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aplusplusplusAug 4, 2010Submitter
The headline should be "Hugo Chávez is bats**t insane." My bad. :-/
cusomanAug 4, 2010
Damn, you ruined it for me... I thought the article was about Hugo Chavez's insane bats**t. That would be some weird stuff, there...
aronwyrthAug 4, 2010
Guano loco.
bryceman111Aug 4, 2010
http://www.zuguide.com/image/Jim-Carrey-Ace-Ventura-When-Nature-Calls.jpg
abram730Aug 4, 2010
Headline should be "Christopher Hitchens is bats**t insane"
felipheAug 4, 2010
Chávez le dice a Jaimito tus eres el de los cuentos? no mi comandante yo soy el de los chistes, el de los cuentos es usted!
Closed AccountAug 4, 2010
I can't really understand what you are saying, but from the word "Chavez" and "usted", I'm guessing you don't like him, am I right?
jonmlmAug 4, 2010
google translated as: Louie Chavez tells you the of your stories? no sir I am the jokes, the stories of you!
orvtechAug 4, 2010
Translation: "Chavez tells Jaimito, Are you the one of tho stories? at which jaimito answer.. No my comandante I am the one fromt he jokes, you are the one of the stories".
PD: in Venezuela "cuentos" can mean stories or lies.
piieerrrreeAug 4, 2010
So his comment says that Hitchens is the crazy one?
seltaeb4Aug 4, 2010
Christopher Hitchens is just tripping through the DTs again.
jezsikAug 4, 2010
I think Hitchens is awesome, but he just phoned it in on this one.
plagueponyAug 4, 2010
He Probably needs to throw down some detection then, or an EMP.
abram730Aug 4, 2010
Hitchens is neocon trash
jonmlmAug 4, 2010
hitchens isn't really one to judge. and nothing in his article is really bats**t insane. we're on the internet, damn it. bats**t insane is pretty easy to find.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
dadumtishAug 4, 2010
He must be insane. Why does he not want to be a puppet of the american government?
orvtechAug 4, 2010
You are totally right... since he sells all the oil to venezuela to usa, and import a lot from usa. the anty yanki speach totally makes sence. also... with record high prices of oil and more pooverty in venezuela it is a living proof that the CIA is behind this and not him getting rich like fidel.
-Un venezolano arrecho.
kettekAug 4, 2010
Primary trade partner in their export of oil is to China, so I doubt he's really hurting for personal wealth, but they still export a decent percentage to the US despite our imperialism.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
spinningheadAug 4, 2010
Dude, Im very far left (by US standards) and Chavez is no different from Castro. They both use idealist rhetoric just to hang on to power. There is nothing liberal about shutting down dissenters.
dharmajunkieAug 4, 2010
Didn't he watch the news what we did to Sadam because we wouldn't let our corporations come and take over???
thereyagoAug 4, 2010
wow what kind of crazy south american leader would object to the Monroe Doctrine?
/s
benroyAug 4, 2010
This is how zombie outbreaks start. Chávez must be stopped.
clevercommenterAug 4, 2010
Hugo Chávez's WHAT?
amoludareAug 4, 2010
So, did he f**k the corpse or not?
mandraqueAug 4, 2010
Hitchens is a tasteful man, I'm pretty sure it was implied, without the need for the grotesque details.
rspawnAug 9, 2010
Implied but obviously not true, in characteristic right-wing hit piece style.
mandraqueAug 9, 2010
are you beyond stupid?
astitiousAug 4, 2010
Christopher Hitchens just wants more war.
ubernickAug 4, 2010
Not sure why you're being buried into oblivion. I love Hitchen's writing with its raw wit and revealing, unrestrained criticism. But the dude's a scary-fundy-ass war mongered. He pretty much advocates for the nuclear holocaust of all non-Western nations [citation needed], and is in bed with the same right-wing fundy brown-person-hating Christians that he criticizes.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
joglebyAug 4, 2010
I thought the article was going to be about Hugo Chávez having sex with a corpse.
Closed AccountAug 4, 2010
Me, too. Busted out the Jergens for nothing.
stiflsunAug 4, 2010
Does Chávez plan to clone Simón Bolívar?
blaidenAug 4, 2010
Isn't it obvious? But not just one clone, oh no. He's growing a whole ARMY (caps added for emphasis) of Simon Bolivars to sweep north and crush the yankee empire.
His plan will be foiled, of course, when the army of cloned Brett Farves utterly annihilates them.
neville007Aug 4, 2010
Nope. He plans to bone Simón Bolívar.
captininsanityAug 4, 2010
Also uneducated, he tries to be socialist, but he doesn't actually learn any economics. He's ignorant.
orvtechAug 4, 2010
thats not socialism it is 'State Capitalism'
captininsanityAug 4, 2010
It's not socialism, its a clusterf**k...
kettekAug 4, 2010
Not a conservative or freeper, but dumb ass activist celebs never fail to make me groan.
Sean Penn has warm relations with Chavez and was trying desperately to make him not sound insane by dropping conversational lifelines when talking to Hitchens and Brinkley.
zymophidethAug 4, 2010
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csxtrainwreckAug 4, 2010
Agreed. I was expecting Penn to start making excuses. He's probably just happy to have a buddy who is the leader of a nation and chalks all the s**t he talks as simply having a buddy who likes conspiracy theories.
"I WENT to Venezuela"
fifteenstepperAug 4, 2010
You definitely a word out.
brooks007Aug 4, 2010
"Yanqui flag is flying straight out. So, is there wind on the moon?"
No idiot it means there was a pole in the flag to hold it straight out…. and you spelled Yankee wrong.
elbeardeAug 4, 2010
No he didn't - yanqui is the phonetic Spanish spelling.
heliumflashAug 4, 2010
We don't spell jalapeno "halapenyo"
ameztoyAug 5, 2010
We don't spell jalapeño "jalapeno" either
zombie210Aug 4, 2010
I would say ignorant and uneducated more than insane, I have meet plenty of people in north america who believe in things just as crazy like "the moon landing hoax" and "the bush family with the bin ladens planned 9/11"
skywiseAug 4, 2010
You mean like Van Jones?
zymophidethAug 4, 2010
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heliumflashAug 4, 2010
I think the fact that he unearthed a 200 year old skeleton and thinks that he's the living reincarnate of said skeleton puts him on the insane end of the spectrum.
zombie210Aug 5, 2010
Well, in that case the million or so Buddhists and Hindus who believe in reincarnation are insane too?
mrnaturalAug 4, 2010
This definitely says more about Hitchins than Chavez. A liberal that is willing to tell the truth about these nutjobs without fear of recrimination. I hope Christopher beats cancer and keeps sending us these incisive articles about the worlds assh**es!
staticneuronAug 4, 2010
If you think "liberals" don't truthfully speak their minds about any subject due to fear, then you haven't really spoken to a real liberal. I haven't met one yet, whose actions are driven by an irrational fear.
mrnaturalAug 4, 2010
They are motivated by fear of reproach from their own ilk, not anything irrational. Kind of like why you don't see many SUVs in West Hollywood, where most drive Prius.
BTW how the f**k do you know who I talk to?
staticneuronAug 4, 2010
Just smelt some bulls**t and decided to call you on it. What the f**k does "SUV's" and "Prius's" Have to do with being liberal?
mrnaturalAug 4, 2010
Come on, don't tell me you are that far out of touch. Most West Hollywood libs are thinly disguised Earth Firsters. I drive an SUV around the LA area regularly and I plainly see looks of scorn from from those driving hybrids. Of course they don't much care for my Confederate battle flag sticker on the back bumper either! Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
spinningheadAug 4, 2010
I'm from the south and I would think you're a douche for driving an SUV with a rebel flag on it too. Read "Company Aytch" one day.
Conservatives tend to fall into lock-step as is implied by their name. Liberals constantly fight with one another.
mrnaturalAug 4, 2010
@Spin It was a joke dude. Irony you know? And to correct my earlier post I should have more properly said West LA not West Hollywood. Most of the gays there ride bicycles...
Believe me I'm not in lockstep with anyone but I'm definitely no lib!Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
rworneAug 4, 2010
@staticneuron
In Los Angeles, status is everything and a car is a great way of showing it. Having a Prius, shopping at Whole Foods, etc. means you are "greener" than your neighbors and therefore care more about the environment.
These people tend to be overwhelmingly liberal. The ones totally off the deep end are the ones with 20-30 "cause" bumper stickers plastered over the back of the vehicle. Those that don't usually have just a single white Apple logo sticker.
staticneuronAug 4, 2010
Lol, sorry dude I am on the east cost, I might move to the west coast later, so I wasn't aware. I consider myself somewhat liberal but I definitely don't buy into the green movement.
eaglered00Aug 4, 2010
I don't know if i'd consider him a liberal. Christopher Hitchens has never had any trouble speaking his mind though
mrnaturalAug 4, 2010
Hitchins considers himself a liberal. I've heard him say as much on Chris Matthews show (who is his close friend, or was). I even sort of ignored him for a long time until I really started to listen to what he was saying.
abram730Aug 4, 2010
Christopher Hitchens death will make the world a better place.
ubernickAug 4, 2010
He's pretty much a neo-con, albeit strangely sans Christian. Was pro-Bush torture until they water boarded him (voluntarily). He's a amazingly sharp and critical writing, absolutely blasting a lot of folks who clearly deserve it. His insight and journalism makes the world a better place, even if, as a person, he leaves a lot to be desired.
jigorokanoAug 4, 2010
There's more difference between Hitchins and most liberals than there is between the GOP and DNC.
mrnaturalAug 4, 2010
There is a new phenomenon at work. Not everybody can be categorized as Republican or Democrat, Liberal or Conservative. We have a new generation of independent thinkers who don't so easily fit your idealogical molds. Hitchens is one of these, I consider myself to be one and more appear every day. The "new" independents don't get their due because people cannot categorize them or handily lump them together.
Get used to it.
Oh yeah, elect no incumbents!
heliumflashAug 4, 2010
Didn't Hitchens once consider himself a Marxist? He isn't anymore, but he's still pretty liberal.
And supporting Bush's torture doesn't make anyone a neo-con.
chiwireAug 4, 2010
and yet, he has won 13 of the last 12 elections here in Venezuela, and the one he did loose, it was merely by something like 10000 votes or something like that.
Every single pool taken about the restoration of Bolivar corpse taken here in Venezuela said most people approved what they did.
seems also funny that the article fails to denote the fact that both BBC and Discovery Channel had representatives during the whole thing. what the government is actually trying to do was find a more suitable environment for the bones so they wouldn't disintegrate and turn into dust within the next few years. if it had been, lets say, some mummy in Egypt it would have been science, but hey, its Hugo "loco" Chavez doing in Venezuela and since he doesn't like the american criminal foreign policy, well, is which-craft or whatever you wanna call it.
Also, what you don't get from the article is the fact that Bolivar remains were covered with a Venezuelan flag that had a beautiful tag saying "Made In England" and hey, wanting to have the greatest hero of our country covered with an actual Venezuelan (made by Venezuelans) flag seems to be a crime because is bogeyman hugo chavez doing it.
But yeah, keep calling him crazy, insane, commie, terrorist. that fact that 60% of the population STILL approves his government and would vote the guy for president AGAIN in 2012 doesn't count for s**t. the US needs a puppet here ASAP because letting some "crazy" dude use the largest oil reserves in the world to feed his own people is just crazy.
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029aAug 4, 2010
Get your head out of your ass. Venezuela is a failure despite its oil riches.
Or if you're just afraid you'll get shot if you speak the truth, I'm sorry for you.
chiwireAug 4, 2010
such a compelling arguments against my post. I take it all back! /s
realcoolguy9022Aug 4, 2010
It's very telling when a country can have oil riches, yet have rolling brownouts constantly. There's a reason people keep harping on the fact that socialism and central planning lead to shortages.
mandraqueAug 4, 2010
Sure he won. And I bet you think Uribe is the devil too?
jcnesAug 4, 2010
I don't think it was the exhumation of Bolivar's remains that Hitchens took issue with, but with the crazy proclamations Chavez made about it. From the article:
I had some doubts, but after seeing his remains, my heart said, "Yes, it is me." Father, is that you, or who are you? The answer: "It is me, but I awaken every hundred years when the people awaken."
Out of curiousity, which poll are you referring to where 60% of the population approves of him? I'd be interested to see its source. I'm not being sarcastic. I only ask because most of the online comments I read from actual Venezuelans and people from neighboring countries seem to be universally negative.
jimboredfordAug 4, 2010
Sorry, maybe I missed it, but why is Sean Penn there? Is he just friends with Hugo Chavez? If so, how does that happen?
spinningheadAug 4, 2010
Hes just there because you can still smoke in bars in Venezuela.
zymophidethAug 4, 2010
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jmrocketAug 4, 2010
He's a communist, what do you expect?. Communism is one of the most perverse manipulations ever created. It appeals to the poorest, the neediest, and for a few crumbs (bread on their table, a not necessarily useful nor rewarding job, etc) convinces them to submit themselves to this domination ideology, to become slaves of the state in every way imaginable. It also appeals to their envy and hatred for those who were luckier, smarter or more talented than they are.
The only actual winners are the "revolutionaries" (the new oligarchy), the new state, which now controls ALL the means of production, and the people's minds.
The US hasn't know how to fight this evil. Sadly, it's only made it stronger in places like Cuba, North Korea and now Venezuela and Bolivia.
Keep a close eye on Mexico, a communist might rise to power in 2012.
carldubAug 4, 2010
Sean Penn a friend of a nut case--sure, he's not that bright either. I'm surprised Tom Cruse wasn't along.
mrnaturalAug 4, 2010
Tom could have given him a therapeutic back rub!
rat_manAug 4, 2010
Takes one to know one in Hitchen's case.
theredsea00Aug 4, 2010
Extremist movements are needed to restore balance.
Dictatorships masquerading as communism or socialism show the far right that if they steal too much, and push too hard, popular sentiment could shift toward the other extreme.
You need me on that wall.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
thereyagoAug 4, 2010
The fact that Hitchens in incredulous about his objections to the Monroe Doctrine pretty much undermines this article. If crazy is measured by how much someone agrees with you that is a pretty poor measurement. There is a lot of evidence that the CIA has worked against Chavez for years. While I certainly wouldn't like to see Hugo Chavez as leader of all south america, the fact that he went for the vote to be president for life and then lost the vote shows that democracy is still functioning. I hate to say it but apparently democracy sometimes ends up with leaders that don't agree with your country's aims. That doesn't make them crazy and it certainly doesn't make them a dictator. The whole gossipy guilt by association thing Hitchens continually does ( in this case to Sean Penn) makes me wonder how anyone can stand taking to him. Just another preening courtier shmoozing through washington with occasional fieldtrips to report back to his friends that they are perfectly justified and since the grammer is perfect they must be right and since he is british the whole world must agree. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ermac88Aug 4, 2010
I find that Hitchens overwhelmingly tows the status quo agenda. He was in support of invading Iraq and generally meddling in the middle East.
Foremost its hardly a constructive dialogue to question the mental health of a political leader particularly when the impetus is so clearly not objectiveComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
cynicaltylerAug 4, 2010
Is the agenda really so big it has to be towed? And where is he taking it anyway? These are the questions of our times.
csxtrainwreckAug 4, 2010
Any thoughts about the article? Or are you just putting the same comment in every Hitchens thread? Staying on topic is a sign of intelligence.
ermac88Aug 4, 2010
I've never commented in any thread about Hitchens. I actually find him quite entertaining.
Regarding this particular editorial, there's nothing really to say on it, it was an uninsightful, irreverent opinion piece.
dieindiggAug 4, 2010
Is Hugo in the special olympics?
boner79Aug 4, 2010
this doesn't bode well for Oliver Stone
SenorPeligroAug 4, 2010
I was very sad the movie Hitch was about someone else.
SenorPeligroAug 4, 2010
We should dig up Lincoln
mrnaturalAug 4, 2010
I think Hitchens would be tremendously amused at the speculation and discussion of him and his politics. Go read this article from Vanity Fair about his illness and learn some more about the man...http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/09/hitchens-201009