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hack89

(39,171 posts)
29. By any standard Venezula is a sick society
Fri Jan 25, 2013, 11:04 PM
Jan 2013

skyrocketing crime, food shortages, shocking murder rate.

those are facts.

There never seems to be a problem marching in SUPPORT of an Authoritarian leader... brooklynite Jan 2013 #1
That's what your life experience has taught you? Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #3
Having grown up in Country ruled under Martial Law, yes it has. brooklynite Jan 2013 #6
Bush's administration was wildly opposed to the policies of the elected Venezuelan President. Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #7
Did you read my last point? brooklynite Jan 2013 #10
No, I hadn't read your last post. Now that I have, you sound silly to me. Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #11
thank you.... fascisthunter Jan 2013 #25
Venezuela Oil Production Growth: Chavez Presidency May Have Squandered Oil Riches ErikJ Jan 2013 #2
There is little outward signs? ? Oh right because poor people have been lifted up MyNameGoesHere Jan 2013 #5
Food shortages and a skyrocketing murder rate hack89 Jan 2013 #9
Hmm neither is shooting kids in the face. MyNameGoesHere Jan 2013 #14
Their murder rate is orders of magnitude higher hack89 Jan 2013 #15
There are maybe 30 or more countries that have a higher murder per capita rate than the USA MyNameGoesHere Jan 2013 #16
What makes it propaganda? You disagree with it? nt hack89 Jan 2013 #17
Well I stated why I thought it was propaganda. MyNameGoesHere Jan 2013 #27
By any standard Venezula is a sick society hack89 Jan 2013 #29
You reminded me of the dirty Honduran government we're supporting, Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #18
Nope, they never, ever post about Honduras. bitchkitty Jan 2013 #19
No one could say it better. Perfectly accurate. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #20
No one here adulates about the corrupt Honduran government. joshcryer Jan 2013 #21
I actually talk to people from both sides of the economic spectrum in VZ MyNameGoesHere Jan 2013 #28
The Aben Perl? The Boligarchs? The Fonden Fund? joshcryer Jan 2013 #30
Yeah, but you don't see LBN posts cheering those countries, either. joshcryer Jan 2013 #22
Manufacturers would help ErikJ Jan 2013 #12
Oh, another hit piece from the Associated Press. Imagine that. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #8
YOU MEAN HE ACTUALLY DID IT OverseaVisitor Jan 2013 #26
NEWS?!1 *late* breaking news?!1 How many thousands?!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2013 #4
Chavistas out in force, Venezuela VP back to Cuba Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #13
That's rich - bitchkitty Jan 2013 #23
Yep. Capriles: a real man of the elite people! He's the oligarchs' "great right hope". n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #24
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