Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
Shipmates,
I understand that, in the background, if one listened carefully, he might hear the strains of the “Horst Wessel” being played by a distant band.
Respects,
…and so democracy exits the Venezuelan stage, not with a bang, but with a whimper and another power-hungry thug ascends the throne. Sad codicil to Bolivar’s legacy.
- SJS
When Chavez annexes Cuba and declares it to be a Venezuelan state we will have to start paying attention to the ranting idiot…time to dust off the Monroe Doctrine.
OOPs, finish my thought…”time to dust off the Monroe Doctrine” and add Central and South America to the list.
I’d like to have the power to sweep Chavez off the frikkin’ planet….
*mumble mumble*
Oh good. More entertainment for the Communist and Socialist mimes to provide. See them complain about democracy in action? After all, he is supported by his Supreme Court, and by acclaim in the Parliament. Hugo, El Presidente por Todoa los Anos.
Is it 1969 yet? Haven’t we been there, done that?
Subsunk
I agree with Mr. Andrilla, however, I’d suggest the Roosevelt Corollary, more direct wrt S.A. imho.
Ole Bullet-head, meet old beady eyes…
Sheesh. What a show!
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I read recently that the Venezuelean economy deflated by something like 30% over the last decade. Skilled workers in the oil industry have bailed out of the country to be replaced by cronies. The oil industry infrasturcture is a mess.
But, this really cracked me up; The U.S. tried to blow up the oil pipelines in Venezuela to support a coupe against Chavez last year… So said a middle easterner, U.A.I., on a blog recently. Because, you know, it is all a clever plot by our imperialist gov’t.
It seems to me that the Bush admin. has been trying hard to IGNORE Chavez. Kinda like a screaming child you sent to their room while you fold the laundry in the kitchen…
We can all fight Chavez by boycotting Citgo Gas. Citgo profits flow straight to his coffers.
Lou Dobbs had an interesting story about a planned non-stop Caracas-Tehran airline route. Now that’s a little scary!
Citgo. Yeah. Sold on all the Navy bases on the east coast! True.
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