The last few days we have seen the entire right go on about Obama shaking hands with Hugo Chavez and Chavez giving a book to our President. Even today wingnut talking points author Matt Drudge is still pushing the story: And what has all this publicity done for the Venezuelan leader? One of the biggest […]
If we are tritely facing “world war 3”, then this should indicate the battle lines that are being drawn. All of this has occurred over the last week. 1. Putin plan to shut out US oil giants President Vladimir Putin is set to keep US oil companies out of a lucrative gas field in the […]
The White House has come out and attacked Pat Robertson over his comments yesterday on the stroke of Ariel Sharon: The White House sharply criticized Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson on Friday for suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s stroke was divine punishment for “dividing God’s land.” “Those comments are wholly inappropriate and offensive and […]
From ABC News Australia Blame Bush if anything happens to me: Chavez Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says President George W Bush would be to blame if anything happened to him, after an American evangelist said the US should assassinate the democratically-elected, leftist leader. Mr Chavez, a former soldier who often accuses the United States of […]
From theBBC US evangelical seeks Chavez talks A senior representative of America’s evangelical Christians is to make an attempt to set up a meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The Rev Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, wants to distance American Christians from the remarks of a tele-evangelist. Pat Robertson earlier this […]
Good old Pat Robertson called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (see this ap article). Pretty chilling coming from someone who is considered a religious leader. True this same “leader” also was holding prayer vigils for the vacancies of Supreme Court Justices, which would either mean deteriorating health or death. Venezuela’s vice-President has […]
Via the BBC: Chavez makes US oil export threat BBC Oil exports to the US could stop amid growing tensions between the two countries, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said. He described recent US government actions as “aggressive” in a speech at a youth festival in Caracas. As a result, Venezuelan oil “instead of […]
While we are fighting a war in Iraq and a war on terror, we often forget about the other war that has been going on longer than those two combined. That is the war on drugs. This week it has taken a turn for the worse with a break down in diplomatic relations involving one […]