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
>
>
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