Hugo Chavez Is Up To Something

[baltoro]

This article in the Los Angeles Times: Venezuelans Speculate on Chavez's Absence, got me to thinking,...what is REALLY going on here ???

• Who the hell goes to Cuba for surgery,...especially, a Head of State of an OPEC country ???
• And, if you are dim-witted enough, not only to voluntarily want to vacation in Cuba, but, to have elective surgery while you're there (presumably to avoid the paparazzi),...who do you sue if they accidentally amputate your knee or something ???
• Could this possibly be a prelude to a military coup ???

Nothing makes sense, here,...
Unless, you look at the situation in a different light.
He's almost certainly getting Sex Change Surgery. :eek
It's a well-know fact that Thailand performs the most sex reassignment surgeries in the world, followed by Iran. So, after, preliminary cosmetic surgery in Cuba,...it's off to Thailand, for some real excitement,...
The legal implications of this scenario are mind-boggling. Can Chavez, as a trans-sexual, run for President of Venezuela, endlessly ???

[dedndave]

i seem to recall a 007 movie where a guy went to Cuba to have surgery to change his DNA and appearance  :P
on a more positive note, Pearce Brosnen ran into Haley Berry down there and had a heck of a good time   :U
vacationing in Cuba may not be as bad as it sounds   :bg

[hutch--]

No reason not to be creative, when poor old Gaddafi goes to his desert island with a harem of good looking camels, you could send Hugo there as well once he retires from being El Presidente of Venezueala and could provide the alternative to good looking camels for Gaddafi. (As long as the operation was successful).  :P

[dedndave]

....or, Hugo can just be one of the camels   :lol

like all good swimmers - they can use the "buddy system"

[baltoro]

Here's an update on this mystifying situation from today's Wall Street Journal: A Get-Well Card for Hugo Chávez, June 27.
...And, naturally, I've updated my wildly improbable conspiracy theory,...
What if those despicable Cuban fascists fake Chavez's death,...and, 'dump his corpse' in the North Arabian Sea,...just like the US special operations team did with Osama bin Laden ???
Venezuela would explode into chaos, street riots, senseless violence, economic paralysis, and eventual collapse. Petróleos de Venezuela would be attacked by armed revolutionaries,...and, cease all production activity. OPEC would attempt to stabilize the world petroleum market, which would probably backfire spectacularly, causing wild fluctuations in the price and availability of oil. Military intervention would be massive and ugly, and make matters much worse, eventually, plunging the fragile world financial system into the abyss,...
...Hey, I'm already working on a blockbuster screenplay,... :eek
Meanwhile, Hugo Chavez lives out his remaining days on a specially designed ghost cruise ship, somwhere out near Fiji...

History of the Venezuelan Oil Industry

P.S. By the way,...what is it with Hutch and camels ???

[carlos]

First Obama, and now possibly, Chaves , no wonder Greenpeace is in uproar

maybe this shark found one of them, and wanted to flee  :toothy  :toothy  :toothy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCWT-tBLnD8

Just let's hope USA or Britain don't throw George or Tony (or god forbids, both) to the sea or we'll face an ELE

Carlos

[dedndave]

probably the wrong thread, but....

i read in the news that the ICC issued a warrant for the arrest of moammar godawful   :U
the warrant charges him, his son, and a top aide of crimes against humanity

they'll try him in the Hague and hang him or shoot him or whatever they do with really bad guys   :P

i wonder if there's a bounty to fill the warrant   :bg

[baltoro]

DAVE !!!
...So, you think Libya and Venezuela are the next 'Axis of Evil' ???
I love it.

[dedndave]

lol
i dunno - the muslims are in a number of countries
they are probably heavily based in Europe
so, i think we should shell Italy, France, Spain, Germany, etc
and clean house before the shit starts   :lol

i guess that would make ME the next axis of evil   :bdg

[baltoro]

 :bg
Well, Dave, I think you're evil,...but, you're not a major oil exporter,...so, the geopolitical implications aren't nerarly as devastating,...
...And, yeah,...I agree with you,...we need to get some invasions going,...just to show the world that we've got control of the situation,...
I suppose the CIA is gaming this sort of thing in their spare time,...

[hutch--]

Dave,

You are targeting the wrong countries in Europe, a full scale air invasion of Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain (PIGS) would solve most of the problems that the Euro is having, after the air attack there would be nothing to have to bail out and the rest of Europe could live long and prosper.

[dedndave]

i was thinking more of a "blanket" operation, Hutch
we could cover the entire western european block   :P

a lot of those buildings are really really old and need to come down, anyways - lol

[José Roca]

Dave,

You are targeting the wrong countries in Europe, a full scale air invasion of Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain (PIGS) would solve most of the problems that the Euro is having, after the air attack there would be nothing to have to bail out and the rest of Europe could live long and prosper.

Where are going to spend his summer vacation then? Australia is in the ass of the world, and with so many camel farts, it must smell accordingly.

[jj2007]

we should shell Italy, ...
i guess that would make ME the next axis of evil   :bdg

You and Hutch, actually. Check the new version of the Credits macro in MasmBasic :toothy

[hutch--]

José,

You are right, we have more camels than the Saudis and they are better looking as well (than either the Saudis or their camels). Seriously, Spain in the EU with a currency common to other economies like France, the UK and Germany is responsible for the debt problem as they all have different industrial capacities. If Spain reverted to its own currency and abandoned the Euro, it would solve the debt problem and probably improve competitiveness against other countries that it trades with. Greece has similar problems and is being knackered by the over valued Euro.