Venezuela's Chavez orders takeover of iron-makers

[kenth]

dotymed   (1000+ posts)             Sun May-16-10 09:47 AM
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4. I guess   
   
I'll have to research this. Of course the AP article doesn't mention how Chavez plans to help the impoverished of his country through this action.

Well, the impoverished will at least get to know they aren't suffering alone when all those ironworks' employees join them in miserable poverty. I suppose that could be viewed as help, from a democrat's viewpoint.

[DumbAss Tanker]

That reminds me of the mental picture I get whenever Hannah Bell says "sign the means of production over to me."  I spent a lot of my career in paper mills.  I get a picture of Hannah being handed over a mill, where I can picture her:
1) Falling into a vat of caustic soda
2)  Falling into a pulper
3)  Falling into a debarker

and any number of terrible things that can happen when you turn the means of production over to "the people."  Well, that's enough fun for now. 

Sounds like a DU "Workers' cooperative" running a paper mill has almost-unbounded amusement potential!  Hell, with good security cameras (Have to contract those out to a real company to keep them running, I suppose...) it could provide endless footage for TrueTV, FoxReality, or Spike to run a series like "America's Funniest Fatal Industrial Accidents."

 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

That reminds me of the mental picture I get whenever Hannah Bell says "sign the means of production over to me."  I spent a lot of my career in paper mills.  I get a picture of Hannah being handed over a mill, where I can picture her:
1) Falling into a vat of caustic soda
2)  Falling into a pulper
3)  Falling into a debarker

and any number of terrible things that can happen when you turn the means of production over to "the people."  Well, that's enough fun for now. 

And what if this "falling" were--how shall we say it?--externally initiated?

[chitownchica]

And what if this "falling" were--how shall we say it?--externally initiated?

I might be willing to volunteer Mr. Bunny  :innocent:

[kenth]

Don't take a citizen's word for it Beth - just keep fantasizing about a wonderful world under dear leader Chavez.

Well, to be honest, she's probably not fantasizing about the world under Chavez, just one particular person.