More “connecting the dots” time…So President Stupid Head is trying to keep Venezuela from getting a seat on the U.N. Security Council because Hugo Chavez could block any effort to step up pressure on Iran.
Dubya’s also talking up trade expansion with President Lula Da Silva (Lula?) of Brazil partly because that country is poised to be a player in the emerging market of sugar-based ethanol, which is more efficient than corn-based ethanol (see what you learn when you watch “Real Time with Bill Maher”?).
Aha, but this article documents the ties that already exist between Chavez of Venezuela and Da Silva of Brazil (Dubya’s a day late and a dollar short as usual), and given the fact that Chavez has made himself a player through alliances with sympathetic countries (aided by enmity towards us), and also given the fact that we’re playing catch-up in terms of a goal of energy self-sufficiency, only our lapdog media would report this as if Dubya were really in a position of advantage.
It doesn’t take much to see Chavez squeezing Da Silva to get back at us, also because, based on what I read, Brazilian politics is fragmented to the point where you needs LOTS of help from opposition parties to form any kind of a fragile coalition. It would be easy for Chavez to find some way to mess that up.
(Hey, I’d love to say everything is peaches and cream, but that’s why I’m called the “Doomsayer,” remember?).
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