Hugo Chavez

Sigh.

Any idea how many photos Hugo has ordered so he can sign them and pass them out?  Probably will wind up in the same hands of those with pics of B.O. bowing to the Saudi king.

There are some "in general" things (or goals?) that I like about the new administration. A willingness to discuss issues, especially with policies that never have seemed to do a whit of good. Plus, he (Prez) does have the advantage of being young enough that they can't blame him personally for what happened before or soon after he was born.

But...shades of Jimmy Carter.  Obama (and his experts) don't seem to have a clue between what should initially be done in private and what should be seen in public.  Unless they do have a clue and are deliberately doing these things in public as part of their "Remake America" plan.

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/04/obama-defends-himself-but-not-his.html

Ol' Hugo...like a hurricane that never ends.

Last TV station critical of Chavez may be closed.

and even better

Chavez may end patents on medicine

"A song is intellectual property, but an invention or a scientific discovery should be knowledge for the world, especially medicine," Chavez said late on Saturday.

(Actually, he includes medicine, food production....anything that can actually be manufactured.)

Gee...hope Obama don't pick up on this...

He probably figures he can't eat, drink, wear, or otherwise make anything out of music. I'm sure if a way to make money (or power) off of music would occur to him..he'd change his view in a heartbeat.

Government theft.  Geeze.

I bet Pelosi is taking notes....or is at least very jealous of Chavez's ability to hold those people responsible for inciting the masses in his country.
Globovision, Last Anti-Chavez TV Station, Faces Shutdown

There was a pic in the news a few days back of Chavez and Oliver Stone at some film festival.  Nice to have good buddies. Maybe Stone and Moore can get together and combine their expertise on national and international matters.
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Nope. He thinks he'd be sitting there next to his BFF helping make the world a better place.

I don't go out of my way to look up singers or directors that I widely disagree with. But there are some that if I notice who they are...I won't support their income or views by buying or renting their stuff.  Moore is one. Stone another.  (And quite a number of singers (sic) that I don't buy or listen to.)

The one aspect of him I could not reconcile was the Habitat for Humanity work.  I even helped on a few projects while I was in college.  When I read the background on it, things were cleared up.  He only politicized a good ministry and took it over from the guy who started it.

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez turns on the charm for Courtney Love at Oliver Stone screening

I won't comment other than to try and remember the name of the band Miss Love formed in 1989.

I'm sure it was an appropriate name.

Hugo Chavez is telling Venezuelans to limit their showers to three minutes, because they are "not in times of Jacuzzi," the Daily Mail reported. 'Some people sing in the shower, in the shower half an hour.," the country's president said during a televised cabinet meeting. "No kids, three minutes is more than enough. I've counted, three minutes, and I don't stink." Low rainfall caused by El Nino means water levels were at critically low levels. "If you are going to lie back, in the bath, with the soap and you turn on the what's it called, the Jacuzzi ... imagine that, what kind of communism is that? We're not in times of Jacuzzi,' he said.

Wow...he actually used the "C" word!

ROFLOL!  I'm in!

Sure am looking forward to being in times of jacuzzi.