A Rare Political Post
Just to see if I can still ride this horse:
Well, then, now you have Pat Robertson calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. On the one hand, Robertson is a crazy old man. But he's a crazy old man with the President's ear. He's mouthing the rhetoric he hears from politicians during fundie Christian political retreats. In fact, it's leaders like Robertson who more or less set the White House's agenda. Robertson is just too much of an egomaniacal windbag to keep his mouth shut. And besides, it's not as though the United States hasn't assassinated a left-wing Latin American leader before.
Hugo Chavez is no hero. He is a danger to the interests of the U.S. government, particularly this U.S. government. But state-sponsored assassination, based on a fatwa issued by an independent cleric? So not cool.
And anti-war protesters are the ones being called extremist?
Also, in a more or less unrelated item, this is some scary stuff. Watch the video. The government continues to attack our right to party.
How'd I do?