December 3, 2007
Venezuelan Strongman Throws Hissy Fit - the Rest of the Story
This is by way of an update to our previous post, Venezuelan Strongman Throws Hissy Fit.
As most of you know by now, in an amazing and joyous slap in the face of the pudgy premier, the voters of Venezuela appear to have actually turned down Oogo Chavez's bid to become El Presidente for Life... and the concomitant bid to consolodate all governmental power within his bloated fist:
Voters in this country narrowly defeated a proposed overhaul to the constitution in a contentious referendum over granting President Hugo Chávez sweeping new powers, the Election Commission announced early Monday.
An opposition group celebrated after the referendum. Venezuela had remained on edge since polls closed Sunday afternoon and the wait for results began. More Photos >
It was the first major electoral defeat in the nine years of his presidency. Voters rejected the 69 proposed amendments 51 to 49 percent.
I say "appears to have" because with Oogo, you never know for sure; he could do an about-face tomorrow, declare a recount, and pronounce that the recount showed he had really won... once the Election Commission (controlled by Chavez) and the Supreme Court (controlled by Chavez) rejected a few tens of thousands of "fraudulent" ballots cast by traitors and American dupes.
He has already threatened to cut off our oil supply if we "interfered" with the anti-constitutional election; and of course, interference is clearly "proven" by Chavez's loss. This is, however, a particularly feeble punishment, considering that oil is basically fungible: If Venezuela sells the U.S. less oil, instead selling to China, then other members of OPEC on the world oil market will (necessarily) be selling less to China by that same amount -- and will happily sell it to us to make up the difference.
Of course, we could simply bypass all the malarky by drilling for our own oil in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Santa Barbara, and yes, even in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR); that would yield more oil per year than we currently get from Venezuela.
If only the Democrats would deign to let us use our own oil, rather than forcing us to buy from Wahabbis and Venezuelan communists. If you don't want to be paying $5 - $6 a gallon for gasoline -- then vote Republican.
Hatched by Dafydd on this day, December 3, 2007, at the time of 3:41 AM
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The following hissed in response by: hunter
Well said.
IF, as I am guessing, the climate hysteria passes in the next year or so, the blowback on democrats who have been the primary promoters of apocalyptic glaobal warming, will be substantial.
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at December 3, 2007 7:57 AM
The following hissed in response by: Geoman
Sheesh. Chavez couldn't steal enough votes to declare himself dictator for life.
Energy independence in 20 years. What candidate for p[resident has been going around saying that...and is rising steadily in the polls
The above hissed in response by: Geoman at December 3, 2007 9:46 AM
The following hissed in response by: Geoman
Sheesh. Chavez couldn't steal enough votes to declare himself dictator for life.
Energy independence in 20 years. What candidate for p[resident has been going around saying that...and is rising steadily in the polls
The above hissed in response by: Geoman at December 3, 2007 9:46 AM
The following hissed in response by: Steven Den Beste
"Saying it" is easy. "Doing it" is grotesquely difficult. It isn't going to happen.
The above hissed in response by: Steven Den Beste at December 3, 2007 9:54 AM
The following hissed in response by: Terrye
This is a good thing.
The above hissed in response by: Terrye at December 3, 2007 1:43 PM
The following hissed in response by: john Ryan
When I saw Chavez on TV after the vote he did not appear to be having a hissy fit. Could you post a link showing him having a hissy fit ??
The above hissed in response by: john Ryan at December 4, 2007 9:05 AM
The following hissed in response by: john Ryan
Also time to update your graph of the US war dead you are 15% behind. I believe that the last 500 war dead should be both counted and honored. Do you ?
The above hissed in response by: john Ryan at December 4, 2007 9:08 AM
The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh
john Ryan:
Also time to update your graph of the US war dead you are 15% behind. I believe that the last 500 war dead should be both counted and honored. Do you ?
No. I hate our soldiers, as everyone here knows, and go out of my way to dishonor them every chance I get.
Do you always ask questions like this?
Dafydd
The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh at December 4, 2007 6:55 PM
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