Venezuela Set to Shut Down Popular TV Station

Kandahar · 05-27-07, 05:21 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070527/...a_chavez_vs_tv

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"That television station became a threat to the country so I decided not to renew the license because it's my responsibility," Chavez said.

RCTV's top executive, Marcel Granier, said on a morning talk show that Chavez's action "marks a turn toward totalitarianism."

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the station's headquarters to protest the shutdown.

But no, Chavez is a man of the people, who is the best hope for freedom the world has.

Any of you Chavez apologists want to admit that you were wrong yet?

Mendacious · 05-27-07, 05:48 PM

Chavez is further consolidating his hold on power paving the way to become der fuhrer of Venezuela.

DeeJayH · 05-27-07, 07:50 PM

chapter 2 of the Castro dictator playbook, No?

ludahai · 05-27-07, 08:46 PM

I hereby move that Senor Hugo Chavez be upgraded in status from "Dictator-in-Training" to "Dictator - Third Class."

RightinNYC · 05-28-07, 07:42 AM

C'mon people, he's just trying to stop the fascist tv reporters from actively working to undermine his regime. He's doing this for the good of the nation. Everyone benefits when less people are allowed to stir up dissent, right?

SgtRock · 05-28-07, 12:15 PM

Where are all those that have aligned the Hugo Chavez. Like Danny Glover, where is that sorry *** piece of shiit. Cindy Sheehan isnt out doing damage control for her beloved Hugo.

The new channel, TVES, launched its transmissions with artists singing pro-Chavez music, then carried an exercise program and a talk show, interspersed with government ads proclaiming, "Now Venezuela belongs to everyone." everyone who's name is Hugo Chavez.

Adrian · 05-28-07, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SgtRock

Where are all those that have aligned the Hugo Chavez. Like Danny Glover, where is that sorry *** piece of shiit. Cindy Sheehan isnt out doing damage control for her beloved Hugo.

I don't think that's fair. Chavez seemed to start out as a pretty standup guy. I don't think anybody could have foreseen what a dickhead he'd turn into.

RightinNYC · 05-28-07, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Adrian

I don't think that's fair. Chavez seemed to start out as a pretty standup guy. I don't think anybody could have foreseen what a dickhead he'd turn into.

What are you talking about?

The guy became famous for staging a failed coup.

After getting out of jail, he won his first election using illegal foreign money.

After getting elected, he neglected to pay attention to flood warnings, causing the deaths of 30,000 people (like Katrina, except his fault, preventable, and much bigger.

Immediately after this, he began down his path of violent rhetoric, seizure of public property, socialization of the nation, and suppression of dissent.

The guy has been an absolute piece of **** since day one.

Adrian · 05-28-07, 12:55 PM

Oh.

All I remember were the headlines and like, the first paragraphs of the articles, where he refused to be enslaved by the big corporations. And I thought, "that's sort of a nice idea, corporations not running the country n' all." I didn't know about all that other stuff.

Ikari · 05-28-07, 12:59 PM

Taking out corporate welfare is pretty nice thing, but Chavez didn't intend on doing so for the people or to remove some amount of corruption of the government. All his actions have been towards tyranny, to cement his and the state's control over everything; thus enslaving his people. While we haven't gone so far as of yet, it's an important lesson to take in. This is the course of government, this is why small controlled government is a necessity. Allowing government to act in the ways it thinks is proper leads down roads such as this.