Chavez Says 'King of Vacations' Let His Country Down

[welshTerrier2]

this guy would make a great guest host for The Daily Show ... a few good writers and he'd be good to go ...

source: http://www.watchingamerica.com/eluniversalvz000005.html

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez criticized his American counterpart George W. Bush and called him "the king of the vacations" for not having prepared a plan of evacuation for the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.

"It was known for as many as four days that Hurricane Katrina was going to arrive, and that man (Bush), the king of the vacations, stayed on his ranch and said nothing except: It is necessary to flee, with no mention of how. That cowboy … the cowboy mentality," Chevez said during a live broadcast during a meeting with governors in Caracas. Chavez described it as "incredible that the greatest power in the world, with its airplanes, helicopters, methods of communication, and advanced scientific capabilities had no evacuation plan."

He stressed that the affected area "is one of the poorest communities in the U.S.A., the majority are black, are field workers or small producers."

Chavez said, "We feel the pain and are in solidarity with those affected by Katrina,” and he added that his government has made available to the United States emergency rescue workers. "We have prepared a battalion from our Humanitarian Brigade to go if they authorize us. If they give us the green light, we have the airplanes ready," pointed President Chavez.

The Chief of State suggested to Washington that it copy Cuba’s evacuation plans, where, he said, they mobilize 2 million people before every meteorological event, which is why there is "almost never any loss of human life."

[Child_Of_Isis]

1. God, I love this guy!

He sticks it to shrub every chance he gets. :applause:

[magnetism]

2. Think * will let Chavez's planes land?

I don't. At least Chavez is standing up for the poor.

[zann725]

5. Amazing guy. The more he says, the more he offers 'from the heart'

the more I truly like this guy. No wonder Shrubco doesn't like him. Chavez is actually human. As we know, 'bots have never liked humanoids. Entirely different 'wiring.'

[welshTerrier2]

3. "We have prepared a battalion from our Humanitarian Brigade"

i think it's great that Venezuela has a "Humanitarian Brigade" ...

does the US have one? of course not ... we send our soldiers to provide humanitarian help but it's a job they never get trained to do ...

[yellowcanine]

4. Heh. Thought it was LINDA Chavez. She was of course out making the

usual excuses for the * incompetence over the weekend.