Apr 18 2009
Barack and Hugo in Brotherly Love
Now was that so hard?
So they greeted each other warmly, then they proceeded to chuckle and smile for a bit. This is just a brief description of what took place when Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez confronted each other during this year’s Summit of the Americas. Many on the right claim that Obama acted “irresponsibly” by partaking in a light-hearted conversation with the enemy. However, as malevolent as they claim Chavez to be, clearly he has a benevolent side, as he demonstrated at the summit when he presented President Obama with a gift.
A book on U.S. imperialism and colonialism in Latin America, what better way to rekindle relations? Now something tells me that Obama won’t make it past the cover, let alone the first page. The right-wing will pounce all over this and will ridicule Obama for simply reading a book, a crime in which the former President successfully avoided on numerous occasions.
Yes, reading crimes are serious, 1st people start reading then the next thing you know they will be demanding their rights. We’ve got to nip this reading thing in the butt. Hey who knows, maybe Obama will give it a look, it’s a start, was it as good as a calendar with Venezuelan babes maybe not, but it’s an olive branch none the less.
I hope he reads the book. Probably already knows most of it.