Reply #1: Reuters has outdone itself in imitating the Associated Pukes on blatantly prejudiced [View All]

writing that does not deserve the word "journalism." What we are reading here is blatant global corporate predator propaganda.

Just consider sentence #2 ("If ratified in a referendum, opponents fear the new constitution could stunt much-needed investment...".)--interpolated into a 'news' article before anyone who is for the new Constitution has anything to say about it, and this just after Reuters itself has characterized the Constitution in their own words as "bolstering his authority" (the mantra of the corporate rulers is that these new left leaders are "authoritarian"), extending "state control" (the boogey man of Stalinism), and, finally--their coup de grace--"opening the way for his possible re-election" (oh, horrors! Another "President for Life"--like FDR!).

Next sentence: It will "stunt" investment. Omitted: The Chavez government (to which they refer later in the article)--"authoritarian," "dictator," "tyrant" (according to Donald Rumsfeld* and the Associated Pukes et al)--has produced a nearly TEN PERCENT growth rate in the last five years, with the MOST growth in the PRIVATE sector (not including oil!).

With increased profits for the Ecuadoran people from their oil reserves, infusions of that cash into the economy in the form forward-looking programs in education, medical care, small business development, infrastructure development, development of local manufacturing, assistance to the dirt poor, land reform, and regional investment (Chavez inspired Bank of the South), and regional trade (UNASUR, Mercosur, ALBA)--with such infusions of cash NECESSITATING a strong president with the power to restructure the economy (like FDR's New Deal)--Ecuador will MOST LIKELY GO in the direction of Venezuela, toward profound improvement in the economy and in society.

This so-called 'news' article goes on like for the length of the article. Black holes of missing context. Disinformation. Global corporate predator opinion injected with no attribution.

It is an appalling piece of work!

And now I shall go visit www.BoRev.com to cleanse myself. Did you see the pix of Rafael Correa they have up there? Check it out...
http://www.borev.net/2008/06/so_help_me_if_they_so_much_as.html


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*"The Smart Way to Beat Tyrants Like Chávez," by Donald Rumsfeld, 12/1/07
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113001800.html

(Iraq deja vus all over again.)