More on Tyranny of the mob in Venezuela
From Jungle Mom: Today was one of those days in which the lack of scruples of the Chavez revolution and their total control of institutions is used to limit freedom and liberties and not much happens. Being Friday, the events today simply will dissipate the student movement, which was simply trumped up by the Government and its institutions and fell for the Government's strategy.The students had decided yesterday, more than 24 hours before the fact, that they would march from El Paraiso to the National Assembly to demand an apology from the Assembly leaders. In good faith they asked for the permits, organized themselves and were ready to go, only to find that the permits were not approved, because the students did not know the detailed procedures and the Mayor of Libertador District, oh shucks, could not grant them the permit if all the i's and t's were dotted. Thus, their basic rights were denied by the same bureaucrats that allow pro-Chavez marches on the spur of the moment, such as the one on Tuesday that was allowed to march all the way to the Presdiential Palace under the escort of the metropolitan police and the National Guard.Early one, it already looked unlikely that the marchers will get to the National Assembly.
Chavista thugs in motorcycles showed at a Plaza La India in El Paraiso ready to threaten under the claim that first of all, Plaza La India was their territory and second of all they would not allow a march to destabilize their revolution. Of course, these thugs had no permit either, nor did the thousands of red-shirted Chavze supporters scattered around downtown Caracas ready to protect their revolution.Read more at The Devil's Excrement
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Have you heard of this Venezuela/Iran connection involving one of the JFK plotters?
http://tammybruce.com/2007/06/ny_airport_terror_plot.php
Serendip: All of a sudden it makes sense why the two presidents are thick as thieves! They use exactly the same methods for suppressing opposition and shutting up any protests. Thugs on motorcycles--sounds so familiar! Refusing to issue permits for protestors and letting their opposition protest without permits! They seem to be teaching each other what has worked for them in the past. Shame on them, but those who believe in true causes must not despair. Events take their own time to shape. They cannot be rushed or stopped. Nations sober up and act appropriately in due time, I believe. Hopefully, when faced with the same choices, their wisdom will lead them to make better decisions. In my opinion, democracies are not pills you take at night to wake up to in the morning. They take time, but every step, every millimetric increment that is achieved forward, is not erasable, nor retreatable. We will have to resign to not seeing those major changes in our lifetime (and that is hard and painful to accept), but they will happen. Honor will belong to nations that try, and shame will follow leaders who choose power over responsibility. Sorry for the long message. Is Jungle Mom out of there yet? I hope she is safe. Be good Serendip Jan.
Nazy, no, not yet. Very soon. Not too many Americans left and I think soon we will all have to leave.
Here, the Chavéz TV.
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