Oh, Now That's Just A Bit Much

I certainly made an effort to get a radio.blog going, but 3 failed hosting sites didn't help the cause. Luckily there's some ridiculous news I can comment about.

Recently, Hugo Chavez, the ever controversial Venezuelan president, took things a bit too far in his criticism of the United States. He is saying that Halloween is part of a White House plot to control American's with fear.

"Mr Chavez said Halloween was part of the US culture of "putting fear into other nations, putting fear into their own people".

"He also said Halloween was a 'game of terror.'"

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Ok, now that I've recovered. What a jackass. The only reason he is saying this is because people who are against him are doing little Halloween related pranks and I guess he can't take some criticism, so Halloween is evil now. He held onto to his government during a coup and he can't handle a critical pumpkin. Come on, free candy, that's all good.

He states that he is discouraging Halloween because it is un-Venezuelan, but I don't buy it and I'm I don't see how Halloween could possibly ruin Venezuelan culture.

[BBC]