Chavez Starving Venezuela

Well, Hugo's crazy socialism is starting to starve his people. Remember seeing people in the good ol' USSR waiting in line for 5 hours for the possibility of a scrap of food? Yeah, that's what socialism does, and that's where Venezuela is heading.

Reports the AP, "Meat, Sugar Scarce in Venezuela Stores:"

Meat cuts vanished from Venezuelan supermarkets this week, leaving only unsavory bits like chicken feet, while costly artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar, and many staples sell far above government-fixed prices.

President Hugo Chavez's administration blames the food supply problems on unscrupulous speculators, but industry officials say government price controls that strangle profits are responsible.

Photo caption: "A supermarket worker explains to a customer that their meat section is out of beef and chicken in Caracas..."

Chavez: Soon To Be A Dictator

Chavez is moving quickly down the road to dictatorville, with Venezuela's Congress giving "initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez powers to rule by decree for 18 months as he tries to force through nationalizations key to his self-styled leftist revolution."

Just when I'm ready to head on down to the Castro death party, this tyrannical socialist has to seize power?

Hugo - A Model Statesman

You know why the left hates George Bush? Because he's such a terrible statesman. He offends leaders of other countries and their people with his reckless and offensive comments. He should learn to communicate his feelings with eloquence that embraces other nations' peoples, and doesn't alienate them.

Hugo Chavez, on the other hand, is one of the left's favorite leaders, for the exact opposite reason. George Bush should take a lesson from him. How should you address the leader of another nation? Simple, refer to them as the Devil in front of a UN General Assembly. And a new lesson from Hugo. How should someone embrace the peoples of other nations? Simple: Call them a racial slur and tell them to "go to Hell."

President Hugo Chavez returned to his weekly radio and TV broadcast Sunday, extolling the ideals of socialist thinker Karl Marx and telling U.S. officials to "Go to hell!" for what he called unacceptable meddling in Venezuela's affairs.

Chavez defended his government's effort to establish a socialist model and rejected U.S. concerns over a measure to grant him broad lawmaking powers, saying: "Go to hell, gringos! Go home!"

Wow. What would the left say if GW told Venezuelans in America: "Go to hell, wet backs! Go home"? Mull that one over for a while you hypocrite liberals.

A Dictator's Rise

Cox & Forkum:

Why the Left Loves Chavez

Hugo Chavez, ever the moderate and - consequently - darling to the left, was just sworn in for another six-year term as President in Venezuela. His plans for the new term?

One: Strip the private TV network (which is also in opposition to his totalitarian leadership) of their license, two: take over private companies owned by foreign investors and three: a must for any would-be (gonna-be) dictator, scrap presidential term limits. He will also take away the central banks autonomy.

Meanwhile, in things-you-say-that-will-get-you-murdered-or-put-in-a-gulag news:

"Chavez interprets the election result as giving him a blank check to develop a program that runs against the interests of Venezuela and only serves to benefit himself," Omar Barboza, a leading opposition official, told Reuters.

To read that rest of the story, filled with interesting facts about Chavez love of socialism, read it here.

Venezuelans March Against Chavez

Looks like the people of Venezuela might not be as fond of their evil mini-Castro as he would like us to think (hat tip: Flopping Aces). Fox News: "Thousands Join Venezuela's Top Presidential Contender for Campaign March." Here's a picture: