Collective Hysteria

Rediff News just in, thanks to Babs:

The hugely successful American boy band New Kids on the Block is reportedly preparing to reunite after 14 years. According to People magazine, the members of the group, who broke up in 1994, are ditching their respective professions to make a comeback in the music industry.

Should I scream now or later? And YES, I was crazy about NKOTB… I’ll be loving them forever… And I’m not ashamed to admit it. :D

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I can’t say I ever heard one of their songs!

Seeing the anti-FARC banner, I wonder what you think of Hugo Chavez moving to support FARC, which is pretty much matter of Venezuela declaring war against Colombia?

…and I just noticed that Mr. Obama is using the Pepsi logo in his campaign banner ad!

dmarks, you can read my rants about Hugo Chávez if you browse the latest archives. :-)

After I posted that comment, I found one of the rants. I see him less as a would-be Bolivar and more as a very shrewd man who seeks to get the most personal power and property possible. That is why he admires Fidel Castro, who was until recently the undisputed owner of all of Cuba the boss of all Cubans. Look at Castro’s Cuba, or North Korea (where dictator-worship is actually a religion) to see where he wants Venezuela to end up.

The sad thing is that until 1990 or so, Latin America was wracked with wars, most caused by those admired by Chavez. The place is pretty peaceful for a while now, except for FARC’s war. Chavez seems hellbent on igniting conflict in Latin America again. Is the world ready for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of deaths from the new wars? Or for all the refugees fleeing Chavez’ war zones into the US or other countries? He has already all but declared war on Colombia and Guyana.