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