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    Default Hugo Chavez telling the U.N and the people of America to read a bit of Chomsky

    I had never seen this before and thought it hilarious and quite brilliant when I randomly came across it. There needs to be more of this kind of thing at the U.N. Funny and all profoundly true.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6WX6...eature=related

    It's a good book too.

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    Default Re: Hugo Chavez telling the U.N and the people of America to read a bit of Chomsky

    Chavez is nuts, but he is entertaining.

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    Default Re: Hugo Chavez telling the U.N and the people of America to read a bit of Chomsky

    He is definitely a bit of an oddball. I like Chomsky and often try to find anything new on You Tube and stumbled across that. It tickled my funny bone.

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    The only Chomsky i've read is Hegemony or Survival, Its a tour de force on imperialism. I'm also halfway through the Chavez biography Hugo!, i heartily recommend it, its wildly entertaining - the guy is hilarious. Viva Hugo! Viva Fidel!
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    Oh just watched the clip, it is actually Hegemony or Survival he is talking about. That's a great clip Miles, the guy is a hero!
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    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    I had never seen this before and thought it hilarious and quite brilliant when I randomly came across it. There needs to be more of this kind of thing at the U.N. Funny and all profoundly true.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6WX6...eature=related

    It's a good book too.
    I pretty much love it when any country tells a superpower to go stuff itself

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    Yeah, it's very funny, and there is little you can disagree with looking back over the last decade. I totally agree with you ryanman, Hegemony or survival is a quality book. That Chavez book sounds interesting too, I don't know a massive amount about him besides a little bit of reading on the internet. But he sounds like a very curious figure. I admire his balls in a non-gay way.

    There is nothing more satisfying than seeing a smaller man sticking two fingers up at the bigger bad guy that everyone else knows is inherently wrong. They all know Bush is bad but are all too meek, indentured and cowardly to ever stand up and say anything about it publicly.

    Chavez did a noble and good thing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
    Yeah, it's very funny, and there is little you can disagree with looking back over the last decade. I totally agree with you ryanman, Hegemony or survival is a quality book. That Chavez book sounds interesting too, I don't know a massive amount about him besides a little bit of reading on the internet. But he sounds like a very curious figure. I admire his balls in a non-gay way.

    There is nothing more satisfying than seeing a smaller man sticking two fingers up at the bigger bad guy that everyone else knows is inherently wrong. They all know Bush is bad but are all too meek, indentured and cowardly to ever stand up and say anything about it publicly.

    Chavez did a noble and good thing.
    Yea Chavez is completely non-conformist, a bit wacky but also razor sharp. Did you know he has his own kids show in Venezuela where he plays guitar and sings songs for the kids? What a man!
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    Venezuela's Chavez Squeezes Oil Companies With Taxes, Raids Aug. 24, 2002 (Bloomberg) -- On July 14 in the western city of Maracaibo, Venezuelan government tax auditors and a prosecutor went to the offices of Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company.
    They seized boxes of records to build a case that San Ramon, California-based Chevron and 21 other energy companies owe Venezuela $3 billion in back taxes. The raid is part of President Hugo Chavez's push to squeeze more money out of foreign companies that want to pump oil from the world's fifth-largest petroleum exporter.
    Since October 2004, he has raised heavy-oil royalty fees to as high as 30 percent from 1 percent, begun paying for some services in nonconvertible bolivares instead of U.S. dollars, and ordered oil well contracts converted into government-controlled joint ventures.
    Chavez, 51, wants to use the revenue to pay for homes, clinics and schools for the 58 percent of Venezuelan families who live on less than $200 a month.









    Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's plan to take control of oil production joint ventures run by Exxon Mobil Corp. and ConocoPhillips may lead to defaults on $1.6 billion in bonds.
    Chavez said his government would seize four companies owned in part by Exxon, ConocoPhillips and Chevron Corp.....


    Chavez has already changed the terms of agreements that cover the four ventures located in the Orinoco Belt, where crude is extracted from deposits of heavy oil. In October 2004, he raised their royalty rates to 16.66 percent from 1 percent. The fee was raised again this year, to 33.3 percent. The four will also face a higher income tax rate of 50 percent starting Jan. 1, up from 34 percent.












    MANAUS, Brazil (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is criticizing Venezuela's reported efforts to purchase 100,000 AK-47 assault rifles from Russia, suggesting that Venezuela's possession of so many weapons would threaten the hemisphere. Officials fear Chavez's actions could lead to a new arms race.

    Venezuela's democratically elected president, Hugo Chavez, has warned that he will cut off shipments of his country's oil to the United States if the Bush administration supports an attempt to force him from office.



    Pakistan's Order Lifts Lockheed F-16 Plant

    By Charles R. Babcock and Renae Merle
    Washington Post Staff Writers
    Saturday, March 26, 2005; Page D12

    The Bush administration's decision to sell F-16 fighter planes to Pakistan is likely to be as warmly greeted in Fort Worth as it is in Karachi.

    That's because Lockheed Martin Corp. has said it needs new orders for the jet before this fall, or it will have to take action to close the production line there that employs about 5,000 workers.

    The imminent sale to Pakistan may cause the Indian government to consider the American plane.




    Ever since the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, India and Pakistan have been bitter rivals. During five decades they have fought three wars, two of them over the disputed region of Kashmir, which is divided by the "Line of Control."

    But recently tensions have abated, and the leaders of India and Pakistan have embarked on a series of measures to resolve a spate of security issues, including the hotly disputed Kashmir.

    The neighbors have already enforced a total cease-fire between forces lined up on each side of the border and have resumed air, rail and bus links. All eyes will be watching if a series of talks between the leaders of these two South Asian nations can put an end to their decades-old animosity.

    Kashmir, BBC special report, 2004.




    Rice delayed F-16 announcement
    WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said she decided not to announce the F-16 sale to Pakistan during her recent trip to South Asia.

    To soften an expected strong reaction to the proposed sale, Washington said it wants to see India as a major world power and is willing to sell sophisticated weapons to New Delhi as well.

    India, however, insists that by selling F-16s to Pakistan, the United States was starting an arms race in the Subcontinent. Washington has rejected the charge.



    Q. What message does that send when you're giving F-16s to a military regime that ousted a democratic government at a time you're trying to promote democracy?

    SECRETARY RICE: Robin, Pakistan is worlds away from where it was three and a half years ago. One has to look not at fixed points in time, you know, international politics is not like a satellite that comes over and takes a snapshot, takes a snapshot, it's a process.

    Condoleezza 'Two Times' Rice, remarks to reporters.




















    US worried about Venezuelan arms buildup



    By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press Writer Foster Klug, Associated Press Writer – Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:00 pm ET
    WASHINGTON – A U.S. official said Monday that Venezuelan arms acquisitions could spark an arms race in Latin America and he also expressed misgivings about the country's possible nuclear ambitions.
    State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said U.S. officials were worried about Venezuela's arms buildup, "which we think poses a serious challenge to stability in the Western Hemisphere."
    Last edited by Kirkland Laing; 09-15-2009 at 10:49 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
    Chavez is nuts, but he is entertaining.
    definitely good for a laugh. How a guy like that can end up running a country is beyond me, he's really out there. Razor sharp? He certainly doesn't give me that impression when he goes on one of his rants. Like yapping little dog, but he does seem to be able to throw his weight around in his own country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CGM View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
    Chavez is nuts, but he is entertaining.
    definitely good for a laugh. How a guy like that can end up running a country is beyond me, he's really out there. Razor sharp? He certainly doesn't give me that impression when he goes on one of his rants. Like yapping little dog, but he does seem to be able to throw his weight around in his own country.
    I really don't know that much about him. It seems like I should really find out more about him given my political leanings, but I suspect he's not quite the socialist he claims to be, just like all the others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by CGM View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
    Chavez is nuts, but he is entertaining.
    definitely good for a laugh. How a guy like that can end up running a country is beyond me, he's really out there. Razor sharp? He certainly doesn't give me that impression when he goes on one of his rants. Like yapping little dog, but he does seem to be able to throw his weight around in his own country.
    I really don't know that much about him. It seems like I should really find out more about him given my political leanings, but I suspect he's not quite the socialist he claims to be, just like all the others.
    He strikes me as the sort of guy who likes to talk tough against the big boys, because he can, it makes him feel strong, regardless of whether or not it is good for his country. But a solid guy he ain't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CFH View Post
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    definitely good for a laugh. How a guy like that can end up running a country is beyond me, he's really out there. Razor sharp? He certainly doesn't give me that impression when he goes on one of his rants. Like yapping little dog, but he does seem to be able to throw his weight around in his own country.
    I really don't know that much about him. It seems like I should really find out more about him given my political leanings, but I suspect he's not quite the socialist he claims to be, just like all the others.
    He strikes me as the sort of guy who likes to talk tough against the big boys, because he can, it makes him feel strong, regardless of whether or not it is good for his country. But a solid guy he ain't.
    That's sort of the impression I get as well. He seems like he plays lip-service to socialism (though from what I've read he has enacted some socialist reforms) but some of the things he does strike me as seriously detrimental to the people of his country. However, again, I'm not educated enough on the subject to have a real opinion, that's just the impression I get. I really want to learn more about him now, the South American socialist movement is fascinating to me yet I know almost nothing about it.

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    Default Re: Hugo Chavez telling the U.N and the people of America to read a bit of Chomsky

    ....he can pal around with Danny Glover and Sean Penn and talk all the trash he wants to, it doesn't change his country's position on the totem pole

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