You meant its not the heat, just the humanity ;) --- sartesian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, and as the free marketeers of the Chicago > School, Friedman's offspring, showed us in Chile, > capitalism has no difficulty preserving dissent and > dissenters... in formaldehyde, in concrete > overcoats, and at the bottom of the Pacific. > > Let me just add, the Pinochet coup was entirely > predictable; the support it received and provided in > return to the Chicago Boys was entirely > predictable;the nostalgia and preference for/of our > free market economists for the good old days and the > good old boys of death-squad capitalism in response > to an attempt by a government to actually do > something for the "general welfare," the "common > good," is entirely predictable. > > Hmmmh... let's see Pinochet or Chavez? Which side > are you on? > > Sorry if I sound irritated and cranky. It's not the > heat, just the humidity. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David B. Shemano > To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 3:03 PM > Subject: Re: [PEN-L] Re: [PEN-L] The current > counter-revolutionary offensive in Venezuela - what > it means and how to defeat it > > > Michael Lebowitz defends the nonrenewal of the > license to broadcast on the public airwaves: > > Hi Raghu, > Firstly, there was no cancellation. > Rather, this station (which was an active > participant in the coup, going so far as to tape a > day in advance of a march in 2002 an announcement by > military leaders of deaths in that march) did not > have its VHF license for the prime channel 2 > renewed. That is the government's right--- a license > is not the granting of perpetual property rights to > private interests. Secondly, this station continued > (along with a cable news network, Globovision-- the > main CNN feed) to act as an opposition party. It was > not the only private station which was complicit in > the coup. Another one which was very active in > promoting the coup and the subsequent bosses lockout > in 2002-3 was Venevision, owned by Gustavos Cisneros > (one of the richest people in Latin America). After > the failure of the lockout, Venevision became a > normal station-- still broadcasting critical attacks > on the government but in a relatively balanced way. > They have been accused of betraying the Venezuelan > people by the rabid opposition, and when you hear > RCTV described as the only opposition network by > foreign sources, it is because they have entirely > accepted this spin by the opposition rather than > that they have looked at Venevision or Televen (the > other VHF 'traitor'). In any event, as the following > statement indicates, RCTV has not been denied a UHF > license and, to the best of my knowledge, has not > applied yet (as it would undermine the political > campaign). Given recent statements by their > spokesmen effectively warning about Chavez's death, > I personally would not be inclined to grant such a > license at this point--- and I know of few countries > which would. > > ------------------------- > > On pages 16-20 of Capitalism and Freedom, which I > am sure all of you have on your bedstands, Milton > Friedman discusses the practical difficulties that > any socialist government will have in establishing > institutions that will preserve the ability to > dissent. The Venezuelan experience is entirely > predictable and should give you all the comfort that > Venezuela is a real socialist country (or on its > way). > > David Shemano > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7