Chavez taking over.

Well, looks like Venezuela is on it's way back to bannana republic status.

I know there are comparisons being made to Hitler's rise in Germany but IMHO they don't hold true. Hitler was able to turn the German economy around, instill pride in the German people (at the expense of Jewish "outsiders"), and give vent to the frustrated anger of the populace.

This guy is a thug who is driving Venezuela's economy into the ground quicker than a mud seeking missile. His attempts at uniting the country against the USA won't work because your average Venezuelan has no contact with us (unlike the average German with the Jews).

The only problem with all of this is that his country DOES export a fair amount of oil. Once again we're held hostage to our energy addiction. Without that we could just laugh at the funny fat man.

Once again, we need to get off the foreign oil habit.