Chavez Shuts Down TV Station

[Hobbit]

Duly elected, totally legit President Hugo Chavez, who's totally not a dictator in any way, had troops take over an opposition TV station and replace the programming with stuff that was friendly to Chavez's socialist vision.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070526/wl_nm/venezuela_television_military_dc;_ylt=AlxbC8F.IfCQ Il0zFG90htW9IxIF

[nevadamedic]

Duly elected, totally legit President Hugo Chavez, who's totally not a dictator in any way, had troops take over an opposition TV station and replace the programming with stuff that was friendly to Chavez's socialist vision.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070526/wl_nm/venezuela_television_military_dc;_ylt=AlxbC8F.IfCQ Il0zFG90htW9IxIF

That is definatly a Dictator.

[Abbey Marie]

Maybe it will be the all-Danny Glover channel. :rolleyes:

[Kathianne]

Well it's well covered on the blogs, protests against it that is:

http://publiuspundit.com/2007/05/rallying_big_for_free_speech_i.php


Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans demonstrate for free speech in Caracas
Source: AP, via Drudge Report

Imagine a world with no free press. For many Venezuelans, this has dawned on them that this is no imaginative idea anymore, for the first time. Chavista supporters and poor voters have taken to the streets alongside their middle-class brethren to call for free speech as the biggest television station, RCTV is shut down....

[5stringJeff]

Another victory for liberty in Latin America! :rolleyes:

[nevadamedic]

Maybe it will be the all-Danny Glover channel. :rolleyes:

:laugh2:

[stephanie]

Lot's of links and pictures at the site...

SNIP:
More at the site...
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/

Hugo Chavez Silences the Opposition- Sends Tanks In!



Daniel at Venezuela News and Views wrote me about this Venezuelan national emergency.
Here is his plea:



Dear Friends:

At some point I have been in touch with all of you. Most of you write, or have written, great blogs in the past, blogs who have had the kindness to worry about what is happening in Venezuela under Chavez; blogs that go from left to the right written by people who have enough of a brain to understand that the few good intentions that Chavez professes are not enough to make the happiness of his people, even if he is able to fool a large chunk of them.

As you might know, next Sunday (today) Chavez is getting ready to shut down the main opposition TV network, RCTV, which has an average rating floating around 40%. The simple reason is politics even though the Chavez administration has advanced a lot of spurious arguments. International condemnations are raining over Venezuela, noteworthy an unusual unanimous resolution of the US Senate who sees Kennedy, Clinton and Obama next to Lugar and Mc Cain signing as co-sponsors.

Needless to say that the hour is crucial.

Miguel at Devil's Excrement and myself at Venezuela News & Views have been writing extensively on the matter. After the dispiriting December elections we are now basically the last two bloggers covering the Venezuelan day to day situation in English.

Thus my request for today. Please, do try to follow this extremely important development as Chavez finally comes out of his fascist closet to show the dictator that he has been all along. Closing RCTV is a major restriction in freedom of information, a preliminary step before freedom of expression. And a stepping stone to more autocracy. For all practical purpose Venezuela is now a military ruled state with the paradox that the army did not even need to make a coup! there will be plenty of information through our blogs, and you are welcome to write to either one of us for any details you might need if you wish to post something to that effect, to help two solitary bloggers who might sooner than later be under attack. Do not forget that Chavez has nationalized the main Telecom business of Venezuela last week, the telecom which controls more than 80% of the Internet and thus control of Internet is now a distinct possibility for the government. That is, assuming chavismo has the skills to control Internet, which I doubt personally. However countries like China or Iran have shown many creative ways to put pressure on bloggers. And they are Chavez allies.

Thank you for any help you can bring to our cause over the next week.
Fausta interviewed Thor Halvorssen, President and CEO of the Human Rights Foundation, Daniel Duquenal of Venezuela News and Views, Miguel Octavio, of The Devil's Excrement, and oil industry expert Gustavo Coronel.
Fausta has the important podcast interview posted HERE.

The podcast is very good. The international community does not understand the vast abuse on the people of Venezuela. Rule of law, private property rights, and freedom of press are all now absent under the Chavez regime.



Chavez sent in the tanks today to the opposition protest- a first.

For the first time today, Hugo Chavez has sent in tanks to the city centers to line up against the opposition protesting his Marxist takeover of the media:


Mr. Chavez also warned of possible efforts to sabotage the new public channel, and he said security forces are prepared to respond.

Venezuelan army tanks and security forces deployed across the capital and other cities ahead of the protests, which are expected to continue Sunday.

Army General Juan Paredes Torrealba said the military is authorized to guard against possible violence. He says they are not expecting disorder or disturbances from small groups of people, but if there is trouble, the armed forces are prepared to act.
Chavez warned (via BBC): "Venezuelan armed forces are ready. Anyone generating violence will regret it."
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/

[Psychoblues]

But, has he put his country to WAR with lies as the American pResident has done? I wonder what the American prez would do if an American radio, TV or news media threatened him with his life blatantly, repeatedly and seriously? Think about it, children.

[MtnBiker]

PB, this isn't about President Bush. It is about Chavez. Is it a good thing to shut down a tv station?

[Guernicaa]

Just to branch off on what PB was saying...

What the fuck do you people think happens when someone threatens the President on their website or any other form of media?
The secret service arrives at your house within the next two days and silences you like there’s no tomorrow.

[Guernicaa]

PB, this isn't about President Bush. It is about Chavez. Is it a good thing to shut down a tv station?
Is it a good thing to shut down a myspace that has more than a million friends?

[MtnBiker]

There are events in the world that have no connection to your political view of the current US administration, hence the topic of this thread was placed in the International Politics forum. So do you support Chavez?

[theHawk]

God its hilarious how liberals can never get a grip on reality. Yet another socialist society is turning into a dicatorship and all you can do is scream about Bush who will be out of office in a year and a half.

But, keep on ignoring people like Maria Conchita Alonso who have the freedom to protest outside of Venezuela but not inside.
http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/04/opposing_hugo_c.html

You idiots should move down there, you'd fit right in.

[theHawk]

Just to branch off on what PB was saying...

What the fuck do you people think happens when someone threatens the President on their website or any other form of media?
The secret service arrives at your house within the next two days and silences you like there’s no tomorrow.

Right, they showed footage of and attempt on John Paul II's life and that is somehow a threat on Chavez. Good excuse to turn it into a STATE RUN TV station. The U.S. government may imprison people who threaten our Pres, but you don't see them rolling in with tanks and taking over entire TV stations to change them into state run propaganda machines.

You libs are delusional.


Separately, Information Minister Willian Lara accused the private Globovision TV channel of encouraging an attempt on Chavez's life by broadcasting the chorus of a salsa tune -- "Have faith, this doesn't end here" -- along with footage of the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square.

"They incite the assassination of Venezuela's president," he said.


http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/05/28/venezuela.protest.ap/index.html

[Abbey Marie]

God its hilarious how liberals can never get a grip on reality. Yet another socialist society is turning into a dicatorship and all you can do is scream about Bush who will be out of office in a year and a half.

But, keep on ignoring people like Maria Conchita Alonso who have the freedom to protest outside of Venezuela but not inside.
http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/04/opposing_hugo_c.html

You idiots should move down there, you'd fit right in.

Excellent post. You summed up much if what is polarizing our country today. It is pathetic.

[Pale Rider]

God its hilarious how liberals can never get a grip on reality. Yet another socialist society is turning into a dicatorship and all you can do is scream about Bush who will be out of office in a year and a half.

But, keep on ignoring people like Maria Conchita Alonso who have the freedom to protest outside of Venezuela but not inside.
http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2007/04/opposing_hugo_c.html

You idiots should move down there, you'd fit right in.

I love it when good post hits the board, and this one was spot on outstanding. :clap:

The HATE our board liberals are so full of spills out with everything they say. They have actually convinced themselves that president bush lied simply by repeating it over and over in their twisted minds, when nothing could be further from the truth. And instead of commenting on a country having their freedom of speech being shut down, which liberals hold in such high esteem, they prefer instead to turn the incident into a bush bashing party. It's pathetic really. They look and sound like absolute fools.

I feel bad for the people of Venezuela that are fighting to keep their free speech. I'd be happier at this point if our troops were there helping them rather than getting their asses shot off and blown up in a country that doesn't even want us there.

[theHawk]

Thanks Rider.



You know its scary how close we are to becoming a full blown socialist society. With our liberal Congress we could be just one election away from total control from the Presidency down to the 'New' Democratic Party which is controlled by the far left. And we all know they certainly favor socialism over capitalism. They hate religion, they hate freedom, and they really hate it when someone stands up to tyranny. Its scary to think people like psychoblues, who claims to have been in elected office for several years, see no difference between Christian conservatives and the Nazis. (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showpost.php?p=64798&postcount=273)
Its scary that most liberals, much like Obama08 as his avatar shows, uphold Marxist loving fanboys like Che Guevara and Hugo Chavez who incite hatred for the West. Of course they say and believe in these things even though they willingly live and prosper in the good old capatalist US of A. Hypocrits? Yes. Unfortunately the liberal propaganda machine is vast and strong. Time will only tell if our country empowers asshole socialsts that think like psychoblues and they start imprisoning whomever they feel is 'evil', a.k.a conservative.

[Hobbit]

Thanks Rider.



You know its scary how close we are to becoming a full blown socialist society. With our liberal Congress we could be just one election away from total control from the Presidency down to the 'New' Democratic Party which is controlled by the far left. And we all know they certainly favor socialism over capitalism. They hate religion, they hate freedom, and they really hate it when someone stands up to tyranny. Its scary to think people like psychoblues, who claims to have been in elected office for several years, see no difference between Christian conservatives and the Nazis. (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showpost.php?p=64798&postcount=273)
Its scary that most liberals, much like Obama08 as his avatar shows, uphold Marxist loving fanboys like Che Guevara and Hugo Chavez who incite hatred for the West. Of course they say and believe in these things even though they willingly live and prosper in the good old capatalist US of A. Hypocrits? Yes. Unfortunately the liberal propaganda machine is vast and strong. Time will only tell if our country empowers asshole socialsts that think like psychoblues and they start imprisoning whomever they feel is 'evil', a.k.a conservative.

Liberty is only ever one generation away from total destruction, and our history is full of heroes and the tyrants they defeated. We don't even know how close we came to starting as a dictatorship, as this was offered to George Washington following the British retreat and surrender. He responded by saying, "Do you think I led us for so long against George III only to become George I?"

"So this is how liberty dies, to thunderous applause."
-Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

[avatar4321]

The response of the liberals here is pretty damning to them.

Isn't it funny that the so called party of liberty always speaking on behalf of dictators?

[Gaffer]

There were 15,000 people in the streets of Caracus. FOX had some coverage of it but moved on to more important news, like how princess di got killed and lohan's drinking.

There's some serious shit going on in Venezuela and should be watched closely. I think all the libs should go down there and join chevez in suppressing the people there.