Bush: Chavez doing 'disservice' to Venezuela

[sabra]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/07/bush.venezuela/

Bush: Chavez doing 'disservice' to Venezuela

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- President Bush on Wednesday suggested that Venezuela's fiery anti-American President Hugo Chavez has done "a great disservice to the traditions and people" of his South American nation.

Venezuela is a major supplier of oil to the United States, but relations between Chavez and the Bush administration have deteriorated sharply.

Chavez, an ally of Cuba's Fidel Castro, has called Bush an alcoholic, a terrorist and an imperialist.

He has denounced the U.S.-led war in Iraq and repeatedly accused the United States of trying to overthrow him to seize his country's vast oil reserves.

[Debau2005]

1. Pot meet Kettle! nt

[GodlessBiker]

15. It's unreal, isn't it?

[saigon68]

21. The Chimpanzee doing disservice to the Human Race

[GodlessBiker]

25. At least that chimp is cute.

[saigon68]

34. That's the Son-- here's his BIG UGLY FATHER

[Tempest]

2. Tell that to the 70% of Venezuelans who support Chavez

What is Bush's approval rating again?

[stepnw1f]

3. What a Fucking Hypocrite!

Not to mention, he had to steal two elections to get the power he has. What a disgusting little man.

[al bupp]

4. The World Banks begs to disagree

World Bank: Venezuela decreased poverty

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1979

Venezuela has achieved substantial improvements in the fight against poverty. The statistical evidence that we have compiled shows that from 1995 to 2005 the number of homes under the poverty line has decreased,” stated the World Bank.

The organization said that in these years the number of homes in poverty decreased from more than 40% to 30%

It described this advance as important and stated that it is related to Venezuelans’ higher income levels and as a result of the social missions.

There's more worth reading at the link. Now if only CNN would report it.

[redqueen]

40. "World Bank: Venezuela decreased poverty"

MSM WHORES here won't report that... they're too busy trying to keep it from happening HERE, on behalf of their corporate masters.

*ptui*

[Up2Late]

5. Traditions!?!? WHAT Traditions Jerk?! Poverty? Not Educating most...

...of the people so that the Rich Don't have to pay Taxes!?!

What an Idiot! Do they not know that they have English versions of the News from S. America on the internet now?

[CottonBear]

6. Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch. Someone make * STFU.

:grr:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

49. Is that a 1 7/8 trailer hitch or a 2 incher?

I need to connect with Jesus.

[paparush]

7. OMFG!!

Disservice???? If Chavez is doing disservice to venezuela, then Bush** is reaming out the planet with a broken plunger.

[Sadie5]

8. Bush is at it again

running down Chavez. The trouble is no one believes him any longer. Traditions my foot. Those poor people have lived in poverty for years. I guess this is what Bush wants for them. Chavez has shown them what it means to have someone in charge who cares for them.

[hippiechick]

9. aaaaa hahahahahahahahaaaaa

:rofl: Bush being born is the true fucking disservice ... to the entire PLANET!!

[Malva Zebrina]

10. More Americans hate their own Bush than Venezuelans hate Chavez

eom

[rusty charly]

11. He's NOT "anti-American"

he tried to sell us cut rate oil.

he's anti-Bush.

BIG, BIG, BIG difference

[liberalmuse]

12. Fuck YOU, Bush.

You do us a disservice. Chavez has more character and leadership in his smallest fart than Bush has in his entire family tree. Go to hell, Bush, you soulless piece of shit!

[michaelwb]

13. Traditions

What he means by "traditions" is supporting US policies and corporate interests over their own people. Those are the sorts of "traditions" the US expects.

[Blaq Dem]

14. Bush is doing disservice to America AND the entire world

Good grief! When will the madness end?

[TankLV]

46. Corection: bush* is DESTROYING amerikkka and the world!

[Judi Lynn]

47. He'e leaving the world in far, far worse shape than when he arrived.n/t

[mod mom]

16. Greg Palast's new book "Armed Madhouse" has an excellent explanation

of why * hates Chavez and it has to do with a three letter word: _ _ _

[maxsolomon]

18. his M O M?

no, wait...

a disservice to its "tradition" of oligarchy.

[Judi Lynn]

22. Thanks for the reminder on Palast's brand new book, mod mom.

That could get some DU'ers ordering it online.

Palast is one of a kind, unfornately. We need so many more of his quality.

[leftchick]

35. Palast is right on!

Like bush ever cared about human beings :eyes:

THE NEW WORLD OIL ORDER:
HUGO CHAVEZ TELLS BBC, WE HAVE MORE OIL THAN SAUDI ARABIA
Greg Palast Reporting for BBC Newsnight TV
Monday, April 3, 2006
In an exclusive interview with GREG PALAST, Hugo Chávez declares a new oil order.

Venezuela officially demands OPEC recognize his nation's reserves as largest.


BBC Newsnight will kick off its Latin America Week Special with Palast's exclusive report from Venezuela.

You can watch the BBC Newsnight Report here.


Read below about BBC Newsnight's revelations ...

NO MORE CHEAP OIL SAYS CHAVEZ

By Meirion Jones

Producer, BBC Newsnight

Monday April 3, 2006

If you thought high oil prices were just a blip think again. In an exclusive interview with Greg Palast for BBC Newsnight the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ruled out any return to the era of cheap oil.

The colourful Venezuelan leader hosts the OPEC meeting on June 1 in Caracas and he will ask OPEC to set $50 a barrel - the average price last year - as the long term level. During the 1990s the price of oil had hovered around the $20 mark falling as low as $10 a barrel in early 1999.

http://www.gregpalast.com/printerfriendly.cfm?artid=485

[RethugAssKicker]

17. * is a murderous, Evil, Stupid bastard.

Chavez is doing wonders for his people, and the whole world actually.

As Chomsky said, "The US is terrified of Latin America".... South America has woken up... they ain't taking this evil govts shit NOMO !

[Zorra]

19. Disservice? 40 people a day are being murdered by fascist thugs

in Iraq, possibly on orders from our fascist WH. Now THAT is what I would call one colossal disservice.

Bu*h and his fascist pals are pissed because Chavez is kicking their sorry fascist asses to the curb in order to protect the Venezuelan people, culture, and traditions from being swallowed whole by oil hungry global fascism.

[dmoded]

20. is there anybody left dubya hasnt pissed off?

[Judi Lynn]

24. Only his fellow criminally insane Republicans.

For some reason, it seems many of them end up here pretending to be Democrats!

Welcome to D.U., dmoded. :hi: :hi: :hi:

[dmoded]

27. lol :)

and even his fellow republicans are probably too afraid to turn on their beloved foxnews these days. :)

truth hurts, stings and in this case- embarasses beyond imagination, time after time.

thanks for the welcome, very glad to be here!!

[pinniped]

23. That POS couldn't even find Venezuela on a map, let alone spell it.

.

[PeaceProgProsp]

29. His brother Jeb actually worked for a bank in Caracas back

in the glory days of the oligarchy. Jeb's wife is one of those rich Venezuelan women who whisper in the ears of American men about the dangers of socialism.

[Judi Lynn]

31. There were a lot of Cuban "exiles" in Venezuela then, too. One of them,

who had been in Venezuela, was bomber/mass murderer Orlando Bosch, who with Cuban "exile" Luis Posada Carriles, who was the head of the secret service in Caracas, masterminded the bombing of a Cubana airliner and killed all 73 people on board, including children, and medical students.

Jeb Bush initiated a campaign years later, when he was living in South Florida, to get his father to bypass an exclusionary decision by the acting Assistant U.S. Attorney General Whitley, and give Bosch an administration pardon, after over 30 other countries had refused to admit him.

Another _Bush family friend is Venezuelan right-wing media tycoon, Cuban-Venezuelan Gustavo Cisneros, who was one of the coup-plotters.

[BrotherBuzz]

32. She was born in Mexico...

but I believe the whispers are the same.

[classysassy]

26. Service

Yo bramble,President Chavez served in his country's military,he was elected despite the interference from you and your hateful friends,you bugged out of the guard(awol),you and the self same hateful,cowardly bums stole the election in 2000, and you have the nerve to call him a disservice,look in the mirror bramble.

[Rex]

28. 'A great disservice to the traditions and people'

Nah, to easy. :evilgrin:

[killbotfactory]

30. He meant to say "a great disservice to Exxon"

[Judi Lynn]

33. Chavez has done a disservice to hogs in this country who see

Venezuela as their property, and the citizens who live there, with the exception of the European descended oligarchy, as sub-human foreign-looking drones, who were born to serve them.

[Walt Disney]

36. Well, that is true; however, Bush is doing the same for the US.

[1932]

38. What disservice is Chavez doing?

[TankLV]

48. He & his fellow travelers appear in these threads just like clockwork

to trash Chavez, dems who diss LIEberman for dissing other dems, anybody who dissses the DLC, choice, people who "insist" on pushing the gay marriage issue, etc.

But this one specifically joined up to mainly specialize in trashing that "dictator" Chavez.

Notice a trend?

[Walt Disney]

50. Let's see, where do I begin?

Well, for starters he has employed nationalism, press intimidation, corporation intimidation, and labor union intimidation. He has stacked the courts, exercised "rule by decree" power, seized private property, dissolved the congress, and indicated that he seek to rule for 25 years.

Other than that, he has behaved like a good little fascist.

[Judi Lynn]

51. Rather than flinging charges, get some links.

As you already know, each one of these claims you've flung out has been addressed very successfully, time after time after time.

Especially odd is your "dissoved the Congress" claim. Haven't seen that one used before. Especially odd considering the coup plotters dissolved the National Asssembly, the Supreme Court, dismissed the Attoraney General, the head of the Central Bank, the Omsbudsman, and dissolved the National Electoral Board. Very fast work for a less than 48 hours in control. Oh, yeah. They also pitched the Venezuelan constitution.

[leftchick]

37. World Bank: Venezuela decreased poverty

http://venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1979

“Venezuela has achieved substantial improvements in the fight against poverty. The statistical evidence that we have compiled shows that from 1995 to 2005 the number of homes under the poverty line has decreased,” stated the World Bank.

The organization said that in these years the number of homes in poverty decreased from more than 40% to 30%

It described this advance as important and stated that it is related to Venezuelans’ higher income levels and as a result of the social missions.


The Bank explained that there is still a long way to go because “the objective is to not have anyone below the poverty line and Venezuela is a petroleum country that is going through a time of high international oil prices and because of this should apply all these resources to poverty elimination.”

These statements were made during consultations which took place yesterday.…, which will be jointly developed with the Planning Ministry, will be a step towards the design of a new cooperation strategy between the Bank and the country.

.... meanwhile the poverty rate in the US is what again? It has risen how much under our dictator?

[redqueen]

39. "accused the United States of trying to overthrow him"

Yeah, why won't you media whores investigate that story, huh?

Useless.

[PeaceProgProsp]

41. Chavez has an ellection in December. Bush should keep his

nose out of it, eh?

People were so upset about Chavez indicating a preference in Peru's election. Yet, the US is constantly trying to spin elections their way all over the globe.

[Ravy]

42. Bush does great service to the United States.

In the same sense that a bull "services" a cow.

Pre-apologies to those that don't know rural expressions.

[Justitia]

43. "Anti-American"??? Pure propaganda. 1st to offer aid after Katrina.

Gee, seems Hugo was more on the spot about the Hurricane than George W. Fucking Bush.

Propaganda piece!

[Canuckistanian]

44. Disservice how?

By NOT screwing his people?

[shanti]

45. oh no, he did NOT fix his mouth to say that!!!

:wow:

[Cha]

52. Hey bushtard!

You've already DONE a DISSERVICE to our Country..you shouldn't be throwing stones with that big ol' Glass Chimphouse you squat in.

[Judi Lynn]

53. Bush backstabbing to undermine Venezuela's chances for the U.N. Security

Council isn't addressed directly when Michelle Bachelet visits the White House:

Bachelet refuses to budge in Washington
The Chilean president was impressive in defying US pressure to oppose Venezuela's security council bid.
Roger Burbach

President Michelle Bachelet came to Washington on Thursday for a one day whirl wind trip that included a meeting with George Bush. Both exchanged pleasantries after the meeting, neither referring to the heavy-handed efforts of the Bush administration to pressure Chile to oppose Venezuela's bid for a seat on the United Nations security council.

Just 11 days before the White House visit the Chilean daily La Tercera published a report on a meeting between Condoleezza Rice and the Chilean foreign minister, Alejandro Foxley, in which the US secretary of state insisted that Venezuela's candidacy for the UN seat "aims at the heart of US interests". Rice warned that "Chile could fall into a group of losers against US interests ..." and that the United States "will not understand" a Chilean vote for Venezuela.

The Bush administration is backing the candidacy of Guatemala in its campaign to stop President Hugo Chávez from winning a seat for Venezuela. Five of the 10 rotating seats on the security council are opening up in October, and one of them traditionally goes to a Latin American nation. Although the UN general assembly formally votes on the council members, the candidate is usually selected beforehand by a consensus among the countries of the region.

It is no surprise that the United States in its meddling in Latin American waters is backing Guatemala, a country with an atrocious human rights record. Under the current government of Oscar Berger, who took office in 2004, there have been charges of human rights abuses and he has done virtually nothing to bring to justice the perpetrators of a genocidal war against the country's Indian population in decades past.
(snip/...)

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/roger_burbach/2006/06/burbach_on_bachelet.html

As you recall, he never did play fair!