Hugo Chavez is the new darling of the political left in America. Now that Castro is on his last legs, they've embraced Senor Chavez as they have no other dictator since Daniel Ortega. Despite (or maybe because of) Chavez' well-known affiliation with Iranian puppet Ahmedinejad, the left has grown ever closer to Venezuelan despot.
The left has become morally bankrupt by allowing themselves to be co-opted into this coalition of oppressors--Ahmedinejad's declaration that their are "no homosexuals" in Iran while speaking at Harvard was by far the most chilling statement uttered this year. This is the guy who the new Castro is cozying up to.
Human rights in Venezuela have been on a precipitous downward slide since Chavez was elected including quashing the freedom of speech, protest and alternative political ideas. In essence, he has created the new Soviet-style state except he has exploited his natural resources to the full extent including fattening his coffers with oil money. Something that--thankfully--the Soviets were never able to accomplish due to the fatal flaw inherent in socialism/communism--freedom to create products and services for profit.
While Hollywood elites such as Danny Glover, Kevin Spacey and Sean Penn kiss Chavez' ring, a woman who knows the oppression of socialism has taken a gutsy and contrarian stand--Maria Conchita Alonso. The actress has been quite outspoken about the curtailing of basic human rights in the South American nation and will face the inevitable backlash by the Hollywood establishment because she has done so. I would go so far as to label it a brave stand as anyone who puts their career and future earnings potential on the line and speaks their mind knowing that repercussions will be swift and painful deserves that label.
Ms. Alonso has been at the front of this warning that the country in which she represented as a beauty queen in her younger years has regressed into a country in which opposition to leadership is brutally suppressed. Perhaps American leftists would refer living there as opposed to the false complaints of oppression they claim are occurring here.
Update: The New York Times is nearly orgasmic about this "charing, folksy and flirtatious" leader regardless of the the fact that he is currently cracking down hard on his own population.
The left has become morally bankrupt by allowing themselves to be co-opted into this coalition of oppressors--Ahmedinejad's declaration that their are "no homosexuals" in Iran while speaking at Harvard was by far the most chilling statement uttered this year. This is the guy who the new Castro is cozying up to.
Human rights in Venezuela have been on a precipitous downward slide since Chavez was elected including quashing the freedom of speech, protest and alternative political ideas. In essence, he has created the new Soviet-style state except he has exploited his natural resources to the full extent including fattening his coffers with oil money. Something that--thankfully--the Soviets were never able to accomplish due to the fatal flaw inherent in socialism/communism--freedom to create products and services for profit.
While Hollywood elites such as Danny Glover, Kevin Spacey and Sean Penn kiss Chavez' ring, a woman who knows the oppression of socialism has taken a gutsy and contrarian stand--Maria Conchita Alonso. The actress has been quite outspoken about the curtailing of basic human rights in the South American nation and will face the inevitable backlash by the Hollywood establishment because she has done so. I would go so far as to label it a brave stand as anyone who puts their career and future earnings potential on the line and speaks their mind knowing that repercussions will be swift and painful deserves that label.
Ms. Alonso has been at the front of this warning that the country in which she represented as a beauty queen in her younger years has regressed into a country in which opposition to leadership is brutally suppressed. Perhaps American leftists would refer living there as opposed to the false complaints of oppression they claim are occurring here.
Update: The New York Times is nearly orgasmic about this "charing, folksy and flirtatious" leader regardless of the the fact that he is currently cracking down hard on his own population.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment