Bonam Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/17/venezuela.chavez/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn Looks like just in the crappy Star Wars prequels, the Venezuelan congress has voted to give Chavez absolute power for the next 18 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/17/venezuela.chavez/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn Looks like just in the crappy Star Wars prequels, the Venezuelan congress has voted to give Chavez absolute power for the next 18 months. All of the Olim from Venezuela that I've met in Israel, that arrived recently, list the current political climate in Venezuela as one of their prime motivators for leaving. Jewish people have a particular aversion to these types of developments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Weber Posted December 18, 2010 Report Share Posted December 18, 2010 All of the Olim from Venezuela that I've met in Israel, that arrived recently, list the current political climate in Venezuela as one of their prime motivators for leaving. Jewish people have a particular aversion to these types of developments. Good for your friends... Frankly,no one really cares about what aversions Jewish people have because for most people,everything is not relatable to the average Jew...Because,(and here's the shocker)...Most people are'nt Jewish!!! Having said that,Chavez' recent autocratic moves are seriously problematic.His original motivations were ones that I backed because Venezuela was being run by corporate Fascist oil oligarchs.That situation had to be remedied...That was the case for the first few years of Chavez' being El Presidente. His specious excuses for this power grab,including the recent confiscation of farms suggests he's become nothing more than a Stalinist ideologue... Ity seems the followers of Marx can never allow themselves to get past the 2nd phase of the revolution... Hence the failing of the ideology... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_barilko Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Good for your friends... Frankly,no one really cares about what aversions Jewish people have because for most people,everything is not relatable to the average Jew...Because,(and here's the shocker)...Most people are'nt Jewish!!! Yup! Funny how that works. Having said that,Chavez' recent autocratic moves are seriously problematic.His original motivations were ones that I backed because Venezuela was being run by corporate Fascist oil oligarchs.That situation had to be remedied...That was the case for the first few years of Chavez' being El Presidente.His specious excuses for this power grab,including the recent confiscation of farms suggests he's become nothing more than a Stalinist ideologue... It seems the followers of Marx can never allow themselves to get past the 2nd phase of the revolution... Hence the failing of the ideology... As long as he keeps selling oil to the USA few care-Chavez can't afford to turn the taps off and everyone knows it. Remember that Venezuela has always had chronic inequalities (IOW was a certified shithole) so in the big picture little has changed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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