Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry

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FatDomDaddy -> Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 3:03:31 PM)
"During our live shot, students crowd around us, singing and chanting for liberty; most carry signs and banners." "Rocks and bottles fly. The crowd scatters as the police lunge forward. I'm staying close to the ground and behind their shields. They open rapid fire with shotguns armed with rubber bullets. Some turn their heads as the blasts continue. Pop, pop, pop, pop ... we are against the wall. I sneak out, just a bit, to get our remaining piece of gear. My mask is covering my nose and mouth, in case of tear gas. I have goggles over my eyes. Some students have their own military-style gas masks." " The students are still singing, but now they're sitting by the thousands. They will not move, and neither will the police. I also get a call; apparently the same types of clashes are taking place near the American embassy, and I am told that a local cable station will be shut down by the government tonight. Globovision is a local cable channel, like RCTV, and it's critical of the Chavez reforms. Rumor has it that the owners and main anchor will be arrested." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275912,00.html I am watching on CNN and FOX... I am amazed that there are so many ordinary common folks protesting and a huge amout of women.

selfbnd411 -> RE: Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 3:13:36 PM)
I doubt if this is really enough to stir up a successful movement to boot Chavez. What will finally do it is when Venezuela's oil revenue begins to decline and there's not enough cash to slop the hogs any longer. Both Venezuela and Bolivia are heavily reliant on crude oil and natural gas exports to finance themselves. Neither is investing the capital necessary to maintain oil production because they're using their resources as a giant credit card for the here and now. They aren't investing in the infrastructure necessary to maintain production. The state oil company is treated as another opportunity for political patronage, and they've fired/replaced most of their competent personnel. And by breaching contracts with the few companies who have been willing to help them (including American, Italian, and French firms), they stand little chance of attracting any other foreign drilling corporations to assist them. The days when any idiot could sink a well and produce oil are long gone. The easy oil has been taken, and what's left is very hard to get at. You need a Halliburton or Schlumberger or Transocean or GlobaSantaFe to help you, or you're not producing oil. Plain and simple.

juliaoceania -> RE: Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 3:20:39 PM)
Yet you barely notice when the same thing happens in your backyard... like the protests against the war in Iraq for example

luckydog1 -> RE: Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 4:45:24 PM)
Really, which anchor and media owner was arrested here?

FatDomDaddy -> RE: Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 4:55:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: juliaoceania Yet you barely notice when the same thing happens in your backyard... like the protests against the war in Iraq for example How can you not notice when the likes of ABC NBC CBS and CNN cover every two bit war protest like its Woodstock.

juliaoceania -> RE: Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 5:12:43 PM)
Because you only comment on the size and the passion of the protests that you believe in it led me to believe you had not noticed the ones in front of your own nose... my bad

FatDomDaddy -> RE: Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 6:43:06 PM)
Julia... This tin horn dictator in Venezuela that the American left seems to adore is shutting down and taking away a free press and instead of cheering on the protesters, you have to make another stab at people who support the securing of freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people.

farglebargle -> RE: Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 7:09:21 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy Julia... This tin horn dictator in Venezuela that the American left seems to adore is shutting down and taking away a free press and instead of cheering on the protesters, you have to make another stab at people who support the securing of freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people. FREE PRESS???? You do know that all broadcasters in the US must apply for, and be granted a LICENSE by the Federal Government? And those License Regulations provide for not just the revocation of that license, but up to 14 years in prison for any broadcaster who advocates the overthrow of the Government? Yeah, get back to me when there is a FREE PRESS, and MAYBE you'll have ground for complaint. FauxNews says a LOT of things, so I'm skeptical when they report "might be picked up", and people spin it as "HAVE BEEN" picked up.

Sinergy -> RE: Protests Rock Caracas, Liberty is the Rally Cry (5/30/2007 7:32:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: farglebargle quote: ORIGINAL: FatDomDaddy Julia... This tin horn dictator in Venezuela that the American left seems to adore is shutting down and taking away a free press and instead of cheering on the protesters, you have to make another stab at people who support the securing of freedom and democracy for the Iraqi people. FREE PRESS???? You do know that all broadcasters in the US must apply for, and be granted a LICENSE by the Federal Government? And those License Regulations provide for not just the revocation of that license, but up to 14 years in prison for any broadcaster who advocates the overthrow of the Government? Yeah, get back to me when there is a FREE PRESS, and MAYBE you'll have ground for complaint. FauxNews says a LOT of things, so I'm skeptical when they report "might be picked up", and people spin it as "HAVE BEEN" picked up. What farglebargle said. You do know that almost all of the media outlets in the United States are owned by right-wing industrialists and businesspeople. Rupert Murdoch for example. Free press. Snort. Let the society that is without sin cast the first stone. Sinergy

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