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Chavez waves Chomsky book says Bush going to kill him
2006-09-24
VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez accused his American counterpart George W. Bush overnight of ordering his assassination for calling the US leader the devil during his speech at the United Nations this week.
You just can't make this stuff up. I'm sorry USA that you have this raving loon near your nether regions
"The devil appears very sulphurous, and a few people say that he has given the order to kill me," Chavez said during a speech before scientists in western Venezuela. "Many concerned friends have called me, (saying) that because I said 'devil' over there (at the UN), they have sentenced me to die. They will not kill me, I have much faith in life," Mr Chavez added.
The brave man waving words at people he knows actually won't kill him. If he really thought that he'd be in hiding
The leftist Venezuelan leader called Mr Bush "the devil", "a liar" and a "tyrant" during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, one day after the US President spoke from the same podium.
it's good to wave your sword at people who won't strike back, makes you look strong
Mr Chavez again showed a copy of Hegemony or Survival overnight, a book by US academic Noam Chomsky that he had first held up during his address to the UN assembly.
Now see the damage done by the fifth column
He said he had to wash the book "with holy water because I put it in the same place that the devil put his papers."
Oh please this ia an international statesman? What do Venezuelans think of this git? Are they this backward?
A fair number of them are afraid.

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Posted by:anon1

#15  Oliver Stone has yet another script for his new project -Chavez-Moud had Dubya whacked like Fidel had JFK whacked for trying to whack him ala JFK.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-09-24 21:21  

#14  Chomsky's prose is hard to follow and make sense of for someone like me, a reasonably literate native English speaker.

Chomsky's prose is gibberish, presented to the gullible as high intellect. I cannot imagine his spewings being any more understandable in Spanish.

The woman is obviously trying to keep from laughing out loud at this twit waving the book around.

What in hell is happening in the world? It is as if there has been the release of some contagion that causes insanity. Isn't there some brave soul in Venezuela willing to stick a blade between this guys ribs?
Posted by: Texas Redneck   2006-09-24 15:41  

#13  
Posted by: Texas Redneck   2006-09-24 15:31  

#12  Look on the bright side. A few more episodes like this at the UN funhouse, and it's pack up your suitcases and head off to Vienna, Austria, you UN thugs and clowns.
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-09-24 13:58  

#11  Well at least he makes Castro look like a class act.
Posted by: Slomoth Crase9540   2006-09-24 12:10  

#10  I would expect Chomsky spanish sales to be higher than English.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-09-24 11:36  

#9  docob - she was laughing at him. Pretty obviously
Posted by: Frank G   2006-09-24 11:29  

#8  It's been printed in Spanish. Other photos have a close-up of the cover.
Posted by: Pappy   2006-09-24 11:17  

#7  Nobody is pointing out the obvious here. Chomsky's prose is hard to follow and make sense of for someone like me, a reasonably literate native English speaker.

Chavez speaks limited english. Ergo he has never read the book he is waving.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-09-24 09:44  

#6  Above seated in the row directly behind is a woman openly sniggering into her hand as he rants.

She's not sniggering in deprecation -- she's laughing in appreciation and approval of his statements.
Posted by: docob   2006-09-24 09:37  

#5  This photo rock. Here he is complaining the RB daily is not in spanish and does not have enough pictures.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-09-24 08:42  

#4  Yes he is a puppet. Venezuela is a hugely Christian society, and the leader is in bed with Islam. Go figure...
Posted by: Joe of the Jungle   2006-09-24 07:08  

#3  The smell you smell mr shithead is adminijihad. If you read chomsky, your mind is already lost. You are an idiot leader. It is amazing how childish you all act. Hopefully Americans have seen what the President has to deal with on a daily basis.What a stupified world. God should wipe you all out just for having such stupid kings. Everyone in the UN is more stupid for listening and laughing at what you said Bendiego. Poopeyhead.
Posted by: newc   2006-09-24 07:03  

#2  Tell Hugo to stop listening to Al Gore. He's not credible.
Posted by: Super Hose   2006-09-24 01:21  

#1  There is a very funny vertical crop of this picture of Chavez pointing at the book.

Above seated in the row directly behind is a woman openly sniggering into her hand as he rants.

Oh please see if you can paste that picture up! It's on either Tim Blair online or LGF I forget.
Posted by: anon1   2006-09-24 00:22  

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