This article on Venezuela's recent recall attempt on Hugo Chavez sure did sound about right to me. And Palast may be a bit of a self-promoter, but I like the way he writes;
"Oddest demonstration I've ever seen: frosted blondes in high heels clutching designer bags, screeching, "Chavez - dic-ta-dor!" The plantation owner griped about the "socialismo" of Chavez, then jumped into his Jaguar convertible."
That is funny.
Posted by dglynn at August 17, 2004 03:42 PMCheney's secret is getting out. And it's not that he's a Halliburton scumbag as the liberal lying Democrats would have you believe. The best kept but most surprising secret is that Cheney is an American hero sworn to secrecy concerning his glorious service to our nation.
Investigative reporter, Simon Marshall in Cheney: The Story He Cannot Tell (Doubleday) to be released next month, reveals Dick Cheney was recruited into a secret black-ops team called Alpha Major within the Special Forces. Although he "took to the training like a salami to a pizza" it quickly became apparent that Cheney was one of the anti-gods who would not play the game according to the rules of war. Additionally, in defiance to Army regulations, when Cheney went into the field, he defied orders that the officially-damned beret of the Green Beret would not be worn.
Find out more at: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/07/20/142431.php
Four more years for America's Hero!
Posted by: Chalcey Everton on September 25, 2004 11:48 PM