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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:28 PM Original message |
An Interview with Hugo Chavez By Greg Grandin: "I believe in the dream of Martin Luther King Jr." |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hugo Chavez is a good man, and it shows. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. LoL! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. And you "learned" that from reading or viewing what? FoxNews? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Oh Noes! Better Believe It thanks I'm uninformed. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. And your answer to the question is ..... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Hugo Chávez Versus Human Rights. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Throw them out! |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. LoL! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Are you admitting that you know nothing about these alleged defenders of democracy? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You are a fool. Who can't admit he's wrong. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. They work for Human Rights Watch. Do you question there credibility? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
60. Who are they? What do you know about them? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I have no reason to doubt them. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Here's another link. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
94. You owe me a new keyboard. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. Ignore is your friend. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Duplicate |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Crickets? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. More Than 100 Experts Question Human Rights Watch's Venezuela Report |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Thanks for proving my point. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Please provide links to debunk, |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. You're reversing the burden of proof here. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. LOL! |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I'm asking you to debunk what *I* wrote, and you reverse the question... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. See post 6 and 21. Then try to debunk. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Your posts had nothing to do with my questions... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. We don't know since he has kicked out humanitarian |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. So two people get expelled, and suddenly it's a dictatorship??? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. LOL! |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. If you don't have something factual to reply with, it's okay to not react at all... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. "Government Sponsored Antisemitism Grows Under Chavez |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. "Charges"... "Some say"... An obscure website and... the fucking Miami Herald?! |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. "Venezuela Expels Israeli Ambassador |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Shifting the subject even further... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Start debunking if you don't like it. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. You never answered any of the questions. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. My proof is in my links. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I read those links when you posted them. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I've given up. Talking to a brick wall is more effective... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. And talking with you is like talking to a dining room table. nt |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. I respect your opinion Forkboy, but my opinion of Chavez remains. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I don't know if I can find them or not. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Sorry you had a bad day. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Then you haven't searched very hard. Deliberately, I guess. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I have seen that documentary. It didn't show |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. So death threats are when you draw the line, but a coup d'état is okay? |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Yawn. No links I see. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Why don't YOU start by answering all the questions I asked you, BEFORE you make demands... |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz..... |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. LOL! |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Did MLK Jr. believe in dictatorship? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. How has he become dictator? TIA |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. When you shut down the opposition press |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. I would close media, too, if they were calling for overthrowing my government! |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. And that's being a dictator! |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. No, that's prosecuting treasonous acts. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
70. you mean "prosecution" through the courts? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. Due process is only important when the shoe is on the other foot, don't you know nt |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
83. According to the Constitution in Venezuela, drawn up *before* Chavez came to power... |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. hmmm |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #93 |
97. Why don't you read the interview to find out how Chavez is doing what MLK preached? |
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spanza (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. You're just repeating the official version |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
88. I'm talking about RCTV, and you can see for yourself in... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 06:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
95. Explain why the corporate opposition still owns most of the media n/t |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. You never got an answer to that question from the anti-Chavistas, did you? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Martin would surely be proud of the comparison. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't "Martin" fight for equal rights for the weak and oppressed? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Like clockwork. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. And this from the people who only got personal insults?! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Lots of binary thinking when it comes to Chavez from both sides. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. ZING! nt |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. You need to look up the word 'dictator' in a dictionary... |
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texasleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. Playing the American extreme left like a fiddle. Gotta love Generalissimo Chavez. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. More right-wing bull shit. Why are you letting the extreme right let you play you like a fiddle? |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
79. They don't have to watch Fox News |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. another look at the horrible sounds of chavez's socialist indoctrination of venezuela's youth: |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The right-wing birthers going just as nuts over Chavez and they are Obama |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. yep... they attack anything that threatens the tyranny of corporate rule over our lives. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Indeed. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. And they're getting a helping hand from so-called "liberals" at DU... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. Good for Chavez. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
47. ttt |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
51. I was taken aback by the well-spoken, informed and well-reasoned arguments Chavez made... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
59. He raised interesting questions: Why aren't we in the street more? |
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spanza (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
67. It is the right that is in the street....? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
77. You can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps. |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. you sure can... |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. You forgot Chavez and John Paul II; and Chavez with Bill Clinton: |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. You can tell even more from a leaders actions. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Deleted sub-thread |
DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Good for Chavez to stand up against Israeli war crimes! |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. Then Obama is a dictator, too! |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Get back to me when Obama puts any of these fools in jail. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Get back to me when Chavez does so. Shifting arguments again. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Well as fun as it's been discussing this with you. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. That's because facts don't influence you. Yoúr opinion is based on nothing. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. You have offered no facts, |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #92 |
96. I have offered truckloads of facts, Anti-Chavistas all share the same tactic of ignoring them |
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