Venezuela Going Off the Cliff

It's a shame the decent people of Venezuela have to suffer, as they step ever closer to ultimate self-destruction.

Chavez reforms go to parliament

Venezuela's parliament, dominated by supporters of President Hugo Chavez, has begun its final debate on proposed changes to the constitution.

Just to review, here are the changes.

Among the other changes to the constitution proposed by Mr Chavez are:

Bringing in a maximum six-hour working day

Cutting the voting age from 18 to 16

Increasing presidential control over the central bank

Strengthening state economic powers, allowing the government to control assets of private companies before a court grants an expropriation order

Right out of Das Kapital and most moonbat blogsites.

Also on Tuesday, a long-standing critic of the president, Roman Catholic Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara, died, aged 85.

He had consistently spoken out against Mr Chavez, saying the president was increasingly authoritarian and "fundamental democratic principles [were] ignored or violated."

And Chavez's response?

For his part, the president called Cardinal Castillo Lara "a hypocrite, bandit and devil with a cassock".

What a minute! I thought that was Bush?

Looks like anybody who disagrees with ole Hugo get demonized. And it sounds like attacking religion is the next stop on the Chavez tour of Marxism.

Somewhere Marx, Lenin and Stalin are smiling.