Reply #20: I fully support the 1st Ammendment,

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...but I wish we had laws against spreading outright LIES through Media Outlets.
There should be some way to hold them accountable.

In some cases, the spreading of these types of LIES ("They found the WMD", etc) IS like
yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater.

I WILL have to know more about what happened in Venezuela
before I form an opinion.
For all his megalomania, Chavez has been good for Venezuela,
freeing them from the Neo-Liberal clutches of their absentee Corporate Landlords and the IMF.

I KNOW.
I worked and lived in Venezuela before Chavez.
Chavez is a vast improvement,
but the displaced Venezuelan Aristocracy,
and the Neo-Liberal politicians of BOTH political Parties in the US,
don't like him very much.
IMAGINE: Using Profits from the Mineral Extraction Corporations to fund Social Programs!!! Heresy!!!
This kind iof thinking MUST be STOMPED OUT before it spreads!!!

AFAIC, Predatory Venezuelan Plutocrats were lucky to escape with their heads still attached.
Chavez has been much more reasonable than I would have been.

Besides, Venezuela belongs to the Venezuelan People.
It is none of our business.
When they are tired of Chavez,
they will elect somebody else.
Venezuela still has Free, Transparent, Verifiable Elections,
something we no longer have in the USA.

VIVA Democracy!
I pray we get some here soon!