Hugo Chavez Ratchets Up The Rhetoric

Today's the day for Venezuelans to go to the polls and decide if they want to grant dictatorial powers to leader Hugo Chavez. Chavez has pulled out all the rhetorical stops and has essentially said that a no vote to the constitutional changes would be traitorous.

One can only hope that the people of Venezuela pay heed to what this man is saying. He's aligned himself with Castro's Cuba, a nation that is in a constant economic funk and has not advanced in forty years and Iran, a nation that is alienating itself more from other Gulf nations on a daily basis and is led by a theocratic group of mullahs whose policies can be called unpredictable at best. He's attacked a neighbor and is backing an insurgent group against the government in another.

You know that Chavez ideas for reform are really off the wall when the NY Times prints an Op/Ed against the referendum by the former leader of the Venezuelan military and a comrade of Chavez.

Captain Ed has much more on this day of decision for Venezuela (including Chavez threat to cut oil to the US)--will the choose no and stop the march of this egotistical madman or will they vote yes and allow Chavez to lead their nation right over the cliff?