Hugo Chavez died today, at the age of 58, from cancer.
All the FABULOUS ones are leaving us. :cry:
:sad: :sad: :sad:
Damn it. What the hell is gonna happen to us when we run out of all the Evil Dictators that our reactionary culture has been built around?
Un will probably be around for awhile. Though I had the amusing thought that Rodman was some sort of CIA plant who will eventually kill him.
I gotta say, he was kind of a dick, but he donated $500 million of free heating oil to poor American families.
It's kinda sad that's more than any of our oil producers have ever one.
Chavez is an interesting and complicated story that is badly muddied by American interests beyond what we have been led to believe. I don't know if we will ever know the true story there.
Quote from: I_Kicked_Kennedy on March 10, 2013, 03:36:00 AM
I gotta say, he was kind of a dick, but he donated $500 million of free heating oil to poor American families.
It's kinda sad that's more than any of our oil producers have ever one.
Well yeah. Even
Pablo fucking Escobar outclassed them by doing a lot more for poor people than they ever did. (Which is not a fucking thing, BTW.)
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on March 10, 2013, 04:24:52 AM
Chavez is an interesting and complicated story that is badly muddied by American interests beyond what we have been led to believe. I don't know if we will ever know the true story there.
I wonder if some Iraquis will ever say that when Dubya bites the big one.
Quote from: navkat: navkat of...navkat! on March 10, 2013, 06:38:42 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on March 10, 2013, 04:24:52 AM
Chavez is an interesting and complicated story that is badly muddied by American interests beyond what we have been led to believe. I don't know if we will ever know the true story there.
I wonder if some Iraquis will ever say that when Dubya bites the big one.
I doubt it. Dubya wasn't that complicated a fellow. :lulz:
Quote from: The Royal Fecal Tornado on March 10, 2013, 04:31:50 AM
Quote from: I_Kicked_Kennedy on March 10, 2013, 03:36:00 AM
I gotta say, he was kind of a dick, but he donated $500 million of free heating oil to poor American families.
It's kinda sad that's more than any of our oil producers have ever one.
Well yeah. Even Pablo fucking Escobar outclassed them by doing a lot more for poor people than they ever did. (Which is not a fucking thing, BTW.)
My dad knew him. Said he was a pretty straight-up guy.
Quote from: Balls Wellington on March 10, 2013, 10:14:21 AM
Quote from: The Royal Fecal Tornado on March 10, 2013, 04:31:50 AM
Quote from: I_Kicked_Kennedy on March 10, 2013, 03:36:00 AM
I gotta say, he was kind of a dick, but he donated $500 million of free heating oil to poor American families.
It's kinda sad that's more than any of our oil producers have ever one.
Well yeah. Even Pablo fucking Escobar outclassed them by doing a lot more for poor people than they ever did. (Which is not a fucking thing, BTW.)
My dad knew him. Said he was a pretty straight-up guy.
I imagine he was.
Not somebody you'd want to piss off, but fair. I read somewhere that he bought up a whole hillside, built houses on it and gave them away to single moms and kids. And he had a top of the line zoo built to generate tourist dollars and jobs in some depressed area there.
I think when he was killed, the authorities seized that and destroyed it.
Quote from: navkat: navkat of...navkat! on March 10, 2013, 06:38:42 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on March 10, 2013, 04:24:52 AM
Chavez is an interesting and complicated story that is badly muddied by American interests beyond what we have been led to believe. I don't know if we will ever know the true story there.
I wonder if some Iraquis will ever say that when Dubya bites the big one.
:? I don't see the comparison, since Chavez never invaded the US and laid waste to it with a massive and powerful military force.
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on March 14, 2013, 04:45:49 AM
Quote from: navkat: navkat of...navkat! on March 10, 2013, 06:38:42 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on March 10, 2013, 04:24:52 AM
Chavez is an interesting and complicated story that is badly muddied by American interests beyond what we have been led to believe. I don't know if we will ever know the true story there.
I wonder if some Iraquis will ever say that when Dubya bites the big one.
:? I don't see the comparison, since Chavez never invaded the US and laid waste to it with a massive and powerful military force.
I don't see the comparison, either. Chavez was hated by the US, for two reasons:
1. He felt that he was elected to serve his nation's interests, not those of the USA, and
2. He refused to take us seriously.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 14, 2013, 01:42:15 PM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on March 14, 2013, 04:45:49 AM
Quote from: navkat: navkat of...navkat! on March 10, 2013, 06:38:42 AM
Quote from: M. Nigel Salt on March 10, 2013, 04:24:52 AM
Chavez is an interesting and complicated story that is badly muddied by American interests beyond what we have been led to believe. I don't know if we will ever know the true story there.
I wonder if some Iraquis will ever say that when Dubya bites the big one.
:? I don't see the comparison, since Chavez never invaded the US and laid waste to it with a massive and powerful military force.
I don't see the comparison, either. Chavez was hated by the US, for two reasons:
1. He felt that he was elected to serve his nation's interests, not those of the USA, and
2. He refused to take us seriously.
Yeah. All the requirements needed for EVIL DICKTATER OMG HAET HAET HAET.