Saturday, April 22, 2006
Boss Hugo: How He Turned Venezuela Into a Crime-Ridden Shithole
One problem with the Left is that they have no concern with crime - which is why a conservative is sometimes called a liberal who has been mugged. So it comes as no surprise to hear that Boss Hugo Chavez, the Marxist scumbag leader of Venezuela, has turned his country into a crime-ridden shithole.
No surprise here. But you will continue to see the American Left see Boss Hugo as a saint.
Wave of Violent Crime Sweeps Venezuela
Do a check - and see that liberals in America say much the same thing. They mix their message with hatred of wealth, of work, of success. The left stands for equal opportunity misery.
One problem with the Left is that they have no concern with crime - which is why a conservative is sometimes called a liberal who has been mugged. So it comes as no surprise to hear that Boss Hugo Chavez, the Marxist scumbag leader of Venezuela, has turned his country into a crime-ridden shithole.
No surprise here. But you will continue to see the American Left see Boss Hugo as a saint.
Wave of Violent Crime Sweeps Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Victims reach the emergency room soaked in blood and dazed - wheeled in on stretchers, carried in people's arms, some still walking with the last of their strength. An elderly man shot in a robbery, a young man sprayed with gunfire, a woman who took a stray bullet in the head while on her way to church.
Venezuela is among the most violent places in Latin America, and critics of President Hugo Chavez are increasingly accusing him of failing to make crime a priority.
The government says it is making progress on the problem, but a series of particularly heinous murders sparked protests earlier this month by people demanding safer streets, and more rallies are planned for Saturday. While crime has long bedeviled Venezuelans, particularly the poor, some protesters say there's a new element to the danger now - class tensions incited by Chavez himself.
"There has always been crime, but not like this. Now they open fire and that's it," said Freddy Dos Santos, standing beside his father, who lay wounded on a gurney at a public hospital.
Relatives of 89-year-old Rodolfo Dos Santos, who was breathing through an oxygen mask, said he was shot while driving to a construction site to pay his workers. He had just braked at a hilltop when a teenager approached and shouted: "Stop!"
Dos Santos yelled for help. The teenager fired, wounding him in the chest, and then fled.
Dos Santos' son accused Chavez of virtually ignoring crime while also inciting the poor: "The president is always saying it's OK to steal in order to eat."
Chavez has not used those exact words, but he regularly launches into tirades against wealthy Venezuelans. "The rich are condemned to hell. Christ himself condemned them," Chavez said in a speech Tuesday. "I say it from the heart: to be rich is evil."
Do a check - and see that liberals in America say much the same thing. They mix their message with hatred of wealth, of work, of success. The left stands for equal opportunity misery.
