"Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez took the podium at the United Nations, where he launched his latest verbal salvo against President Bush and U.S. world influence. Making the sign of the cross, Chavez described Bush as "the devil" and decried Washington's misuse of its far-reaching power.
President Bush was not present to hear Chavez's speech to the General Assembly. U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said the remarks don't warrant a response."
From the reactions of the talking heads at obCNN and FauXNews, you would think Chavez assassinated Bush. Why is Latin humour lost to most Americans? Hey, didn't our president refer to nations as an "Axis of Evil" at a State of the Union address?
In any event, I think Chavez's comments are pretty humorous, and tame, particularly given that he endured temporary imprisonment, if not near death, during a CIA-backed coup attempt under Bush's watch.
There's a great documentary on that coup attempt, produced by the Irish Film Board and called "The Revolution will not be Televised". Here's a link to it on YouTube:
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In case you haven't seen the clip, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IoCmmm2UG0
From the reactions of the talking heads at obCNN and FauXNews, you would think Chavez assassinated Bush. Why is Latin humour lost to most Americans? Hey, didn't our president refer to nations as an "Axis of Evil" at a State of the Union address?
In any event, I think Chavez's comments are pretty humorous, and tame, particularly given that he endured temporary imprisonment, if not near death, during a CIA-backed coup attempt under Bush's watch.
There's a great documentary on that coup attempt, produced by the Irish Film Board and called "The Revolution will not be Televised". Here's a link to it on YouTube:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5832390545689805144
Regards,
DK
Posted by: Dewan Kemp | September 21, 2006 1:14 PM