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Things that will happen if Venezuela implodes
cnbc ^ | 3-25-2015

Posted on 03/25/2015 2:33:39 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

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To: Citizen Zed
Socialism and communism work every time they are tried.

ROFLMAO!!!

5.56mm

21 posted on 03/25/2015 3:18:08 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: lowbridge

That’s a good one!


22 posted on 03/25/2015 3:18:57 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Citizen Zed

Anyone else notice how the media completely ignores Venezuela? If Republicans were smart, they’d cut ads showing people in lines and juxtaposing it with a pic of Obola.


23 posted on 03/25/2015 3:20:44 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GO BUCKY GO!)
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To: Citizen Zed

A lot of dimoKKKRATS and Hollywood types are very saddened with the news.


24 posted on 03/25/2015 3:21:25 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: MeganC

The libs are about to see the end result of the socialist experiment to its full conlusion and they will never want it again...


25 posted on 03/25/2015 3:25:30 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Communism is not working in Venezuela because they do not have a leader who is as smart as 0bama is. 0bama is the one we have been waiting for who will make socialism work. /s


26 posted on 03/25/2015 3:25:32 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: EQAndyBuzz
Communism doesn’t work.

Yup. What is infuriating about the whole thing is that Venezuela does NOT have to depend on oil. It is one of the most resource-rich countries in the world, with a relatively highly-educated middle class (what there is left of it), bountiful hydroelectric resources (not maintained and so breaking down) - farmland, forest, everything you could want. And a political system that has managed to squander all of it, and is now doing what the Left always does - blame somebody else. Maddening.

27 posted on 03/25/2015 3:28:40 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Citizen Zed

>> Another Chinese colony. <<

Yes, China may succeed in doing what Germany’s Kaiser threatened (and failed) to do to Venezuela in 1902.

It seems that back then, Venezuela fell behind on her debt payments to Germany. So the Kaiser sent battleships, cruisers and troops to the Caribbean. His plan was to land the troops and make Venezuela into a German vassal.

But Theodore Roosevelt learned of the plot, invoked the Monroe Doctrine and sent Admiral Dewey’s ships and a detachment of Marines steaming toward Caracas. The Kaiser backed down and Roosevelt’s prestige soared.

These days, however, I guess it’s kinda hard to imagine the Chinese would fear any such US response when they eventually make their move on Venezuela!


28 posted on 03/25/2015 3:28:42 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Parley Baer

> A lot of dimoKKKRATS and Hollywood types are very saddened with the news.

I bet Clooney, Affleck, Damon, Penn, and Madonna are reaching into their own pockets to bail them out...NOT

But I bet they are crying about now. Cruz is probably going to make them need therapy...


29 posted on 03/25/2015 3:29:52 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: EQAndyBuzz

The REAL lesson here is that when you let EVERYBODY vote, the communists take over.

Universal Suffrage is a cancer.


30 posted on 03/25/2015 3:30:36 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: jsanders2001

“The libs are about to see the end result of the socialist experiment to its full conlusion and they will never want it again”

I’ll take that bet.


31 posted on 03/25/2015 3:31:28 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Citizen Zed
Things that will happen if Venezuela implodes

They haven't imploded yet? How much worse can it get?

32 posted on 03/25/2015 3:33:05 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Veggie Todd

The Baseball Players are bugging out to Miami.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2015/03/24/mlb-venezuelan-players-unrest/70373988/


33 posted on 03/25/2015 3:34:59 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Citizen Zed

But, but, Socialism is the only way!

Karma, sadly, will make many innocent Venezuelans more miserable than they already are.

As for the ones that supported this government, tough.


34 posted on 03/25/2015 3:40:10 PM PDT by Darnright (No, We Love Yeshua (Jesus).)
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To: Lurker

Well at least THAT group...: )


35 posted on 03/25/2015 3:41:15 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

The bigger problem is the people running the country. They are Obama’s people. Leftist communists who were well on their way to destroying the economy before the oil crash.


36 posted on 03/25/2015 4:08:23 PM PDT by spawn44 (MOO)
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To: Darnright
But, but, Socialism is the only way!

No, according to my university professors (true story), the perfect society is a "blend of Socialism & Capitalism."

In other words, slaves who work to provide for leeches who take.

Isn't it beautiful?

37 posted on 03/25/2015 4:12:41 PM PDT by ponygirl (Put. A. Bird. On. It.)
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To: Citizen Zed
Part of the implosion will likely take other Central American countries with it. The oil wealth that Venezuela had helped prop up subsidized energy sales and aid to neighbors like Nicaragua. The Nicaraguans we talked to know that there will be a day of reckoning, when they need to repay Venezuela.
38 posted on 03/25/2015 4:39:47 PM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: Citizen Zed

China has been buying up land in Africa to farm to feed its people, after desertification and over-irrigating wiped out a lot.
I can easily see them doing the same in Venezuela. We’ll forgive a billion dollars for a million acres, etc.


39 posted on 03/25/2015 5:07:53 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Citizen Zed

There’s a Russian market nearby (N.E.Philly), it has the typical American bounty. What is funny is seeing the giant bread loaves — 1ft x 2ft x 3ft, cut into quarters to sell. Also, the “sandwich lard”.


40 posted on 03/25/2015 5:09:55 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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