Chavez says Obama "illusion" over

[naaman fletcher]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BR2CD20091228

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said in a New Year's message the "illusion" around President Barack Obama was over and rich nations had left the world on the verge of ecological disaster.

[NoPasaran]

1. That puts him about three months behind DU

[FLAprogressive]

10. lol

[Bicoastal]

2. Meanwhile Hugo remains overwhelmingly popular with his own people...

...and by "his own people," I mean DU'ers.

[jakefrep]

3. St. Hugo didn't get his pony.

nt

[frebrd]

4. K&R!

[old mark]

5. Actually, I think the Chavez illusion is over. I wonder how many assassination

attempts on him have been covered up so far.


mark

[cutlassmama]

6. I found him charming when he went after W. but now not at all.

[Unvanguard]

7. Well, the last part, at least, is very true. n/t

[Pavulon]

9. He is an oil whore. We buy his shit.

that is all he is. A petro state leader. They export NOTHING else of any value.

[Unvanguard]

11. Your view of the messenger has no bearing on the accuracy of the message.

Whatever you think of Chavez, it is simply true that the rich countries have brought the world to the brink--perhaps past the brink--of ecological catastrophe.

[Pavulon]

16. Sure his message is wonderful, his actions

are to sell oil to us to refine.

[Canuckistanian]

14. Do you fault his message?

Venezuela isn't exactly Saudi Arabia, here.

And Chavez ain't no Sheikh in terms of $money.

[11 Bravo]

8. And I should care what that tyrannical little fuck says because ...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Chavez STFU

[tavalon]

13. While he is right,

I wonder how he is going to feel when his chest beating doesn't provoke a chest beating response from Obama. He's using the same playbook he used, with some success, on the Bush administration.

[bridgit]

15. There's the missing piece, now it all falls together