Amazing how the AP spins this story, turning “a dictator increasing his force” into “a leader improving the nation’s security”:
President Hugo Chavez launched a federal police force on Sunday that he hopes will change the overwhelmingly negative image most Venezuelans have of their public security forces while reducing crime in one of Latin America’s most violent countries.
“We are going to defeat crime,” Chavez told uniformed cadets belonging to the newly formed National Bolivarian Police Force during his weekly television and radio show. “We are tackling one of our population’s most sensitive problems: crime prevention.”
With all the clashing colors (plus the bird), he looks like he belongs in a circus. Yet another crazy dictator…
No one rules without the consent of the majority. The many outnumber the one.
This is how Ghandi won.
I call him Melonhead.
Not to be inflammatory, but “a dictator increasing his force” is also a form of spin and bias. I can remember similar headlines, but the country was “Philippines” instead of “Venezuala” and the figurehead was “Marcos” rather than “Chavez”, the major difference being that Marcos was ostensibly Uncle Sam’s boy.
Oh my god, a Federal police force! Only socialists do that! Can you IMAGINE if Ronald Reagan allowed something like that, maybe called the “Federal” Bureau of Investigation, or U.S. Marshals, or ATF, or Secret Service?
Can you imagine the absolute impossibility of a non-socialist nation like America even going FURTHER and adding layer after layer of national cops? Just imagine WHAT IF in some crazy made up world, George W. Bush (Republican) expanded Federal government again and added YET ANOTHER Federal cop department, ominously called “Homeland Security”, which didn’t replace but was just added ONTO every existing Federal cop agency.
Of course that couldn’t happen because Republicans aren’t socialists and they hate big government so they would NEVER increase it’s size. What? This just in, I’m told every Republican president in my lifetime (since JFK) left office with MORE Federal employees, a bigger Federal budget and more powerful Federal government. Facts are a bitch. And often FUNNY!
P.S. Chavez is a joke. The most pathetic of minor league wanna-be leaders. Just ignore him.
When all is said and done, Obama will have to take refuge in Venezuela for the crimes he will commit here.
You know, half the stuff Chavez says on his show doesn’t happen because his underlings don’t have the ability or funding to make it come together the way he wants? I wouldn’t be too worried until this national police actually starts cracking down on the people.
Why is he a dictator? Unlike George Bush, he was actually elected by a (large) majority twice.
#2 This guy isn’t Ghandi. I’d say this guy is moving to “…power comes out of the barrel of gun.” A Mao thought though this guy is not a socialist either. He’s just power crazy dictator.
Why the hell are you criticizing Chavez when the Feds are taking over all state and local government police forces here in the US. Do you really think it’s any different than there? We are now part of a global crime syndicate with the Federal government acting as enforcer, knocking our heads and keeping us in line.
In other news regarding this wanker, ignored by the MSM, while at a ceremony of the opening of a new government bank made out of 3 or 4 illegally seized private banks, he declared himself a Marxist.
Just like his lover fidel did years ago. Almost as if he’s just a proxy of a cuban invasion to venezuela.
#2 Sure. It looks you know your history quite well, huh? It’s a cuban invasion, for crying out loud!
#4 Are you as misinformed now as you were then?
#8 Well, he is as useless as his minions.
#9 The fact that you can breathe with your head so deep into your ass is a mystery to me.
#10 Right on the spot. You missed the part were he’s gaining control for a foreign country.
You want to get rid of this guy? Get the price of a barrel of oil down to $35 and he will be gone in the next election he holds. If he doesn’t have the oil profits to buy off the slums, he will be run out of the country. With current oil prices he has 10-15 more years before the tremendous damage he is doing to the economy catches up with him.
Is that his Secretary of State on his shoulder?
Why do these countries have such nut jobs as leaders? Is it just a natural progression for power hungry nut jobs to aspire to rule a country?
#13 He still has enough money to buy the elections comitee. and if everything else fails, his lover in cuba told him to stop the game for good and become a full fledged dictator. Nobody will do anything against him, the same way as nobody has done a thing until now.
#14 All I can tell you is “every country has the rulers they deserve”.
I don’t understand why most Americans hate Hugo Chavez so much but have never even heard of Hu Jintao. He is popular in Venezuela, he isn’t going to invade anyone, just leave him alone.
“We are going to defeat crime,” Chavez told uniformed cadets belonging to the newly formed National Bolivarian Police Force during his weekly television and radio show. “We are tackling one of our population’s most sensitive problems: crime prevention.”
Would you please get the country right? The answer is: Venezuela.
#16 Most uninformed post of the day. Again, too bad the King Kahuna Moron award is no longer being dealt. You would have got it today.
This guy has 11 years in power and still talks as if he were in the opposition during election times.
More than 100 dead only on weekends, that’s the tally. More than 100.000 while he has been in power. Yeah, he’s popular… in cemetaries.
This is another pearl from moron chavez: “We are rationing electric power so we can provide the continuous power service venezuelan needs”
Only morons like #16 believe in the manure chavez spews.
You mean he’s, gulp, tough on crime?
Pedro,
For future reference, would you be more discouraged by:
A) Me telling you that being obnoxious does not increase your credibility.
or
B) Ignoring you.