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ChillbearLatrigue
08/12/09

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My Spanish sucks (non-existent) and I love freedom, but I may move to Venezuela.
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scroggzilla raids again
08/12/09

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Country clubs and cemeteries are the biggest wasters of prime real estate! - Al Czervik
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J. Henry Waugh
08/12/09

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Why not go with this picture?
[www.noquarterusa.net]
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DaveCrabtree
08/12/09

@J. Henry Waugh: Or if not a picture of Obama, how about one of Bill Clinton? He loves the game, too.
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Quake 'n' Shake
08/12/09

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See, Chavez has this all wrong. He needs to ask himself What Would Mugabe Do?
He should confiscate the golf course from the rich, and presumably white, owners, and redistribute it to the poor mulatto families. Each course can be split up among 18 families.
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92BuickLeSabre
08/12/09

@Quake 'n' Shake: ...and then after they build their dwellings, he should show up with bulldozers and knock them all back down, re-appropriate the land, and then turn it back into golf courses for his own private use.
He should also deny the existence of AIDS.
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lobstr
08/12/09

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Mista Hugo needs a lesson in Famous Commie Hero Pasttimes, as his pal Castro and idol Che were big fans of the game...
[amateureconblog.blogspot.com]
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DaveCrabtree
08/12/09

@lobstr: I can't find a link, but there's a story about Che beating Castro in 1962, in response to which Castro (a notorious sore loser) closed and built over two Havana golf courses. Any chance that Sr. Chavez is reacting to a bad round of his own?
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Nic Fit
08/12/09

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Not to go too bleeding heart here, but golf is actually *terrible* for the environment.
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Whitey Fisk
08/12/09

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"Let's leave this clear," Mr. Chávez said...
Damn, he even talks like Obama.
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bytememehard
08/12/09

@Whitey Fisk: Lost in translation -- he was speaking Spanish.
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Chris Hanson's Axe
08/12/09

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George Bush plays golf. George Bush is evil. Golf is evil. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Gallactica.
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Kid Canada
08/12/09

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"I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop the spread of imperialist capitalist policies. Gracias. Now watch this penalty kick!"
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08/12/09

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What surprises me is that golf is dying a slow death here in Americaa: the number of people who play golf regularly or at all has been declining over time. And a lot of golf courses are going bankrupt. This trend was in place even before the Great Recession.
Plus I've seen reports that golf pros are the most overpaid sports figures in america. They get paid much more than advertisers get out of them.
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m4ximusprim3
08/12/09

@Big Poppa: Then why do they get paid that much? They're not the recipients of government largesse (well, except for the ones who live in florida to avoid income tax). If companies are paying them more than they're getting back, it's not the golfer's fault.
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08/12/09

@m4ximusprim3: I completely agree. My only point is advertisers get much less bang for their buck getting Tiger Woods and other golf pros to endorse their products. The same study said tennis pros are the most underpaid.
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hypocriteoath
08/12/09

@Big Poppa: so... was this a study on country club sports only? and where did drinking bloody marys come in on the list?
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08/12/09

@hypocriteoath: the article included all the big sports too...the issue was whether the massive amounts paid to advertise for football and baseball relative to the smaller amounts paid to advertise lesser sports paid off. Golf was totally out of sync with every other sport.
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Bobby Big Wheel
08/12/09

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Also, Chavez is going to buy a farm, and all his buddies could like live there. They could all grow their own food, they wouldn't have to worry about money or anything, and they could just smoke pot and watch Simpsons DVDs all day.
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Dickdogfood
08/12/09

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Will they replace miniature golf courses with housing for little people?
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m4ximusprim3
08/12/09

@Dickdogfood: Only if they replace Bethpage with housing for extremely tall people.
PS: There's a "black course" joke in there, but I didn't want to make it. So ill just allude to it at the end.
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LUV_TRUK
08/12/09

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But now where will the suburban teens go to get drunk and have sex?
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92BuickLeSabre
08/12/09

@LUV_TRUK: Does your friend's mom that works late still have that place with the basement?

If not, baseball is huge in Venezuela, so plenty of dugouts to go around.
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LUV_TRUK
08/12/09

@92BuickLeSabre: Word. Let's roll over to Bonger's place. His parents went on vacation to the Bahamas or some shit.
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
08/12/09

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Of course, you have to wait till the last graf of the Times' story to actually read this: Mr. Chávez, for his part, said he had no plans to outlaw golf.
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92BuickLeSabre
08/12/09

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: Doesn't everyone read NY Times' stories in reverse paragraph order for exactly this reason?
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m4ximusprim3
08/12/09

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In golf's defense, it does more for "poor people" (in america) than any other three major sports combined.

The PGA tour gave over 124 million dollars to charity last year, and overall has given more than one billion dollars to charity since 1938. Bourgeois, yes, but at least they do their best to spread the wealth around.

However, I'm betting this is not the case in Venezuela, and if they need the room for the housing, then by all means bulldoze them shits.
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