Well, it reads well- didn't happen to catch any footage of the man, but it's a fairly well written speech.
I just wish that these UN speeches were more passionate, more rock 'n roll, more... EXTREME!
I mean, is it really so hard to get fired up about something you're supposed to believe in? To demand better of the world's leaders?
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you must of scene Hugo's ...
you must of scene Hugo's effort.
thats passion.
waving Chomsky's latest in hand was a nice touch.
Yeah- Evo Morales also. Although I ...
Yeah- Evo Morales also. Although I heard somewhere that Chavez made a comment afterwards about 'wishing he had the chance to have met Chomsky while he was still alive...' You can, man, it's not too late!
It seems that the passion and content ...
It seems that the passion and content of Chavez' speech has been boiled down to the 2 minute section at the beginning where he jokingly called Dubya 'El Diablo'. The New York Times ran a story on it, and the literature he recommended, with hawkish conservative mouthpiece Alan Deschowitz quoted at length basically trashing the 'readability' of Chomsky's 'Hegemony Or Survival' ...Hmmm, as opposed to the content- well, fair enough, I guess it would be hard going to finish reading a book that critically disects and erodes the foundations of your own political standpoint. And after being repeatedly downtrailed by Chomsky on the college debate circuit, he has something of an axe to grind. But yeah, you would think the whole 'no-one insults my president' reaction is fairly unique to conservative americans, but it was a democrat that said it, NY congressman Charles Rangel! How utterly messed up.
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Soundbite Journalisim. they are hardly ...
Soundbite Journalisim.
they are hardly going too show the standing ovation eh?
Here's some Left handwring over religious overtones but redeemed by the call to champion those who inspire us.
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