolution its clear that his only using his right eye to espress his point of view .it seen he never came here during the 4th republic other wise he wouldnt be talking as he does.as a sample it took over 30 years to build a high way that never go finish to top it off they name it autopista romulo betarcourt.other than that when chavez took office he found a country falling in pieces
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