Andrew, considering that at the start of Chavez's presidency he was briefly removed from power by a coup sponsored and implemented by the US, I kind of don't think that he would want US military forces in Venezuela.
Also, as has been pointed out, you linked to an article about Columbia. And even in that article, Chavez opposed US military presence.
Or maybe its that Chavez is a megalomanical lunatic who just wants to control everything, and video games are fast becoming web-based and therefore a new communication/organizational tool, thus requiring him to quickly stamp them out in the name of 'violent content' before anyone realized their potential?
@Thomas Paladino: Well, that's about the most fucking typical thing i've read all day. Do you just write down this shit verbatim from Bill O'Reily's show? Or do you scrawl this crap in a notebook while sitting on the can?
In this case, as in so many others, it seems that politicians are blind to the difference between causation and correlation. It's really not a difficult concept...
So, according to Beck, the new military dictators of Honduras are our friends? And here is me naively thinking we are all about peace, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.
Me and (our democratically elected) President Obama, that is.
@Niko Bellic: aww, glenn's just nostalgic for the happy days of ronald reagan, when we were bosom buddies with every military dictatorship in the region. it's been years since the heady days of the maryknoll murders. what's a lad to do?
@Niko Bellic: the new military dictators of Honduras are our friends?
Why not? They were under Reagan when John Negroponte was arming the mid-80s version of these fuckers and looking the other way as they raped Jesuit nuns and shit.
I can't stay in a room with any Fox News running for more than 30 seconds before my logic filter gets clogged with gunk, and I have to turn it off or leave. And Beck is the worst of them. You have to protect your finely tuned cognitive apparatus from exposure to this sort of abuse, or you will end up rolling around in the floor babbling about the 'global warming hoax' and other reactionary talking points which they are trying to inject into your subconscious. Just don't do it, boys and girls.
That said, I don't like dictators. Of any political persuasion.
So where were Beck's criticisms of FISA and the Patriot Act?
See? It's simply annoying to observe such obvious journalistic pandering.
Hate to quibble, but in point of fact Hugo Chavez is not a dictator. Venezuela has had a number of elections in recent years, and Chavez always abides by the results, even when they don't go in his favor.
Is it wrong to be somewhat impressed by the logical gymnastics carried out by the "far right?" Between this and Limbaugh's assertion that Obama caused Sanford's affair - color me wowed.
@The Cajun Boy: Cajun Boy, since your av is the rooster, I am going to start calling you the Night Bird in memory of and in tribute to the great Ms. Steele, RIP.
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Also, as has been pointed out, you linked to an article about Columbia. And even in that article, Chavez opposed US military presence.
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Cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream...
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Why not? They were under Reagan when John Negroponte was arming the mid-80s version of these fuckers and looking the other way as they raped Jesuit nuns and shit.
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That said, I don't like dictators. Of any political persuasion.
So where were Beck's criticisms of FISA and the Patriot Act?
See? It's simply annoying to observe such obvious journalistic pandering.
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"Nanny State: White House announces new lighting standards..."
Really? Light bulb standards = Nanny state? I wonder what Drudge thinks of the paternal tyranny of mattress tags.
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Would that we could say the same up here.
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[en.wikipedia.org]
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