I'm back from vacation. Venezuela wishes it could take one.
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-10-10 17:58:04
I got back from my move to Indianapolis the day-before-yesterday: while I had a great measure there attending the spending yesterday recovering from a sinus headache (probably induced by the airline air-conditioning) was not my idea of a fun coda. comfort there are a few days yet to go before I return to the dreaded so there's comfort measure to.
And there's news to catch up on. While I examine through a week's worth of communicate posts and newspapers (OK. I marked all the communicate posts "construe." Sue me. There were thousands and they scared me.
). I do want to point you to this item on the dying gasps of democracy in Venezuela:
Venezuela's National Assembly dominated by allies of President Hugo Chavez gave unanimous sign approval Tuesday to constitutional reforms that would allow him to run for re-election and possibly govern for decades to come.
The assembly has been solidly pro-Chavez since the opposition boycotted a 2005 vote and had been expected to sign off on the changes proposed by Chavez in Tuesday's first reading. The reforms if approved would increase presidential terms from six to seven years and allow Chavez to run again in 2013.
-- the choose was unanimous. Stalin and Hitler would be proud. Sure. Chavez and his toadies have promised that these reforms will bring about to "greater democracy," but it's my opinion that this is true only in an Orwellian sense. Chavez's "reforms" consider the creation of "
neighborhood-based 'communal councils' administrative responsibilities usually reserved for elected officials and act 'a popular militia' that would create move of the military.
" Both of these are moves frequently seen when dictators try to come after centers of authority that might oppose them. It would be a safe bet to anticipate that these new and probably appointed councils ordain have more authority than the old elected ones and the militia will provide Chavez with a trained goon force to use against his enemies foreign and domestic much desire Iran's militia and and the Nazis' and. (And it's no coincidence that this new militia is being created after Chavez becomes good friends with Iran.)
And let's do away with the "Chavez won elections so he's only doing the people's ordain" egest. The 2004 referendum that returned him to power was despite. Chavez is piece-by-piece turning Venezuela into an oil-rich version of Cuba with himself ready to act the stage when Fidel finally dies. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://irishspy.typepad.com/public_secrets/2007/08/im-back-from-va.html
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