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Hey Folks,
Below is part of an AP story on Hugo Chavez and his speech at the UN. I've put Chavez's comments in red. I've commented in blue.
I believe there is a valuable lesson in this. All or most of what Chavez says is entirely or partially true (figurative language is figuratively true - Bush is "the devil" not the devil [conservative readers may need to seek a translater on that last point] ).
The moronic right wing can't or won't think. They don't deal in facts or arguments. They simply assume poses, call names, spout baseless absolutes, and never stop saying whatever Madison Ave. sales message they've settled on.
Brilliant snake oil salesmen, but full of shit nevertheless.
- Uke Man
Chavez launches Bush broadside at U.N.
By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer 9-20-06
UNITED NATIONS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called
President Bush "the devil" in a speech to the United Nations on Wednesday (He's not the first to do that), making the sign of the cross in a dramatic gesture and accusing him of "talking as if he owned the world." There are pre and post 9-11 documents in which the NeoConeheads clearly state a goal very close to "owning the world."
The fiery speech by the leftist leader, one of Bush's staunchest critics abroad, was harsher in tone than that of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who sparred with Bush the previous day over Tehran's disputed nuclear program but avoided any personal insults. (Whether one wants Iran to have the bomb or not, Bush has gone about discouraging it as if he DOES own Iran - as well as Iraq - should "evil-doer" be considered an insult?).
"Yesterday, the devil came here," (figurative, folks) Chavez said, referring to Bush's address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. "Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today (figurative, folks), this table that I am now standing in front of."
He then made the sign of the cross, brought his hands together as if praying and looked up at the ceiling.
Lest anyone wasn't listening, Chavez continued:
"Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world," Chavez said.
Chavez's words drew tentative giggles at times from the audience, but also applause (how can that be??) at the end of the speech and when he called Bush the devil — a word he used no fewer than eight times. The truth hurts! What Bush & Co. have done to THIS country, much less the rest of the world, justifies his being called "the devil."
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Chavez's remarks were "not becoming for a head of state." How many things has her boss said that were "unbecoming for a head of state" (do I have to make a list?)?
"I am not going to dignify a comment by the Venezuelan president to the president of the United States," Rice told reporters in New York (What else could she say? Almost NOBODY allows themselves to even DISCUSS this issue - except Noam Chomsky, and he's treated nearly as badly as Chavez). The main U.S. seat in the assembly hall was empty as Chavez spoke, though the U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told The Associated Press that a "junior note-taker" was present, as is customary "when governments like that speak." Condescention (governments like "THAT"), belittling (empty chair/"junior note-taker"), and John Bolton has had his own "unbecoming" addresses at the UN.
The address appeared to be one of Chavez' boldest moves yet to lead an alliance of countries firmly opposed to the Bush administration (According to polls, THIS country is firmly opposed to the Bush administration). The speech came after the leftist leader crisscrossed the globe this summer visiting like-minded nations from Iran to Belarus.
The Venezuelan has become Latin America's leading voice against the U.S. government, and his speech was reminiscent of crusading addresses by his mentor Fidel Castro of Cuba and the late Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
In his 23-minute address, Chavez also called Bush a "spokesman of imperialism" who was trying "to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world." Anyone who has studied how this world works, knows this is true. Large numbers of privileged people are pissed off - not because Chavez is lying - but because he had the gall to speak the bald truth.
"An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: `The Devil's Recipe,'" Chavez said.
He accused the U.S. of planning and financing a failed 2002 coup against him, a charge the U.S. denies (But there is substantial evidence that the U.S. is lying). And he said the U.S. tries to impose its vision of democracy militarily in countries like Iran and Iraq. Can anyone doubt that? Bush clearly is trying to impose HIS view of democracy on us right here at home.
"We appeal to the people of the United States and the world to halt this threat, which is like a sword hanging over our head," he said. "The imperialists see extremists everywhere. It's not that we are extremists. It's that the world is waking up."
At the start of his talk, Chavez held up a book by American writer Noam Chomsky, "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance," and recommended it to everyone in the General Assembly, as well as to the American people. At best, Condi and Bolton might have a junior note-taker skim the book.
"The people of the United States should read this ... instead of watching Superman movies," Chavez later told reporters.
He called U.S. consumerism "madness," (Isn't it? What would Jesus buy?) saying Americans have wasteful habits in using oil and energy (We don't??). He held up a satellite photo showing the world at night, with bright light emanating from the U.S. and other wealthy countries.
Consuming less should be an environmental priority, he said, "instead of looking for oil" through the war in Iraq. Somebody in Bush's cabinet should have been screaming this a long time ago!
The United States continues to be the top buyer of Venezuelan oil, bringing the South American country billions of dollars in earnings that help fund Chavez's popular social programs.
Accusing Bush of neglecting the poor (Oh,no!! Didn't he see how concerned Duhbya was with the poor of New Orleans?), Chavez started a program last winter for Venezuela's U.S.-based oil company Citgo to sell discounted heating oil to poor American families. It distributed more than 40 million gallons of oil last winter to low-income Americans, and Chavez announced a doubling of that this winter.
Chavez also lambasted the U.S. government for trying to block Venezuela's campaign for a seat in the U.N. Security Council (He must have forgotten who owns the world). He said if chosen over U.S.-favorite Guatemala in a secret-ballot U.N. vote next month, Venezuela would be "the voice of the Third World."
The council currently consists of five permanent members with veto power — the United States, Britain, Russia, China and France — and 10 non-permanent members who serve two-year terms and have no power to veto resolutions.
The U.S. argues that Venezuela — closely allied with Iran, Syria, and Cuba — would be a disruptive force. The campaign for a U.N. seat is shaping up to be a formidable diplomatic test for Chavez, gauging his ability to lobby head-to-head against the United States.
Chavez said the U.N. in its current system "doesn't work" and is "antidemocratic." (Maybe Bush can bring "democracy" to the UN like he brought it to Iraq). He called for the world body to be overhauled, saying the U.S. government's "immoral veto" had allowed recent Israeli bombings of Lebanon to continue unabated for more than a month.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060920/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/un_venezuela;_ylt=Atc_hetbGTvocDARoBqd1qis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
Below is part of an AP story on Hugo Chavez and his speech at the UN. I've put Chavez's comments in red. I've commented in blue.
I believe there is a valuable lesson in this. All or most of what Chavez says is entirely or partially true (figurative language is figuratively true - Bush is "the devil" not the devil [conservative readers may need to seek a translater on that last point] ).
The moronic right wing can't or won't think. They don't deal in facts or arguments. They simply assume poses, call names, spout baseless absolutes, and never stop saying whatever Madison Ave. sales message they've settled on.
Brilliant snake oil salesmen, but full of shit nevertheless.
- Uke Man
Chavez launches Bush broadside at U.N.
By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer 9-20-06
UNITED NATIONS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called
President Bush "the devil" in a speech to the United Nations on Wednesday (He's not the first to do that), making the sign of the cross in a dramatic gesture and accusing him of "talking as if he owned the world." There are pre and post 9-11 documents in which the NeoConeheads clearly state a goal very close to "owning the world."
The fiery speech by the leftist leader, one of Bush's staunchest critics abroad, was harsher in tone than that of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who sparred with Bush the previous day over Tehran's disputed nuclear program but avoided any personal insults. (Whether one wants Iran to have the bomb or not, Bush has gone about discouraging it as if he DOES own Iran - as well as Iraq - should "evil-doer" be considered an insult?).
"Yesterday, the devil came here," (figurative, folks) Chavez said, referring to Bush's address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. "Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today (figurative, folks), this table that I am now standing in front of."
He then made the sign of the cross, brought his hands together as if praying and looked up at the ceiling.
Lest anyone wasn't listening, Chavez continued:
"Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world," Chavez said.
Chavez's words drew tentative giggles at times from the audience, but also applause (how can that be??) at the end of the speech and when he called Bush the devil — a word he used no fewer than eight times. The truth hurts! What Bush & Co. have done to THIS country, much less the rest of the world, justifies his being called "the devil."
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Chavez's remarks were "not becoming for a head of state." How many things has her boss said that were "unbecoming for a head of state" (do I have to make a list?)?
"I am not going to dignify a comment by the Venezuelan president to the president of the United States," Rice told reporters in New York (What else could she say? Almost NOBODY allows themselves to even DISCUSS this issue - except Noam Chomsky, and he's treated nearly as badly as Chavez). The main U.S. seat in the assembly hall was empty as Chavez spoke, though the U.S. Ambassador John Bolton told The Associated Press that a "junior note-taker" was present, as is customary "when governments like that speak." Condescention (governments like "THAT"), belittling (empty chair/"junior note-taker"), and John Bolton has had his own "unbecoming" addresses at the UN.
The address appeared to be one of Chavez' boldest moves yet to lead an alliance of countries firmly opposed to the Bush administration (According to polls, THIS country is firmly opposed to the Bush administration). The speech came after the leftist leader crisscrossed the globe this summer visiting like-minded nations from Iran to Belarus.
The Venezuelan has become Latin America's leading voice against the U.S. government, and his speech was reminiscent of crusading addresses by his mentor Fidel Castro of Cuba and the late Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
In his 23-minute address, Chavez also called Bush a "spokesman of imperialism" who was trying "to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world." Anyone who has studied how this world works, knows this is true. Large numbers of privileged people are pissed off - not because Chavez is lying - but because he had the gall to speak the bald truth.
"An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: `The Devil's Recipe,'" Chavez said.
He accused the U.S. of planning and financing a failed 2002 coup against him, a charge the U.S. denies (But there is substantial evidence that the U.S. is lying). And he said the U.S. tries to impose its vision of democracy militarily in countries like Iran and Iraq. Can anyone doubt that? Bush clearly is trying to impose HIS view of democracy on us right here at home.
"We appeal to the people of the United States and the world to halt this threat, which is like a sword hanging over our head," he said. "The imperialists see extremists everywhere. It's not that we are extremists. It's that the world is waking up."
At the start of his talk, Chavez held up a book by American writer Noam Chomsky, "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance," and recommended it to everyone in the General Assembly, as well as to the American people. At best, Condi and Bolton might have a junior note-taker skim the book.
"The people of the United States should read this ... instead of watching Superman movies," Chavez later told reporters.
He called U.S. consumerism "madness," (Isn't it? What would Jesus buy?) saying Americans have wasteful habits in using oil and energy (We don't??). He held up a satellite photo showing the world at night, with bright light emanating from the U.S. and other wealthy countries.
Consuming less should be an environmental priority, he said, "instead of looking for oil" through the war in Iraq. Somebody in Bush's cabinet should have been screaming this a long time ago!
The United States continues to be the top buyer of Venezuelan oil, bringing the South American country billions of dollars in earnings that help fund Chavez's popular social programs.
Accusing Bush of neglecting the poor (Oh,no!! Didn't he see how concerned Duhbya was with the poor of New Orleans?), Chavez started a program last winter for Venezuela's U.S.-based oil company Citgo to sell discounted heating oil to poor American families. It distributed more than 40 million gallons of oil last winter to low-income Americans, and Chavez announced a doubling of that this winter.
Chavez also lambasted the U.S. government for trying to block Venezuela's campaign for a seat in the U.N. Security Council (He must have forgotten who owns the world). He said if chosen over U.S.-favorite Guatemala in a secret-ballot U.N. vote next month, Venezuela would be "the voice of the Third World."
The council currently consists of five permanent members with veto power — the United States, Britain, Russia, China and France — and 10 non-permanent members who serve two-year terms and have no power to veto resolutions.
The U.S. argues that Venezuela — closely allied with Iran, Syria, and Cuba — would be a disruptive force. The campaign for a U.N. seat is shaping up to be a formidable diplomatic test for Chavez, gauging his ability to lobby head-to-head against the United States.
Chavez said the U.N. in its current system "doesn't work" and is "antidemocratic." (Maybe Bush can bring "democracy" to the UN like he brought it to Iraq). He called for the world body to be overhauled, saying the U.S. government's "immoral veto" had allowed recent Israeli bombings of Lebanon to continue unabated for more than a month.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060920/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/un_venezuela;_ylt=Atc_hetbGTvocDARoBqd1qis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
1 Comments:
Hey Tom -
BOY OH BOY - are the events of this week keepin' you with plenty of bloggin' bits!
One comment - to quote a friend from an email we exchanged this morning:
" - if there is a Satan then he'd have to be both clever and smart - so it cannot be GW! "
Once again, my friend knows their shit!
Take Care,
Phyll
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