A Blog For All - Comments - Keep it civil
The UN is not the US...entirely different rules and laws.
And what now foreigners aren't allowed to have opinions...then let me say it for hugo...BUSH IS THE DEVIL!!!!
Sure, he's entitled to his opinion - where did you get the idea that he wasn't entitled to his insane opinions? (Or yours for that matter)
He's got to live with the repercussions of his statements. And it shouldn't be pretty.
Madmatt is a prime example of the far-left fringe of this country. Reasonable people are able to criticize this administration where they feel warranted, without resorting to the types of ad hominem attacks as madmatt and those of his ilk.
What Hugo Chavez (and madmatt) have displayed is not only a lack decorum and civility, but a severe lack of intelligence. We would be wise to ignore such individuals as they serve no purpose other than to inflame emotions with empty, meaningless rhetoric.
Gee Todd. Do you think others should be reasonable as well.
When Cheney calls those against the War in Iraq 'appeasers' is this an ad hominem attack?
When Bolton said "if the UN Secretary building in New York lost 10 stories it wouldn't make a difference" is this an ad hominem attack?
When Bush supporters call heads of state "Adolph Hitlers" are these ad hominem attacks?
I look forward to your denunciation of the far-right fringe in this country. Especially those in power.
You got it, Bobby. You know, it is possible to question people without taking on a smarmy attitude.
ANYONE who resorts to childish, ad hominem attacks deserves to be ignored, whether they are an elected official or joe blow off the street. The fact that your undies got all bunched up because I DARED call-out someone on the far-left tells me that you're probably out there with matty. Say hi to Hugo for me.
Gosh can we start with malkin and coulter and rush and rummy and well the list goes on....hows that for non ad hominem
Well, I missed Hugo's speech, so I had to look it up instead of relying on second-hand commentary. Here's what I found he said, in part:
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"Venezuela joins that struggle, and that’s why we are threatened. The U.S. has already planned, financed and set in motion a coup in Venezuela, and it continues to support coup attempts in Venezuela and elsewhere.
President Michelle Bachelet reminded us just a moment ago of the horrendous assassination of the former foreign minister, Orlando Letelier.
And I would just add one thing: Those who perpetrated this crime are free. And that other event where an American citizen also died were American themselves. They were CIA killers, terrorists.
And we must recall in this room that in just a few days there will be another anniversary. Thirty years will have passed from this other horrendous terrorist attack on the Cuban plane, where 73 innocents died, a Cubana de Aviacion airliner.
And where is the biggest terrorist of this continent who took the responsibility for blowing up the plane? He spent a few years in jail in Venezuela. Thanks to CIA and then government officials, he was allowed to escape, and he lives here in this country, protected by the government.
And he was convicted. He has confessed to his crime. But the U.S. government has double standards. It protects terrorism when it wants to.
And this is to say that Venezuela is fully committed to combating terrorism and violence. And we are one of the people who are fighting for peace.
Luis Posada Carriles is the name of that terrorist who is protected here. And other tremendously corrupt people who escaped from Venezuela are also living here under protection: a group that bombed various embassies, that assassinated people during the coup. They kidnapped me and they were going to kill me, but I think God reached down and our people came out into the streets and the army was too, and so I’m here today.
But these people who led that coup are here today in this country protected by the American government. And I accuse the American government of protecting terrorists and of having a completely cynical discourse.
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Well, here's the problem with those statements. They're true, and that's the problem. I know we Americans are dutifully supposed to stick our heads in the sand, but in fact our government allowed the assassins of Orlando Letellier to escape the consequences of their act, despite the fact that he and Ronnie Moffat were murdered in front of the White House. Bush not only has not acted against Posada Carilles, but his dad paroled and pardoned Luis's crime partner, convicted terrorist Dr. Orland Bosch, at Jeb's behest, when Jebby was pandering for the Cuban émigré vote back in '89. The fact is that the Bush family has never been "anti-terrorist," nor "democratic," but have allowed its amoral realpolitik to suppress truth and decency throughout its history.
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