November 10, 2007
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Dictators Acting Like Dictators, #234
As some of you know, I have a disturbing fascination with dictators and totalitarian regimes. It's not that I support them; I just become very amused by their antics. Today's dictorial source of entertainment is Hugo Chavez being rude at a summit of Latin American countries plus Spain and Portugal. Now, this meeting was a great idea; Spanish and Portugese-speaking people the world over uniting as a political force. Among other things, they made it possible for migrant workers to have better benefits in different countries. But you know Chavez had to find a way to ruin it:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071111/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/chile_summit_spat
"Aznar, a conservative who was an ally of Bush as prime minister, "is a fascist," Chavez said in a speech at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. "Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.""
And later...
"Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, but his microphone was off."
Look at him, trying to talk when it's not his turn! It's like a little kid in school, still trying to get in one last comment when all the other kids want him to shut up.To the point that...
"Spanish King Juan Carlos, seated next to Zapatero, angrily turned to Chavez and said, "Why don't you shut up?""
YES!!! You know you are misbehaving when kings are telling you to shut up. Where's the video of this?! Chavez is fast overtaking Castro and Putin on my favorite dictators list. The man just randomly calls heads of state names and then can't believe that those leaders might have a problem with him. Now that's a true dictator; not used to other people being able to protest his insanity, he has no concept of social and diplomatic norms.
Comments (7)
Holy crap... that sounds like something I currently do...
jk
I've seen the video of it on CNN headline news..it's great!
John i guess its time i filled you in before you get hurt. i'm pretty sure you've been lied to your whole life. the next sentense may come as a big surprise to you but, Girls really don't have cooties. I realize this is going to be hard for you to take and it may even cause a paradigm shift in your thinking but i feel its worth it. Girls really aren't all that bad to hang around and if you do get some cooties on you at least they'll probably smell nice
Girls don't have cooties?! No wonder Susan was so mad when I told her my reason as to why we couldn't hang out! It's so clear to me now. :-p Just kidding, there is no Susan. Nick speaks highly of these so-called cooties, but I'm not so sure. The jury is still out. I shall have to wait to date until I'm 35; that's a nice mature age. :-p
I have several comments, so I'll post them in list format:
1. That's awesome. I wish Chavez really WOULD shut up.
2. Okay, do you REALLY hate the Africa posts? Seriously? Are they that boring?
3. I just posted the pictures. I wasn't able to post them on Saturday or whenever my last update was because I was on my seven-year old laptop that is horrible and, in its horribleness, won't let me do certain things (post pictures on xanga, get on facebook, etc.). So I had to wait until I was on my work computer to post the pictures. I just posted them on my lunch break. And that was probably the longest explanation ever... but there you have it.
4. It's true. Women DO have high standards when it comes to how they look, and I am no exception. Since men are so visual, I guess that means that men and women go together pretty well then?
5. Did you ever find the Wal-Mart? I'm attempting The Great Library Search of 2007 one more time this evening; we'll see how it goes...
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