Danger And Opportunity

 

"Our two revolutions are at heart the same", Chavez said, comparing Iran's overthrow of the Shah with his self-styled socialist movement.

Such statements always intrigue me.

Could Chavez really be so ignorant and not only fail to grasp the difference, but the sheer enormity of it? Or does he so much like the sound of a catchy phrase, cheerfully continuing the every day practice of endlessly reciting socialistic slogans, in the perpetual effort to placate the mostly uneducated poor and thus condemning them to remain just so? Is it possible, that he doesn't know any better? Or does he choose to ignore the Mullahcracy's all-important emphasis on it being an Islamic revolution; that they couldn't care less about all the worldly and material promises inherent in the western ideology of 'revolutions'.

Back in the dusty streets of Tehran, critics are quick to attack the obvious:

What are our bounds with Venezuela, Nicaragua or Ecuador and Bolivia? Are we neighbors? Do we share the same faith?

Of course not. Chavez is just another Infidel; yes, one of use temporarily, but Infidel none the less. Much in the same vain as Infidel members of the MSM are temporarily praised when promoting Islamofascist propaganda. Case in point is BBC's dramatization of Thug-In-Chief's visit to South America:

"With his eyes fixed firmly on the Middle East, the last thing President Bush wants is another hostile diplomatic front opening up in his own backyard. But with the arrival of the Iranian president in the region, that is exactly what some commentators are predicting", reported the BBC’s Latin America correspondent, adding that, "The most worrying alliance for Washington is that being forged between Iran and Venezuela".

Most worrying indeed... especially as our Thug-In-Chief is most likely promising nukes to each and every one who will support his struggle against all of those nasty nations trying to stop him from fulfilling his promise of a nuclear Holocaust. What a dream scenario: the US surrounded by hostile nuclear powers, giving hell to the great Satan in the North. That ought to buy our Thug-In-Chief some time to sort things out in the Middle East - or so he hopes.

But why worry? The Haute Couture shows in Paris are the biggest ever with almost double the designers parading before overcrowded catwalks. Our love for the monarchy is alive and well, judging by Dame Helen Mirren's success at the Golden Globe awards; a success likely repeated at the Oscars.

And at home, we are promised a watershed presidential campaigning season - not least, because it started earlier than ever.

Two years before the next president is inaugurated and a full year before the first vote is cast, the contest for the White House is off to a breathtakingly fast start, exposing an ever-growing field of candidates to longer, more intensive scrutiny and increasing the amount of money they need to remain viable. [...]

Because they do not want competitors to be raising money unchallenged, more candidates are declaring their intentions earlier, which in turn means the entire field needs more money to sustain campaigns for a longer time.

There are now a dozen serious contenders from both parties competing in a presidential race that for the first time in more than half a century will not include an incumbent — either the president or the vice president — on the ballot or even a definitive front-runner.

But the real novelty is 'us', empowered by services like YouTube. Citizen journalism will have a real impact during the primaries, especially when either candidates or aides slip up. "Every move they make [...] will be on YouTube. The only certainty by January ’08 is that people will be pretty tired."

This might turn out to be a good thing if it gives the Administration a breathing space to get stuff done behind the scenes. As Condi put it, "The Chinese have a character for crisis; it's danger and opportunity. And our job now is to press the opportunity."

Let's hope that 'pressing the opportunity' does not stand for 'saving face' but does instead represent the will for decisive action against would be mass-murderer, Thug-In-Chief Ahmadinejad and his entire Mullahcracy.

Comments

[Ernesto Ribeiro]

Alexandra, thank you for your attention.

I'd already send you a e-mail some days ago explaining what happened, by: dystopia@ig.com.br

But the message is exactly the same in my comment above. The only new fact is:

Last week, I received a strange message, supposed from 'Orkut.com' - saying: "We have complains about your profile in Orkut, includding criminal charges against you. Then, please click on this link in order to make corrections on your profile."

The first problem is: I never get a profile in Orkut, neither I was there. Second: the message was full of language errors. And three, it was said " This e-mail will not be monitored." That's impossible to a relationship site as Orkut.

Conclusion: obviously, that fake Orkut message was a trap, and they wanted I would "click on that link" assured full of virus.

As I said, they already have my name and my face. And it seems a hacker on service to the Islamics erased anti-Islam sites.

I really don't know what I may do.

Specially after I saw our Brazilian teacherous socialist president, Luis Lula da Silva, giving a shake-hand to the Nazi Iranian rat, in Caracas. The two totalitarian revolutions are opening the hell doors on Latin America.

[Alexandra]

If you are trying to make a point calling yourself 'Peris Troika' and calling me a "flaccid wacker" you might want to a) check your spelling b) my gender and c) stop playing silly buggers by posting under different names and fake e-mail addresses on different threads. Finally go and read someone else's so called "sh't" instead of coming back to ATB.

[North by Northwest]

Perestroika

It's sad to see the saying, 'like father like son', confirmed in this way...

Another wasted generation - unless of course, if he one day sees the light and recognizes the mean spirited man his father really is. Too bad either way.

[Alexandra]

Ernesto, sorry to hear your woes. Will you send me an e-mail and tell me what happened?

[Ernesto Ribeiro]

That's a pertinent question. But, replying the ask of the so well-educated little son, who writes this sh-t above is Peris Troika.

[Peris Troika]

Pretty sad, a flaccid wacker, and a paranoid hacker your sole remaining sychophantia.
As my young son asked, looking over my shoulder at your blog, who writes this sh-t?

[Ernesto Ribeiro]

ISLAMANAZIS CLOSED ANTI-ISLAM SITES.

My anti-Islam blogs INFERNO = ISLAM and DYSTOPIA finished being HACKED.

It looks like a hacker on service to the Islamics erased anti-Islam sites.

They put out also the site JahMusic, which was linked to my 2 deleted anti-Islam blogs.

Also hacked my third blog with my photos.

At same day, the periodic site Mídia Sem Máscara ( Media Without Mask) was blocked 2 times.

The right-wing newspaper, which supports the War on Terror, is mine main information source for the files, with endless number articles attacking the islamism.

They already have my name and my face.

To any moment, I can appear dead.

Or then, sooner or later, I’m going to disappear.

[Francis W. Porretto]

Unfortunately, a lot of the people who are already "pretty tired" are in the current Administration. Even more unfortunately, what's made them so tired is the widespread Old Media-induced torpor about the War on Terror and leftist counterpropaganda about the harmlessness of militant Islam.

We haven't the staying power of our parents and grandparents. Pray that our flaccidity and inability to see what's plainly before our eyes doesn't cost us a city. Like as not, it would be my city.