The Real News Network has the article Chavez Wins After Massive Voter Turnout.

I thought the US media told me that Hugo Chavez was very unpopular in Venezuela. Yet the observers say the election was fair and honest, the turnout was high, and Chavez got 54% of the vote.

The opposition party was trying to sell the same complaints against a sitting president as the Republicans are trying to sell against ours. Why were 54% of Venezuelans able to see the reality? Is it because Hugo Chavez is a real socialist and the Venezuelans have seen what real Capitalism can do to them?

About the only thing that could go wrong is that the capitalists in Venezuela convince the capitalists in the USA to make another attempt on Chavez’s life. Chavez at a UN appearance didn’t say that George W. Bush had the smell of the devil without good cause.

The Real News Network has the report General Strike Solid in Greek Town Chania. The article has links to other videos covering the situation in Greece.

The video from this article is shown below:

I wonder if my cousin who has new Greek inlaws because of his daughter’s recent marriage still believes what these people tell him about how lazy the Greek citizens are and how they deserve the economic disaster that has been forced upon them.

Because these are my relatives who are giving me grief over these reports, I will refrain from my usual sarcasm except to wonder if my cousin would agree that the lazy Greek doctors ought to have their salaries cut in half and needed medical supplies withheld. Would he subscribe to the same practices to rein in medical costs in this country?

I found some Elizabeth Warren supporters who were fooled into thinking that there was even an iota of truth in Scott Brown’s false interpretation of Warren’s work on the case related to victims of asbestos related illnesses.

I recommend my previous post Fact Check: In Travelers Case, Warren Fights for Victims’ Compensation as an antidote to Brown’s unethical interpretation.

Here are two recent, related political ads from Elizabeth Warren.

“Reckless, amateurish—that’s what news media and fellow Republicans called Mitt Romney’s gaffe-filled July tour of England, Israel and Poland. When our U.S. diplomats were attacked in Libya. The New York Times said Romney’s knee-jerk response ‘showed an extraordinary lack of presidential character.’ And even Republican experts said Romney’s remarks were ‘the worst possible reaction to what happened.’ If this is how he handles the world now just think what Mitt Romney might do as president.”

I am not too thrilled with President Obama’s saber rattling attitude in foreign relations. Imagine if we had someone who had even less peaceful inclinations as Mitt Romney does.

See my previous post Elements in Iran and US that Want War to understand what is lacking even in an administration that supposedly understands nuance and subtleties. I am hoping that it is only politics that drive President Obama’s seeming inability to understand the motives of an opponent.