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Caribbean-Latin America
Chavez greeted warmly at Harlem event
2006-09-22
NEW YORK - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with Harlem's underprivileged on Thursday to tout a discounted heating oil program, a day after he triggered an uproar with his speech at the United Nations attacking President Bush. It was Chavez's second trip to New York. But while his visit to the Bronx last year passed largely unnoticed, Harlem was teeming with U.S. media on Thursday in the wake of Chavez's now-infamous United Nations reference to Bush as "the devil."

Chavez didn't moderate his tone on Thursday, saying of Bush, "He's an alcoholic and a sick man."

Chavez had few allies after his U.N. speech. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, one of Bush's sharpest critics, called the Venezuelan leader "an everyday thug." Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., who represents Harlem, said in videotaped comments: "We resent the fact that he would come to the United States and criticize President Bush. ... You don't come into my country, you don't come into my congressional district, and you don't condemn my president."
Posted by:Fred

#11  I hope people are reading beyond his insults to Bush. This is not just about Bush. It is about bring down America's economic power throughout the world. In his rant, he mentioned that the "empire" will be destroyed by the end of this century. At home, destroying America is the cornerstone of his speech.
Posted by: TMH   2006-09-22 20:33  

#10  :>
Posted by: 6   2006-09-22 18:48  

#9  I was with Glover at a movie shoot a couple of weeks ago. They are going to use our remote weapon system in the film. Didn't talk to the man. But he did happen to walk in front of the system and I did track him in the crosshairs. No weapon on the system at the time, but it did give me a warm feeling. I saw him on TV say that "Hugo is my brother". Commie scuz bag.
Posted by: remoteman   2006-09-22 17:10  

#8  Lincoln once said that if America was ever to be destroyed, it would be from the enemy within, not from without. Glover and his ilk are a case in point. They are ENEMIES of the United States, and ought to be considered as such.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-22 11:14  

#7  Visionary? More like delusional. Bunch of them seeing the same hallucination at the same time.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-09-22 11:12  

#6  Actor Danny Glover introduced Chavez as "a very visionary man".

Sure, Hugo, I'll show you around. Not like I'm doing much these days...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-09-22 08:30  

#5  Chavez keeps saying that the US is trying to depose him or kill him. If the US were trying to do that, why would he still be alive? Surely anyone but him would see that.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2006-09-22 07:07  

#4  I'm warming up to the idea.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-09-22 06:21  

#3  Oh man, I don't even know where to begin! A target rich environment for snarking if there ever was one! Perhaps there should be a contest, and this article could be used as bait . . . . :-)
Posted by: gorb   2006-09-22 02:29  

#2  Heating oil = NOT NUKES??? FREEREPUBLIC.com > YONHAP NEW > Richard Armitage = NORTH KOREA MIGHT conduct a nuclear test within a year or less; WND.com > Egypt's Mubarak = Egypt wants nuclear energy; ZAMANINTERNATIONAL.com > US planning war scenarios against Iran starting on or after October 1st, 2006; NERI > Iran to conduct nuclear weapon test in a year or less.
LOOK LIKE HUGO IS THE ONLY ONE THREATENING DUBYA + ATTACK AMERICA = AMERIKA WID HEATING OIL!?
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-09-22 02:08  

#1  Heating oil. Warmly. I geddit.
Posted by: Fleasing Unomosh2048   2006-09-22 00:39  

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