[Video] Robert Fisk responds to the denials of ‘dollar demise’ report

October 8th, 2009 by stacyherbert

Stacy Summary: Good stuff.

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  • Ilya Kuryakin
    Oct 8, 2009 at 9:28 am

    Muse..yes.

    This reminds me of you guys circling like vultures around the last ounce of gold on earth…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOex4LOpsiQ

  • frances snoot
    Oct 8, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Okay, Supergeek, we get the Big Picture. Is Ilya the Riddler?

  • Youri Carma
    Oct 8, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Saudi Prince Tells U.S.: Dump Citigroup Stock, Now http://tinyurl.com/ycgw856

  • Supergeek
    Oct 8, 2009 at 9:35 am

    @frances
    re:the riddler…oops that was meant to be a PS.
    I get first dibs on the riddler as it was my fantasy… I just used to love it when he kissed his own hands…just loved himself so much…TV heaven!!!

  • Ilya Kuryakin
    Oct 8, 2009 at 9:38 am

    The United Network Command for Law Enforcement commands you to buy gold and silver in order to destroy the Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NiIHtbvpLM&feature=PlayList&p=01E54823833A913D&index=0

  • Dedo
    Oct 8, 2009 at 10:01 am

    @Ilya Kuryakin,…..I don’t get the connection with a town full of homosexuals ? !!
    (where do you dig em’ up from)

  • Gordo
    Oct 8, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    Actually Chavez and Obama live in completely different worlds. Obama lives in the Right wing controlled Matrix environment of the US. Chavez at least has the support of a large portion of a population that can think for themselves.

  • Mini US
    Oct 8, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    Have you people been to Venezuela lately?

    The lawlessness, especially juvenile delinquent crime has gone crazy.
    The countries infrastructure has been deteriorating for the last 10 years. I mean roads, power, communications, etc.
    Sometimes there is no food on the shelves in the supermarkets.
    Less and less people have jobs, if you open don’t support ChaveZ its near impossible.
    I am not talking about government figures, I am talking about going there and talking to the people and seeing it for myself.
    The lefties in Australia think he’s great because he sticks it up the Amercians and to some extent this must be applauded, but not to the detriment of his own people.
    But he is doing nothing for his people. Nothing.
    He is a corrupt self proclaimed dictator who rigs votes with US style voting machines. He imported and paid Colombians just to vote for him, then sent them back.
    It is like Cuba. A Venezuelan cannot take their own money out of the country. My wife lost thousands because the bank confiscated her credit card and now she lives here she cannot redeem it.
    I could go on but it would be jibber jabber and I am just trying to explain how the saviour of the people turned out.
    Before the drop in the oil price last year Chaves was making the most money Venezuela has ever made from oil in its history.
    Where is that money?
    He is a Communist Oligarch and no different to all the rest.
    The venezuelan people voted for Chavez for the smae reason the US people voted for Obama. They wanted change, they wanted hope and they wanted someone to lead them to the promised land.
    These sheeple want someone to come along and SAVE them and sort out their problems. They are too lazy and stupid to take responsibility to do it themselves.
    Chavez thinks he is the new Simon Bolivar, the saviour of the whole of South America. He wants to be the ruler of a South American block. He is a megolamaniac.

    What people in both countries are getting is disappointment.
    I, like most of you, are bitterly disappointed in the US government and the wests greed and mismanagement and we all feel ripped off.

    Well wait until China and Russia are in charge and people like Chavez have more power. We will all be praying for the return of Obama and Bernanke.
    Sorry for the rant, but as I have said before, be careful what you wish for with your gold stash and champagne socialism.

  • Supergeek
    Oct 8, 2009 at 11:07 pm

    @mini us
    I am not criticising your comments, I enjoyed reading them.. but what I have been picking from the general comments is countries like china seem more comfortable or able to get away with suppressing their own population…whereas america and countries like them favour oppressing people abroad…we really need less oppression…and more balance!!!
    sorry if I’m just stating the obvious.

  • Ilya Kuryakin
    Oct 9, 2009 at 12:12 am

    @Mini US

    “Have you people been to Venezuela lately?”

    Um, yeah, and the place I saw in no way resembles your comments. Just about everything you stated is Bullshit.

    Fuck it. I’m not even gonna bother. Be happy in your fascist Oz.

  • Mini US
    Oct 9, 2009 at 12:24 am

    @Ilya Kuryakin
    Happy to listen to you.
    Where did you go and what did you see?

  • Hawk of Terror
    Oct 9, 2009 at 6:44 am

    This seems an apt quote re: Obama Nobel Peace Prize.

    “The imaginary seemed so real
    And the world outside became like a dream.”     – Adam Curtis

  • Hawk of Terror
    Oct 9, 2009 at 6:47 am

    … actually, that quote would apply to many of the absurd shenanigans going on around us, but really, this Obama thing has got to take the cake on “WTF” scale!

  • fancychance
    Oct 10, 2009 at 3:07 am

    fisk could possibly be a financial terrorist for the british. the british seem to have a lot of connections to the mistakes the us government have made.

  • Damian
    Oct 22, 2009 at 8:42 am

    I feel the need to respond to “Mini US” regarding Venezuela.

    The first think you have to understand when you try to understand venezuela is the class divide: 70% of the population lives or lived until very recently under the poverty line. THATS EXACTLY why Chavez was elected in 1998.

    Mini US comments are those of the privileged 10% – 15% Middle to upper class who are mostly white, many speak english, have houses in Miami since the 1970′s (Mainly in a Neighborhood Called Weston, but better known as Westonzuela). They can afford to travel to the US; have optimal medical care and education, UNLIKE 70% of the venezuelan population. It might surprise the average american that the average venezuelan middle class has a Maid, or two, and some even a chauffeur.
    A little history is in order:

    In the 70´s, our currency was in par with the dollar, and was valued more than many european currencies. By 1983 we had a Black Friday: our currency was devaluated. Our middle class shrinked from 70% to today´s 10-15%. We had a riot in 1989. The president had to resign, after surviving a coup attempt. (By Chavez, in 1992. That coup had an approval rating of around 80%). Many middle classes left the country, while poor ppl found it impossible to become middle class themselves.
    Many upper/Middle class venezuelan have either Spanish, italian, portuguese, german or US passports, so they can, and have, left the country en masse, because of Chavez´s “Communism”. These middle classes are educated professionals, some have their education paid for by the Gov´t. They graduate and migrate, so the US and Europe benefit from this Brain Drain. The poor classes, mainly of african or indian descent, have NO foreign passport to reclaim.

    Now, to answer Mr “Mini US”:

    I do live in Venezuela. I belong to the “privileged” Middle class. I do have a foreign passport, and I speak english as you can see. Yet, I say Chavez is right.

    Juvenile delinquency has been roughly the same since the 1970´s. It is a by product of poverty, and it affects mainly the middle class, as only ppl with money is subject to robbery. The way to stop this is thru education, which has grown threefold since chavez came to power, thru the “Misiones”. The Middle class laugh at the missions. The poor doesn´t.

    No food on the shelves: This is a way to speculate with food that the big food producers have against chavez, so he gets the blame. Theres full respect for private property and enterrpise here, so they do what they want. The Gov´t combats this thru Missions MERCAL and PDVAL, who sells food well below the cost.

    We have more jobs than in the US and Europe, that´s for sure.

    Doing nothing for the people? when was the last time you went to a shanty town? you can find educative missions, food, cuban doctors who provide free medical care, he has founded univrsities, medical centers…the list goes on and on. Of course, these services are for the poor, not the middle class.

    There´s no need to rig elections. Just search for Hinterlaces or Datanalisis,or Luis Vicente León, avowed opposition survey services, who give chavez between 55% and 60% of the electorate. On the contrary, opposition leaders have no more than 4% of votes.

    Yes, you cannot take your money easily and freely as before. Why? because of the massive capital transfers the middle class did to the exterior, that hemorrage had to be stopped somehow.

    Where´s the money oil? I already told you: in the Misiones.

    Chavez is indeed different. If he were the same, he woulda been super pals with George W. Bush. He could have left power 5 years ago and live comfortably in miami. But he hasn´t.

    When you call people lazy and stupid, obviously you´re a bigot.

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