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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:38 AM Original message |
Chavez Seizes Venezuelan Rice Plants |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Holy dictatorship! |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. "This government is here to protect the people, not the bourgeoisie or the rich." |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah I'm sure seizing the means of production is on Obama's to-do list. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Nationalizing the energy sector should be top priority |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. But I don't think the Saudis will tolerate the thought of Uncle Sam owning their land, right? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
37. Uncle Sam gets oil from Canada and Mexico mostly. and of course, from Hugo Co |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
144. Nationalize the health insurance industry too. |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. It doesn't sound like a good prescription |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
65. Precisely. I can't even begin to imagine why inflation is 31%. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #65 |
81. just lower the price of rice by 32%....problem solved...everybody wins |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #65 |
84. According to the OP, the rice plant was working at 50% capacity. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #65 |
102. They built their economy on the astronomical price of oil. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
118. I've always enjoyed sentences like that. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. A rice industry that cuts production to jack up prices in times of recession/depression |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:27 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. The food today is poisoned GMO shit |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Sounds like American oil corps and their shutting down of refineries, |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. EXACTLY! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. self-delete |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
108. In US terms, the banks that refuse to refinance loans to people in trouble |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Yes, and not used nearly often enough. |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. let me know where you plan on shooting the first capitalist |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. When we Reds take over after capitalism collapses |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #116 |
149. LOL, keyboard revolutionaries |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #114 |
147. Well, my grandfather was beat to death by some employees of the |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. He sure did, but with all the Coup attempts and all |
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acsmith (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 06:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
29. did you read the story? |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
123. The Hugo Haters don't read stories. Like Pavlov's dogs, they hear/read the name "Chavez" and get... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Promises that he made good on. |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
122. Hope |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
2. Good for him! The Rice Cos. hoard it and/or sell it on the black market |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. Sounds like the milk farmer cartels smuggling their products over the border |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. What could possibly go wrong? |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:46 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. There's no telling. |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. And get replaced with...what? |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I don't believe you are as much in the know as you pretend. |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I don't know who's ignorant here... |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. "price controls do not work... |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Ask Richard Nixon... |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Its a basic rule of economics |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
88. You and the other poster seem to be simply reciting truisms. |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #88 |
98. Nationalization |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. If food companies are smuggling food out of the country, |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Some of these people still contend Chile developed a superior economy, |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #107 |
111. I thought about that as well. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
59. You a fan of Richard Nixon? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
85. Hugo ignores the advice of LBJ advisor's |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Your subject line literally made me laugh out loud. |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. That's Bloomberg's perspective. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #97 |
120. So what is your perspective ? You don't find a Johnson era advisor's formula "up to date" with the |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #120 |
127. Um, yeah. Alrighty then, ohio2007. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:17 AM Response to Reply #127 |
131. A tour-de-force exhibition of the debater's art n/t |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:54 AM Response to Reply #131 |
136. I suppose I'll just have to take your word on the matter. n/t |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:27 AM Response to Reply #85 |
132. Bloomberg--right. Why not ask Venezuelans about their "misery"? |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Doctor Cynic sound like Ben Bernanke trying to divert the message to someone else. |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm diverting the message? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. And what laws of economics would that be. |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Not if inflation causes the price of production |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. And just what is it that causes inflation. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Can't be the price of oil But Hugo was counting on a $200 bbl surge to the revenue pile |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Somehow I doubt that |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:03 AM Original message |
So who controls the oil price and why did "they" burst the bubble? |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
80. An interesting comparison. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
93. Chavez put price controls on food BUT did not control the prices on items farmers need to produce |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #93 |
117. I think the sources you quote are telling |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #117 |
133. These "laws of economics" |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:02 AM Response to Reply #133 |
141. All valid points that I had not thought to make |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
145. With your first article as 'evidence', |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
128. "...collectivizing agriculture ends rather poorly." You know what kind of agriculture |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Hoarding food until there is a crisis, then increasing prices has been a recurrent practise |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. From your article: |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. People are even smuggling gasoline, as well as food, to Colombia for big profits: |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
90. Reference to food hoarding in a speech given in England in 2006: |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. There is a worldwide 50% overproduction of food |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. but they also say peak population is the result of food shortages |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
71. You're an executive of a Venezuelan rice company? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
119. Well, at least regulation. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
48. The Rice Wreckers of Venezuela fear Chavez! |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. "What could possibly go wrong?"...CIA ? |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. Venezuela grows rice???? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Actually, they have partners in central and south america that do |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sounds reasonable to me. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. So Venezuela goes from rice farmerS to rice farmeR |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Don't be so unsure - |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
77. UN Food & Agricultural Org. "Says Venezuela Prepared for World Food Crisis" |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
121. Oddly, that's an issue that the article seems to skirt. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
12. I'm confused |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
46. If the plant was operating at 50% capacity, seems the company is obliged to bring more workers back |
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tonycinla (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
86. Love of the state! |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
15. deleted |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
26. Sweet. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 05:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Don't worry they have back up plans I am sure. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. It's those damned "white" rice farmers cabals at it again |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
35. Holy humanitarian! |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Last year the Venezuelan military caught food producers smuggling their merchandise |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
115. I want to see revolution, not violent but Bolivarian |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
45. All food production should be nationalized; everywhere. |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Yeah that is a recipe for success.... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
61. I'm sure family farmers would be happy with that. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
67. I know, it worked so well for the Soviet Union. |
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antimatter98 (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. We need Chavez to run America for a decade or so... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. He already has.... |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #50 |
68. No thanks |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #50 |
70. How high are you? 31% inflation is something that cripples an economy... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #70 |
94. Populist "economics" leads to inflation. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:57 AM Response to Reply #70 |
129. if you knew their economic history |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
53. What a Humanitarian. Putting People before the Profits of the Wealthy |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Reminds me of a child.... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Smart answer... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
103. Market fundamentalism as bad as anything the religionists have to offer. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. No, the underlying physics is the same. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #106 |
110. Feudal economy existed for longer than capitalism so far... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #110 |
146. Very true, and that's why the others ultimately failed. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
92. I Love Irritating Fascists |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #92 |
99. Gotta be employees doing their job. Real people wouldn't assume |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. They Stay on Message and Never Concede to any facts you offer |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #99 |
112. I assume progressives |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #112 |
148. Oh? & how long did it take for the people to be impoverished even worse than before? |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
54. He's price-fixing to help the people. Stop twisting his words. (you know |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
56. rice production at gun point, yeah that's what we need n/t |
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Sultana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
58. mmmmmmmmmmmmm, rice |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
62. Why is inflation rising in Venezuela? Inflation doesn't just rise all by itself. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
69. Well, that's what you get with price controls... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Brilliant. You should have taken the time to inform yourself on Venezuelan history. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Do you mean the food hoarding started in '99 or Chavez's Presidency? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #75 |
83. It has been going on long BEFORE he was inaugurated in 1999. n/t |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
72. (Hugo:) Venezuela land seizures will continue ( how many years removed is this article ? 15 yrs ? ) |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #72 |
138. This article has no relevance. And Chavez is not Mugabe. That is ridiculous. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
74. why aren't the rice producers working at full capacity? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. What's ironic here, is that he has railed against globalism... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. You should give the benefit of your views to the U.N. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. They may grow enough, but that only serves to prove my point. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #76 |
95. Hugo is showing himself to be the typical populist idiot who can't run an economy properly. n/t. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #95 |
137. Chavez has overseen an economy with a nearly 10% growth rate over five years, |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
79. Venezuelan industries hoard food to panic the market |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Thank you so much for your post. I went to check on the date for Tienanmen Square's massacre, |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #87 |
143. You're most welcome Judi Lynn |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
91. Gee, price controls, what did he expect? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
96. See Malaise's comment in the G.D. thread on this subject: |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
101. Whole lot of stupid in this thread |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
105. Inflation in Venezuela has been lower under Chavez than in the previous 20 years. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #105 |
113. Thanks for your post. Was quick to save it to files for future reference, absolutely. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 03:22 AM Response to Reply #105 |
140. Thanks for the chart, JackRiddler! It won't shut the know-nothings's up, because... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
124. Good. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
125. since our wall street casinos.... |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
126. So much ignorance in this thread. |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #126 |
135. ... |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:42 AM Response to Reply #126 |
139. Those who post scattergun thread criticism without being specific,... |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:30 AM Response to Reply #139 |
142. Ain't it the truth |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
130. U.N. Food and Ag Group says Venezuela Prepared for World Food Crisis |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
134. Venezuela Solid Despite Global Crisis, Says Finance Minister |
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