Comments on: Venezuela: Turning Against Chavez ?

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:41:36 +0000

BTW, Doug: 7% in Iowa "Left...left....left right left"

By: Jeff Molby

Jeff Molby — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:31:11 +0000

Doug, Here's another proposal for parlaying our momentum into a larger movement. We're focusing most of our efforts on the task at hand, but we're mindful of the big picture, too.

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:06:36 +0000

It’s a relatively cruel thing to say but I almost can’t wait for when Chavez cuts oil exports, his economy goes into the toilet and he has to devalue the shit out of his currency. Serves you right you idiot fucking commie…and all the jackasses who were stupid enough to vote for you.

I’m all for dropping immigration quotas for them, though…and anyone else who wants to come here from anywhere in the world. Our nation’s grew into a world power while they had largely open immigration. That wasn’t a coincidence.

TanGeng,

Of course, adding a few more million also increases the tax base that the government can draw from, which will give us an opportunity to pay down that debt (assuming the government capitalizes on it, of course, which is never a safe bet).

By: TanGeng

TanGeng — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:41:27 +0000

I think they’ve already left. That’s why the country is a mess. Waiving it now would only strip away the best of what’s left.

At least bring in a few more million so they can share in the 9 trillion dollar debt that the government’s run up for us.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:16:09 +0000

Also, maybe we should waive all immigration quotas for Venezuela and let anyone who wants to escape Hugo’s workers paradise come to the U.S.. That will take away his best and brightest citizens.

By: UCrawford

UCrawford — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:32:50 +0000

It appears he’s falling back on an old boogeyman…he’s blaming the U.S. for the unrest and threatening to cut off our oil exports. Good, I say, Venezuela’s economy is almost totally dependent on oil exports, so let him stop the flow. It’ll speed up his demise faster than anything we could do to him.