Hugo Chávez’s legacy. “…his economically disastrous, politically effective ideology will haunt the country he ruined… one of the world’s highest rates of inflation, largest fiscal deficits, and fastest growing debts. …the country’s infrastructure is in disrepair—power outages and rolling blackouts are common… Venezuela is the only member of OPEC that suffers from shortages of staples such as flour, milk, and sugar. Crime and violence skyrocketed… On an average weekend, more people are killed in Caracas than in Baghdad and Kabul combined.” Change the name to “Obama”, add about 10 years and check out the future.
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AND OBAMA held his book 3 years ago as he embraced hugo. WTF!
The people are starving, the infrastructure is a shambles, the country is in horrible debt, but the price of gasoline is only $0.04/gallon, so it's all ok.
Sounds like the US, except gas is $4/gallon here!
FTA: "The hard facts are unmistakable: The oil-rich South American country is in shambles. It has one of the world’s highest rates of inflation, largest fiscal deficits, and fastest growing debts. Despite a boom in oil prices, the country’s infrastructure is in disrepair—power outages and rolling blackouts are common—and it is more dependent on crude exports than when Chávez arrived. Venezuela is the only member of OPEC that suffers from shortages of staples such as flour, milk, and sugar. Crime and violence skyrocketed during Chávez’s years. On an average weekend, more people are killed in Caracas than in Baghdad and Kabul combined. (In 2009, there were 19,133 murders in Venezuela, more than four times the number of a decade earlier.) When the grisly statistics failed to improve, the Venezuelan government simply stopped publishing the figures."
Sounds like California . . .
And today I heard praise for the great job he did in Venezuela. Apparently Obama's worshipers in the media overlooked all these other details when arranging their eulogies.
Sounds like California . . .
Not quite but we are well on the way, the economy of the state is already in a shambles, next will come state takeover of businesses for the good of the people and the inevitable collapse of Kalifornia into Greece followed shortley by Somalia.
And very people he repeatedly kicked in the crotch, despite their adoration and support, are stricken with grief. Hmmmm. Sound like the US is not the only place with hoards of uber stupid people.
I was wondering if they had a rule like the DPRK where the peasants would be shot or mortared if they faked it and weren't convincing.
Sounds just like what happened in Detroit and Chicago, only without the oil.
I'm sure Joe Kennedy is in mourning.