Chavez says capitalism may have ended life on Mars

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Chavez says capitalism may have ended life on Mars

Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.
"I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet," Chavez said in speech to mark World Water Day.
Chavez, who also holds capitalism responsible for many of the world's problems, warned that water supplies on Earth were drying up.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110322/od_nm/us_venezuela_chavez_mars

[Richardo]

1. Again, life imitates art...

"From this day on, the official language of Venezuela will be Swedish. Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now... 16 years old! "

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2. Yes, we have no bananas...

:D

[fishwax]

3. and? I mean -- do you think he's speaking literally here?

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4. I am not saying anything - I added no commentary

Besides, we know Mars never had capitalism, being that it's the "Red Planet".

[yodermon]

5. I really hope he was kidding.

else he's further off the deep end than I ever thought.

[Turbineguy]

6. Chavez is the democratically elected leader of Venezuela

And he's entitled to his opinion.

Did I say opinion? I meant facts.

[Shandris]

7. I thought they were shipping all the coke to America?

In the inestimable words of Yoda (as spoken on Robot Chicken), "Good blow this is!"

[Billy Burnett]

8. Well, we know he's wrong on the dwindling water supplies.

:eyes:

[Rex]

9. The martians are all socialists!!! Geez, everyone knows that!

RED planet...HELLO, Hugo stop smoking the goodstuff so often it is making your brain all mushy.

[provis99]

10. he's making a sarcastic joke to insult capitalism.

But that won't stop the brain dead, right wing anti-Chavez haters on DU.

[pulledpork]

14. One can be left-wing and dislike Chavez

Or at the very least, be very skeptical of him.

Not all capitalists are evil; not all socialists are good. It seems that there are some ideologues on here who are just the flip-side of the Fox News coin, where dogma trumps reason.

[Maru Kitteh]

15. Simple minds require binary thought. Black and white and 1's and 0's.

And they can be found everywhere.

[99th_Monkey]

11. If I were Hugo, I'd be keeping my head down these daze. see Libya. ~nt

[BeFree]

12. He is very brave.

And he tells original jokes!

Some here have no sense of humor. Guess hate is a clouding mechanism?

[JanMichael]

13. While I like Chavez quite a bit...ABC killed "Life on Mars".

Which pissed me off immensely. That was a bitchin' show.