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May 29, 2007
Venezuelans Scramble to Escape Socialist Utopia
Not all Venezuelans are waiting for Hugo Chavez to finish suffocating his country's last remnants of freedom. From The Times:
At the US Embassy, citizenship claims and visa enquiries have doubled since January. A Canadian job fair, with a capacity of 500, was swamped by a crowd of 1,500. Every morning snaking queues form outside the embassies of Australia, Spain and Portugal to inquire about emigration there.
Agrochemical engineer Maria Conquita Rodriguez, never active in the opposition, nonetheless is getting spooked:
He [Chavez] is becoming more and more extreme and everything that he says becomes a law. We are looking at a dictatorship. You realize you have to have your papers in order in case you have to leave.
Some find themselves unemployable after having signed La Lista, a petition calling for a referendum on removing Chavez in 2002. La Lista was posted on the Internet, making anyone who signed it persona non grata. Says law student Andrea Teran:
I want to work in the Supreme Court but it's always the first question: did you sign the list? You can't get a government job if you signed, and the way nationalization is going, soon all the jobs will be with the Government.
That's the whole point of socialism: to make everyone totally dependent on the government, so that no one dares think about liberty. Even now Chavez has his supporters among the poor, who appreciate all the freebies he gives them, paid for by the wealth he's expropriated.
Of course, the freebies aren't really free. The poor pay for them with their freedom, their dignity, and their souls. Anyone with any wealth, skills, or initiative will escape or be robbed blind by the government, until the entire population consists of soulless peasants sucking on the teat of Chavez's evil kleptocracy.
Fortunately there are still free countries to which Venezuelans can escape. There won't always be, if moonbats have their way.
Hat tip: Rantburg.
Posted by Van Helsing at May 29, 2007 9:38 PM
Comments
Thank you,this is a great post about this.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 29, 2007 10:49 PM
Pat Robertson had it right.
Posted by: Jimbo at May 30, 2007 4:23 AM
why do people NOT see this sort of thing coming? it's coming to a neighborhood near you. if a dem is elected for potus in the next election, we'll see it - of course, they may be a little smoother than oogo.
Posted by: nanc at May 30, 2007 4:26 AM
Yup......sure makes me proud once again, to be from Massachusetts when I think of all the times former Congressman Joe Kennedy and my current congressman Bill Delahunt have flown down to Venezuela to kiss this little punk dictator's ass.
Want to do something about this pig?
Don't buy Citgo products. It's a Venezuelan company now nationalized by this little putz. And don't fall for the commercials saying what a great company Citgo is, and how the gas stations are privately owned by Americans. These Americans could easily convert their stations to any of a dozen other companies eager to sell their product.
They're already feeling the heat--- if they weren't, do you think they'd spend money on those types of commercials??
Posted by: Jack Bauer at May 30, 2007 6:18 AM
And Mrs. Bill Clinton would like to do the same thing here; she just makes it sound more, er, inviting:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070529/clinton_economy.html?.v=1
Countries like France are in the toilet thanks to socialism, and the people have finally had enough and elected Sarkozy. But Chavez is more than just a socialist, he's a dictator and tyrant in waiting. What a mess.
Posted by: Pam at May 30, 2007 7:51 AM
Once more blessing from Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter, the gift that keeps on giving!
Posted by: Byron at May 30, 2007 9:48 AM
Wake up libs!
This is a REAL dictator. This is a REAL tyrant. Venezuela really IS A country that's going to the dogs and people are leaving, looking for a better place.
Now to hear all the whiny libs, you'd think WE are that kind of place. But how many people are immigrating from here to Venezuela? Name any socialist country on earth, and see how many people are leaving this country to move there!
Why do libs not see it? Why do they honestly believe socialism is worth pursuing? Give us ONE example of where it works!
And all the hollywood freaks who said they'd leave the country when Bush was elected, look at the people leaving Venezuela, Cuba, Mexico, etc. etc. to come here. THOSE people really have something to complain about. They are an example of people who leave their country looking for something better. You hollywood freaks are just lying trash-talkers. If you really believed what you say, you'd have left years ago.
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