Saturday, May 06, 2006

hola! Hola! HOLA!

Back on April 29th the tres chiflados, Moe Chavez from Venezuela, Larry Castro from Cuba and Shemp Morales from Bolivia, signed a "trade agreement of the people" who many feel was a symbolic alternative to the Free Trade agreement the U.S. reached with other Latin American countries. When I first heard this bit of news I was very excited. Mostly because it just reaffirmed my feeling that Moe is just positioning himself to take over Cuba once Larry kicks it, but also, because it brought Shemp forward as the socialist weasel he endeavors to be. In other words, I'm Right. From what I gather, Moe is going to help subsidize Cuban oil projects that are exptected to pump between Cuba and Florida. (By the way, does anyone think these projects will pass any of the environmental requirements? So where is the Lefts outrage?) In return, Cuba is going to train Venezuelan and Bolivian Doctors and educators. This is all based on the "you scratch my back I'll scratch yours" theory. So what is the big deal, right? Why should we care? Well it comes down to one little word..."choice." Oh and "private property" and I think "liberty" can be thrown in there as well.

One of the arguments Moe made pertaining to the agreement was

"We don't want to be rich, but we do want to live well, with dignity, as
brothers, so there is no misery, so there is no poverty, so people are not
excluded — that is among our fundamental objectives," Chavez said of the trade
pact in Caracas on Friday, before leaving for Havana.
Well, if Moe has followed Larry's past at all, and you know he has, then you also know he is lying. This agreement is all about them getting rich and also sticking their fingers into the eye of America. I know this by just looking at Larry's record. Over the years he has insisted his net worth is zero, but Forbes has him listed in the Top Ten Wealthiest Rulers claiming Larry is worth $900 million. Sort of a large chunk for a country that is in the toilet. One can say "What about Bill Gates, he is the richest man in the world and you are not harping on him." Well, that is because Bill Gates wasn't able to become rich without making thousands of others rich along the way. That is the beauty of capitalism. The same can't be said about Larry's communist model.

Moving on, NewsMax has a report that Cuba and Venezuala are going to help three disadvantaged individuals from Bolivia. One who is nearly blind from cataracts, another who is illiterate and the third who doesn't officially exist. This, to me, is just a PR move by Moe and Larry.
Melani's cataracts were removed for free by one of some 700 Cuban doctors who
have fanned out to the farthest corners of Bolivia. Cuban teaching materials are
helping Mamani learn to read and write. Technology from Venezuela got
17-year-old Mayra the ID card without which she couldn't travel abroad, vote,
enter government buildings or accumulate a pension.
Ok, lets sum up. Melani will now be able to see before they put the horse blinders on. Mamani will be able to read the one book that hasn't been made illegal and Mayra will be able to travel from Bolivia, to Cuba, to Venezuela and back to Bolivia again. Sounds like a great deal.

Oh, and this just came in.

2 comments:

Megan said...

Interesting. I'vee been hoping for a Cuban civil war once Castro dies. That country really has a lot to offer, but they can't do anything right now. If there is a foreign influence that always insures domestic instability.

BVM said...

There's no way that Cuba is going to maintain its poor ways once Fidel dies. Hell, the cruise lines have been circling that island like sharks just waiting for Fidel to kick it.

Cuba is set for a bounty if they do things correctly, like not stick with their idiotic Communism.