Che Guevara T-Shirt War Continues in Vienna for Hugo Chavez
Here is the headline: "Vienna digs out its Che Guevara T-shirts for Chavez."
No, I'm not making this up! Here is the start of the news story:
The Che Guevara T-shirts and berets were out in force, as were the squads of Austrian riot police in case "la revolucion" finally kicked off. Staid old Vienna, where rebellion doesn't normally go beyond the odd parking offence, smelt the whiff of revolution yesterday as thousands of anti-globalisation activists gathered to hear the wisdom of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his Bolivian ally, Evo Morales. |
UGH! My eternal ranting against Communist-themed apparel (and Communism) continues!
Interesting related posts by Tim Blair on Chavez's misguided admirers and on how Pope Benedict XVI just slammed Chavez over religious freedom. (Golly, I like this Pope more and more, and I'm not even Catholic.)
UPDATE: Chavez's former mistress, a history professor, says he is imposing a fascist dictatorship. Here's what she has to say:
The couple shared a dream, she said, of “a prosperous Venezuela where justice would reign”. That dream, for her at least, is shattered. “Now you can’t trust him,” she went on bitterly in her first interview with any foreign media. “He is imposing a fascist dictatorship. A totalitarian regime is coming because he doesn’t believe in democratic institutions. Hugo controls all the powers.” |