Chavez says Colombia seeks war with Venezuela

rockdoc123 · Light Sweet Crude Joined: May 16, 2005 Posts: 1667

after 10 tries at posting a reply I am giving up.

The accusation against Uribe was made in 2001 and was denied (he wasn't even in the country then) and this has been described by the US as propaganda.

There are a host of reports coming from former FARC members who indicate the links between Venezuela and trafficking.

I'd love to post all that but this thread appears not to want me to.

I have many many friends in Bogota all of whom are thankful for the improvements in their situation under the current govt.

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7212

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7212

mos6507 · Fusion Joined: Aug 03, 2007 Posts: 3106

The bottom line is if you want the moral high ground in the soap opera of international fingerpointing, you better keep your nose clean, otherwise you are nothing more than a hypocrite (a hypocrite with a different ideology from the US, but a hypocrite nonetheless).

Despite the fact that Chavez was elected, he is well on his way to transforming his country into Cuba-style communism. So maybe it would be devoid of US influence, but I hardly think that is going to turn out to be the paradise he thinks it can be.

rockdoc123 · Light Sweet Crude Joined: May 16, 2005 Posts: 1667

charliebrownout · Heavy Crude Joined: Apr 17, 2008 Posts: 195

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7212

Okay....testing. You can substitute an "n" for the star symbol.

*arco *ews. Maybe it goes through. Maybe not

Good, it went through. Now I'm going to post using the real words. If it doesn't show up within the next 60 seconds, it didn't go through

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7212

Narco news. Okay, it went through. Let's try a combo and see if it works, below.

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7212

chavez venezuela "narco news" uribe drug trade Snow White and the seven little cocaine addicts.

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7212

Working now. Could have been a glitch all along. Now back to our regular programming.

pana_burda

threadbear · Expert Joined: Jan 22, 2005 Posts: 7212

Cid_Yama

The host of peakoil.com does not recognize certain characters unique to certain spanish words(also german words), just as if it was in chinese, japanese or cyrillic characters. Usually they are over the vowels. That is what it is not recognizing, it's not censoring words.(that's the job of the monitors)
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In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell

Cid_Yama

21st century socialism is not communism(certainly not soviet-style pseudo-communism).

The main difference between Western Capitalism and 21st Century Socialism is wealth accumulation vs. providing for the people.

With Capitalism, the a priori is competition; there are winners and losers, and if you lost, why should you get anything or "winner take all". (And all played out on an uneven playing field)

(I'm of course, being generous. In reality, TPTB fleece everyone else to the last penny they can get without triggering a revolution.)

With Socialism the a priori is sharing; everyone should be guaranteed food, clothing, shelter, education, freedom from slavery.

Which system would you rather live under?
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In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
- George Orwell

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