Iran is run by a crying pussy. Venezuela is run by a macho wanna-be Mexican tough guy.
First, Venezuela
Last year Venezuela and Mexico withdrew their embassadors to each others' countries due to tense relations and talk between both presidents. Vincente Fox, Mexico's former president, was trying to sell the free trade agreement while visiting several South American countries. Purposely avoiding Venezuela because he knew it wouldn't do any good.
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, took this gesture as a symbolic flipping of the bird, and told Fox to get out of South America because no one was interested in his frienship with Bush. Fox fired back and basically told Chavez to not speak when he's not asked to speak, and that not everyone is interested in his opinion.
Chavez, unused to the upfront insults that he himself so easily dishes out, then told Fox not to "mess with me, because you'll get stung". The argument ended with the withdrawal of the embassadors.
Chavez talks big, he tells the US to stay out of anything international, and basically calling Bush a mass murderer (and yes I know some in the US also say that, but that's another story altogether). At the same time, Chavez celebrates the acheivements revolutionaries such as Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra. Because killing roughly 20,000 in Iraq is mass murder, and killing 600,000 in Latin America is heroic. I love the Che fans, they make me laugh.
He whines that the US has had a vicegrip on the economies of South American nations and has held the continent in poverty. This coming from the man that wants to convert to socialism.
"BUT DALTON SOCIALISM IS GOOD!!!1!one!1"
Whatever your political views are, one must realize that socialism is harmful to an economy. The only reason that drives anyone to work is the fact that they will see the fruits of their labor. Socialism drains any incentive to work because it vastly reduces the effect felt by working harder or not working at all.
The United States didn't get to being a world economic power because it has low labor costs, or tremendous production capabilities (that's China). The US got to where it is because it rewarded innovation. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were able to make a buck from their innovations. Socialism would split the revenue from that new invention and share it amongst the people. This system stunts ambitions and allows countries like the US to reward their creative peoples. This in turn will either drive an economy or bring it to an utter standstill.
Chavez is using an outdated system, and blaming the US's working system for the failure of his own.
Chavez also acts as if he has the international weight to carry his radical promises. He gave a speech to the UN General Assembly for over 2 hours to almost no applause. Chavez has visited 4 countries in the last several months: Bolivia, Ecuador, Cuba, and Iran...the titans of international persuasion.
In essence, the US doesn't stomp out Chavez because he isn't a threat. When Chavez came to Harlem and berated Bush, the White House basically swept it under the carpet as if his comments were pocket lint which had accidentally fallen out of its designated area.
Iran
Iran's President before sanctions:
-President declares a day for anti-zionism, announces that there will be a day when Israel is wiped off the face of the planet.
-Announces nuclear ambitions
-Begins "religious war games" testing missles and other armaments
Iran's President after UN sanctions:
-Proclaims its innocence
-Declares that the US will suffer greatly for its imperialistic control over international affairs
Now of course I can hear it now, the Santa Cruz hippies are yelling in my ears about how unfair the UN sanctions are, and those stupid fucking MUN retards spouting that sanctions hurt the people and not the government.
These UN sanctions are embargos on nuclear equipment. So unless the Iranian people need plutonium for their flux capacitors, they're not being affected in the least bit. Secondly, if Iran truly wanted to improve their infrastructure, they'd better start somewhere else instead of jumping 20 steps into the nuclear program.
Iran is the fourth largest producer of oil, and yet for the life of me I can never figure out why their net exports were so low. I thought surely they'd sell off most of their oil and only use up about a quarter of their production. But, how surprised I was to find out that Iran actually imports gasoline from other countries.
That's right, Iran, the fourth largest oil producing nation, IMPORTS GASOLINE.
Iran is looking for "peaceful" nuclear capabilities when they can't even refine their own oil for their own use.
Now you tell me hippies, what's hurting Iran more, sanctions or the fact that their government has been so mismanaged that their people have to pay for another nation to refine their resource and send it back at a massively increased price tag.
First, Venezuela
Last year Venezuela and Mexico withdrew their embassadors to each others' countries due to tense relations and talk between both presidents. Vincente Fox, Mexico's former president, was trying to sell the free trade agreement while visiting several South American countries. Purposely avoiding Venezuela because he knew it wouldn't do any good.
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, took this gesture as a symbolic flipping of the bird, and told Fox to get out of South America because no one was interested in his frienship with Bush. Fox fired back and basically told Chavez to not speak when he's not asked to speak, and that not everyone is interested in his opinion.
Chavez, unused to the upfront insults that he himself so easily dishes out, then told Fox not to "mess with me, because you'll get stung". The argument ended with the withdrawal of the embassadors.
Chavez talks big, he tells the US to stay out of anything international, and basically calling Bush a mass murderer (and yes I know some in the US also say that, but that's another story altogether). At the same time, Chavez celebrates the acheivements revolutionaries such as Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra. Because killing roughly 20,000 in Iraq is mass murder, and killing 600,000 in Latin America is heroic. I love the Che fans, they make me laugh.
He whines that the US has had a vicegrip on the economies of South American nations and has held the continent in poverty. This coming from the man that wants to convert to socialism.
"BUT DALTON SOCIALISM IS GOOD!!!1!one!1"
Whatever your political views are, one must realize that socialism is harmful to an economy. The only reason that drives anyone to work is the fact that they will see the fruits of their labor. Socialism drains any incentive to work because it vastly reduces the effect felt by working harder or not working at all.
The United States didn't get to being a world economic power because it has low labor costs, or tremendous production capabilities (that's China). The US got to where it is because it rewarded innovation. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were able to make a buck from their innovations. Socialism would split the revenue from that new invention and share it amongst the people. This system stunts ambitions and allows countries like the US to reward their creative peoples. This in turn will either drive an economy or bring it to an utter standstill.
Chavez is using an outdated system, and blaming the US's working system for the failure of his own.
Chavez also acts as if he has the international weight to carry his radical promises. He gave a speech to the UN General Assembly for over 2 hours to almost no applause. Chavez has visited 4 countries in the last several months: Bolivia, Ecuador, Cuba, and Iran...the titans of international persuasion.
In essence, the US doesn't stomp out Chavez because he isn't a threat. When Chavez came to Harlem and berated Bush, the White House basically swept it under the carpet as if his comments were pocket lint which had accidentally fallen out of its designated area.
Iran
Iran's President before sanctions:
-President declares a day for anti-zionism, announces that there will be a day when Israel is wiped off the face of the planet.
-Announces nuclear ambitions
-Begins "religious war games" testing missles and other armaments
Iran's President after UN sanctions:
-Proclaims its innocence
-Declares that the US will suffer greatly for its imperialistic control over international affairs
Now of course I can hear it now, the Santa Cruz hippies are yelling in my ears about how unfair the UN sanctions are, and those stupid fucking MUN retards spouting that sanctions hurt the people and not the government.
These UN sanctions are embargos on nuclear equipment. So unless the Iranian people need plutonium for their flux capacitors, they're not being affected in the least bit. Secondly, if Iran truly wanted to improve their infrastructure, they'd better start somewhere else instead of jumping 20 steps into the nuclear program.
Iran is the fourth largest producer of oil, and yet for the life of me I can never figure out why their net exports were so low. I thought surely they'd sell off most of their oil and only use up about a quarter of their production. But, how surprised I was to find out that Iran actually imports gasoline from other countries.
That's right, Iran, the fourth largest oil producing nation, IMPORTS GASOLINE.
Iran is looking for "peaceful" nuclear capabilities when they can't even refine their own oil for their own use.
Now you tell me hippies, what's hurting Iran more, sanctions or the fact that their government has been so mismanaged that their people have to pay for another nation to refine their resource and send it back at a massively increased price tag.
posted by Daltonius at 2:29 PM
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