Doing a little projecting, are we? You’re just mad because I spanked your worthless ass. I have to admit, it was easy for me, considering that I came armed with facts and thinking skills, and you came armed with– well, really lame versions of RNC talking points. Just be glad this isn’t my blog; that’s why I went easy on your sorry hide.

Next time you want to enter a rhetorical gunfight, don’t bring your frowny-face flash cards.

Hey, randy, I’ve got an easy solution to foiling Morales’ alleged plan: how about you filthy gringos stop using so much cocaine. Or maybe you need the Nanny State to protect you from your own illicit desires.

The Nicaraguans threw the bums out once they realized the Sandanista s were a bunch of corrupt thugs.

We have another person ignorant of recent history. The Sandanistas were swept into power despite violent opposition from holdouts loyal to Somoza This was after a long and bloody civil war in which– once again– the majority of the population was held down by an entrenched, U.S.-backed right-wing dictatorship (this one was a family dynasty).

Jeez, randy, have you never heard of the contras? Do right-wing brains have the memory of fish, or just their critical thinking ability? Is the cocaine doing this to you? The Reaganites spent the better part of a decade funding and training elements of the former Somoza-loyalist National Guard, plus assorted mercenaries and other terrorists recruited from around Latin America. The contras carried out a campaign of terrorism; they generally avoided direct confrontation with the legitimate Nicaraguan military, instead going for ’soft targets’ like teachers, judges, and other unarmed civilians. There were kidnappings, bombings, assassinations– hey, maybe they shipped some of their CIA handbooks to Iraq by mistake!!

The U.S. had an ‘embassy’ set up in Honduras, run by John Negroponte, just to coordinate this crap. The CIA even mined the harbors of Nicaragua’s ports. These things were all acts of war, and were loudly condemned by the international community (except for Honduras, of course, where speaking out against U.S. aggression would get you tossed out a helicopter from altitude).

Anyway, it was the fatigue of decades of bloodshed that led much of the population to give in to threats of further U.S.-sponsored terrorism and vote for “centrists” as opposed to the Sandanistas.

Get a f–king clue, randy. Otherwise you’ll try to be clever, and you’ll just look stupid. Maybe that passes for wisdom in Freeperland…

Once we were blamed for the coups to topple Chavez, ones that he easily overcame, the rest of the South America lost their fear of us. And no matter how conservatives try to write it, our lack of easy victory in Iraq has hurt our ability to bully our neighbors. NOBODY IS AFRAID OF US ANYMORE!! Ask Iran, North Korea and China..

The scary part…the really scary part, is that South America is turning left because of us and in spite of us. Our support for IMT, WTO, CAFTA, etc. they see as hurting them rather than helping. WHy are they turning left? Because turning right cost them their economic independence.

THe leaders of these countries no longer fear us or look to us for guidance. THey see Bush as a democratically elected son of a bitch just as the Bushes see them as the same. Now they want to democratically elect their own sons of bitches. And jabbing a thumb in DIck CHeney’s eye is just a bonus.

By the way…Condi Rice cannot speak or read Russian well enough to be considered an expert on anything slavic. The Russian newspapers mocked her intellect, her knowledge of Russian history and her poor attempts at conversation. She wasnt as good at Russian as Bush is at Spanish.

The truth hurts, doesnt it, right wing nut bags? Shoot the messenger.

I won’t bother. I’ll let a really smart Palestinian do it for me:
Edward Said: On Dignity and Solidarity

zero wrote: You are a consistent Blame America First idiot. If the shoe fits, wear it.

Gladly, zero. I am an idiot just like my hero, Jesus Christ, who taught me the following:
“For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:2-4)
I don’t go looking at other nations’ behavior and making criticisms until I know that the U.S., in which I was born, have lived my entire life, and where I reside as a voter and taxpayer, is doing the best it can to be righteous. That’s my responsibility as a citizen of a democracy.

zero wrote: Are you so ashamed of your leftist leanings that you must try to conceal them. You consistently use language and phrasing on this site commonly used by soviet era propagandists.

Yes, zero, I am so ashamed of my leftist leanings (which are also patterned after the living example of my hero, Jesus Christ) that I often, apparently, spout Soviet-era propaganda! Gee, zero, I had no idea! Since you’re an expert on Soviet-era propaganda (like Condi Rice?), maybe you could give me a few examples.

Oh, and I m sure YOU have never spelled ANYTHING wrong and hit the submit button before catching it

Actually, I’ve made MANY speling erhors that got past the “submit” button. However, unlike you, zero, I don’t let anything really stupid get past the “submit” button.

Who else wants some?!

Shorter Corrigan: “Down with Amerikka, long live the international Prelotariat!”

While this statement is true, it remains to be seen if the socialist oriented regimes will be as corrupt as the old guard. The Nicaraguans threw the bums out once they realized the Sandanista’s were a bunch of corrupt thugs. I’ll bet the same will happen in Venezula and Bolivia.

Heck, I’ll even pay for the copy of it if you’re willing to read it…

I thought you were going to make it without one “ass.” Damn, you were so close. Your post brought me to tears, though. Especially the part about Israel being an “oppressive regime.” That was a nice touch.

That Oliver Willis (Occupation: Toole) is praising the possibility of increasing America s crack cocaine supply. Can We Finally Call It A Trend Another politician in South America with a leftist message wins office. The South American politician with…

You have to understand that most of Latin America has been trying to make this ‘left turn’ for centuries. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, if you’re an imperialist/elitist/fascist) the wealthycriollo elites in most of these countries have always managed to make their own enrichment and aggrandizement the effective law of the land, and the needs of the majority populations (indigenos, gauchos, mestizos, etc.) have been placed on the back burner, if on the stove at all. Most importantly to this thread, though, the U.S. has always– always– supported the brutal right-wing dictatorships that have maintained (or restored) the colonial status quo. This support has usually included covert and indirect aid, such as the training and arming of secret police, death squads, etc.; it has also included (especially in the earlier days, and in the recent cases of Panama and Nicaragua) direct military intervention.

The neoliberal policies of the IMF, WTO, and World Bank are just organized, official methods for the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe to continue the economic exploitation of poorer Latin American countries. The same old structure exists: the wealthy elite getting their cut, and most of the rest struggling for survival. This is what these Latin American populations are turning away from. They’ve been trying for years, but Clinton seemed not so willing to call out the dogs of war in response to the rising success of these popular movements.

As evidence by their clumsy support for the bungled coup attempt (and subsequent recall referendum) in Venezuela in 2002, the Bushies appear willing to play the old Reaganite games, but they lack the resources and political capital. You can convince the slack-jawed mouthbreathers in our own electorate that Chávez is a dangerous, anti-democratic commie, but the rest of the world sees that the biggest danger to world peace and stability is the nation that launched an unprovoked invasion of Iraq, continues its support for oppressive regimes in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Israel, etc.), and never met an internationally beneficial treaty that it couldn’t reject (Kyoto, World thingie on Racism, International Criminal Court, etc.).

I’m sure the Bushies are still trying to play the old Reaganite games; huge chunks of our tax dollars are still pouring into Plan Colombia, for example. However, it appears that the big old coyote has lost some of its bite. It appears, and I certainly hope it keeps up, that much of Latin America is finally in a position to wipe its collective ass on the Monroe Doctrine. If the U.S. is going to remain a leader in the western hemisphere, then it should lead benevolently and by positive example, not with the violence, subterfuge, oppression, and hypocrisy that typified its own growth spurts.

See, I figured that out because no living human being (notice I didn’t qualify that with a phrase like “…except a Freeper troll”, because Freepers aren’t human) could have so much dog feces between his ears that he’d actually keep repeating this non sequitur–

blame it on the president.

–as though it were some sort of clever “gotcha” line.

Ha ha! What a dandy bon mot. Now run along and play, and let us grownups discuss the other children in the White House.

Also, the Latin American Left Turn was in response to Clinton, and then Bush after he continued Clinton’s neo-liberal policies. I’m not sure if Iraq had anything to do with it. In fact, Latin Americans (especially conservatives) have complained that the US has ignored them because of Middle East tunnel vision. Thus, Leftists are able to take advantage while Bush is distracted in Iraq.