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Venezuelan Congress Hands Leader Powers To Remake Society By Decree
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- VENEZUELA IS NOW A DICTATORSHIP!!!!!
They should now join the U.N. just like other dictatorships do. - Reply to this comment
- In order to pass this all empowering law he had every government representative vote by raising hands, no intimidation there! I wonder how many didn't raise there hand?
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- No way. A man who asks for absolute power can only be up to no good. Look at history. How many leaders with absolute power have only worked for the good of their people? Not too many.
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- I guess only time will tell what the intentions of Chavez really are. He could be making his country into an oppressive dictatorship but he might be trying to hold together a modern adaptable and working social society. His country has huge oil wealth and could easily sustain itself.
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- "i thought we were all equal........... right comrade????.....lol"
Some people are more equal than others :) - Reply to this comment
- ***!!! when did communism become a monarchy???
n korea hand power father to son to son...
cuba hands power to brother...
i thought we were all equal........... right comrade????.....lol - Reply to this comment
- ADOLF CHAVEZ IS ON THE MARCH!!!!
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- "Without Reagan, the Soviet Union might still be going strong" is a lot more accurate."
No. The popular misconception is that Reagan "spent" Soviet Union into non-existence. But countries like North Korea, Cuba and Iraq have proven that they can go for long periods of time with a poor economic situation as long as the political will of the leaders is strong. The Soviet system did not go bankrupt. Gorbachev made a political climate that would allow disintegration possible.
I'm not saying that Reagan did nothing. One of his great accomplishments was a treaty with Gorbachev eliminating an entire class of nulcear weapons, something that had never been done before. But, again, there was Gorbachev. It was Gorbachev more than anybody who made the fall of the Soviet Union possible. And let's not forget the steel balls of Yeltsin, who stood firm when the communists tried to re-take power. - Reply to this comment
- I find it amazing how the Socialists/Communists of the world sound just like American Democrat(ic)s.
No wonder the liberals in America idolize Castro, Chavez, Chi Guerva, Gorbachev, etc.
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- Without Gorbachev, the Soviet Union might still be going strong.
Posted by Rafterman1 at 01:48 PM : Jan 31, 2007
"Without Reagan, the Soviet Union might still be going strong" is a lot more accurate.
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- Sounds like a rubber stamp Congress.
Now where have I heard that phrase before... - Reply to this comment
- Without Gorbachev, the Soviet Union might still be going strong. He was the best friend America ever had when he made it possible to being down the Soviet Union. Unless you liked the old days of having 15,000 nulcear warheads staring down at you on hair trigger alert.
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- "Chavez was freely elected by a majority of the people in Venezuela."
You are correct of course in all your points. But it is difficult watching a free society like Venezuela clearly handing it's freedom over to a guy like Chavez, who at times seems almost psychologically imbalanced. Even if Chavez were the most well meaning person in the world, you don't hand over decree power to any one man. It's too dangerous. I don't think the people of Venezuela know what they are headed for, if history is any indication. Like the old saying goes, absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Reply to this comment
- I find it amazing how the Socialists/Communists of the world sound just like American Democrat(ic)s.
No wonder the liberals in America idolize Castro, Chavez, Chi Guerva, Gorbachev, etc.
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- As bush says the will of the people will win out. It is hard to see what the issue is, Chavez was freely elected by a majority of the people in Venezuela. Isn't the attitude of this government just a wee bit hypicritical given what this country is doing in Iraq.
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- Liberal confession: While we don't really have a legal reason to invade Venezuela, Chavez is a big, giant rubber d1ck and I would not really feel bad about it.
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- Had Bush been paying attention to the world instead of his holly crusade then things would be different. We are headed towards a major conflict on all sides with each other. I do not mean two sides I mean all sides everyone will be at odds. That is why the last Presidents tried to stay in touch with the other leaders of the world. Now it is just too little too late to do anything. You neocons will not be protected because when the winds change and they will you are the ones that others will blame. What a mess you made. I hope that your god comes of course you will not like what he has to say.
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- Well, Bush is "the decider" after all, isn't he? It makes sense he should get "the fault" too.
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- It's always bush's fault, no matter what. If the earth started rotating the wrong direction, it would be bush's fault. The price of gas goes up, goes down or stays flat, it's his fault.
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- It Bush's fault.
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