@snoopydawg

Mollie

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
~~Will Rogers, Actor & Social Commentator

“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.”
~~Gilda Radner, Comedienne

Deeply concerned about the welfare of The Venezuelan People. Consumed with helping them and bringing them freedom, democracy, assistance and a better life. Known and honored around the world for their humanitarianism, the values now motivating them to help in Venezuela: pic.twitter.com/oCAbPhsC4U

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 24, 2019

As does Tracey

There is no better evidence that the entire "Resistance" approach to Trump was fake and fraudulent all along: they've been calling him a treasonous, compromised, wannabe-dictatorial liar for 3 years, yet happily go along with his plans to forcibly topple a foreign government

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) February 24, 2019

@Bollox Ref

Mollie

“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.”
~~Gilda Radner, Comedienne

Why not let the people of Venezuela sort it out for themselves....

Outside interference just makes everything worse, and quite why the US still thinks that South America is its 'backyard', is beyond me.

Also, too, I've read that Venezuela doesn't have the ability to refine it's own crude oil, and is dependent on exporting elsewhere. They might want to alter that (if true) when/if things sort themselves out.

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@snoopydawg

Asking for a friend.

Imagine if Russia had done this...

Let's take a look at what Obama's national emergency was shall we? He signed an executive order stating that the national emergency was Venezuela.

Obama’s national emergency is relevant to the present moment for a number of reasons. First off: his definition of a national emergency is the same as Trump’s. Mr. Obama did not see the climate apocalypse—which is destroying every piece of life on earth as a national emergency. He like Trump, saw much more danger in working class Latinas and Latinos putting food on the table. Secondly, Barack Obama’s declaration of a national emergency was in regards to a very hot topic in our political climate: the socialist government of Venezuela. And like all presidents past he served the interests of the oligarchs.
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Barack Obama wrote this: “Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the “order”) declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation in Venezuela.” Obama sounds literally insane in this statement. While Donald Trump’s mental illness is clear and should be pointed out—Obama demonstrates that he was completely brainwashed by the mythos of U.S. Empire.

This is not to say that the government is free of corruption, but when one compares Venezuela with other countries in the region—it stands out, until recently, as a near miracle. These gains were achieved by the state owning the economy, a government opposing imperialism, and a resistance to free-market austerity measures by international capital via the IMF, World Bank, etc. If Venezuela is to fall to right-wing U.S. puppets, expect the fate of their country to be similar to the rest of Latin America. How devastating it is that no one in the U.S. with political power wants to stop this from happening.

But why be so paranoid, Mr. Obama? Surely a single government free of U.S. rule isn’t a grave danger to the Empire you serve? Perhaps not. But a whole generation of free educated people in Latin America may be. The U.S. knows its power is dwindling, the dollar is declining, and that even its own people are uneasy. By making Venezuela a national emergency—and increasing sanctions on the region—Mr. Obama wanted to ensure that there would be no group of prosperous Latin Americans. This group would indeed pose a national emergency to the United States. Not to its people, but to its Empire. Mr. Obama then was not wrong in declaring Venezuela a national emergency. They were an emergency not to his people, or to Maduro’s people, but to the corporate master class Obama serves.

Obama and Trump work together to hold up the interests of the ruling class, but we must identify differences in who they are supposed to trick on their way to the same goal. Barack Obama is supposed to trick well-meaning educated people and social groups historically and presently marginalized by the corporate duopoly. When he declared a national emergency against Venezuela, it was with these “values” in mind. Obama provides no facts to back up his claims about Venezuela’s dictatorship, but he does not need to. Obama simply gains credibility by his character, which is thoughtful, snobbish, enlightened, and therefore benevolently wise, even when speaking out of his ass.

Im amazed that so many people voted for Barry in 2012 after he had put social security on the chopping block, had expanded the war of terror into Pakistan and other countries with his murderous drone program, had met with fellow sociopaths every Tuesday to decide who was next to be murdered by drones and had invaded Libya on false pretenses. Wasn't those things the very reason why people didn't vote for Hillary in the first place? And now that he's off getting rewarded for keeping the bankers out of prison people are whining about missing him. Why? Because Clump is doing the same things that he did? Nope. Because Clump beat Hillary after she worked so hard to cheat to win the primary.

Clump -- cute huh? ClintonTrump...Clump.

@snoopydawg snoop is the point after all - nothing will ever pass to reign in Wall Street and its killing machine and SHE KNOWS THAT. Just as Bernie knows good and damned well we don't get to Medicare for All while the wars continue to rage. These bastards know it and they are once again merely pandering - we need to go after Maduro but no regime change using our military Liz? Then just HOW do you propose to "get rid" of him without that? Further sanctions? And then what? And really, just whose bidding are you really doing by saying "we" need to do something in VZ, would it perhaps be those sworn enemies of yours on Wall Street who gain by overthrowing that "dictator?" She makes me want to vomit.

Another shitty foreign policy take from a Democrat https://t.co/aSBWQ2SUc0

— Petty is Praxis (@rtyson82) February 25, 2019

Liz stood silently by when people were being brutally attacked by police during OWS, the BLM protests, during the DAPL protests and while Israel was in the process of killing 2,200 Palestinians as well as the entire time Obama was waging war on the Middle East.

Sure she is cranky when she talks about the banks, but has anything come from it? Has one bill been passed that reigns them in? Bueller?