Trying to shine
Last day of summer, and it finally managed to clear by early evening. My mom got her hair do day, a short walk, and a letter from her son, my brother, so that made for a pretty good afternoon.
Had to chuckle at Chavez's dissing of Bush, but the Venezuelan leader surely isn't much ahead of our guys in terms of ... oh, sanity, perhaps? Is there a world leader who deserves respect anywhere? The best I've heard about is New Zealand's PM, Helen Clark. Unfortunately, I doubt she will exert much influence over the rest of the playground thugs and bullies.
Had to chuckle at Chavez's dissing of Bush, but the Venezuelan leader surely isn't much ahead of our guys in terms of ... oh, sanity, perhaps? Is there a world leader who deserves respect anywhere? The best I've heard about is New Zealand's PM, Helen Clark. Unfortunately, I doubt she will exert much influence over the rest of the playground thugs and bullies.
posted by isabelita at 3:42 PM
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I spoze Hugo is a creep, but he's using his profits to fund programs for the poor, and it makes the other oil cats crazy. For that reason I buy only Citgo gas now, and without a credit card, just debit. It's fun to write "Hugo" in my check register.
The more I read, (and I read quite a bit), the less faith I can have in political leaders. Were there ever giants, or does the current crop seem especially puny?
I know some people from Venezuela, and they say that Chavez does feed the poor, etc., but that there is no work for them. Their thought is that this is not a good situation. The people have no motivation to do anything.
Well, my old dad used tos ay that everyone always thinks the world's going to hell in a handbasket, but frankly, judging from what I've seen, this IS a piss-poor bunch of "leaders."
In other third-party Chavez news....
I have a friend who lived in Venezuela for several years. His take is that its the well-off in Venezuela who don't like him while the poor masses love him.
Personally, I can't stand the guy, and his embrace of Amedinijad (too lazy too look up spelling) made me dislike him even more, even if we do agree on the one issue of disliking Bush. Not a tough club to get into.
The Venezuelans I know aren't well-to-do, they're college-educated and middle classish - well, by comparison to the poor there, I suppose they'd be considered well-off - and the husband of the couple thinks Chavez isn't providing enough incentive for people to work. That despite the literacy programs, the free food, there isn't enough being done to help people get on their feet and support themselves. I don't know, I don't think I've talked to enough people who have lived there to get a good picture of what's happening there, but I do know Chavez is dangerous, as are our leaders, as is Mahmoud "I'mmaddinthehead" of Iran.
( can't recall where i saw that one, but I liked it)
Another head of state bent on using his underclasses for his own purposes.
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