I’ve exchanged emails with the human behind the blog Sundries (“a sweatshop of moxie”)—who is also our newest BlogAds advertiser. She advised that she’d be writing about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on the heels of my blog entry about him yesterday. And did she ever. It’s an excellent piece. Here’s an extended snippet:
In the latest escapades of that Capitalist-Fighting Crime Buster, Hugo Chavez, we have the Venezuelan President ordering yesterday the explusion of US Christian missionaries from his country, effective immediately.
Also on Thursday, we hear that he’s in possession of intelligence about the United States government, where he claims the US is about to invade Venezuela.
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again:
Hugo Chavez was slipped The Secret “How to Deal with Gringos Hijoputas” Decoder Ring by Fidel Castro.
Hugo Chavez may call himself just a “democratic” Socialist, but his pronouncements, his tendencies, and his actions are all that of a totalitarian Communist-just-before-outting-himself.
Thursday’s dual anti-US whammy is straight from Castro’s playbook on how to create an atmosphere of tension, fear and animosity in his more uninformed populace—because the State controls the means of information—, whilst playing the yanqui-imperialismo card for all its worth.
Why?
Because Communism thrives in the foggy world of semi-truth.
It takes a grain of truth, and mixes it up with a bushel full of lies, all the while claiming they are the alternative to the hypocritical status-quo.
Its aim? To confuse people. To depress people. To frustrate people. The better to control them.
(And if you are reminded of some other entity after reading that, it’s not surprising, since that’s a similar tactic employed by news media. The difference is that the latter seek to control opinions, not people’s very freedoms. They also have overseers in Blogosphere now. Mr. Chavez has none)
The kernel of truths here are that Christian missionaries DO seek to re-educate the populace, and that the current US administration DOES dislike Chavez’ regime.
But it’s the same old Marxist talking-points of “religion being the opium of the masses” and imperialism, in the guise of capitalist countries, being unacceptable.
Of course, imperialism is pretty much acceptable when it’s in the form of Communist countries, like that of the ex-Soviet Union or currently the regime of Fidel Castro in Cuba, but that’s another matter.
So let’s recap. This is some of what Hugo Chavez has done and said this year: [… read it at her blog…]
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