Well tell us, how much food has Chavez put on the tables of the poor and impoverished people of Venezuela? - How much money has Chavez put into the poor's bank accounts? - Has he improved their quality of life? - Has the infrastructure of Venezuela improved in these last 4 years? - Their education system, has that become a model for the rest of Latin America to follow? - How about their hospitals/medical care?

www.vheadline.com Posted: Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 1:00:27 AM By: Michel Foster

Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:39:15 -0800 (PST) From: Michel Foster democraciapalapatria@yahoo.com To: editor@vheadline.com Subject: 'Pa Fuera

Dear Editor: You say Chavez was so-called "democratically" elected by the people of Venezuela. Nonsense! People cannot elect responsibly, without an education sufficient to view histories errors and past political scams.

Poverty and hunger gave the "majority" the "reasoning/reasons" to elect this person you call a President? Yes, the masses are uneducated and very poor. The previous governments made sure that this situation flourished ... it gave them the upper hand and allowed them to keep the masses under control, and Chavez is following in their footsteps.

Well tell us, how much food has Chavez put on the tables of the poor and impoverished people of Venezuela?

How much money has he put into their bank accounts?

Has he improved their quality of life?

Has the infrastructure of Venezuela improved in these last 3 years?

Their education system, has that become a model for the rest of Latin America to follow?

How about their hospitals/medical care?

And of course we all know how far the Bolivar goes nowadays since his "election"; try over 30% annual inflation. Yes, sir, that sure has improved the "quality of life" for the poor folks.

The past rulers were corrupt, this is true ... but, so is the current ruler, Chavez ... he is corrupt because he has perverted the meaning of democracy.

• He does not represent democracy; he represents an autocratic, authoritarian rule. He, who wrote his own constitution, his words only, thank you.
• He who disbanded the entire Supreme Court and replaced them with his own hand picked cronies.
• He, who disbanded the entire Congress and again replaced them with his "buddies".
• He, who has set up a system where neighbors spy and report on neighbors, do I hear shades of Hitler and the Nazis?

Oh that's right; Chavez calls this his "Circulo Boliviriano." And let's not forget his democratic ways of taking over privately owned businesses by force, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Polar, with no court orders. Dragging away executives at gunpoint, yes that certainly does sound very democratic to me. There is no such thing as group rights, group rights are merely a composition of individual rights. One of the foremost of these is property ownership, the ownership of your own labors.

Chavez cannot say he supports democracy and freedom out of one side of his mouth while advocating the confiscation of individual’s property out the other side of his mouth. It’s a short step from “I disagree with you, your property is confiscated” to “your labors belong to the government.” Yes, let's do have freedom ring a la Chavez style. Hell with that kind of democracy, I'm sure the next step will be to drag everyone that opposes him off to the ovens.

Chavez idolizes Castro and the workers paradise that he has created in Cuba. Odd isn't it, though Castro decries capitalism and the bourgeois elite, his net worth is estimated at over $300 million dollars!

Would you want to hazard a guess as to the net worth of Chavez since he was "democratically" elected, while his poor comrades have become poorer? We all know just how prosperous Cuba has become under the rule of Castro.

Venezuela for years has needed economic reform, a broader more diverse market and better use of its revenues for infrastructure and education. For the last century the benefits of Venezuela’s oil wealth have been squandered and stolen.

• Unfortunately, in an attempt to correct this situation, the Venezuelan people chose as their President a man willing to sacrifice individual freedom for his personal power.

The great majority of Venezuelan people may have only a 6th grade level of education, but they are NOT stupid ... they have realized that Chavez is not good for them or their 'patria' ... and with this awakening comes the realization that they do not have a democracy.

If Chavez truly loves his country and his countrymen, if all he wants is the best for them, then he has an obligation to listen to the masses and step down once and for all!

Let the people of Venezuela unite, stand tall and stand strong!

Let true freedom ring! 'Pa fuera Chavez!

Michel Foster democraciapalapatria@yahoo.com