The Biggest Perpetrator

I hate to broach this subject again, and I really have little to say about it...nevertheless, Chavez was at it again today in London. This time it was when he was asked whether his "with us or against us" attitude wasn't reminiscent of Bush's. Here is his response from the BBCNews article:

"It is the first time I have been offended this way in public - to be compared to the biggest perpetrator of genocide the world has known. To be compared to an assassin, someone who has committed genocide, an immoral man who should be put in jail by an international court. What exactly are these attitudes? Have we invaded any country?"

First of all, I find this statement to be insulting. It's insulting to the intelligence of people around the world, and it's insulting to those who have actually suffered genocide, in Europe during the Holocaust, in Turkey, in Rwanda, in Sudan, in Iraq (Kurds, mind you).

Second, it's indicative of the ignorance and poorly-played out charade (thats cha-rahde) of Chavez himself. I'm not exactly sure what the word "populist" means, but I'm pretty sure this is at least it...if not pandering or demagoguery.

Well, enough about that. I wanted to write here about Bush's immigration plan, but I missed the television broadcast and don't have time to watch it on cspan.com tonight. The thing I'm wondering is how the president will reconcile his plan with the stalled House and Senate versions...?

Tomorrow we go on a field trip to the Greensboro Natural Science Center. The best part (besides getting to insert all these fun links in my blog) is that I have 5 chaperones who will be in charge of 4-5 kids each. Which --you do the math-- leaves me with 0 students to babysit:-)