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BRUCE:
One for you, Beserker:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/11/wchavez11.xml

At the US Embassy, visa enquiries have almost doubled in recent weeks, from 400 to about 800 a day. "There are normal spikes toward Christmas or another major holiday, but this increase doesn't fall into that category," said embassy spokesman Brian Penn.

The British embassy has seen a similar rise in numbers. "It has been increasing for some time, but what's different now is the tone of desperation," said a British spokesman.

A website for would-be emigrants - mequieroir.com (I want to leave.com) - reports that since Mr Chavez's December 3 election victory, and his announcement last month that he would nationalise the telecommunications and electricity industries, the number of daily visits it receives has soared from 20,000 to 60,000.

What a paradise, interesting that most people who seem to envy Chavez and his socialist state don't actually live there.  Otherwise, they'd be busy chowing down on delicious chicken feet:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_food_crunch

CARACAS, Venezuela - Meat cuts vanished from Venezuelan supermarkets this week, leaving only unsavory bits like chicken feet, while costly artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar, and many staples sell far above government-fixed prices.

Mmm, yummy - can we go Pa, can we?

Hugo Chavez:
You got your blog going yet?

BRUCE:

--- Quote from: Berserker on February 11, 2007, 03:00:06 PM ---You got your blog going yet?

--- End quote ---

Yeah I do mate, still no reply from Ron - should I assume he doesn't mind if I post it?

Hugo Chavez:

--- Quote from: BRUCE on February 11, 2007, 03:03:33 PM ---Yeah I do mate, still no reply from Ron - should I assume he doesn't mind if I post it?

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On something like this it's no biggie I'm sure.  It's cool with me, out of respect you might hit up the other mods with the question.  Most likely Ron would have had you clear it with the forum mods if anything anyway and as far as just posting your link in the sig line any your profile, that's a common thing to do.  There's really no rules against what you want to do.  You know as far as I can see, you're just talking about chiming in a debate with a blog entry and bringing note to your other entries, go for it.

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