Chavez: Hey, You Guys, We Should Call Him President Beelze-Bush
By now, even an illiterate South American sugar farmer knows that there's some tension between President Bush and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. There's just a certain vibe that Bush puts out when Chavez enters a room. His face goes white, and he intentionally avoids eye contact. And whenever I mention Bush in a non-hateful way, Chavez suddenly goes silent. It's so obvious that something's up. Kofi Annan told me he thought they had a crush on each other, but I told him "no way." And that was way back in 2002. It was shortly after Chavez returned to power in April of that year, after briefly being ousted by a coup that was allegedly backed by the U.S. I wrote a little note to Kofi on the back of a napkin I found on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly room in 2002: "Ko-Nan, OMG! Do Not let those guys sit next to each other! LOL."
Just to show you how undeniably vindicated I am, here are some excerpts from President Bush's speech to the U.N. General Assembly on September 19, and excerpts from President Chavez's speech to the U.N. General Assembly the following day. (NOTE: These are all actual quotes - taken out of context - from Bush and Chavez's respective addresses to the U.N.):
Bush: At the start of the 21st century, it is clear that the world is engaged in a great ideological struggle between extremists who use terror as a weapon to create fear and moderate people who work for peace.
Chavez: Yesterday, the devil came here. Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of.
Bush: This morning I want to speak about the more hopeful world that is within our reach, a world beyond terror, where ordinary men and women are free to determine their own destiny ... This world can be ours, if we seek it and if we work together.
Chavez: Yesterday ... the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world.
Bush: Recently, a courageous group of Arab and Muslim intellectuals wrote me a letter. In it, they said this: The shore of reform is the only one on which any lights appear, even though the journey demands courage and patience and perseverance.
Chavez: I think we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday’s statement by the president of the United States.
Bush: Together, we must support the dreams of good and decent people who are working to transform a troubled region. And by doing so, we will advance the high ideals on which this institution (U.N.) was founded.
Chavez: As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums, to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world.
Bush: Will we support the moderates and reformers who are working for change across the Middle East, or will we yield the future to the terrorists and extremists?
Chavez: Wherever he looks, he sees extremists. He looks at your color, and he says, ‘Oh, there’s an extremist.’
Bush: As liberty flourishes, nations grow in tolerance and hope and peace. And we're seeing that bright future begin to take root in the broader Middle East.
Chavez: An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: ‘The Devil’s Recipe.’
Bush: We know that when people have a voice in their future, they are less likely to blow themselves up in suicide attacks.
Chavez: (Made the sign of the cross, brought his hands together as if in prayer and glanced toward the ceiling.) - David Stout, The New York Times
Bush: Thank you for your time. God bless.
Chavez: It smells of sulfur here, but God is with us, and I embrace you all. May God bless us all. Good day to you.
Vindicated.
By now, even an illiterate South American sugar farmer knows that there's some tension between President Bush and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. There's just a certain vibe that Bush puts out when Chavez enters a room. His face goes white, and he intentionally avoids eye contact. And whenever I mention Bush in a non-hateful way, Chavez suddenly goes silent. It's so obvious that something's up. Kofi Annan told me he thought they had a crush on each other, but I told him "no way." And that was way back in 2002. It was shortly after Chavez returned to power in April of that year, after briefly being ousted by a coup that was allegedly backed by the U.S. I wrote a little note to Kofi on the back of a napkin I found on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly room in 2002: "Ko-Nan, OMG! Do Not let those guys sit next to each other! LOL."
Just to show you how undeniably vindicated I am, here are some excerpts from President Bush's speech to the U.N. General Assembly on September 19, and excerpts from President Chavez's speech to the U.N. General Assembly the following day. (NOTE: These are all actual quotes - taken out of context - from Bush and Chavez's respective addresses to the U.N.):
Bush: At the start of the 21st century, it is clear that the world is engaged in a great ideological struggle between extremists who use terror as a weapon to create fear and moderate people who work for peace.
Chavez: Yesterday, the devil came here. Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of.
Bush: This morning I want to speak about the more hopeful world that is within our reach, a world beyond terror, where ordinary men and women are free to determine their own destiny ... This world can be ours, if we seek it and if we work together.
Chavez: Yesterday ... the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world.
Bush: Recently, a courageous group of Arab and Muslim intellectuals wrote me a letter. In it, they said this: The shore of reform is the only one on which any lights appear, even though the journey demands courage and patience and perseverance.
Chavez: I think we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday’s statement by the president of the United States.
Bush: Together, we must support the dreams of good and decent people who are working to transform a troubled region. And by doing so, we will advance the high ideals on which this institution (U.N.) was founded.
Chavez: As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums, to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world.
Bush: Will we support the moderates and reformers who are working for change across the Middle East, or will we yield the future to the terrorists and extremists?
Chavez: Wherever he looks, he sees extremists. He looks at your color, and he says, ‘Oh, there’s an extremist.’
Bush: As liberty flourishes, nations grow in tolerance and hope and peace. And we're seeing that bright future begin to take root in the broader Middle East.
Chavez: An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: ‘The Devil’s Recipe.’
Bush: We know that when people have a voice in their future, they are less likely to blow themselves up in suicide attacks.
Chavez: (Made the sign of the cross, brought his hands together as if in prayer and glanced toward the ceiling.) - David Stout, The New York Times
Bush: Thank you for your time. God bless.
Chavez: It smells of sulfur here, but God is with us, and I embrace you all. May God bless us all. Good day to you.
Vindicated.
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