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In reply to the discussion: Venezuela's Chavez says cancer has returned [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)81. Imagine what could be done with seven hundred million...a real shame. nt
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Wish he could try the Gerson diet starting immediately. What would he have to lose? nt
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#44
I hope there is enough power in the resistance of the masses in Venezuela now.
Judi Lynn
Dec 2012
#13
And how I wish that we were truly moral enough to fulfill that obligation. I fear for the poor and
jwirr
Dec 2012
#18
You're in the wrong place if you're telling us Chavez fans don't have a place in a Democratic forum.
Judi Lynn
Dec 2012
#14
How unfortunate for you that second and third-hand anecdotes can't be verified.
ronnie624
Dec 2012
#37
Just as hardships in every country are caused by the "haves" usually trampling on the rights,
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#42
Right off the bat, you push misinformation, without giving it a second thought.
ronnie624
Dec 2012
#52
It's not misinformation...unless you think those folks at PBS were lying nearly a decade ago...
MADem
Dec 2012
#61
He rewrote it, with help. That's the bottom line. What went in it was what HE wanted in it.
MADem
Dec 2012
#65
Yes, they do. They provide a LOT of information--information you, for reasons unclear to me, are
MADem
Dec 2012
#91
Boligarchs--what a clever and expressive way of putting it. Sums it up perfectly.
MADem
Dec 2012
#66
Crime is rampant. Murder is common. When you're dead, your life is not "much improved."
MADem
Dec 2012
#73
It's a term used by Venezuelans, even Chavez has used it, they have no problem admitting it.
joshcryer
Dec 2012
#76
Try reading "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein before you call us Chavez fans. We are instead
jwirr
Dec 2012
#19
Hugo Chavez says he needs cancer surgery again, names VP successor if illness worsens
Judi Lynn
Dec 2012
#15
Glad to hear that he is trying to prepare them for the oppression from the corporations that is most
jwirr
Dec 2012
#20
Take the time to read the article FIRST before attempting to insinuate he's out of line.. n/t
Judi Lynn
Dec 2012
#30
VP in Venezuela only takes power if the President dies in the last 2 years of office.
joshcryer
Dec 2012
#55
He's naming a political successor, yeah, it's weird, but they needed to pick someone.
joshcryer
Dec 2012
#54
I only hope that his VP is a man who cannot be bought out by the corporatists.
kelliekat44
Dec 2012
#43
Don't recall ever seeing you speaking up as one who supports the progress made already
Judi Lynn
Dec 2012
#41
I didn't have much of an opinion about him until I saw "The War on Democracy"
Comrade_McKenzie
Dec 2012
#46