Venezuala about to go balls deep...

[Okla-homey]

on Hugo.

If voters approve pending constitutional amendments:
1) Chavez can succeed himself indefinitely as El Maximo.
2) He can arrest anyone he wants.
3) He'll control the central bank.

The carrot on the end of the stick is he's promising a six-hour workday and lots more free stuff to everyone.

[Petro-Sooner]

Whats the concensous among the people?

[Jerk]

...

The carrot on the end of the stick is he's promising a six-hour workday and lots more free stuff to everyone.

LOL that sounds familiar.

[Okla-homey]

Whats the concensous among the people?

It appears to be playing out per the dictator blue book. The intelligentsia and the wealthy oppose the initiatives. The middle class is split. The rabble are dependably for him.

Rabble and split middle class > wealthy and/or the educated. Thus, Chavez will be dictator for life when this over. He's put us norteamercanos on notice too. He says if we interfere in any way, he'll stop selling us oil.

It would be wonderful to see a photo of his lifeless corpse on a slab.

[King Crimson]

It appears to be playing out per the dictator blue book. The intelligentsia and the wealthy oppose the initiatives. The middle class is split. The rabble are dependably for him.

Rabble and split middle class > wealthy and/or the educated.

and you configure this somehow differently than cliche red-state politik in the US?

[soonerhubs]

http://idiotsyncrasies.com/uploaded_images/SenatorPalpatine-718217.jpg

[Okla-homey]

and you configure this somehow differently than cliche red-state politik in the US?

Yes. In fact, the closest thing we've had to such a phenomenon in the US were the second and subsequent FDR administrations. Had FDR been healthy, he probably could have remained in office at least until after the Korean War.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Whats the concensous among the people?

Chavez will make sure the consensus is in favor of his new rules.

The guy is another Castro. The middle class and the business class who create wealth are leaving. They could be pumping out 6 million barrels of oil a day but now its only 2.5 million due to socialist inefficiencies.

the best thing the U.S. can do is support the pro-capitalist latin american countries - Brazil and Mexico being the major ones. We should also approve the free trade agreement with Chavez's next door neighbor Colombia.

Economic might is our best weapon.

Chavez is a socialist clown who is destroying the economic base of his country.

[rufnek05]

sweet, another dictatorship.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

and you configure this somehow differently than cliche red-state politik in the US?(Yawn) you can surely do better than this!

[OUDoc]

http://www.i-mockery.com/generalzod/media/zod4prez.jpg

[OklahomaTuba]

HOO RAY for Marxism!

[Widescreen]

Apparently Chavez's referendum failed. Heh! This is of course until he manipulates it so that he wins anyway.

[OklahomaTuba]

Did Sean Penn & the rest of the "progressive" peace loving crowd stump for him?????

The libz just love them dictators.

[VeeJay]

Is Sean Penn a Muslim yet?

I know he's been working on it.

[swardboy]

Venezuela says "NO!!!" Two points shy of approval......this will get interesting.

[The Ghost of Joe Morrison]

I've seen a guy do that on the internet before.:eek:

[GottaHavePride]

Hypothetical question:

Is it possible to discuss political goings-on in another country without it degenerating into yet another SF.com "libz vs. pubz" flamewar? My guess is no.

[olevetonahill]

Hypothetical question:

Is it possible to discuss political goings-on in another country without it degenerating into yet another SF.com "libz vs. pubz" flamewar? My guess is no.
What dayum country are you from ? :P

[GottaHavePride]

Heh.

[TUSooner]

He seems much more dangerous to Venezuela than to the USA.

[soonerhubs]

On Barbara Walters HC just said he loves all of us Americans. My paradigm has been SHIFTED.

[SanJoaquinSooner]

He seems much more dangerous to Venezuela than to the USA.

no doubt.

However, 10% of the U.S. oil supplies come from Venezuela. If Chavez snubs us and finds other customers the impact is minimal since the total aggregate oil supply on the world market wouldnt change.

BUT, if he continues cutting off his own nose to spite the U.S. and other wealth creating nations with inefficient socialist policies, their oil output will continue to drop. This could hurt world supply.