Following in the footsteps of the nearly dead (if not so already) bearded, murderous dictator of Cuba, Hugo Chavez has drawn a line in the sand with the media in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will not renew the license for the country’s second largest TV channel which he says expires in March 2007.Â
In an address to troops, Mr Chavez said he would not tolerate media outlets working towards a coup against him.
Radio Caracas Television, which is aligned with the opposition, supported a strike against Mr Chavez in 2003.
Mr Chavez said the channel was “at the service of coups against the people, against the nation, against national independence, against the dignity of the republic”.
The channel is among a number of private TV and radio networks that in recent years have strongly criticized Mr Chavez’ government and favoured the opposition.
Many media outlets, including RCTV, supported a bungled coup in 2002 and a devastating general strike in 2003 that failed to unseat the president.
The press freedom campaign group, Reporters Without Borders, said the proposed move would be a grave violation of freedom of expression in Venezuela.
RCTV is one of the country’s oldest channels and began broadcasting in 1953.
Bush has one halfway supportive channel, and the American leftists go crazy with the name calling. Other than FOX, I can’t think of a media channel that wouldn’t be supportive of a coup against Bush. Hell, FOX would probably just run with it for the ratings.
Yet, despite all of this, there is the daily hue and cry of “BusHitlerMcCheneyBurton” while Chavez gets kissed by near hippies.
OK, maybe Bush is getting the better part of the deal?
But back to the story out of Venezuela, remember the first sentence?
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he will not renew the license for the country’s second largest TV channel which he says expires in March 2007.
Now listen to what the head of RCTV had to say about that
But the TV’s head said there must be some mistake as its licence was not up for renewal in the near future.
Apparently Chavez has a different calender
“It runs out in March. So it’s better that you go and prepare your suitcase and look around for what you’re going to do in March,” he said during a televised speech to soldiers at a military academy in Caracas.
“There will be no new operating licence for this coupist TV channel called RCTV. The operating licence is over… So go and turn off the equipment,” Mr Chavez said.
Can the firing squads be far behind?
But don’t call Chavez a Dictator!
Found at Cap’n Ed’s place
It’s times like these you see on places like DU and DailyKos the fights between the freedom-loving liberals and the American-hating moonbat supporters of Chavez. And the flamefests are fun to watch! Times like this remind me that while the Dems fancy themselves a Big Tent party, the tent is a bit shaky.
I hope the Joint Chiefs are doing some planning for an excursion into Chavez-land.
Chavez is no smooth operator. His dictatorship is run with all the finess of a D-9 Caterpillar trying to break eggs without smashing the yolks. When he does something egregious enough to warrant his removal from office with great prejudice, and he will, something like buying a Nork Nuke with his oil bucks and threatening the US with it, we will have to have a go at him, regardless who is in office as POTUS.
I just hope our military is up to the job when it is handed to them.