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2007-10-10 Caribbean-Latin America

Venezuelans to pay price of Hugo's moral crusade

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-10-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

Posted by Victor Emmanuel Unomoting3635 2007-10-10 01:04|| 2007-10-10 01:04|| Front Page Top

#2 "If I drink my bottle of whisky, it's because I worked for it. I made the sacrifice and, therefore, I can drink whatever I want,"

This sort of view is anathema to socialists. The State decides what is best, and citizens should respectfully follow.

Posted by gromky 2007-10-10 02:46|| 2007-10-10 02:46|| Front Page Top

#3 From the comments :

7. Michaela / 5:18am 10 Oct 2007 I can see thousands of Venezuelans setting sail for Florida on rafts of empy whisky bottles.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-10 06:34|| 2007-10-10 06:34|| Front Page Top

#4 It's not about morals, it's about control; as in, "Hugo tells you what to do and you do it."

Posted by Mike 2007-10-10 09:14|| 2007-10-10 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 "The president has a long list of other "New Man" recommendations: don't cover foods with too much hot sauce (Okay, I don't get that one), exercise regularly, eat low-cholesterol foods, respect speed limits (good advice chavez). He also wants parents to stop buying Barbie dolls - and breast surgery - for their daughters.

"Now some say, 'When my daughter turns 15 years old, we're going to give her phoney breasts'. What a horrible thing. It's the latest degeneration," Mr Chavez told one packed auditorium. (Yeah, how many people do this? That would be screwed up to buy your 15 yr old girl some new boobies)
-heck, this guy's crazier than two monkeys locked up in a barrel of rum (no pun intended) but I agree in theory w/what he's saying. It's making people do what he wants by gunpoint that I take issue with. Also, Che Guevara was a big tobacco lover if I recall, and Castro is often seen w/a stogie -- not exactly ideal "new man" role models. However, and more importantly if I could just figure out a way to do some black marketeering of hard liquor down there I'd really be making some dineros.

BTW-- I think Hugo & Qadaffy are in a real competition to see who can put the biggest amount of meaningless medals on their respective uniforms.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-10-10 09:32|| 2007-10-10 09:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Think not of it as "meaningless medals", think of it as improvised brigandine armour; might come handy if someone tries to run a spear through them or hack them with a broadsword. It could happen, I guess.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-10-10 09:43|| 2007-10-10 09:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Hugo is going about this the wrong way. You can't change adults. He should start socialist schools that teach the education and values he wants. Make sure they are heavily funded where the folks get a subsidy if junior goes there, a bonus if he gets an A or excels at anything athletic. Forget about the rest of the country. You need committed Hitler Youth. In the long run it's cheaper and better.

Posted by Penguin 2007-10-10 10:20|| 2007-10-10 10:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Now he is treading ground that will get him killed. getting between a man and his food or his booze, well, them's fighting issues.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-10-10 11:18|| 2007-10-10 11:18|| Front Page Top

#9 He could creat a union like NEA to make sure the children's schools were modeled on the USA system.

Posted by Heriberto Ulusomble6667 2007-10-10 11:22|| 2007-10-10 11:22|| Front Page Top

#10 This is less about morals and not even so much about control.

I think this is really about money. The govt of Venezuala is close to the red line cash flow wise. This is embarrassing given the price of crude.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2007-10-10 12:16|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-10-10 12:16|| Front Page Top

#11 (Yeah, how many people do this? That would be screwed up to buy your 15 yr old girl some new boobies)

According to a girlfriend of mine, who is married to a Mexican and herself collects plastic surgeries, the moneyed classes south of our border are mad for self-improvement. Breast enhancement for 15-year old girls is well within the norm nowadays.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-10-10 12:18|| 2007-10-10 12:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Gotta keep up with the Brazilian wimminz.

Also, the South Americans make a big deal over the quince, a girl's 15th birthday. Kinda like My Super Sweet Sixteen. Apparently the gift of choice right now for the quinceañeras is a new bra size.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-10-10 12:31|| 2007-10-10 12:31|| Front Page Top

#13 TW - that's messed up. I would think it would be unwise to mess w/mother nature until a woman was at least around 19/20.

I think mhw is pretty close on something. Seems to me Venezula's "free health care" ain't so free if their populace doesn't take care of itself wrt proper diet, exercise, tobacco cessation, alcohol consumption, etc. One reason Hildabeast's one payer scam would kill our health care system -- no accountability.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-10-10 13:43|| 2007-10-10 13:43|| Front Page Top

#14 I remember seeing a magazine article about "teen plastic surgery" a dozen years ago, and IIRC there were four or five little "human interest" sidebars: all girls, from either Cal or NYC, and only one of 'em actually had a medical (non-cosmetic) need for the procedure. It's not all that new, and definitely not a Mexican-only thing.

Posted by Mike 2007-10-10 15:13|| 2007-10-10 15:13|| Front Page Top

#15 I am surprised that Chavez can take the moral high ground on anything. I would think that Hillary and her coterie of leftists would love Chavez. Last night during the Republican debate, when McCain mentioned Chavez he put the emphasis on the last syllable so that it came out sounding like ChavASS. Got agree with that.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-10 15:19|| 2007-10-10 15:19|| Front Page Top

#16 The president often cites the life of Cuba's iconic hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara as an ideal example - and complains that many Venezuelans' values are not up to par.

Che Guevara as a 'moral" example???

OK, History 101, Hugo. Che Guevara was a ruthless, immoral gangster who butchered thousands of his fellow Cubans during Castro's bid for power. As Castro's henchman, he was free to dispose of Castro's opponents and noncommunists by any means neccessary. And he did. Guevara mass executed innocent Cubans by firing squad on the "bloodsoaked wall". He was a sociopathic thug, who preferred to shoot his victims personally, while they were on their knees and blindfolded. He actually enjoyed it.

But then, I fully expect you to go down the same path you pathetic piece of shit, so I guess claiming "moral" underpinnings is a necessary step.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-10-10 16:04|| 2007-10-10 16:04|| Front Page Top

#17 Moonshine. Stills are easy to make, and Venezuela has lots of backwoods.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-10-10 16:35|| 2007-10-10 16:35|| Front Page Top

#18 In South America, becoming a beauty queen is a serious goal for many young women. It's comparable to being a rock star. Hence the breast surgery at a young age.

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