A must-read, not just for anyone who’s been brainwashed by the US media’s depiction of Venezuela but for those of us who’ve made a conscious effort to resist it as well.
I’m always dismayed that no matter how hard I work to keep the propaganda out of my brain, on topic after topic, pockets of it still fester beneath the surface. It shows that disinformation really does work; despite your best efforts, if you spend every day in the rain, you’re going to get wet.
The Distant Ocean 
you don’t have to swallow the MSM’s hysteria about chavez to know that he’s another leftist-statist-corporatist with a personality cult.
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Ah, good to see the old libertarianism is still kicking.
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“Ah, good to see the old libertarianism is still kicking.”
ah, good to see the viagra is working for the old rhetorical legerdemain.
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I admit, the Viagra made me say it. I especially like the pairing of “leftist” and “corporatist.”
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Ah, if only Chavez were a rightist-statist-corporatist with a personality cult. Then America would press him to its bosom.
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