i suppose that due to previous comments i am obligated to worry about chavez npw that bush is gone. Preliminary assessment =tanks are not a good sign...
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I knew I could depend on you to think that. And yes, I think that 10 > years ago he did think he was protecting the poor and disenfranchised. > History is littered with stories of a similar nature. Fighting for the > little guy turns the person popular, the adulation gets to their head, > they start seizing more and more power "for the good of the people" > and the insular world they form around them and they become terribly > corrupted. > > That's why I worry about the consolidation of executive power under > Bush and why I sure as hell hope that we get a greater balance of > power in the coming administration between the branches than we did in > the last one. You'll also never see me pushing for an amendment to > allow President's to serve beyond 2 terms, no matter how much I might > like a particular oval office resident. > > I do agree with you though that Chavez should not have been able to > consolidate power the way he has. Checks and balances are an important > part of any mature democracy. My greatest fear for the new > administration is the temptation take the ill-gotten power of the > previous administration and try to use it in a misguided attempt to > correct the sins of the past. We must be a nation of laws, open and > transparent. I hope that they can resist temptation...giving up power > is never easy. > > Judah > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't think Chavez took power with any intention of helping people. He >> used populist rhetoric to win support from the poor and then consolidated >> his power through a series of moves that would have never been allowed in a >> mature democracy. He actually tried to get himself elected president for >> life, but even the poor people who supported his version of Marxist class >> warfare thought that was asking too much and they voted down the idea. So >> now he's threatening straight-up Soviet-style repression of all dissent. >> Just wait until he starts the "re-education" camps. >> >> Are you surprised? I'm not. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279835 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
