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GGJohn

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39. You seem to think you're some kind of internet psychic.

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 12:48 PM

Feb 2015

Not angry at all, just contempt for those that will do anything to excuse their hero, Maduro, from any of the country's ills and blame everything on the US.

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Venezuela Mayor Is Accused of U.S.-Backed Coup Plot [View all] JonLP24 Feb 2015 OP

I think this explains it----->>>>>> Tarheel_Dem Feb 2015 #1

Agree JonLP24 Feb 2015 #2

Certainly his claims would have some credibility given past US behavior IFF geek tragedy Feb 2015 #14

Also, frankly.... Adrahil Feb 2015 #77

Venezuelan Opposition Mayor, Alias “The Vampire,” Arrested for Role in Blue Coup Plot polly7 Feb 2015 #3

Thanks for the additional info JonLP24 Feb 2015 #6

You're welcome. polly7 Feb 2015 #9

Thanks for the recommend JonLP24 Feb 2015 #75

Chavez and the 'Bolivar Revoltion' swilton Feb 2015 #78

Yes, he left a whole country of people polly7 Feb 2015 #79

The current problems are just a continuation of what Chavez started. Failure. 7962 Feb 2015 #16

Chavez was a good man JonLP24 Feb 2015 #54

He was a very good man! polly7 Feb 2015 #80

He was good for his people in the short term hack89 Feb 2015 #81

Yeah, I especially loved it when he became besties Ahmadinejad! Adrahil Feb 2015 #87

blah, blah. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #90

I can understand why you want to address that. Adrahil Feb 2015 #95

He was elected to address inequality, racism, the suffering of the masses of Venezuelan. Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #96

and now look at Veneuela all. Minimum wage less than $1 day and no food Bacchus4.0 Feb 2015 #97

So the idea is to ruin everyone, christx30 Feb 2015 #100

wow, you have bad taste in men Bacchus4.0 Feb 2015 #98

It takes longer for the truth to get out to the US population, doesn't it? Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #58

No authoritarian left undefended. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #70

Hey, he hates the U.S., so it's all good Adrahil Feb 2015 #88

I think this explains it ... Scuba Feb 2015 #4

Whoa. +1000. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #5

Yep Two small players in the oil rig business bitch COLGATE4 Feb 2015 #7

Fail to pay for work done and then take their oil rigs hack89 Feb 2015 #8

I love the people that say, christx30 Feb 2015 #45

Are you aware how corrupt the oil & gas industry is? JonLP24 Feb 2015 #56

I just hate thieves more than anything. N/t christx30 Feb 2015 #65

You must have been livid when earlier pro-foreign business administrations handed out Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #66

You either honor those past agreements, christx30 Feb 2015 #82

Venezula belongs to the largest capitalist cartel in the world hack89 Feb 2015 #68

I don't dispute that JonLP24 Feb 2015 #72

Be that as it may.... Adrahil Feb 2015 #86

People are unhappy due to the poor economy JonLP24 Feb 2015 #89

One might say that putting all of ones eggs in a single basket... Adrahil Feb 2015 #94

You know it does madokie Feb 2015 #10

Yeah, right, it's always the fault of the US, GGJohn Feb 2015 #11

So Obama is to blame for VZ's problems, not Maduro, and you think Maduro can do geek tragedy Feb 2015 #13

I didn't say a word about Obama madokie Feb 2015 #19

They're desperate. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #21

So obvious too madokie Feb 2015 #22

To you too, madokie. polly7 Feb 2015 #24

Deal with what? GGJohn Feb 2015 #27

Blindness, GGJohn, Blindness madokie Feb 2015 #28

Willful blindness IYO only. GGJohn Feb 2015 #29

Desperate? GGJohn Feb 2015 #26

That 22% thingie has stripped away whatever was left of their grasp on reality. That's "desperate". Tarheel_Dem Feb 2015 #46

Yup. GGJohn Feb 2015 #47

Ya got that right. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2015 #51

So Omama is just a powerless figurehead? Ok hack89 Feb 2015 #35

The CIA works for Obama, and Maduro is accusing Obama of conspiring to overthrow him. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #36

The CIA does not work for the President madokie Feb 2015 #42

I haven't seen any CIA reforms JonLP24 Feb 2015 #74

+1000. nt. polly7 Feb 2015 #17

Yeah, its OBAMA'S fault Venezuelan people cant wipe their ass with paper. Blind? Ha. 7962 Feb 2015 #18

As I said Blind madokie Feb 2015 #20

I'll gladly apologize when VZ proves me wrong. Maybe you'll do the same? 7962 Feb 2015 #31

No, these people are champions of what is in COLGATE4 Feb 2015 #32

You're a LOT better than I at accurately portraying the real situation. Spot on. 7962 Feb 2015 #44

"Althoigh I do see many also supporting Putin." It's because they're one & the same. Tarheel_Dem Feb 2015 #50

This is ridiculous JonLP24 Feb 2015 #73

Funny how their electrical grid was failing, causing blackouts, GGJohn Feb 2015 #23

Do you have any idea how long it has been COLGATE4 Feb 2015 #33

yes I do madokie Feb 2015 #41

A lot of what Blackwater does is subcontracted or operating under different names JonLP24 Feb 2015 #76

We get all the VZ oil we want hack89 Feb 2015 #34

It's really sad if you actually think a couple of oil rig seizures 4.5 years ago explains geek tragedy Feb 2015 #12

What's sad, is thinking a couple of oil rig seizures, though important, polly7 Feb 2015 #15

No, what's sad is the you and a few other Maduro apologists GGJohn Feb 2015 #25

You seem very angry about this. Did Chavez do your daddy wrong? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #38

You seem to think you're some kind of internet psychic. GGJohn Feb 2015 #39

Wow, you're referencing Ledesma and you call Maduro a thug. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2015 #40

Ah, so you're good with arresting people for saying stuff you don't like so geek tragedy Feb 2015 #53

What would happen to an American mayor who plotted against Obama? Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2015 #57

There would be actual evidence against him hack89 Feb 2015 #61

Polticians plot against each other all the time. It's called democracy. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #64

If that document were to have been written christx30 Feb 2015 #67

Shades of Mossadegh, eh? RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #30

Chavez died of natural causes, having won several elections. nt geek tragedy Feb 2015 #37

I'm not referring to Chavez. I'm referring to Maduro RufusTFirefly Feb 2015 #43

Maduro is vulnerable because he doesn't know how to manage a socialist economy. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #52

84% of Venezuelans Back Measures Against Hoarding Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #59

A push-poll by state-run media? Lol, was rt.com not available? geek tragedy Feb 2015 #63

While RT has a priority in what news to focus on JonLP24 Feb 2015 #83

Rt.com is not an independent news org geek tragedy Feb 2015 #84

Outside of government funding JonLP24 Feb 2015 #85

"outside of government funding" geek tragedy Feb 2015 #93

If there is a political advantage to hoarding, that's what they are doing, of course. Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #91

Shortages cause hoarding, not vice versa. geek tragedy Feb 2015 #92

if you do business the way the big companies want, you can dismember and stir fry your opposition yurbud Feb 2015 #48

I would have more respect for our government if they just said this instead of pretending to care yurbud Feb 2015 #49

'Bout sums it up. Not that complicated. libdem4life Feb 2015 #55

Yeah, no. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #69

Oh well...... DeSwiss Feb 2015 #60

Violence is always preferable when diplomacy would make you look like a sissy. Judi Lynn Feb 2015 #62

The 2015 elections will be interesting BrentWil Feb 2015 #71

Socialist International: "Venezuela is becoming increasingly unrecognizable as a democracy" ChangoLoa Feb 2015 #99