OK, let those among you who are without sin cast the first stone…;) I usually read or skim the closet winger Parade insert in my Sunday paper, particularly “Personality Parade” and “Ask Marilyn” over my morning coffee for funsies… I am a critical thinker, and have known for years that it’s a fairly far right of center (Re)-publication…
This morning, it went a bit far IMHO… buried amongst the titillating celebrity gossip of “Walter Scott’s Personality Parade” was this little planted turd:
Q I’m interested in where Fidel Castro gets the dough to shore up his bankrupt regime. Can you illuminate?– Robert Henry, Los Angeles, Calif.
A In the wake of the collapse of the USSR, which bankrolled him to the tune of $4 billion a year, Castro has turned to Hugo Chavez, Marxist president of Venezuela, the world’s fifth-largest oil-exporter. In addition to shoring up Castro, he’s funding revolutionaries and terrorists throughout Latin America.
WTF?!? Before making a fool of myself, anybody have any info?
My take was that Chavez survived a Bush/US sponsored coup, which dear Walter didn’t mention. A quick Google reveals that any stories with Chavez sponsoring terrorism are “supplied” by Free Republic and News Max. There are multiple references to the little “personal pilot kiss and tell” piece that has Chavez giving $1 million to the Taliban prior to 9/11… but nothing else…
I’d like some links to smack down whatever “Walter Scott” is for pushing disinformation and Bush propaganda. I fully realize that this is an exercise in futility, but at least for today, I got nothing better to do. If any of youse are inclined to drop “Walter” a line of your own, here’s the email addy: personality@parade.com
uuhhhhh, would it be ok if that line I drop him is attached to a large anchor??? ; )
That twit Pat Robertson was claiming the same thing today.On C-span radio.
Damn, I can’t wait for that famed American Ignorance to overtake Conventional Wisdom.
Then these hacks will actually have to explain who Castro was, what a Marxist was, and actually develop their propaganda instead of reaching into the ol’ marxist/communist bag of bogeymen to scare the youngin’s.
Of all the fears to have in the world, Castro and Marxism rank somewhere on the list around 106 below “US Intervention” and “Regime Change”. I think even “Global Warming” ranks higher.
In fact, if Marxism or UFO Invasion were put out on a poll, I’m not certain which would be the safer bet.
When will these bitter old idealogues shuffle off to visit Jesus and leave the rest of us alone?