Are McBush and the Disasta from Alaska going to cut that off as one of their first acts as P and VP?

Not even remotely likely.

But Hotair people always love to pound their chests and shriek FU*K VENEZUELA! FU*K CHAVEZ! McCAIN WILL NEVER TALK TO CHAVEZ! When in fact America actually does a staggering amount of business with the country. Chavez is a first rate idiot, but your thirst for oil has always trumped your little internet-blog-based outrage at his antics.

America wants/needs the oil, so suck it up, deal with the annoying dancing with Chavez the Crazyman, and get over yourselves.

Dave Rywall on September 19, 2008 at 7:56 PM

All the more reason to start the uranium-a-fission, drilling off shore and in Alaska for more crude (and there will always be more crude), pump that natural gas, damn those rivers, lay those solar panels and throw more coal in the burner!

Or, as you guys seem to like to do, invade.

Dave Rywall on September 19, 2008 at 7:57 PM

Not a bad idea. Invade, ship Chavez to a SuperMax where he can shower with Noreiga in the wee hours of the morning, install a democratically elected government who will actually improve the plight of Venezuela. This will have a ripple effect as FARC, already on the ropes in Columbia, will now have to watch its back and be denied sanctuary in Venezuela, hastening its demise which will help Columbia. This will also blunt any Russian and Chinese plans to establish a presence in Latin America, as they are trying to do with Chavez, remove an ally of Iran’s and hurt the narco-trafficers. Not to mention the nice bout of piece and quiet we will all enjoy with Chavez’s mouth shut. A win-win situation all around.

Dave, spreading democracy is good for humanity period.

On September 25, five American religious organizations plan to host a Ramadan dinner for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his upcoming visit to the United States. These include the Mennonite Central Committee, the Quakers, the World Council of Churches, and Religions for Peace.

From FrontpageMagazine

Lots of Useful Idiots willing to meet with tyrants.

But Hotair people always love to pound their chests and shriek FU*K VENEZUELA! FU*K CHAVEZ! McCAIN WILL NEVER TALK TO CHAVEZ! When in fact America actually does a staggering amount of business with the country. Chavez is a first rate idiot, but your thirst for oil has always trumped your little internet-blog-based outrage at his antics.

America wants/needs the oil, so suck it up, deal with the annoying dancing with Chavez the Crazyman, and get over yourselves.

Dave Rywall

Get over our selves??? Perhaps when you’re done pontificating.

Highlighting Chavez’ rants makes clear the urgency of moving away from oil as a fuel.

That being said, oils value as a chemical feedstock for the polymers that make up much of our modern life may exceed its value as a fuel, so Stalinist clowns like Chavez, or atavistic Arabian sheiks will always have a ready market.

In spanish…? Thats wrong from the get go, but the again I’m just your average white racist.

Over and out!

dmann on September 19, 2008 at 2:55 PM

Reread the post. It’s running in Florida, targeting the large Cuban population, which is generally fiercely anti communist and more willing to vote for Republicans than other Spanish speakers. Most Cuban Americans are pretty grateful to this country and very loyal patriots.

In any case, I like the smirking McCain pose at the end. I’d love to watch a no-holds barred debate between him and Obama, expletives included.

Are McBush and the Disasta from Alaska going to cut that off as one of their first acts as P and VP?

Not even remotely likely.

But Hotair people always love to pound their chests and shriek FU*K VENEZUELA! FU*K CHAVEZ! McCAIN WILL NEVER TALK TO CHAVEZ! When in fact America actually does a staggering amount of business with the country. Chavez is a first rate idiot, but your thirst for oil has always trumped your little internet-blog-based outrage at his antics.

America wants/needs the oil, so suck it up, deal with the annoying dancing with Chavez the Crazyman, and get over yourselves.

That would be an insult to rabid weasels everywhere.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008 Venezuela Faces Loss on Lehman
CARACAS, Venezuela — The Venezuelan government, which this week mocked Lehman Brothers Inc.’s woes as a sign of capitalism’s imminent demise, could become a victim of the investment bank’s failure.

The government of Hugo Chávez holds about $300 million in debt instruments that Lehman had agreed to cash, according to three analysts who calculated the holdings separately. With Lehman in trouble, Venezuela will have a hard time selling the debt.

“The government will likely have to assume a steep loss,” said Alejandro Grisanti, a senior economist with Barclay’s Capital. How much will depend on what Lehman ends up paying out to creditors as a result of the bankruptcy proceedings.[snip]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122179014689555475.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

I lived and worked in Venezuela in 199093.

The average people hate Chavez.

Rick007 on September 19, 2008 at 2:43 PM

As someone who has married a Venezuelan and has been to that country four times in the last five years (once for my own wedding), and I know many Venezuelans thru my wife who live in the Twin Cities, I can personally attest to this.

That’s the convenient thing about dictatorships. It doesn’t matter what average people think about their leaders.

highhopes on September 19, 2008 at 4:18 PM

Or democrats.

Republicans, at least, eat their own when they turn into buttwipes. Democrats keep re-electing them.