Extreme takeover

Let's see who come to defend Chavez. I have a good guess who will.

There is no rational explanation for the action of the left. It's all based on mindless emotion. (key word being mindless)

fd1962, you must really be enamored with Castro's efforts then, judging by your comment.

Obtain? or Earn? I guess perspective is everything. Education is easy to get here in America.

The model Chavez claims to be following, and appears to be following, is the Castro model. This is the successful route you espouse to? (I was concentrating, again perspective) You feel nationalizing industry and foreign investment is educational? I guess it is, but hardly in a positive manner. Many jobs have been lost as a result of this education.

fd1962, disingenuous? Isn't all of Chavez' action directly linked to stealing other peoples property and redistributing a small percentage of it? Isn't ending foreign investment detrimental to the nation? Isn't losing jobs by the multiple thousands hard on an economically suffering nation? Aren't ALL of these things tied to the "education" and "health care" that Chavez has provided? Expressing admiration for these actions is espousing support, even if you don't realize it.

fk1962, the "exporting of jobs" that the left whines about is a direct result of "taxing the corporate rich" ... a Democratic staple that has numerous negative results. The wonderful retirement programs promised by the unions (but paid for by the corporations) seem to be way too large to maintain and so they are being defaulted on. Trying to shift the responsibility for the retirement to the individual is being sold as "dismantling traditional pension programs" so the government can keep the social security money and continue to handle it in the wonderful manner they have. This is what you support?

Sounds like we need a pre-emptive strike. Then the military could hunt Chavez down, like the dog he is --and flush him out of his hole and eventually lynch him. He is an evil-man that should not be in power. Are there any statues of him to topple? Probably, all dictators eventually erect a monument to honor themselves. Let us continue to spread Democracy through-out the world!

This is an idiotic column. The AC is having trouble finding good writers. I am not saying writing about what Chavez is doing is wrong. The problem is somehow trying to make the peice about what Chavez is doing, and at the same time trying to tie Hollywood up into it. It sounds like pot shots at all of the movie industry because one or two actors may have said some things supporting Chavez.

Chavez, Bush and the ACES are all peas from the EXACT same pod. All of them support dictatorships. And so does Nashville.

What a mess! Americans in defense of Chavez....Is there no end to the extreme left and their misguided beliefs.

And, you wonder why our country is being destroyed little by little. With the mindset of the liberal dims, they would have us just willingly give everything away. Fair elections in chavez country? - just doesn't compute.

actually i think the leaders in common will be castro, chavez, hitler, stalin, mussolini and obama (god forbid)

Chavez"s #1 export is of course oil, Venezuela is an OPEC member. The #1 client of their oil is the US. Stop buying their oil (Citgo) and be vigilant about other OPEC oil (mostly mid-east). As an example BP does not derive their product from any OPEC source.

For all concerned. I believe, and I could be mistaken, our Supreme Court made a decision either last year or the year before, that allowed property to be taken in the same way. Isn't it amazing that people get all worked up over problems in other countries, but don't realize what is going on in their own land. The difference betwee us and Chavez is, he confiscated the property for the government, our law allows property to be taken and transfered to commercial entities. His explanation that Venezuely will not be plundered by foreign millionaires should be between him and his electorate. If he is soooo Baddd why would any country or business setup shop there? The answer is greed and he apparently isn't putting up with it.

disssman, I must say you make every bit as much sense as fd1962 and even display the same reasoning powers. However, I feel that both of you know that if you moved to Venezuela you'd be living in a third world dictatorship. Cuba in the '50s. That country has done well, for some, I guess. Not for me, but hey, I'm a conservative. What do I know.

fd1962, if I was to call your comment Ludacris, I'd be insulting the worst kind of rapper. Venezuela needs some improvement and if the people wish to be a socialist dictatorship, so be it. But, back on the subject, is stealing the corporate investments and driving foreign investments away the lesson you wish to teach your constituency? And is it the lesson you wish to teach foreign investors? Cuba, the model for Chavez' actions, is still a country of dependent people locked in the 1950s. How is that better then what they had? Would you trade your health care for what is available in Cuba? Would you rather live in Cuba then a free society? How is trading one form of slavery for another an improvement? Inflation is outrageous and joblessness has doubled and the country is starving. How is that better? While some are better off, just as many are much worse off.

The reason (as I stated every post to attempt to avoid confusion) that I mention Cuba, is because Chavez has stated numerous times that it's the model he wishes to follow. You consider having so many loose their jobs as an improvement? SOME have improved their lives, but just as many, if not more have taken a serious cut in lifestyle and the country is crumbling. Success? I guess that's the difference of perspective I keep running into. I'm responsible for my children, I don't think I'd choose a socialist society under any circumstances.