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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
1. The rich bought huge crowds and an extreme right-wing newspaper
Sat May 30, 2015, 06:22 PM
May 2015

(the only kind they have in Texas, other than the Texas Monthly if it even still exists) ran with the story.

Even with its flaws, nothing good can come to anyone but the wealthy in Venezuela if the PSUV is overthrown from the right).

Any more market economics imposed there has to make life worse for the poor. Nobody in Latin America has ever been a "socially-responsible capitalist&quot the term exists only in North America, and even there only as a bitter joke).

The rich bought huge crowds and an extreme right-wing newspaper Ken Burch May 2015 #1
Texas Monthly is still around. TexasTowelie May 2015 #2
Still, what you've linked to is an anti-left article in a right-wing rag Ken Burch May 2015 #4
I agree that the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is conservative, TexasTowelie May 2015 #7
And the AP is the official newswire of the 1%. Ken Burch May 2015 #9
sure will, here is a link Bacchus4.0 May 2015 #10
So people in Venezuela have absolutely no reason christx30 May 2015 #3
They have reason to dissent, but not to want neoliberalism back. Ken Burch May 2015 #5
Because things are so wonderful and amazing right now. n/t christx30 May 2015 #12
Nobody who opposes the PSUV from the right has anything better to offer. Ken Burch May 2015 #44
Well, they sure as hell haven't gained from this step "forward", GGJohn May 2015 #54
At least back then they could wipe their ass with the proper product. 7962 May 2015 #15
"Wipe their ass with the proper product"? sulphurdunn May 2015 #20
I never saw availability of tp as problematic even in the poorest areas Bacchus4.0 May 2015 #26
Not problematic. sulphurdunn May 2015 #27
really? its not very expensive. Did you have access to a tienda? Bacchus4.0 May 2015 #28
Of course I did. sulphurdunn May 2015 #29
I believe he was referring to bolivar notes. Psephos May 2015 #38
They don't want neoliberalism "back." joshcryer May 2015 #34
If anyone to Maduro's right gets in, even your billionaire hero Capriles, Ken Burch May 2015 #45
Because things are so rosy in Venzuela? GGJohn May 2015 #6
he won't be defeated, he'll be overthrown, and arrested n/t Psephos May 2015 #37
I agree that Maduro isn't that popular Ken Burch May 2015 #46
It can't be any worse at this point. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #47
Guatemala after the overthrow of Arbenz proves it can. Ken Burch May 2015 #48
Venezuelans will decide that. Lets see if there are even elections this year for parliament. Bacchus4.0 Jun 2015 #57
!!! Tarheel_Dem May 2015 #31
Whenever there is a goodbye cruel America post FrodosPet May 2015 #39
The Ven government is definitely not progressive. Drug laws are strict too. Bacchus4.0 May 2015 #41
Perhaps the site I linked to is just a tool of CIA Koch propaganda? FrodosPet May 2015 #42
pics, protests all over the country Bacchus4.0 May 2015 #8
Which can only lead to a right-wing takeover that will bring nothing but misery Ken Burch May 2015 #11
Venezuelans will decide. Looks like they aren't happy with what they have now nt Bacchus4.0 May 2015 #13
Yes they will decided, sulphurdunn May 2015 #21
what is happening now under chavistas is a disaster nt Bacchus4.0 May 2015 #25
Any time oil prices fall sulphurdunn May 2015 #30
Horse hockey. The country was a shithole when oil was 100+ a barrel. 7962 May 2015 #35
It's kind of a big mistake on the gov's part that they didn't diversify their economy Marksman_91 Jun 2015 #58
Things were no different sulphurdunn Jun 2015 #60
Being Venezuelan myself and having lived there most of life I think qualifies as research n/t Marksman_91 Jun 2015 #62
Not necessarily, sulphurdunn Jun 2015 #64
"the dangers of democracy"? "such egalitarian foolishness"? Ken Burch May 2015 #49
You need to work on recognizing sulphurdunn May 2015 #50
No way to tell you were being sarcastic. Ken Burch May 2015 #51
I real hate that one. sulphurdunn Jun 2015 #55
So you would have a problem if the PEOPLE voted in a govt that you would consider GGJohn May 2015 #14
IF Maduro keeps arresting opposition politicans, christx30 May 2015 #18
Or, suspends elections in the name of "national security". eom. GGJohn May 2015 #19
Whether here or there, sulphurdunn May 2015 #24
Well, the people elect a government. Ken Burch May 2015 #52
I guess you could say a good government sulphurdunn Jun 2015 #56
As was mentioned earlier by others, cheapdate May 2015 #33
Those pictures only show CIA, CIA, CIA, CIA, CIA & CIA!! 7962 May 2015 #16
Well, well, you're sulphurdunn May 2015 #22
Took this far down to get to the predictable CIA post FLPanhandle May 2015 #43
Come on, you couldnt tell I was joking?? 7962 May 2015 #53
Thanks for that. Tarheel_Dem May 2015 #32
The only reason... americannightmare May 2015 #17
I think that coup is a work in progress. sulphurdunn May 2015 #23
The alternative to neo-liberalism cannot be.... Adrahil Jun 2015 #61
I hope Maduro steps down. Little Tich May 2015 #36
teabaggers can produce big protests too betterdemsonly May 2015 #40
Last rally that Maduro called for did not even reach half of the turnout for these opposition ones Marksman_91 Jun 2015 #59
Venezuela, as it is now, is a failed state Godhumor Jun 2015 #63
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