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Mon Apr-20-09 05:40 PM
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| 75. So you would have been in favor of a coup against Dubya, then? |
| -Can someone tell me why I keep hearing Hugo Chavez described as the enemy by our media? |
NNN0LHI |
Apr-20-09 09:44 AM |
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I've never heard him described as the enemy by the media |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 09:46 AM |
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Was not the term "enemy" used by that idiot Kneale, albeit Kneale is just a RW mouthpiece and not |
indepat |
Apr-20-09 10:34 AM |
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I dunno |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 11:12 AM |
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i have. msnbc this am talked of President Obama meeting with the enemy..hugo |
spanone |
Apr-20-09 11:32 AM |
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Here you go: |
EFerrari |
Apr-20-09 03:14 PM |
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The overwhelming majority .... |
bvar22 |
Apr-20-09 07:03 PM |
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Newt Gingrich just called him "Anti-American on Hardball. |
bvar22 |
Apr-20-09 07:05 PM |
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Any foreign leader who refuses to be bullied by the US |
malaise |
Apr-20-09 09:47 AM |
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Well put |
dipsydoodle |
Apr-20-09 09:49 AM |
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How has the US bullied him? |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 09:51 AM |
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The attempted coup of 2002... your friendly CIA |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-20-09 09:52 AM |
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From what I have seen |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 10:01 AM |
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Try to read the latin american press |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-20-09 10:14 AM |
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I don't oppose that |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 11:30 AM |
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My, my. Aren't you the lovely imperialist. |
scarletwoman |
Apr-20-09 12:02 PM |
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you must have misunderstood my intent |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 12:04 PM |
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And who decides which people to help? What if another country wanted to "help" the disaffected |
scarletwoman |
Apr-20-09 12:47 PM |
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Chavez is helping the shit on |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 01:05 PM |
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I think you have an extremely distorted view of Venezuela. But I don't really care about that. |
scarletwoman |
Apr-20-09 01:25 PM |
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You are right, sort off, and you are the American that cannot understand |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-20-09 02:21 PM |
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just out of curiosity |
northzax |
Apr-20-09 04:09 PM |
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The VZ government did not take |
WyLoochka |
Apr-20-09 03:12 PM |
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Fox News, obviously. |
RaleighNCDUer |
Apr-21-09 02:30 PM |
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The US has rarely - if ever |
WyLoochka |
Apr-20-09 03:01 PM |
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Which people is Chavez "shitting on"? |
bvar22 |
Apr-20-09 07:09 PM |
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The same 5% that Obama's tax plan is shitting on. nt |
RaleighNCDUer |
Apr-21-09 02:31 PM |
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Long live the Empire |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-20-09 02:17 PM |
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Overthrowing leaders is a sure-fire way to get members of that country to hate us |
JonLP24 |
Apr-20-09 03:20 PM |
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Let me get this straight: you can rightly understand the attempt to ILLEGALLY over throw Morales? |
EFerrari |
Apr-20-09 05:25 PM |
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So you would have been in favor of a coup against Dubya, then? |
Arugula Latte |
Apr-20-09 05:40 PM |
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Lots of articles at Third World Traveler... |
stillcool |
Apr-20-09 10:19 AM |
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I love Third World Traveler! |
Nostalgic |
Apr-20-09 05:44 PM |
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Their search function is the best... |
stillcool |
Apr-20-09 07:02 PM |
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You weren't paying attention |
WyLoochka |
Apr-20-09 02:31 PM |
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The failed USA backed coup of 2002, |
PufPuf23 |
Apr-20-09 03:19 PM |
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See #10. |
AllieB |
Apr-20-09 09:54 AM |
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This has been bothering me, too. |
netania99 |
Apr-20-09 09:50 AM |
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a "dictator", as well. I guess venezuelans who vote didn't realize |
ChairmanAgnostic |
Apr-20-09 09:50 AM |
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You can vote a dictator into power |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 09:52 AM |
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And then re-elect him as well. |
RaleighNCDUer |
Apr-20-09 10:23 AM |
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not really |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 11:19 AM |
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Hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your prejudices. nt |
RaleighNCDUer |
Apr-20-09 11:22 AM |
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wat? |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 11:32 AM |
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I'm sure you don't. nt |
RaleighNCDUer |
Apr-20-09 11:39 AM |
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you can't win, you know |
northzax |
Apr-20-09 11:30 AM |
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two reasons |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-20-09 09:50 AM |
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In many ways Chavez is a hero! |
ananda |
Apr-20-09 09:52 AM |
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not for long |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 09:54 AM |
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I've been there several times, pre and post Chavez |
ChairmanAgnostic |
Apr-20-09 10:10 AM |
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are you kidding |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 11:37 AM |
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my last visit was 3 yrs ago. |
ChairmanAgnostic |
Apr-20-09 02:28 PM |
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Why would Venezuela no longer make money... |
stillcool |
Apr-20-09 10:21 AM |
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Chavez' own government reports claimed that the Bolivarian Revolution |
northzax |
Apr-20-09 11:33 AM |
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Oil will only go up... |
stillcool |
Apr-20-09 12:09 PM |
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Not with demand being down |
pnutbutr |
Apr-20-09 12:21 PM |
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I don't think so... |
stillcool |
Apr-20-09 01:08 PM |
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so does everything else |
northzax |
Apr-20-09 12:46 PM |
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In this global recession is their... |
stillcool |
Apr-20-09 01:05 PM |
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unfortunately, yes |
northzax |
Apr-20-09 04:34 PM |
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They've done a good deal of tinkering since then. |
EFerrari |
Apr-20-09 04:27 PM |
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Because we always need a South American boogeyman... |
Historic NY |
Apr-20-09 10:09 AM |
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Obama is aware... he mentioned CITGO to the US Press |
nadinbrzezinski |
Apr-20-09 10:19 AM |
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To our media, he is the enemy. |
dkofos |
Apr-20-09 10:11 AM |
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u mean the cia? |
populistdriven |
Apr-20-09 05:17 PM |
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If true it's probably because Chavez himself was quoted as saying... |
cobalt1999 |
Apr-20-09 10:16 AM |
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I put up a thread on this yesterday. There's an AP headline in the OP. |
EFerrari |
Apr-20-09 03:15 PM |
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I wonder if the people who stayed warm |
polmaven |
Apr-20-09 10:39 AM |
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Cuz he called the giggling jackass 'the devil' |
louis-t |
Apr-20-09 10:39 AM |
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Because he is the enemy of the corporate oligarchs that own the media. nt |
anonymous171 |
Apr-20-09 12:03 PM |
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Apparently, that fat piece of human garbage Rush Limbaugh |
EnviroBat |
Apr-20-09 02:43 PM |
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Whether we see it or not all MSM news outlets have pro-america bias |
JonLP24 |
Apr-20-09 03:16 PM |
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"He talked back." Jim Casey in "The Grapes of Wrath". |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Apr-20-09 03:17 PM |
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He is an enemy of Capitalism. |
blindpig |
Apr-20-09 03:19 PM |
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ahh the equal sign between "capitalism" and "democracy" |
TWiley |
Apr-20-09 03:25 PM |
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Hugo Nationalized energy and pissed off Big Texas Oil |
TWiley |
Apr-20-09 03:24 PM |
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It's fucking amazing, isn't it? |
Hissyspit |
Apr-20-09 05:17 PM |
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Don't worry. Nobody in the U.S. listens to Chavez |
RufusTFirefly |
Apr-20-09 05:22 PM |
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I don't consider him an enemy |
Time for change |
Apr-20-09 05:23 PM |
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If Hugo Chavez played ball with Exxon and with DEA drug trafficking, |
EFerrari |
Apr-20-09 05:27 PM |
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He has oil and it's not ours yet. What else could he be? |
shadowknows69 |
Apr-20-09 05:24 PM |
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And don't forget the race angle |
RufusTFirefly |
Apr-20-09 05:39 PM |
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Racism in Latin America is more open and also |
EFerrari |
Apr-20-09 05:41 PM |
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Because he's the enemy of our media |
rucky |
Apr-20-09 05:39 PM |
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The CIA's role in intervening in other governments all over the |
Nostalgic |
Apr-20-09 05:54 PM |
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All of the above |
progressoid |
Apr-20-09 06:01 PM |
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not only there ..here as well. All I hear is good things about him like helping the poor. |
wroberts189 |
Apr-20-09 06:05 PM |
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The threat of a good example (Noam Chomsky) |
struggle4progress |
Apr-21-09 12:51 AM |
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