Okay so this is an excuse to use that title, which has been bouncing around my head ever since Chavez spoke out about the evils of Halloween. Here is the latest drivel, brought to you by the folks at the BBC who didn't want to give me an internship (bloody bastards!). Anyway, apparently this trip to the UK is continuing Chavez's strategy of "populist diplomacy" that he started last September in the US, which consists of meeting with supporters and union leaders in a given country but not conducting formal diplomacy with world leaders. Is that any different than Bush stacking a rally with his supporters? I love how Chavez is threatening the U.S. as if Venezuela were the world's next superpower. He wants to create a "socialist new world order," which apparently is based on the idea that oil/gas producing nations can control larger countries by keeping prices high.
But seriously, I think he's met his soulmate in Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. They should definitely get together and have a Bush-hating celebrity hot tub party, except the hot tub could be filled with oil and ashes of American flags. Boh men are equally nuts, but the fact that Iran is closer to having nuclear weapons makes Ahmadinejad a little more menacing...that, and his claim to sense the presence of God.
So now I have a constructive way to waste my time - a place where I can (and will) post ALL useless facts I learn on Wikipedia, discuss books I am reading, music I listen to, and news that matters to me. I suppose I will also rant (does that word imply negative connotations?) about my job (only 4 weeks of school left, hence the blog's name), my students, my friends, and -- of course -- myself.
Ahh, but who will read this blog, the hypothetical reader asks? Me. Since the main purpose of this whole thing is to improve my writing...no one has to know.
It'll be our little secret :-X
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