In Venezuela, the government is building housing for displaced flood victims. Imagine that, Katrina survivors! Sounds almost…sane.
Naturally the New York Times, which endorsed the coup attempt against Hugo Chávez, is seriously pissed off.
Pandering to People
Ted Rall
http://rall.comTed Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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And while this is going on, Venezuela’s 1% are left in the cold (figuratively speaking) and slightly less richer.
Hugo Chávez is a truly a monster!
No leader in the good old U S of A would show such compassion, sympathy, and concern for the 99% who truly deserve it, not to mention act on it!
Hopefully, once we’ve turned Iran into another quagmire, we’ll invade Venezuela, commit atrocious war crimes, fatten the pockets of slimy war profiteers, and hand the oil reserves over to American oil companies who’ll sell it to foreigners and stash the profits in off-shore tax havens.
God bless America and the men who made it great! (I feel so much pride, I wish you could see the tear running down my cheek.)
You know the stock answer – “Just trying to buy votes -“