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Caribbean-Latin America
BREAKING: Venezuela gives initial approval to Chavez Powers dictatorship
2007-01-31
Rushing to be like ZimBOBwe are we?
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan lawmakers voting in the Reichstag on Wednesday gave initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree for 18 months, saying the measure should be called an "enabling law."
I call it "voting" for a dictatorship, but I'm no Rooters reporter, so whadda I know?
Posted by:BA

#4  Well, he wuz elected fairly, sez Jimmah, and he iz a man o' peace, so its gotta be tee-rue.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-01-31 23:29  

#3  Since Chavez now has the power to rule by decree, what's stopping him from decreeing that he is now and forecermore heriditary dictator-for-life with the power to rule by decree in perpetuity?

Some people are just so stupid it boggles the mind.

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2007-01-31 15:20  

#2  Enabling Law: right out of the Nazi playbook...couldn't even come up with their own title.
Posted by: RexMundi   2007-01-31 14:06  

#1  And 18 months will become 2 years. And 2 years will become 5 years. And then...el presidente for life, anybody? This was all depressingly predictable. And the real pisser is that the left will defend him the whole way.
Posted by: Jonathan   2007-01-31 13:26  

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