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Related: About this forumIn Loving Memory: Hugo Chavez Frias 1954-2013 - by Cindy Sheehan
Source: Albany Tribune
Friday, March 22, 2013
Many people know about Hugo Chavez, the president, and constant thorn in the side to El Imperio the meddlesome and harmful Empire to the north. But I want to eulogize Chavez the man I knew.
Full Article: http://www.zcommunications.org/in-loving-memory-hugo-chavez-frias-1954-2013-by-cindy-sheehan
SamKnause
(13,043 posts)Thanks for posting polly7.
Thank you Cindy Sheehan.
The world has lost a great man.
mother earth
(6,002 posts)devil...one of the more comical things I will remember.
polly7
(20,582 posts)I laughed so hard!
Here's something else from Cindy's article:
Catherina
(35,568 posts)RIP dear Hugo
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I met many of them through my job mostly in a private setting. The only one who came close to her description of Chavez, was Charlie Rangel. He was genuinely interested in the ordinary people he met and often spent his time talking to them, the catering staff, the waiters etc than he did the other wealthy officials who were usually present. He remembered people's names also and was very warm and friendly. The rest, while polite, never gave me the impression they were there to worry about ordinary people, but more to get funding from the wealthy in attendance for their next elections.
Cindy remains consistent in her quest for peace. I am sure she does feel a great sense of loss with Chavez's death.
mother earth
(6,002 posts)empathy or understanding of the 99%. It's bad enough our political system has been hijacked by the oligarchy, every common decency has been thrown under the bus, a sad commentary on our "democracy".
I know Rangle understands there'd be no war if there was a draft, or if every son/daughter of politicians had to serve. There's an uncommon ability to empathize with the average citizen, it seems to be a skill lacking in gov't these days. Everything's being hijacked from SCOTUS to "safety net".
Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)I was thinking it was me! So glad to see her use those terms.
Some of them are EXACTLY the way Cindy describes them. What the hell ARE they? Very Twilight Zonish.
Judi Lynn
(160,219 posts)Hope it showed him Cindy is far closer to representing the face of U.S. citizens than he could have expected, after seeing the underhanded, utterly dishonest way George W. Bush behaved toward him.
Very happy to see she took the opportunity to share her thoughts about the human world's unfortunate loss.
Thank you, Polly.
Mika
(17,751 posts)New boss ... same as the old boss.
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