I find it intriguing that the vilification of Chavez originated with the Bush propaganda machine after he rightfully called Bush to task for the failures after Katrina. I clearly remember the first time I heard a newscaster denigrate Chavez, and thought "there is Shrub's the new villain".
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I knew I could depend on you to think that. And yes, I think that 10 > years ago he did think he was protecting the poor and disenfranchised. > History is littered with stories of a similar nature. Fighting for the > little guy turns the person popular, the adulation gets to their head, > they start seizing more and more power "for the good of the people" > and the insular world they form around them and they become terribly > corrupted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
