Posted on 03/06/2013 6:04:48 PM PST by Kaslin
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RUSH: Hugo Chavez is room temperature. I know that. The smell of sulfur is everywhere, and, yes, we have the sound bites. The media in this country is extremely sad. It's hilarious to listen to this. We have story here from USA Today, and the way they headline the story is this: "'Who Will Take Care Of Us?' Poor Say After Chávez Dies." There's an object lesson here about where this country is headed. We've joked often about the similarities between Hugo Chavez and Obama, but they're really somewhat serious here. A 27-year-old housewife is quoted in the USA Today story: "Who will take care of us now? Chavez cared for the people, not like the other presidents."
The president of the country's dead, and citizens are now feeling lost and potentially homeless, moneyless, "Who will take care of us?" This is the direction that we are headed. This is exactly the direction we're headed. Now, it's not imminent. Well, no, it is imminent. It's not anytime soon, hopefully, but this is the direction that we're trending. And people all over Venezuela are asking, "Who will take care of us now?" And of course the dirty little secret is that the number of poor people in Venezuela skyrocketed during Hugo Chavez's presidency. He did not take care of the poor, but he made them think he was.
When he would go out and nationalize some oil wells, for example, he always did it under the auspices of taking those oil wells back from those evil corporations and giving the money back to the people, and the people cheered. The thing is, they didn't get the money, Chavez did.
Chavez's family has an estate in excess of $2 billion. Whatever Chavez took out of the country he gave to himself. The poor people in Venezuela are still poor. The number of poor people are growing. But the psychology is stunning. The poor people in Venezuela think they're being taken care of. They think they're okay. Now they feel like they're not. Chavez is dead. Who's gonna take care of them? Their lives have been getting worse. The reality is that their economic circumstances have been getting worse, and yet they still supported it. That's why I'm going to such great lengths to try to reach low-information voters in this country with this program because this is where we are headed, this kind of blind faith and trust in the government to take care of you rather than you investing in yourself.
A lot of Venezuelan people were in mourning when he was alive and running the country.
“The reality is that their [the poor’s] economic circumstances have been getting worse, and yet they still supported it.”
Nothing new. It is the same in dozens of socialist countries and here. The socialist leaders tell them that they are taking care of them and no matter how miserable they are, they believe that they are better off than if they got up off their lazy asses and worked.
No there ain't. I get an error message from the site.
Poor people are happy as long as everyone else is poor.
Dedicated to dear Hugo: Crispy Critters song by C.W. McCall.
One day about four or five years ago
We is settin’ at the Conoco station
Kickin’ tires, and swattin’ flies,
And discussin’ the State of the Union
When right out in front of the Baptist church
Come a big ol’ purple school bus...
more -
http://www.lyricsdrive.com/crispy-critters-lyrics-c-w-mccall.html
Politicians have learned the secret.
To be rich-—buy the poor.
Now, tell us, how about the indolent coupon clipping rich who eat fat babies ~ can you account for yourself?
Yeah, I do too and it’s not just Rush’s site.
Spanish language video
http://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=mj8x0ltc#/watch?v=4atlRP2hovE&feature=related
Enjoy Chavez as he expropriates Owens-Illinois . Expropice.
““The reality is that their [the poor’s] economic circumstances have been getting worse, and yet they still supported it.””
And just how is that any different than the current situation here in the US?
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"
I am sorry, but I don't speak and understand Spanish.
I couldn't resist
The dictator Chavez act as a “consultant” to 0bama, a wanna be dictator.
‘Poor people are happy as long as everyone else is poor...’
YEP yer right DFW..It’a strange strange human malady...a sad incomprehensible disgusting quirk....many people will accept anything as long as they dont think the guy next door is doin better than they are.... it’s as if ‘equal’ misery is no or at least tolerable misery ...crazy..
A farmer with 6 cows lived across the fence with one who owned 7.....one day while plowing he unearthed a genie in a bottle ....who told him he could have whatever he wished....he told the genie what he wanted was...for him to kill one of his neighbor’s cows...
there must be some psychological syndrome named for this...jealosy/crazy combination...
when are we going into incorporate individualism and pride of self into shool ciriculums....?
One down, a cadre to go.
No different at all. That was the point I made.
“It’s like Gorky says in ‘Lower Depths’. Quote: Miserable being must find more miserable being, then is happy. Unquote.”
Socialists are happy if everyone is poor... except for the elite.
Do you mean this error message?
“Sorry, an error occurred. The error has been logged.
Okay”
I have been getting this message for most of the afternoon. I only get this message when trying to go to a link ‘from’ FR. This doesn’t have anything to do with the sites that you are trying to visit.
I think it’s an FR problem.
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