Hugo Chavez is often called a dictator. Violence by himself and those involved with him is often brought up. I find this laughable at best. When you are waging wars through the middle east, backing coups in Venezuela and Iran and in general using the U.S. Empire to spread death pointing to the other country as evil for doing what your country has done even more of is laughable at best. It seems that people are uncritical of their own faiths and empires ignoring the same actions and flaws within themselves but glaring these flaws on the six o’clock news when it’s the Muslim or the evil Commie!
People like Glenn Beck will often point to the slaughter of statists in cases that it is done in the name of state socialism or state communism but will turn a blind eye when this is done by state capitalism. I do not support state capitalism, state communism or state socialism. Not because I oppose the economic models or what is behind them, but because of the state. It s natural for a state to kill and slaughter. Many will see this in states that are not their own but justify it in the state they are supporting.
At the end of the day the reality is that Hugo Chavez has used the state as a tool to try and give to the people and improve their lives. In the process some people have been killed, some in his coup d’etat and some in the coup d’etat that the U.S. supported against Chavez. The same reality exists in the U.S. but those deaths are not questionable and are justified by the blind. We see that the U.S. is somehow sacrosanct in all of this. When other countries behave as us they are killing or terrorists, when it is the U.S. we are ‘shedding blood for freedom’.
The same is seen with Islam. People can point out the violence, absurdity and gender biases in the religion they are not a part of. When it comes to Christianity and the evils the church is often a part of they can not see these problems. For like the Jihadist they are blinded by their dogma which justifies their iniquities.
I have no hatred for Hugo Chavez just as I have no hatred for American Presidents. They are simply people who believe a myth that they can mold the world by force into what they have imagined. It is the system and the means that is the problem. Government is the use of murder and violence to control others. It is laughable at best to hear the war mongering parties of the United States crying about other countries when they commit the same crimes they are endorsing by pointing out that others are doing it also.
Most do not see this. They are sheltered by the media and by the rhetoric of the state. Many will associate Hugo Chavez with the idea that he is an evil dictator. I did. I was uncritical of the situation. When you ask yourself why is he an ‘evil dictator’ and begin to look at the claims against such people, they are only guilty of taking the actions that are necessary to create a state or a government. Fox news and others rant against these people for taking the same actions they would promote the United States taking . They cry that others would use violence to maintain their order while they cry for their endless slaughter in the middle east, their war on drugs and support detention centers in the united states for the migrant that did not have their state approved papers.
A girl named Buddy.(Suffolk Sun)
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) January 6, 2008 A girl Buddy Buddy, a rescued green iguana, often stars in JB’s Rattles’ live reptile shows that introduce youngsters to the world of alligators, snakes and other reptiles.
“She’s adorable – and loves people,” said John Barnes, aka Rattles, a reptile specialist from Moyock, N.C.
He has collected reptiles and had them as pets since he was 7, when he captured his first green snake. A home repairs contractor, Barnes also does snake removals from homes and businesses, returning the creatures to the wild.
Buddy, 4 feet long (counting her tail), had been kept by her previous owners in a chicken wire cage, and she lost several fingers trying to climb the sharp wire.
Even though Buddy is a female, Barnes decided to keep the name she’d been given by the previous owners.
But under Barnes’ care, she has recovered, and enjoys meeting youngsters at libraries and schools where the Barnes’ menagerie appears.
During January, Barnes is inviting students to make a poster and send it with a 300-word essay about reptiles.
The winner, he said, will receive a free, live educational reptile show at his or her school. For more information, visit www.jbsrattles.com, or call (757) 739-4917.
She wins a car and a day off, to boot Sometime in the next few days, Norfolk’s Amina Gueye-Ruiz, will be getting the keys to her new black, 2008 Saturn Vue.
Gueye-Ruiz, a part-time student, is also a full-time photo finishing technician at the Walgreens at Colley Avenue and 21st Street in Norfolk.
Her name was drawn to win one of 28 cars the drug store awarded nationwide , to employees nominated for outstanding customer service. here dress long black
Store manager Katherine Pezzulich said that since her store ranked among the top Walgreens in customer service, all the employees were nominated.
She learned Dec. 15 that Gueye-Ruiz had won, but could not tell her until Dec. 18, after all the arrangements had been made.
“That was tough,” Pezzulich said. “But when we did tell her, she was so excited she just squealed.” In a Dec. 21 ceremony, Gueye-Ruiz received a mock check for the amount of the car – and took the rest of the day off.
An important walk down the aisle Nancy Schreier, of Virginia Beach, will be one of a dozen amateurs walking the runway with professional models at the Uniquely Yours Bridal Showcase today at the Norfolk Marriott.
Each of the 12 amateur models, including one wearing a wedding gown trimmed in pink, is a breast cancer survivor.
Pearl Taylor, of Uniquely Yours by Pearl, is dedicating the show to two of her best friends, including Schreier, who are breast cancer survivors.
Taylor, sponsor of the show, said proceeds from admissions will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The show is from 11 a.m.to 5 p.m.
Schreier, 65, is a 19-year cancer survivor. She’ll be wearing a mother of the bride – or groom – dress, long, black chiffon, and, she said, “it’s a little sexy.” “We hope our modeling will be an inspiration to women to show that breast cancer is not the end of life; it can be the beginning,” she said.
“A lot of women in the show are very young survivors, and we want to show that you can still look lovely.” Although Schreier is an amateur model, she’s an experienced mother of the groom and bride. Her son was married in New York in August. Her daughter was married 13 years ago in Norfolk.
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215,000 The number of horses, ponies and mules the U.S. Department of Agriculture say there is in Virginia, based on its latest survey from November, 2006. It represents a 26 percent increase in horses from the last time the survey was done, in June, 2001. Quarter horses and thoroughbreds were the leading breeds in the state, and total value of all the equine was $1.65 billion , according to the survey.
6,700 The number of square feet of Norfolk’s new Farmers Market, formerly the Five Points Community Farm Market, scheduled to open this spring on Church Street, a few blocks south of Lafayette Park . Rising rents at its former Norview location forced the non-profit market to close Dec. 22. An important walk down the aisle Nancy Schreier of Virginia Beach will be one of a dozen amateurs walking the runway with professional models at the Uniquely Yours Bridal Showcase today at the Norfolk Marriott Waterside.
Each of the 12 amateur models, including one wearing a wedding gown trimmed in pink, is a breast cancer survivor.
Pearl Taylor, of Uniquely Yours by Pearl, is dedicating the show to two of her best friends, including Schreier, who are breast cancer survivors. Taylor said proceeds from admissions will be donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The show is from 11 a.m.to 5 p.m. Brides are free; otherwise, tickets are $5.
Schreier, 65, is a 19-year cancer survivor. She will wear a mother-of-the-bride – or groom – dress, long, black chiffon, and, she said, “a little sexy.” “We hope our modeling will be an inspiration to women to show that breast cancer is not the end of life; it can be the beginning,” she said.
“A lot of women in the show are very young survivors, and we want to show that you can still look lovely.” Although Schreier is an amateur model, she’s an experienced mother of the groom and bride. Her son was married in New York in August. Her daughter was married 13 years ago in Norfolk.
She wins a car – and a day off Sometime in the next few days, Norfolk’s Amina Gueye-Ruiz will receive the keys to her new black, 2008 Saturn Vue. site dress long black
Gueye-Ruiz, a part-time student, is also a full-time photo finishing technician at the Walgreens at Colley Avenue and 21st Street in Norfolk.
Her name was drawn to win one of 28 cars the drug store awarded nationwide to employees nominated for outstanding customer service.
Store manager Katherine Pezzulich said that since her store ranked among the top Walgreens in customer service, all the employees were nominated.
She learned Dec. 15 that Gueye-Ruiz had won, but could not tell her until Dec. 18, after all the arrangements had been made.
“That was tough,” Pezzulich said. “But when we did tell her, she was so excited she just squealed.” In a Dec. 21 ceremony, Gueye-Ruiz received a mock check for the amount of the car – and took the rest of the day off. uddy, a rescued green iguana, often stars in JB’s Rattles’ live reptile shows that introduce youngsters to the world of alligators, snakes and other reptiles.
“She’s adorable – and loves people,” said John Barnes, aka “Rattles,” a reptile specialist from Moyock, N.C.
He has collected reptiles and had them as pets since age 7, when he captured his first green snake. A home repairs contractor, Barnes also does snake removals from homes and businesses, returning the creatures to the wild.
Buddy, 4 feet long (counting her tail), had been kept by her previous owners in a chicken wire cage, and she lost several fingers trying to climb the sharp wire.
Even though Buddy is a female, Barnes decided to keep the name she’d been given by the previous owners.
But under Barnes’ care, she has recovered and enjoys meeting youngsters at libraries and schools, where the Barnes’ menagerie appears.
During January, Barnes invites students to make a poster and send it with a 300-word essay about reptiles.
The winner, he said, will receive a free, live educational reptile show at his or her school. For more information, visit www.jbsrattles.com, or call (757) 739-4917.
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Above Amina Gueye-Ruiz, second from right, poses with her winning check for a new Saturn Vue (inset), as her boss, Walgreens store manager Katherine Pezzulich, looks on. At left is Vince Wilkinson, and, at right, Paul Ray, both district managers for Walgreens. courtesy photo courtesy photo Nancy Schreier of Virginia Beach will be among the breast-cancer survivor/models participating in today’s bridal gown show at the Norfolk Marriott. courtesy photo John Barnes takes Buddy, his rescued green iguana, on the road with him for his reptile shows. “She’s adorable – and loves people,” Barnes says.
People have a difficulty with worrying about the speck in the eye of other countries and cultures. Perhaps they are blinded by the pillar in their eyes. This occurs with the blind hatred for what they would call ‘socialist’ nations, Islam and in general anyone of the ‘not us’ crowd.
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