06.30.07 VENEZUELANS CHANT FOR MORE TV
Venezuelan soccer fans are using the Copa America to express political opposition to President Hugo Chavez:
The chants – which included "This government is going to fall!" – began shortly into the second half of Thursday's match between the U.S. and Argentina in the western city of Maracaibo, a stronghold of opposition to Chavez. Chavez opponents are hoping the arrival of thousands of tourists for the South American championship will draw attention to their protests against the president's refusal to renew the license of a popular opposition-aligned television channel.
TV can create some strong opinions. I recall the violent tirades of my father after the White Sox signed with SportsVision (a regional cable outlet) in the early '80s — his 25% Dutch ancestry prevented him from paying for cable television. To soothe him, my mother would ply him with whiskey, and my siblings and I would re-enact the events of the game based on the radio descriptions. It took us a few seasons to ascertain what amount of liquor coupled with the hapless play of the Pale Hose would appease him, so we slightly altered the results of the some contests as we saw fit. Consequently, my father went to the Great Beyond believing the Sox were undefeated in 1987.
Bravo to the anti-Chavez protesters, but remember that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. And by "grease", I mean a "hail of state-sponsored gunfire". -KD
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VENEZUELANS CHANT FOR MORE TV
In this country, a man sporting a beret and neck-bandana (don't even get me started on the bird) would be a candidate for the Browns QB job, not President. Then again, in this country a protest at a soccer game would be welcomed…it would mean people were actually watching.
The first US station that shows Condoleeza Rice as a gorilla and make references to her skin colour and her resemblance to a monkey will last how long do you think?
This station openly supported a violent uprising. If CBS told the people tomorrow to go to the White House and throw Bush out, how long would they stay open?
I give Chavez credit for not doing anything to the station.
THEY DID NOT GET A LICENSE RENEWAL. That's all.
There is a radio station in Canada which lost a supreme court decision recently and have lost their license. All that for a few comments about some weather bimbo's big titties.
Between the station that lost its license for talking about tits and the one that called to overthrown a government, which one do you think should have stayed open?
Again, these are public airwaves. This is NOTHING that wouldnt happen in the states but since its Chavez, well,…we just go apeshit.
Of course, our media call a guy who has won 5-6 elections by landslides a 'populist dictator'.
We on the other hand have a leader who has twice won by a hair amid serious allegations of cheating.
Yes, only in the land of the Bushies, can we say 'populist dictator' and find no irony.
Of course, Venezuela is the perfect example of what happens when we allow the blacks, the poor, the indians and the coloreds the right to vote. Some populist is gonna mobilize these people and use them to vote for him.
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Those people shouldnt be allowed to have a say in politics.
Uncle Reuben?
Nothing commands respect like a parrot with a beret.
"I Want My…I Want My MTV!"
Looks like Frankie is doing a lot better than Koko B. Ware these days.
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