I received an e-mail the other day that suggested that Hugo Chavez and our elder statesman (Pierre Elliott Trudeau) share(d) much in common:  deep love and affection for Fidel Castro and Chairman Mao come to mind.  Both preside(d) over vast oil resources and both loathe(d) the USA.

I lived in Venezuela for six years.  It is the richest country on earth for its size as regards climate, natural resources, and beauty.  It has snow capped mountains, endless rain forests, Caribbean beaches that go on forever, a desert, plains, you name it.  It has oil, gold, diamonds, uranium, semi precious stones, and many other minerals.  BUT, it is populated with Venezuelans, the laziest and most violent people you could ever meet.  They are descendants of the Caribe indians (head hunters and vicious).  The Spanish were afraid of them.  Hugo Chavez is an ass of the first order.  On the other hand, the Cubans are smart, energetic and more refined versus the more wild Venezuelans.  BUT Fidel is also an ass and worse, of the first order.

I used to work with a man who was the Minister of Petroleum under Fidel in 1959 and 1960, before Fidel went communist.  He lived in the same compound as Fidel and Raul Castro and the other leaders of the revolution.  The stories he told me.  He and his two brothers left Cuba when it went communist (forfeited all their wealth and belongings before they left).  His two brothers were brain surgeons in Miami and he became the chief engineer at Ford Venezuela and he owned the local baseball team (he was in the farm system for the Pittsburg Pirates).  Many Cubans went to Venezuela after the revolution.  I would not think that they and their descendants are too happy about Hugo Chavez and Fidel cozying up.

My next door neighbor in Venezuela was a Bacardi from the rum family who were from Cuba where the rum company was located.  He also escaped.  He was attacked once or twice a week by Fidel's band of fighters (sand bagged Bicardi factory).  The business was moved to Puerto Rico.

Hugo will get his one day.  Like all dictators having absolute power he will begin to falsely increase his sense of infallibility and superiority.  He will then try to take one or more bridges too far and voila...a dead dictator but as often happens the dipshit will probably take the country down with him.

Latin politics are not to be believed.  That's why I am so upset about our own socialist, meddling, central command and control, French run federal government here in Canada.  In many ways, in my opinion, we exude some of the same characteristics of what you may find in Latin America regarding politics.  It dominates everything.  The newspapers, radio, TV, business, the people's everyday talk, etc.  It has its bloated hand in everything.  Government's role in most countries should simply be to enable the people and business to get on with their lives by providing security, law and order, a first rate infrastructure, and a healthy environment and a reasonable immigration and foreign trade process.

Government should be kept as lean and accountable as possible and a system should be found that naturally drives the politicians to have to listen to their constituents or be kicked out.  Government should never, ever be allowed to unionize, and it should be rewarded for outsourcing more and more of what it does in house.  Government workers should always earn less than the private sector offset by having a secure job (up to a point).  The best and brightest should want to work in the private sector and not see government as a career path.  In fact many administrative government jobs should be held by retirees from the private sector.  This applies to teachers and professors as well.  No person should be allowed to teach unless they have worked a minimum of "X" number of years in the private sector.

Canada, as it is today, is not a very good country.  It is squandering its potential and throwing away the things that should matter most:  proximity to the largest and wealthiest market in the world, a like culture with that market, and a democratic history with endless natural resources all situated in a place that is safe and secure from attack.  We try to think that we are French, don't need a military, we should bring in millions of people from cultures and religions that will never ever assimilate into Canada, we support socialist causes around the globe, we actually think that the UN is a first class organization with whom we should depend and support as the means of solving many of the world's ills...imagine.

We are killing our people with a communist style medical monopoly that defies logic and we are taxing business and the people into a state of second classness.  Our government workers earn more and dominate the work place with their special perks.  We are over policed but with a very week judiciary (criminals walk).  The press and media misrepresent or hide the truth on many things because of their left wing bias.  Our infrastructure is crumbling.  Lawyers now so control everything that just looking askance at someone can tempt a lawsuit.  Common sense is dying very fast....  Anyway Hugo and Fidel hopefully will pass from this earth quicker rather than later.

Mickey Moulder

Many Americans are disgruntled by Chavez and his antics of late. While recently addressing the U.N. he referred to the U.S President as "the devil".
A movement is afoot to boycott Citgo gas stations as they are wholly owned by the Chavez government. Apparently the effects are being felt because the Citgo brand has been dumped by the "7-11" convenience stores and the Citgo name is being changed to Petro Express and later to Valero.
Chavez buttresses his support at home by selling gas for 3 cents a gallon and bad mouthing Americans. Like Mr. Moulder suggested, Chavez will eventually bring the entire country of Venezuala down with him.
It's a sad commentary for such a beautiful and bountiful Latin American jewel.

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