Chavez is loosing the marble he had left. He has disinterred the corpse of Bolivar and now believes they are one. He outs himself as a truther and a fake moon landing believer. A trifecta of nuttiness.
A hilarious article on Salon. The best is this:
This is industrial-grade crazy here.
Perhaps he needs a visit from Juan Carlos again? 
Unfortunately Juan Carlos is right now recovering from an operation that took place in May to remove a tumour from his lung, so I am afraid that he would be unable to deliver a righteous smackdown in person.
Which is a pity.
Maybe he could do it on the phone…?
“Mr. Chavez, you have a phone call…”
This sounds very much like a reaction to recreational chemicals.
For that matter, I’d not want to risk an in-person smackdown from Juan Carlos, even in his current state.
I can’t figure out if Hugo is a wily genius and gifted actor who has convinced the world that he’s just a bit off, or if he’s a total raving loon! I’m more inclined to think loon. He doesn’t need to worry about the US targeting him for assassination - there are probably more than a few Venezuelans who would gladly take a shot.
I’d laugh if I didn’t feel so sorry for his countrymen.
I can certainly do both.
I wonder how long until he’s dragged to a “nice, quiet place” by men with giant butterfly nets.
Why do you hate the glorious Bolivarian Revolution? Are the Americans putting you to this?
Heh!
How can somebody so obviously disturbed still function in society? What’s next? Tin foil hats? Bunkers?
:eek: I thought you were being poetic and referring to Bolivar’s legacy or something. Now all I can think about is Norman Bates.
[I thought I had posted this earlier. Hmm.]
Reminds me of Bananas:
“From this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish. Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now… 16 years old!”
So I guess Fielding Mellish will be the next El Presidente.
He must have dropped some really bad acid if he’s digging up bodies.
Y’know, it’s sad; when Hugo originally (and democratically!) turned upside-down and inside-out the old corrupt party system in Venezuela, that held so much potential promise…
Well, but THAT part, by which if it were reported that the consensus in the USA is that the sky is blue and the acceleration of gravity at the Earth’s surface averages 9.8 m/s[sup]2[/sup], the presumption would be that can’t be true and it’s got to be some sort of scam set up by the capitalists to rip us off, is dishearteningly standard informational currency among the Latin American peoples (including even those of us within the US sphere). It wasn’t going to be that long before someone who bought into the whole *“everything about the USA is part of The Conspiracy” *not only got to the top but also was openly proud of it.
OTOH the nonsense with the mystical cult of Bolívar’s (and B’s mistress’ ) relics, that’s creepy.
I find myself thinking maybe it’s all a setup in which he figures if he acts weird enough people will prefer to keep their distance and not try anything “because you don’t know what that crazy guy will do”.
Hugo Chavez looks so much like a friend of mine, it’s not funny. Every time I watch a video of Chavez saying crazy stuff, it freaks me out a little.
This bears repeating:
I plan on doing so. Many times at random intervals for the next few years.
Yeah, that brought a tear to my eye.
Sniff…
Guy deserves a Nobel of Literature for that.
What did you expect? It’s Christopher Hitchens.
Interestingly, he’s riffing off C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity here. I didn’t realize it until I read Hitchens’ review of the new Philip Pullman in which he quotes the below passage.
They’ll have to clone his from just his nose first.
With the right cosmetic surgeons and some years to immerse himself in the language and the culture… could it be?
