CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez on Thursday accused U.S. President George W. Bush
of trying to destabilize his government by engineering an opposition
boycott of a December 4 legislative vote.
"Another conspiracy has been activated against Venezuela and I am
not going to blame the dogs but the masters, the government of the United
States," Chavez
said.
"The one responsible for this conspiracy is the head of the empire:
Mr. Danger. To give him his proper name, Mr. George W. Bush," he said
in a late-night address.
How cool is that? The Dowbrigade wishes that someone
important would call HIM Mr. Danger. The only cool nickname we ever had
was "Captain Blood" and that only lasted until the guy who called us
that got arrested, went into rehab, and became a Hare Krishna.
But our curiosity was piqued. Where did Chavez come
up with the name? Did he use the Spanish "Se?or Peligro" or did
he sprinkle his speech with the language of imperialism?
Turns out there is a long-standing historical precendent
to the nickname. According to DICK J. REAVIS at Counterpunch.com:
"Mr.
Danger is a long-standing figure in Venezuelan life, a character in a 1929
work, many times republished, by the novelist R
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan