Hugo Chavez has made himself dictator of Venezuela, as I predicted several years ago in an email to his admirer, former Senator Chafee. (Chafee, who had expressed his admiration for Chavez in commments in the Senate, did not respond. Chafee was another one of the trust fund babies who bought his way into the Senate, but was not a deep thinker.) Chavez is another example of how democratic election of a communist is the last real election that will be held. Hugo has other admirers in the US. Joseph Kennedy II seems to like him, and of course Noam Chomsky loves him as he loves Castro. It is curious to me that rich liberals like the Kennedy's and former President Carter like communist dictators. Movie Stars no doubt like Chavez, as the like Castro. (I wonder if there has ever been a communist regime that was not a totalatarian regime?)

I expect that many Venezueleans will be leaving the country now. I have heard that many of their brightest have already left.