Venezuela's Chavez offers cure for kids' insomnia (have the kids watch his speeches)

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 6/14/10 | Esteban Israel

[NormsRevenge]

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don't want to go to sleep. Have them watch his televised speeches.

In a television appearance on Thursday to extol the virtues of a portable computer his socialist government plans to introduce at public schools, Chavez said youngsters had stopped him in the street to tell him they saw him on television.

"It seems that there are mothers here who, instead of putting their kids to sleep with cartoons, put them to sleep with Chavez," he said.

"And the child dozes off and dozes off, and Chavez speaks and speaks and speaks. And the child falls asleep," said the loquacious leader, well known for speeches that can last for hours.

[kempster]

If they are still awake after that, they could watch Barrack tomorrow night.

[Secret Agent Man]

Thanks, we can just watch Obama’s speeches. Kids can’t keep their eyes open.

[Tigerized]

One thing I learned while researching Venezuelan history for Pursuing Liberty is that when Chavez came into power, some enterprising soul was making audio cassettes of nothing but banging pots and pans.

They were selling like hotcakes, so people could crank them up and use them to drown out Chavez’s never ending speeches.

You can oppress people for awhile, but you can never fully extinguish their spirit of freedom...

[Chode]

BLAH... Blah... blah...

[bootless]

...when Chavez came into power, some enterprising soul was making audio cassettes of nothing but banging pots and pans.

That was one of my favorite nuggets of information!

You can oppress people for awhile, but you can never fully extinguish their spirit of freedom...

So true. That's our country's best hope.