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July 23rd, 2007, 09:15 AM
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CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that foreigners who publicly criticize him or his government while visiting Venezuela will be expelled from the country.
Chavez ordered officials to closely monitor statements made by international figures during their visits to Venezuela — and deport any outspoken critics.
"How long are we going to allow a person — from any country in the world — to come to our own house to say there's a dictatorship here, that the president is a tyrant, and nobody does anything about it?" Chavez asked during his weekly television and radio program.
The Venezuelan leader's statements came after Manuel Espino, the president of Mexico's conservative ruling party, criticized Chavez during a recent pro-democracy forum in Caracas.
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Free speech in Venezuela is alive an well under dictator Chavez. | 
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July 23rd, 2007, 10:58 AM
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Although Chavez has done a great deal to lift the plight of the poor in his country he is as power hungry as President Bush.
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July 23rd, 2007, 11:07 AM
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The problem with Socialism is it creates a welfare state with no jobs. So eventually it sinks.
I wonder how Danny Glover is doing on his film financed by Hugo?
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July 23rd, 2007, 02:56 PM
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The trouble with capitalism is, the greed drive CEO's send all the work to cheap labor countries, and leave their own citizens unemployed. | |
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July 23rd, 2007, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Disley  The trouble with capitalism is, the greed drive CEO's send all the work to cheap labor countries, and leave their own citizens unemployed. | Which in turn weakens the economy, which will actually make them sell less, because the cheap labor can't afford to buy luxury products that they produce.
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July 23rd, 2007, 05:41 PM
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Not quite Disley. When you figure out the real reason why businesses are forced to use offshore labor, you come back and let us know. 
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July 23rd, 2007, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster Not quite Disley. When you figure out the real reason why businesses are forced to use offshore labor, you come back and let us know. | Because its cheaper labor-wise, and probably tax wise. | |
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July 23rd, 2007, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Disley The trouble with capitalism is, the greed drive CEO's send all the work to cheap labor countries, and leave their own citizens unemployed. | Hard to know where to begin with that statement, other than to say, Is education really that substandard in Australia? We outsource desktop support work to India and they can write better than that. | |
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July 24th, 2007, 08:06 AM
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I write clearly enough for you to understand, otherwise you wouldn't reply like a bitchy little girl. | |
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July 24th, 2007, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Disley I write clearly enough for you to understand, otherwise you wouldn't reply like a bitchy little girl. | But not well enough for me to think twice about outsourcing your job. It's a global economy. If you can't keep up, some Indian will be happy to take half your pay to do the same job. | |
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