Comments on: Expiration date http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/ Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't want to hear Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh Scholar http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-256118 Josh Scholar Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:38:35 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-256118 Sarah, in English the phrase is "wolf in sheep's clothing." Sarah, in English the phrase is “wolf in sheep’s clothing.”

]]> By: Benjamin http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255899 Benjamin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:54:03 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255899 Tulse, me old mucker, you got to love Wikipedia. Now, the Orinoco oil sands... Tulse, me old mucker, you got to love Wikipedia. Now, the Orinoco oil sands…

]]> By: tulse hiller http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255886 tulse hiller Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:18:14 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255886 Benjy "knows" a lot about Venezuela, just ask him about the Orinoco oil sands! He didn't look them up on wikipedia and regurgitate what he read, honest. Benjy “knows” a lot about Venezuela, just ask him about the Orinoco oil sands! He didn’t look them up on wikipedia and regurgitate what he read, honest.

]]> By: sackcloth and ashes http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255857 sackcloth and ashes Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:27:01 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255857 Fuck off, Benji. Fuck off, Benji.

]]> By: abdul_alhazred http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255801 abdul_alhazred Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:32:11 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255801 Richard Seymour's contribution: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNlxgs6qm2M/SRxCflHw5hI/AAAAAAAACN0/3UrHnGaUZ7g/s1600-h/Bush-Obama+s.jpg Reports of the death of "Anti-Imperialist Talk" have been greatly exaggerated. Richard Seymour’s contribution:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JNlxgs6qm2M/SRxCflHw5hI/AAAAAAAACN0/3UrHnGaUZ7g/s1600-h/Bush-Obama+s.jpg

Reports of the death of “Anti-Imperialist Talk” have been greatly exaggerated.

]]> By: Benjamin http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255792 Benjamin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:13:14 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255792 <i>a recall vote (unheard of in the US)</i> I am referring of course to the US presidency. a recall vote (unheard of in the US)

I am referring of course to the US presidency.

]]> By: hasan prishtina http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255786 hasan prishtina Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:05:12 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255786 <i>a recall vote (unheard of in the US)</i> How did Arnold Schwarzenegger become Governor of California? a recall vote (unheard of in the US)

How did Arnold Schwarzenegger become Governor of California?

]]> By: Mark T http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255762 Mark T Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:32:58 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255762 <i>It seems to me, whether one likes or dislikes Chavez, he has changed Venezuela irrevocably. Unless you are a supporter of coups, like 2002, which thew the democratically achieved constitution and parliament in the bin, you cannot fail to accept this.</i> And the non-sequitur award of the year goes to... BENJI!!!!! <i>*DEAFENING APPLAUSE*</i> It seems to me, whether one likes or dislikes Chavez, he has changed Venezuela irrevocably. Unless you are a supporter of coups, like 2002, which thew the democratically achieved constitution and parliament in the bin, you cannot fail to accept this.

And the non-sequitur award of the year goes to… BENJI!!!!!

*DEAFENING APPLAUSE*

]]> By: Matthew Stiles http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255749 Matthew Stiles Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:00:17 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255749 More than just Gene, Chavez actually wanted Obama to win: Wires November 03, 2008 12:00am VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez has backed Barack Obama in this week's US presidential election and hopes he will he end the US trade embargo on Cuba. "We don't ask him to be a revolutionary, we don't ask him to be a socialist, only that, as a black man about to become president of the United States, he take his place in history," Chavez said in a televised speech from southeastern Barinas state. "I hope the next (US) government will end that savage embargo and aggression against Cuba. That will be the test," said Chavez, a virulently anti-American, self-described "political son" of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The US has had strict sanctions against Cuba for 46 years. During his election campaign, Democrat Obama, the first African-American candidate in the race for the White House, has stated his intention of talking to US foes such as Iran and North Korea and lifting some US restrictions against Cuba. Calling it "no small matter" that an African-American should reach the White House, Chavez called on the US to withdraw its troops from Iraq and stop threatening Iran and Venezuela. More than just Gene, Chavez actually wanted Obama to win:

Wires

November 03, 2008 12:00am

VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez has backed Barack Obama in this week’s US presidential election and hopes he will he end the US trade embargo on Cuba.

“We don’t ask him to be a revolutionary, we don’t ask him to be a socialist, only that, as a black man about to become president of the United States, he take his place in history,” Chavez said in a televised speech from southeastern Barinas state.

“I hope the next (US) government will end that savage embargo and aggression against Cuba. That will be the test,” said Chavez, a virulently anti-American, self-described “political son” of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

The US has had strict sanctions against Cuba for 46 years.

During his election campaign, Democrat Obama, the first African-American candidate in the race for the White House, has stated his intention of talking to US foes such as Iran and North Korea and lifting some US restrictions against Cuba.

Calling it “no small matter” that an African-American should reach the White House, Chavez called on the US to withdraw its troops from Iraq and stop threatening Iran and Venezuela.

]]> By: Sarah Franco http://hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/comment-page-1/#comment-255702 Sarah Franco Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:33:48 +0000 http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/14/expiration-date/#comment-255702 don't worry, soon obama will be portrayed as a traitor to the underclass, a fake who looks like the poor and the oppressed (because he is black) but is really a privileged, a wolf on lamb skin (I don't know if this expression exists in english), unlike chavez who really has indian origins, who really is for the poor and the oppressed. but the fact is that, if there is a place where anti-americanism has roots in real resentment is south america. that is a very dark side of US foreign policy. the evolution of the left in south america is fascinating, with the rise of populist leaders, because that happens for a reason, it's the same reason why berlusconi keeps getting elected in Italy, but I hardly find any good analysis of this phenomenon, not that I look too much, but almost everything is either very biased in one sense or another or fails to grasp the reality of south america. the only one that I found good enough was by giovanni sartori in an article about populism, but he was talking about italy (not only about berlusconi). don’t worry, soon obama will be portrayed as a traitor to the underclass, a fake who looks like the poor and the oppressed (because he is black) but is really a privileged, a wolf on lamb skin (I don’t know if this expression exists in english), unlike chavez who really has indian origins, who really is for the poor and the oppressed. but the fact is that, if there is a place where anti-americanism has roots in real resentment is south america. that is a very dark side of US foreign policy.

the evolution of the left in south america is fascinating, with the rise of populist leaders, because that happens for a reason, it’s the same reason why berlusconi keeps getting elected in Italy, but I hardly find any good analysis of this phenomenon, not that I look too much, but almost everything is either very biased in one sense or another or fails to grasp the reality of south america. the only one that I found good enough was by giovanni sartori in an article about populism, but he was talking about italy (not only about berlusconi).

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