LIVE NOW:Coffee Party Radio: Politics Done Right w/Egberto Willies – Does America Need A Hugo Chavez

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This week’s show

Hugo Chavez died on Tuesday. I did an iReport for CNN and wrote the blog post "Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Dead: Hero Of The Poor And Middle Class In Words & Deeds". I got excoriated for it both by many at the CNN site and via emails from as far as United Kingdom. I also got messages that said I was brave to take a position out of the mainstream of US thought. An exile from Venezuela took me to task because I did not live in Venezuela.

Those who attacked me failed to see the most important point I was trying to get across. Hugo Chavez was the creation of the Venezuelan oligarchy, the Venezuelan plutocracy. He was that icon the poor and suffering middle classes placed their hope in to make a change.

If we know that our media is corporate controlled and misleads or turn a blind eye to political shenanigans (misreporting of war in Iraq, Invasion of Panama, etc.), should we not explore how it addressed Hugo Chavez relative to his confronting the Venezuelan Plutocracy?

The question is, with the American Plutocracy effecting one of the largest income and wealth disparity in the industrialized world, is there an American Hugo Chavez waiting to emerge? Whether you agree or not I would love to engage on that premise.

Please call in and let us talk about it.

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My Blog Posts Of The Week

* Guested On HuffPost Live Discussing Jobs After The Sequester (VIDEO) - Link
* Senator John McCain & Lindsey Graham Excoriate Rand Paul & Republicans (VIDEO) - Link
* Jobs Report: Many More Jobs Than Expected-Unemployment Rate Falls - Link
* ACORN Defamer James O'Keefe Must Pay $100K to Aggrieved Employee - Link
* Radio: Move to Amend Reports w/Laura Bonham & Egberto Willies - Thurs 7:00 PM - Link
* Rand Paul Filibuster Gets AG Response. President Can't Kill Americans w/ Drones In US (VIDEO) - Link
* Jon Stewart Shows Irrational Stupidity of GOP Objection To Head Start Without Impunity (VIDEO) - Link
* Rest In Peace President Hugo Chavez, You Are The Hero Of The Poor - Link
* Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Dead: Hero Of The Poor And Middle Class In Words & Deeds - Link
* Republican's Balance Budget Concern A Myth-It's Only About Low Taxes On The Wealthy (VIDEO) - Link
* Democratic Senator Vindicated As Right Wing Prostitution Smear Falls Apart - Link
* CPAC Did Not Listen To Gov Jindal 'Stupid Party' Advice - Palin Over Christie?(VIDEO) - Link
* America's Immoral Wealth/Income Inequality. Worse Than You Think (VIDEO) - Link
* NBC David Gregory Admits Washington Press Does Not Like President Obama (VIDEO) - Link
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[freshwest]

1. K & R for visibility. Should be interesting.