Blogging the democratic revolution
In London, site of the cold-blooded Islamofascist train and bus bombings in 2005, terrorism is a serious subject. We already know that the London cops, having shot an innocent Brazilian in string of police errors, aren’t really up to the frightening task of countering such major-league terrorism, and the city is full of hundreds of thousands of home-grown Islamofascists and their imported mullahs who “love death.” What’s stunning is that, surrounded by real terrorists, the trivial mayor of this vulnerable city, should be so quick to label a Venezuelan blogger as a supporter of terrorism. We’ve never heard him go…
With the new advent of new “revolutionary tourists” tramping through the shantytowns of Caracas on guided dog-and-pony “reality tours,” Venezuelans, the latest zoo animals for these gringos, are aghast. Here these unkempt, arrogant, Che t-shirt-wearing Sandalistas are, well-fed and staying in Caracas’ five-star hotels, getting out to get down and dirty among the ‘real people’ and imagining that they know what’s going on. The problem is, being tourists, they see a tourist-eye view of things regardless of how many Che t-shirts they own, and refuse see what’s really going on. At all. They see what they and their tour guides…
Well folks it seems that since Hugo Chavez’s officials can’t get to me, given that I live in a full fledged democracy where freedom of expression truly exists, Ken Livingstone, his ‘social democrat’ comrade in London, has taken issue directly with me stating “Aleksander Boyd is a supporter of terrorism against Venezuelan democracy” (sic) Äremarks start around minute 16Å. Mayor Livingstone went further yesterday and read to London’s assemblymen from some articles written and posted by me in this website, where I argued that once all democratic tools had been sequestered by a criminal State the only recourse left to…
In a war, the first casualty is truth. So, show trials for ideological deviation have begun in Venezuela. This is characteristic of all communist regimes as they consolidate power. Eventually, the truth is the target. Now in the seventh year of Chavez’s regime, there are new orthodoxies Chavez wants people to accept, ones that ring contrary to their own experience and understanding. And there are signs he’s not going to trust them on their own to accept it. These new truths will be enforced. With the destruction and rubble and crime and deterioration Venezuelans see all around them, the regime…
I have previously remarked on Algeria????????s growing ties to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and President Bouteflika????????s fiery rhetoric towards France on the issue of colonial apologetics. Both of these issues is contrary to Algeria????????s national interest, though on different scales. The first is an issue of independence in foreign policy, which has been a hallmark of Algerian foreign policy since independence. That is, how to balance relationships with international heavy hitters, be they First, Second, or Third World nations, while still maintaining flexibility on the world stage. Today this issue is similar to Algeria????????s domestic politics; will Algeria side…
…that Hugo Chavez says he wants to sell to Iran. Miguel has the funniest take ever on this topic, with ‘ewwww, gross!’ photos! You got to see it here.
The Peruvians, in the midst of their heated presidential campaign, are having a grand old time lampooning Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, who has continuously meddled in their election – promising $3 billion in sewer upgrades for instance if Peruvians elect his promised candidate, Ollanta Humala. As you might imagine, it’s sunk Humala’s candidacy beyond repair. Nobody likes that kind of open voter bribery. It’s patronizing, for one thing. And it’s boosting the campaign of Humala’s opponent, Alan Garcia. It all comes down to Hugo Chavez fundamentally not understanding anything at all about Peru. Peruvians are people who have authentic pride…
He’s done it! Hugo Chavez has finally joined the club! He’s a made man! He has status. A leader of a pariah state! It’s an elite club but considerably cooler than that Hated Country Club of Caracas that he’s trying to turn into a shantytown, and dammit, he finally made it. Chavez got the U.S. to yank all weapons sales to him, amounting to $34 million in mostly cargo parts with the prestige of being recognized at long last as dangerous. For Chavez, this is a big promotion. He’s not just a clown anymore. He’s dangerous. Now he thinks he…
For many of us, we are just bloggers. We blog, taking alter-egos, saying all the things we’d like to say in the regular world but don’t, and then return to our normal lives, happily anonymous. For some bloggers, it can get to be quite a contrast indeed. Proto-blogger Matt Drudge, a humdrum Hollywood gift shop clerk, quietly lived a second life no one knew about – as the biggest voice on the Internet, with the capacity to shape news, all because of his grasp of technology and ability to connect to others. But some people are stepping out beyond even…
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez is nothing more than a brutal leftist thug with aspirations of being the next Simon Bolivar, the next Fidel Castro. He seeks to unite all the nations of Latin America under his wing, so that together, they may challenge the United States. He would lure them into his axis with the promise of U.S.-financed cheap oil, yet punish and intimidate any who don’t go along with his direction by cutting off that same oil. He’s telling all nations that it’s either him or the U.S., and the U.S. has nothing to offer them. Every last nation…
President Lula da Silva of Brazil is not stupid. After a softie performance in the first week after Bolivia “nationalized” Brazil’s $1.6 billion in investments there, downplaying any opposition against the taking of it, or any animosity against Bolivian President Evo Morales, he unexpectedly came out and laid the blame for this mess right where it belonged: at Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Lula is a gentle man, but in this case he came on uncharacteristically strong: He demanded that Chavez stop meddling in the Southern Cone, and warned the Venezuelan dictator that there would be consequences. Lula knew very well…
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames??????? is an explosive open-world action game set in a massive, highly reactive, war-torn world. A power-hungry tyrant messes with Venezuela’s oil supply, sparking an invasion that turns the country into a warzone???????” With a hat tip to Venezuela Today this new video game, showing a major street in Caracas on fire, represents a significant cultural shift. Gone are the days when Venezuela was just an insignificant Latin American country, or a more ridiculed version of Mexico. It’s now the center of attention, the focus of evil in this world today. I am not a big…
6:00 a.m. Greenwich Main Time City: London Brrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!! Brrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnggggggggg!!!!!!!!! Roy: Hullo, mate. William: Goddamn it, don’t you hello mate me, you oleaginous punk. This is Caracas calling. Roy: Wot’s up? William: You know what’s up, Swedish Wonder Kid. And boy you better have an explanation. R: Hunh? W: Haven’t you seen the London Times? We have a crisis. One week before Our Fearless Leader makes his grand debut in London? Do you see what’s in it? R: No, I only read my own Web site, the font of all truth. W: Cut the clowning, blobbo. You know very well what…
Oh it’s a rocky road to socialism, the road to Chavismo. Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has assured that, because the doggone donkey trail out of Caracas to the airport (the bridge to Socialism already collapsed) has been done in by a rockslide. So, the road to Socialism, the Sea of Happiness ever promised by Hugo Chavez like a shimmering ribbon, is now covered with a big mound of rainslicked mud. Note that unlike those hateful, capitalist private sector places, there is only one road to Socialism and it goes through Caracas. No road? No socialism. And no entry to Caracas.…
Today signals the beginning of the end for Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. His oil-fueled pork-barrel project to buy off the Americas and secure absolute power is now showing signs of fraying badly at the seams. It has to tatter, of course, and the reason is simple: Chavez’s Cuban socialism does not work. Three powerful news items around Hugo Chavez’s personal ATM machine — I mean, Venezuela’s oil production — tell the story, and these stories are starting to arrive fast and thick: 1. All new (corrected, thank you Nick) oil production from 32 operating contracts with foreign firms HAS COMPLETELY…
Iran’s leader, Mahmood Ahmadinejad, Monday sent a letter to President Bush in some sort of effort to communicate with him, and to halt potential action over Iran’s nuclear program. It has a weird bloggerly quality to it, mulling over events, ranting and raving here, whining about always being a victim there, and it’s sort of interesting to read. But the most interesting part (to me) is Ahmadinejad’s clear reference to Venezuela’s dictator, Hugo Chavez. It’s obvious he watches the Chavista soap opera going on in the Western hemisphere, and clearly has discussed the paranoias of Chavez. They fill his thoughts.…
Blogger Boli-Nica, a Bolivian national who knows a load of baloney when he sees it, whales hell out of the newest development coming out of that Chavisticating country: The army of 400 auditors from Venezuela’s flamingly corrupt, incompetent, thieving oil company rolling in to inspect the books at Bolivia’s national energy company. Boli points out that there’s something distinctly unsavory about the auditors of ONE country, coming down to audit the books of COMPETITOR! When has that ever happened except in a hostile takeover? It’s scary indeed. Aside from that, Boli points out that Venezuela’s auditors have an Augean Stable…
It’s finally out. We knew he was a megalomaniac. We knew he was like Hitler in Paris when he strutted through to “congratulate” his newest colony of Bolivia. The signs are everywhere, and starting to come together: Hugo Chavez’s ultimate masterplan is to rule the world. Literally. He’s got it all mapped out in various regions and on five fronts. His three-pronged strategy is “anti-capitalism, anti-Americanism and advancement of The Project.” Sound nutsy enough to you? Sound Hitlerian enough? If you don’t think so, you haven’t read this longer piece detailing Hugo Chavez’s very own goal for global domination at…
As I have written before, dinner table talk in Venezuela is ‘who got shot, who got kidnapped, who got murdered, when do we emigrate.’ That’s normal everyday conversation, every single day at every single dinner table in Venezuela. It’s that bad. You can imagine what the barbershop talk is like! One Venezuelan barber in the Petare slum of Caracas, having heard enough stories from his customers, decided to write them down, act them out, and film them. He didn’t have any actors, all he had was ketchup for blood, flour for cocaine and his buddies for actors. His big Hollywood…
Daniel in Venezuela has taken more photos on the road from Yaracuy state to Valencia, and he’s noted the rising tide of human misery along Venezuela’s barren, decrepit highways. Instructure is crumbling while scavengers grow around the dumps in the rural landscapes. I saw this myself in Venezuela on my way through the countryside. It was bleak and saddening. This is Chavismo in action. He also saw a lot of nighttime horror in Caracas, and did not close his eyes to it. Nobody is reporting this. He wrote about it here. His unique photos are here.
Alvicho at Off Topic notices a creepy similarity here. I dare you to argue with it!
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez this week threatened to blow up all of Venezuela’s oil wells, should the perfidious yanquis be so insolent as to attack. He does this partly to whip up paranoia in the shantytowns, but generally, even his own supporters are not fooled. The other reason he does it is to whip up fear in the international oil markets and thus drive up the price for his ever-diminishing oil production. He’s on record as saying he wants oil at $100 a barrel. The oil markets are a bit slower to catch on to Chavez’s B-S than the shantytown…
But not exactly in the way you might think. The Venezuelan dictator vowed to recall Venezuela’s ambassador to Peru if Peru’s voters DARED cast their ballot for Alan Garcia instead of his favored Ollanta Humala in next month’s second-round presidential debate. It’s so insane, so guaranteed to backfire, so likely to rally the Garcia vote, so likely to hurt Humala that it makes me think Chavez is on cocaine. Peruvians don’t particularly care one way or another about diplomatic relations with Venezuela. What they do care about is some foreign dictator trying to dictate how they will vote through various…
Chavista mismanagement (and thieving) has left Venezuela with a $2 billion oil shortfall on its contracts. The country literally DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH OIL to supply all the nations it’s signed contracts with to supply. Therefore, it’s buying $2 billion in oil from Russia to avoid penalties, not the least of which is its claim to be an important oil superpower. It’s nothing to be surprised about, given that socialism ALWAYS produces shortages. That’s been a lesson to the world for about 80 years. The example this travesty parallels most closely is from 30 years ago, when the Soviet Union,…
As oil prices hit $75 a barrel, the U.S. is right now caught up in an idiotic debate over supposed price-gouging at the pump. Congress wants to investigate oil companies over it. What they should be doing is asking why the U.S. is dependent for its oil on anti-American Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. We are dependent on him, he knows it, and he abuses us for it. It’s him who, along with his pals the ayatollahs, is deliberately trying to drive oil prices up to $100 a barrel, not the oil companies. That’s not all. Chavez harasses U.S. oil companies…