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Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« on: April 18, 2009, 10:20:41 AM »
Chavez's gift to Obama

From the pool report: "I have a lot to learn and I'm very much looking forward to listening," POTUS says. He is seated at the head of a U-shaped table, with the leader of Chile to his right and Chavez all the way to his left, at the far end of the U.

When the pool entered the room Chavez was busy talking to other leaders. Then Obama spoke, and as the pool was being ushered out Chavez walked over to him. Obama stood up and Chavez handed him the book The book is: Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina (The Open Veins of Latin America), By Eduardo Galeano. A helpful Chilean delegate who did not want to be named described it as an academic book that is the basis for the 60s-era "dependency theory" that Latin America depends on the north.

The full book title in English is "The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." It's a politically influential text in Latin America, published in 1971, about the history of the region's reliance on nations such as the United States.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2009, 10:21:28 AM »
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2009, 10:22:13 AM »
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2009, 10:24:29 AM »
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2009, 12:17:07 PM »
Charming.   ::)
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2009, 12:26:14 PM »
look at Obama lol, he has, "this is awkward" written all over him.
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2009, 12:30:11 PM »
hope he reads the book and makes it required reading for all corporate ceos ;D
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2009, 12:39:12 PM »
anyone else think this is a shady photo op?
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2009, 12:42:27 PM »
Quote from: MB_722 on April 18, 2009, 12:39:12 PM
anyone else think this is a shady photo op?
for Hugo, Obama has that ambushed look and Hugo has that look of forcing the moment unexpectedly, which is in his style at events like this so not unexpected. 
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2009, 12:45:58 PM »
yeah, obama is being polite and hugo is being pushy. 

i'm sure the far-right morons will say he's coddling up to terrorists.  in reality, he's being cordial and polite to the leader of the world's 9th leading oil producing nation, half of whose oil is used by us despite our leaders' rhetoric.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Oil
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2009, 12:49:12 PM »
Quote from: 240 is Back on April 18, 2009, 12:45:58 PM
yeah, obama is being polite and hugo is being pushy. 

i'm sure the far-right morons will say he's coddling up to terrorists.  in reality, he's being cordial and polite to the leader of the world's 9th leading oil producing nation, half of whose oil is used by us despite our leaders' rhetoric.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Oil

Hugo and Obama are buds...
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2009, 01:30:27 PM »
Quote from: Deicide on April 18, 2009, 12:49:12 PM
Hugo and Obama are buds...
I've read several rightwing blogs that say they're cut from the same cloth :D
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2009, 01:46:58 PM »
Werent they roomates at one point?
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2009, 01:47:42 PM »
Quote from: Bindare_Dundat on April 18, 2009, 01:46:58 PM
Werent they roomates at one point?

i smell a sitcom!
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2009, 01:49:51 PM »
Quote from: Bindare_Dundat on April 18, 2009, 01:46:58 PM
Werent they roomates at one point?
Love Story was based on their college days together >:(
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2009, 01:56:07 PM »
Quote from: Hugo Chavez on April 18, 2009, 01:49:51 PM
Love Story was based on their college days together >:(

lol
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2009, 02:10:38 PM »
Do you think there was a gift exchange here?

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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2009, 01:37:39 AM »
Shit, I just noticed how much greyer Obama's hair has gotten. Wow. What a difference from a little while ago. Was he dying it before or what?
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2009, 01:54:01 AM »
Quote from: Bindare_Dundat on April 19, 2009, 01:37:39 AM
Shit, I just noticed how much greyer Obama's hair has gotten. Wow. What a difference from a little while ago. Was he dying it before or what?
no, he had grey in there before.  I think it depends on the lighting or something.  I would see pictures just days apart during the election where you could see grey and then not.  there's pictures from around inauguration where he looks really grey and then others not.
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2009, 08:24:37 AM »
Sorry, but Obama is getting owned left and right down there.
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #20 on: April 19, 2009, 08:47:47 AM »
Quote from: 333386 on April 19, 2009, 08:24:37 AM
Sorry, but Obama is getting owned left and right down there.

i havent followed the events.  how is he getting owned?
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #21 on: April 19, 2009, 09:40:44 AM »
Quote from: Hugo Chavez on April 19, 2009, 01:54:01 AM
no, he had grey in there before.  I think it depends on the lighting or something.  I would see pictures just days apart during the election where you could see grey and then not.  there's pictures from around inauguration where he looks really grey and then others not.
ya no offense to anybody here but look at those photos he looks micheal jackson white in them, so i think its the lighting thats showing his grey.
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #22 on: April 19, 2009, 09:55:51 AM »
Given that the book is in Spanish, you can understand the president's surprised look. Obama couldn't tell what it was or what the hell the book was about. I doubt Chavez's broken English helped in the short explanation. Chavez should have thought to have given President Obama an English translated version, given that they do exist.

Chavez definitely attempted to ambush Obama for a photo op, the sneaky fat bastard. :P As Obama later stated, he thought Chavez was giving him one of his(Chavez's) books, and Obama was thinking he'd return the favor later by giving him "The Audacity of Hope" or "Dreams From My Father."
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #23 on: April 19, 2009, 10:11:29 AM »
Quote from: 240 is Back on April 19, 2009, 08:47:47 AM
i havent followed the events.  how is he getting owned?

You can't follow your messiah even if he have your leash on.
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Re: Hugo Chavez gives Obama a gift
« Reply #24 on: April 19, 2009, 10:41:39 AM »
Quote from: IFBBwannaB on April 19, 2009, 10:11:29 AM
You can't follow your messiah even if he have your leash on.

yes, you really present yourself as a phd candidate in mechnical engineering who speaks 5 languages and enjoys hip hop music.

I see you haven't answered the Q either.

how is he getting owned, ifbb?
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