http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/dictator/ en-us Fri, 21 Feb 2003 00:17:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/848112/posts "I was close to Chavez, but now he wants me dead." The million dollars from Chavez to Al Qaeda is just the tip of the iceberg in a long series of connections between worldwide terrorist organizations and the Venezuelan strongman, according to one of those who knows most about Chavez and the inside of his presidential palace: His former personal pilot. Major Juan Diaz Castillo is the man who flew the equivalent of Air Force One. In this interview with Venezuela's weekly news-magazine Zeta, he reveals formerly unpublished details of the operations that Chavez had him organize. By Maria Angelica... Militares Democraticos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/848112/posts#comment Fri, 21 Feb 2003 00:17:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404846/posts Oslo University 'honors' Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for his achievements in 'inspiring hostility among nations, increasing human suffering.' University professor says prize's aim to remind world of ongoing genocide, tortureA day before US President Barack Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize, Norway presents an original initiative of its own. Oslo University decided to award Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with the "dictator of the year prize" Wednesday. Khamenei was chosen out of 11 candidates - selected by human rights experts - including North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and Myanmar's General Than Schwe. Out of 4145... ynetnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404846/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:52:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401495/posts Major sections of the print paper just blanked out.Once again, News Corp.-owned Times of London is being censored in Dubai for daring to criticize the royals who turned the country into such a gigantic mess. WSJ: The Times of London available in the United Arab Emirates was censored Saturday for an article that appeared to criticize Dubai's ruler. Reference to Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as a "benign dictator" in a page 14 article titled: "Confidence will never return," was blanked out in the print copy of the paper in Dubai. The full article, which also criticized the Crown... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401495/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 15:03:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399203/posts The situation in neighboring Venezuela is going from strange to foreboding. President Hugo Chavez has been unsuccessful in getting the voters to make him president for life, but he has used his presidential powers to replace thousands of key officials with people selected mainly for their loyalty to Hugo Chavez. Since the government controls so much of the economy (mainly because of the oil industry), this has had disastrous results. There are increasing power blackouts, and an increasing number of state employees are not getting paid, or paid on time. There are increasing shortages of consumer goods. There is growing... The Strategy Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399203/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399194/posts America stands as the last historical example of exodus. Oppressed peoples who could not overcome the tyranny surrounding them choose to extract themselves from it and come here. We no longer have that option. Fightin Words http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2399194/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 12:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391854/posts CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. Chavez read aloud a letter to the 83-year-old former Cuban leader during a televised speech Saturday night, saying "Venezuela awaits you." Chavez proposed that Castro visit at some point between now and April, during a congress of his socialist party. The 83-year-old Castro has not been seen in public since undergoing a series of emergency intestinal surgeries in July 2006. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391854/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:15:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382994/posts Here’s how: The bills require a federal declaration of a “climate emergency” if world greenhouse gas levels reach 450 parts per million. Guess what? The Pacific Northwest National Lab says it is a virtual certainty that level will be reached within a few months. The bill then requires the president to “direct all Federal agencies to use existing statutory authority to take appropriate actions...to address shortfalls" in achieving needed greenhouse gas reductions. The Examiner's David Freddoso reports that Sen. David Vitter, R-LA, is holding a news conference later today concerning this provision. Vitter wonders if companies that support cap-and-trade in... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382994/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:23:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381589/posts Witness the brutal story of Joseph Stalin, who ruled the Soviet Union with an iron hand. Even Stalin's successors viewed him as brutal, and in the years following Stalin's death they heavily toned down his crimes. But now, after the fall of Communism, people have come forward to reveal the tyranny they themselves lived in. History Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381589/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376871/posts MEXICO CITY – Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded the strongman model at the end of the 20th century and limited politicians' time in power. Now a new wave of populist presidents is trying to do away with those limits, arguing they impede real change. As leaders in country after country move to extend their rule, opponents fearing a return to the "caudillo" era of authoritarian power have done everything to stop them — from throwing eggs to staging coups. Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376871/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:57:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375009/posts Diplomacy: The restoration of a president with dictatorial dreams in Honduras is being touted by the administration as a triumph of "dialogue." In truth, it's just old-fashioned yanqui interventionism. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hailed Thursday night's agreement in Tegucigalpa as "a restoration of the constitutional order," and praised it highly. "I cannot think of another example of a country in Latin America that, having suffered a rupture of its democratic and constitutional order, overcame such a crisis through negotiation and dialogue." What worked here, though, wasn't dialogue, but U.S. diplomatic muscle. A last-minute mission from Assistant Secretary of State... Investors Business.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375009/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:43:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370647/posts President Obama's school age daughters have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk. Foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370647/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365520/posts As very few of our Congressional elected officials—Democrats AND Republicans—are taking any actions or exhibiting any desire to stop the Obama Dictatorship and We-the-People are now being completely left out of any and all legislation that directly affects us, I can only surmise that we as the Nation of the United states of America may have reached the point of no return in our rapidly forced descent into totalitarianism. From the anti-American and anti-human recently-passed Congressional bills, I have also concluded that—as these self-same elected officials no longer care what their constituents think—our attempts to stop the insanity of government... CFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365520/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:36:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365009/posts Aided and abetted by imposters posing as authentic American citizens the United States of America has been taken over by an authentic dictator. How could so many millions of U. S. citizens just gently cede their heritage and birthright so easily; without more than a whimper? Assisted by genuine anti-American leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, actually elected by unknowing and uninformed lemmings, Barack Hussein Obama has surely seized the ultimate power of dictatorship and is making decisions not within the established authority of the office of President, which are opposed only by vocal chants from a gaggle of conservatives... Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365009/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:11:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364067/posts The Honduran President was escorted from the Honduran presidency in June. In September, Manuel Zelaya quietly slipped back into the country and has been holed up within the Brazilian embassy ever since. The military forced Zelaya out on June 28 because the President sought to hold a public vote to extend his term limit. It seems Manuel rather enjoys being President and doesn’t want to turn over the cushy job to a freely-elected opponent. Hugo Chavez successfully extended his presidency of Venezuela indefinitely. The power-mad dictator first attempted to sieze power there twice in 1992. The coup d’état failed to... Dallas Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364067/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:37:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352483/posts Translated from the Portuguese. Author asked that his article be forwarded, so I do not believe there are any copyright violations in translating it in full. My comments and clarifications in brackets [] If you click here: http://vimeo.com/6825710, you will have access to a video which you could hear the voice of David Romero, director of Globo radio, who supports Manuel Zelaya. It is that radio which sufferd intervention from the interim government, accused of inciting violence, and which impassioned Bolibarian Brazilians. Listening to what is there, you have a notion of who these people are. Zelaya has accused that... Veja.com.br http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352483/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:39:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350763/posts "Hear our cry, Obama." "Deliver us, Obama." Video at link. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350763/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2334511/posts Here is video of ultra-Left Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters yesterday on MSNBC where she urged President Obama to use the "Nuclear Option" in the Senate to pass a Health Care Bill with a "Public Option." Waters actually urged Obama to use "parliamentary procedure" to take advantage of the "reconciliation process" to pass a bill in the Senate on a majority vote. This would bypass the "Cloture" rule in the Senate, which requires 60 votes to bring a bill to the floor of the Senate for a vote. The "reconciliation process" has often been referred to as the "Nuclear Option." .... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2334511/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:04:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333775/posts TeleSUR, Venezuela From 15 hours ago. (Van) Jones, special advisor for Green Jobs and Environment Innovation of the White House, submitted his resignation early Sunday, as the product of a great scandal generated when ventilating himself in support of an organization that offered that ex-President George Bush was complicit in the attacks on September 11th. This is an adviser of the current president of the United States, Barack Obama, and that worked in the Council of Environmental Quality office, had to apologize already in public, after the existence was known a recording in which he made offensive signallings against... TeleSUR Pro-Chavez TV in Venezuela (Translation) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333775/posts#comment Mon, 7 Sep 2009 07:21:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332339/posts More ... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332339/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 19:28:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332234/posts HAVANA – Cuban state media have released a second recent photo showing Fidel Castro in regular civilian clothing instead of the track suits that he commonly wore after falling ill in July 2006. In the picture, the 83-year-old Castro is shaking hands with the visiting head of the Chinese parliament in the walled backyard of an undisclosed home. Castro is wearing a red, short-sleeve dress shirt as he greets National People's Congress leader Wu Bangguo. .. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2332234/posts#comment Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:23:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2331329/posts "The Kennedy family, in particular the assassinated President, John F. Kennedy, were representative of a new generation of Americans confronting the old and dirty politics of men in the mold of Nixon...The Kennedy family's (role) in Barack Obama's electoral victory should not be overlooked. Without that moral, political and financial support, the dirty saga of the Bush and Nixon clans would be continuing." That was a portion of an editorial last week in Stalinist Cuba's version of Nazi Germany's Der Sturmer. But no one familiar with Cuban history should doubt the editorials' sincerity. Fidel and Raul Castro, after all, owe... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2331329/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:41:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331181/posts Broun, R-Athens, apparently has not changed his belief that President Obama may be a fascist since he made similar remarks in Augusta in November and then in an Associated Press interview. The Athens Banner Herald online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331181/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:41:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2329558/posts A second Obama Zero dollar is out. Focused on the intrusion Obamacare (or HR 3200 if you believe it's not Obama's plan) will be into our private lives and information. Please download it, print out both sides if you like it, and pass it out at opportune moments to like-minded folks, or leave it in places that anyone can find. Get them out there exposing the lies of Obamacare. Keep fighting it any way you can. Front of it is first, then the back image. For the whole series of Zero dollar bills, go here: "Flickr Archive of Zero Bills" self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2329558/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:26:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329472/posts Every once in a while I just get lucky. I make an offhanded remark on the air that sends the looters into such paroxysms of angst and outrage that I get about a weeks worth of a free ride in blogs, columns and radio and TV shows. Nealz Nuze http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329472/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:51:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2327147/posts Sorry for the intrusive vanity. Several weeks ago, Rush mentioned a woman from Nigeria who wrote an article comparing Obammie the Commie to an African-style communist/Marxist dictator. Can someone please point me either to the article or the author's name? Thanks in advance. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2327147/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:07:58 GMT