<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>What are you talking about? Why do you have to pick fights? Why do <BR>you have to denounce your opponents as right-wingers?<BR><BR>Is Chavez above criticism? As I'm sure you know, there are leftists <BR>in Venezuela that are critical of Chavez for a number of reasons - <BR>does that make them neocons too?<BR><BR>Isn't it awkward walking around with such a huge chip on your shoulder?</DIV> <DIV>************************************************************************************************************************<BR>Me picking up fights? I just posted a simple meeting announcement which got vicious characterizations and personal attacks.(See my next post).</DIV> <DIV>What criticisms on Chavez? You are confused. To gratuitously call Chavez a "Stalinist" or even a "Leninist" and to call Church members "useful idiots" is not "criticism" but plain silly name calling. I do welcome critical thought but this ain't.</DIV> <DIV>By the way, I am not sure there are Venezuelan leftists critical of Chavez. That'd be interesting, could you please post some of this?</DIV> <DIV>I don't have any scintilla of a chip on the shoulder much less a "huge".one.  Thanks for the gratuitous characterization.</DIV> <DIV>Cristobal S</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>