Chavez and diplomacy don't mix...

DeepIron · 11-12-07, 11:30 AM

Need a good chuckle today? Here's a compilation of insults, epithets and yes, even a word of praise (for Mugabe of all people) from Hugo "The Insulter" Chavez:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7090600.stm

Torpedo Fodder · 11-12-07, 01:00 PM

I think we can safely say this guy is basically the presidential equivilent of an internet troll, always stirring up s**t just to draw attention to himself.

SUBMAN1 · 11-12-07, 01:14 PM

Yawn

AVGWarhawk · 11-12-07, 01:31 PM

All quotes have no substance at all. Just attempting to agitate and could possible get others to think about the world in a different light if he did not act like a kid in the school playground.

DeepIron · 11-12-07, 04:57 PM

Somebody wake up SUBMAN1...

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I think we can safely say this guy is basically the presidential equivilent of an internet troll, always stirring up s**t just to draw attention to himself.

Some kind of "macho" thing? Want to look good in front of the 'homies' or what? I guess if he looks BIG enough, his countrymen will forget the fact that his government is stripping them of all their rights and "freedoms'...

Even Castro had some class when he bashed the US all these long years...

Torpedo Fodder · 11-12-07, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DeepIron

Some kind of "macho" thing? Want to look good in front of the 'homies' or what? I guess if he looks BIG enough, his countrymen will forget the fact that his government is stripping them of all their rights and "freedoms'...

Well with oil near $100 a barrel, he has enough cash to institute massive welfare programs, essentially bribing poorer people into liking him, so I don't think his tirades are simply about distracting his own people. Of course, it may become a problem for him to keep that cash flowing even if oil prices don't drop, since his policies are driving skilled oil workers out of the country

DeepIron · 11-12-07, 06:13 PM

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Of course, it may become a problem for him to keep that cash flowing even if oil prices don't drop, since his policies are driving skilled oil workers out of the country

"Since Mr. Chávez took power in 1999, Venezuela's oil production -- according to U.S. government statistics -- is down to 2.4 million barrels a day, from 3.1 million barrels a day, despite high prices. (Venezuela has consistently accused the U.S. of undercounting PdVSA's production in recent years.)"

Interesting point and article...

P_Funk · 11-13-07, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Torpedo Fodder

Well with oil near $100 a barrel, he has enough cash to institute massive welfare programs, essentially bribing poorer people into liking him...

Sometimes I think people are far too cynical. Whatever the real outcome I don't think you can doubt Chavez's intentions entirely. Twisted he may be, but wholly self-serving? I doubt it.

But yea... his sound bites are way cooler than Bush's.

Konovalov · 11-13-07, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Torpedo Fodder

I think we can safely say this guy is basically the presidential equivilent of an internet troll, always stirring up s**t just to draw attention to himself.

Spot on. Couldn't have said it any better.

Torpedo Fodder · 11-13-07, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by P_Funk

Sometimes I think people are far too cynical. Whatever the real outcome I don't think you can doubt Chavez's intentions entirely. Twisted he may be, but wholly self-serving? I doubt it.

Experience has taught me to be cynical about people's motivations, especially politicians. May he does care something for his charges, but given his consolidation of power to himself, his efforts to create a "cult of personality", and of course his past attempt to sieze power at gunpoint, I don't doubt for a second his primary motivation is personal power.

bookworm_020 · 11-13-07, 05:21 PM

Proof that intellegence and politics don't co exist!

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Torpedo Fodder Ensign Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Whitby, Ontario Posts: 234 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think we can safely say this guy is basically the presidential equivilent of an internet troll, always stirring up s*t just to draw attention to himself. __________________ Si vis pacem, para bellum* - If you want peace, prepare for war. "Those who turn their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't"

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