adam, kasey and i were talking about hugo chavez and some interesting parallels between him and bush. i, for one, hope that chavez isn't on his way to becoming a dictator. i've appreciated his progressive reforms, his stance for the people of his country, and his vigor. but, i've also been very skeptical of some things that he has done, like quelling dissenting voices (shutting down opposition news networks). to me, free press needs to be protected. anyway, we were discussing the changes that were being proposed in their constitution. it looks like some, if not all, will happen. chavez (or whatever future president) will have 7 instead of 6 years in office, and the term limit has been removed. the hope in making these changes is that the country will have time to continue to make change and progress. the fear is that chavaz will never lose power, become an evil tyrant, and abuse privilege.
it looks like we'll have a chance to see. shoot, i'm almost surprised that ol' bush hasn't proposed similar changes to extend his vacation of a career.
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I don't know why Bush would want to stay in power. If you were doing a crap job of something, and all of your ideas don't work, wouldn't you want to just get out? Or are the yes-men and women too thickly clustered around the throne?
...but dang, check this out ... someone should tell him.
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