Venezuela imposes more media controls. Chavez plays maracas.
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UPDATED: Monday, September 29, 2025 15:29
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Abraham Lincoln.
So shall we run the Dixie Flag back up the pole, then ?
-F
Nope. More recent. Wanna play again, Frem? I'll give you a new deal.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
Oh great - here we go again with the tired old refrain...
"But... but... FDR!!!!"
So were you a big supporter of his?
Mike
"It was already blue when we got here!"
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Oh great - here we go again with the tired old refrain...
"But... but... FDR!!!!"
So were you a big supporter of his?
Where did I mention FDR?
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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FDR did frak things up.
No joke, he did. The New Deal was the first stab at socialism.
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Oh great - here we go again with the tired old refrain...
"But... but... FDR!!!!"
So were you a big supporter of his?
Where did I mention FDR?
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Nope. More recent. Wanna play again, Frem? I'll give you a new deal.
Sorry. I thought you knew the "New Deal" was FDR's.
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FDR did frak things up.
No joke, he did. The New Deal was the first stab at socialism.
Yes, every bit as much as the Great Depression was the first stab at capitalism.
God damn that FDR for leading us out of the Depression and getting elected to four terms of office. How DARE he.
Mike
"It was already blue when we got here!"
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Quote:Damnit Kwicko! I wasted some very fine morning coffee all over my keyboard!
Nope. More recent. Wanna play again, Frem? I'll give you a new deal.
Sorry. I thought you knew the "New Deal" was FDR's.
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Sorry. I thought you knew the "New Deal" was FDR's.
Sure the "New Deal" was FDR's but I said "new deal", as in "You want to play again? Here's a new deal". Completely different meaning, See?.
Now you could have thought I was referring to FDR due to the fact that the Supreme Court did declare several of the agencies and projects he established to be unconstitutional, and because he tried to change the composition of the Court so he could pack it, but I never said anything about that, so that's obviously just supposition on your part.
I could have been talking about Pres. Clinton and is line-item veto legislation, which was also declared unconstitutional.
I could have been talking about Pres. But Bush and military tribunals.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Oh, about the maracas.
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Mr Chavez arrived on Wednesday and gave a speech at Moscow's People's Friendship University.
Characteristically, it lasted two and a half hours and included a tirade against the United States as well as a singalong, with Mr Chavez on maracas.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8248102.stm
While there for the singalong Pres Chavez also ordered half a billion dollars worth of tanks, plus other sundries such as submarines and armored personnel carriers, to fight off the Americans in Colombia; although Secty of State Clinton (who's husband was President when Plan Columbia originated) has promised that the Obama administration just wants a few troops there to aid Colombian forces in stopping drugs and terrorism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8208683.stm
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Originally posted by Geezer:
Oh, about the maracas.Quote:
Mr Chavez arrived on Wednesday and gave a speech at Moscow's People's Friendship University.
Characteristically, it lasted two and a half hours and included a tirade against the United States as well as a singalong, with Mr Chavez on maracas.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8248102.stm
While there for the singalong Pres Chavez also ordered half a billion dollars worth of tanks, plus other sundries such as submarines and armored personnel carriers, to fight off the Americans in Colombia; although Secty of State Clinton (who's husband was President when Plan Columbia originated) has promised that the Obama administration just wants a few troops there to aid Colombian forces in stopping drugs and terrorism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8208683.stm
"Keep the Shiny side up"
Thats what they say this week...
The US has a credibility problem with its foreign policy. Its not just Chavez who doesn't want American troops anywhere near their borders. Besides that perhaps the money spent on troops in Columbia, would be better spent on reducing the number of addicts inside the US.
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Sorry. I thought you knew the "New Deal" was FDR's.
Sure the "New Deal" was FDR's but I said "new deal", as in "You want to play again? Here's a new deal". Completely different meaning, See?.
Are you sure that's not just sophistry?
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Now you could have thought I was referring to FDR due to the fact that the Supreme Court did declare several of the agencies and projects he established to be unconstitutional, and because he tried to change the composition of the Court so he could pack it, but I never said anything about that, so that's obviously just supposition on your part.
"But, but... FDR..."
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I could have been talking about Pres. Clinton and is line-item veto legislation, which was also declared unconstitutional.
You could, but then I'd have to ask you to tell us what your definition of "is" is, in the way you used it above.
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I could have been talking about Pres. But Bush and military tribunals.
Oh, sure - here you go bringing BUSH into it again. WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET IT GO?! Hasn't the statute of limitations run out on Bush yet?
Sorry, Geezer, but you really do make it too easy.
Mike
"It was already blue when we got here!"
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