Venezuela’s end of quote/unquote Democracy

By: grumpyKoz (Diary)  |  December 15th at 05:44 PM  | 

Talk about letting the Genie out of the bottle! From Yahoo: “Chavez seeks power to rule by decree for 1 year Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday asked congress to grant him special powers to enact laws by decree for one year, just before a new legislature takes office with a larger contingent of opposition lawmakers.” OK folks, let me give you a “What If”. | Read More »

Social Justice, One for All as Long as it is Fair!

By: grumpyKoz (Diary)  |  November 1st at 09:26 AM  | 

In an article from Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-31/chavez-says-venezuela-s-golf-courses-should-be-seized-put-to-other-uses.html Chavez Says Venezuela’s Golf Courses Should Be Seized, Put to Other Uses. That’s an injustice — that someone should have the luxury of having I don’t know how many hectares to play golf and drink whiskey and, next door, there’s misery and children dying when there are landslides,” Chavez said during his weekly television show, “Alo, Presidente.” Emphisis is | Read More »