Voice of Venezuela's RCTV to fall silent

[ericwt]

Okay dude- "Hugo girl" = Lame. Not funny.

Sorry, someone had to say it.

[Psycho4Bud]

Radio Caracas Television shut down just before midnight Sunday as its broadcast license expired and soldiers took control of the station's transmitters. Chavez refused to renew its license, accusing the channel of "subversive" activities.

The new channel, TVES, launched its transmissions with artists singing pro-Chavez music, then carried an exercise program and a talk show, interspersed with government ads proclaiming, "Now Venezuela belongs to everyone."

Earlier Sunday, police broke up an opposition protest using a water cannon and tear gas and later clashed with protesters who set afire trash heaps in affluent eastern Caracas. Police said some protesters fired shots, and others threw rocks and bottles. Police said 11 officers were injured.

Inside the studios of RCTV the sole opposition-aligned TV station with nationwide reach disheartened actors and comedians wept and embraced in the final minutes on the air.

They bowed their heads in prayer, and presenter Nelson Bustamante declared: "Long live Venezuela! We will return soon."
ABC News: Chavez Shutters 'Capitalist' TV Station

THIS is what happens when government takes over the media. It makes me laugh when assclowns like Alex Jones proclaims this to be happening in the states; He'd be the first S.O.B. to get shutdown...........

Have a good one!:s4:

[ericwt]

It is truly sad this is happening to Venezuela.

However with respect, Alex Jones is so ridiculous no one really takes him seriously. He is no threat to the people that really control what is going.

If he becomes a threat he will be shut down. The mass media is controlled.

One nut job with an Internet radio show and a few websites is nothing.

Alex Jones is his own worst enemy.

[Gigliozzi]

It is funny! It is funny, and you know it's funny, so shut up!:sadcrying

Hugo, girl! It's funny! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!:S2:

Now laugh, everybody!:woohoo:

Eric, of course you know, this means war!:rambo:

[ericwt]

I am not much into War. I will leave that to the Bush administration.

But I found your reaction to my comment incredibly funny.

Does that count for something?

[medicinal]

it would have been much better if he had a reputation for wearing women's clothes. let's start the rumor that he's a cross dresser here and give it a couple of months. you can give the joke another try in august.

Oh, you mean like Judiani, LOL!

[medicinal]

THIS is what happens when government takes over the media. It makes me laugh when assclowns like Alex Jones proclaims this to be happening in the states; He'd be the first S.O.B. to get shutdown...........

I guess they are very successful then as you haven't been noticing. Maybe it's because they are more attuned to your agenda.

[Gigliozzi]

Well, Eric, I suppose we could forge a truce after you gave me credit for something.

But I still retain that "Hugo, girl!" is a milestone of comedic achievement.

Even Medicinal loves it, but he doesn't want to give me the satisfaction.

"Hugo, girl? Why, I love it! Hahaha! Let's make it my new campaign slogan immediately!"
- Hugo Chavez, Address to the Nation, April 9, 2007

[delusionsofNORMALity]

I guess they are very successful then as you haven't been noticing. Maybe it's because they are more attuned to your agenda.

odd, it seems to me that the fringe left is in charge of censorship 'round these parts. imus is a prime example of the political correctness gone wild that these loons seem to embrace. he may have been a bit of a fool and his sense of humor in poor taste at best, but when sharpton (a prince among bigots) was taken seriously when calling him a racist the sad irony of it was almost more than i could take. our biggest censorship problem comes from those ivory tower socialist dolts who firmly believe that this is a country full of children who need their wisdom and guidance in order to survive. these are not even people in office, but lawyers and glorified social workers whose sole purpose seems to be sticking their noses as far up the people's collective ass as possible.

even such troublesome imbeciles as these cannot totally stem the flow of real information. if you are foolish enough to believe that the evening news or the l.a. times are the supreme fonts of todays news, then you deserve your ignorance. all of the information you could possibly want is out there and this government is making no attempt to stifle even the blatant lies that are available to anyone with the desire to find them.