18 months. LMAO. He's dictator for life. --- On Sun, 12/19/10, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Publius Maximus <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] Barack's ghetto bump buddy gets to play Caesar for a season > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, December 19, 2010, 4:49 AM > http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1729156220101217 > > - - - > CARACAS, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Venezuela's parliament gave > President Hugo > Chavez decree powers for 18 months on Friday, outraging > opposition > parties that accused him of turning South America's biggest > oil > producer into a dictatorship. > > The move consolidated the firebrand socialist leader's hold > on power > after nearly 12 years in office, and raised the prospect of > a fresh > wave of nationalizations as the former paratrooper seeks to > entrench > his self-styled "revolution." > > Chavez had asked for the fast-track powers for one year, > saying he > needed them to deal with a national emergency caused by > floods that > drove nearly 140,000 people from their homes. > > But the Assembly, which is dominated by loyalists from his > Socialist > Party, decided to extend them for a year and a half. > - - - > > Ah, Democracy! > > The outgoing Congress has cleverly concealed many subtle > and > not-so-subtle power-grabbing instruments in Baby Raila's > executive > toolbox in the tens of thousands of unread pages of > legislation they > rammed through in the last 2 years, the climax of which > would have > been the Omnibus Budget bill that, by the grace of God, > went down in > flames. > > But Barry knows it's now unlikely that he can outright > declare himself > dictator a la Chavez, which is why he's so glum and decided > to just > enjoy the perks of the office and let everyone else do the > heavy > lifting for him (letting Bubba enjoy another 15 minutes of > megalomaniacal fame with the White House Press Corps last > week so he > could go to a party was a surreal but nonetheless > case-in-point > example of this). > > - Publius > > -- > > "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this > country, > under an efficient government, will probably be an > increasing object > of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that > enterprises to > subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of > foreign > powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted > by some of > them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can > be > avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but > those whose > situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the > faithful > and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers > #59] > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
