Venezuela leaps into autocracy with a unanamous vote

[mvpel]

Chavez closes Radio Caracas Television, premier broadcaster in Venezuela.

In translation:

President Chavez verbally announced his decision to close Radio Caracas Television, a channel which for more than 53 years and with the best facilities draws the greater audience, moreover of being the television broadcaster that employs the most people in Venezuela. Thus culminates a long chain of aggressions against journalists, employees, managers, and shareholders of the independent media. He is trying to limit the right to entertainment which Venezuelans like and to information they trust, impeding citizens who formulate proposals, denunciations, and demands, eliminating the pluralism of information and opinion programs, making the free flow of thought and information impossible in order to obtain a system which the government itself defines as the "communicational and informative hegemony of the state."

Chavez is moving to revoke RCTV's broadcast license, simply put.  Time to fire up Radio Free Venezuela?  Send down plans for home-made satellite dishes?

[CNHT]

I wonder how Steve Lendman thinks about his wonderful socialism now?

This TV station was 'seditious' and attempted to stage a coup against a communist dictator! OH how terrible!!

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2007/01/venezuelas-rctv-acts-of-sedition.html

[ladyattis]

Have BitTorrent and RSS/Atom feed, will topple tyrant with free [as in freedom] news.

-- Bridget

[CNHT]

Have BitTorrent and RSS/Atom feed, will topple tyrant with free [as in freedom] news.

-- Bridget

Lendman must have been barraged with 'are you nuts' emails because he removed his.
Nothing like chicken hearted bloggers...
If you are not going to allow comments, at least post your email.

[ladyattis]

Yeah, that's what gmail is for. If the bots nab that one, just setup another one.

-- Bridget

[CNHT]

Yeah, that's what gmail is for. If the bots nab that one, just setup another one.

-- Bridget

He wasn't worried about bots, he was not wanting to answer to people who challenged his praise for a murderous communist dictator who is now seizing what's left of Venezuela, under the guise of socialism being justice for all.

[ladyattis]

That's why you setup fake personas to take the flak, and they won't find you. But, hey, I'm evil.

-- Bridget

[mvpel]

Court Fines Venezuelan Comedian Marquez

Comedian Laureano Marquez has poked fun at politicians for decades without getting into trouble with the law, so he didn't think twice about writing a tongue-in-cheek newspaper editorial based on a dialogue between President Hugo Chavez and his 9-year-old daughter.

But Marquez and a publishing company that printed the column in the Tal Cual newspaper are now facing fines imposed by a local court for "violating the honor, reputation and private life" of Rosines Chavez Rodriguez, Chavez's youngest daughter.

Marquez ? one of Venezuela's leading humorists ? denies any wrongdoing and argues the $18,600 fine imposed on the Mosca Analfabeta publisher is part of a government initiative in which pro-Chavez prosecutors and judges are being used to silence critics. Marquez must separately pay a fine of a yet-to-be-determined amount.

[CNHT]

Court Fines Venezuelan Comedian Marquez

Comedian Laureano Marquez has poked fun at politicians for decades without getting into trouble with the law, so he didn't think twice about writing a tongue-in-cheek newspaper editorial based on a dialogue between President Hugo Chavez and his 9-year-old daughter.

But Marquez and a publishing company that printed the column in the Tal Cual newspaper are now facing fines imposed by a local court for "violating the honor, reputation and private life" of Rosines Chavez Rodriguez, Chavez's youngest daughter.

Marquez ? one of Venezuela's leading humorists ? denies any wrongdoing and argues the $18,600 fine imposed on the Mosca Analfabeta publisher is part of a government initiative in which pro-Chavez prosecutors and judges are being used to silence critics. Marquez must separately pay a fine of a yet-to-be-determined amount.

Oh yeah just like they are trying to revive the 'fairness' doctrine to force radio stations to air their communist crap....

Where was it I read someplace that they wanted to outright legislate a ban some words and ideas?  Ridiculous.

Here is an article about how you would be not allowed to deny the global warming hoax...
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/1782/