Ah, the sweet, sweet sounds of righteous exasperation:
I just got a call from an MSNBC booker. She wanted to know if I wanted to go on the air to talk about Hugo Chavez. Apparently, he went off on some rant at the UN.
I said, "Why would I? Who cares about Hugo Chavez?"[...]
Who gives a shit what Venezuela thinks about the United States? I swear, for a country that goes around invading countries it doesn't like, it sure has a thin skin. Republicans, Democrats, and the media are all freaking out.
Because the president of fucking Venezuela doesn't like Bush.
It's worth noting that the threat Venezuela poses to America is entirely centered on what they can do to our feelings. They will not attack us. They can't attack us. They have neither weaponry, nor terrorist infrastructures. They could theoretically wreck their economy by embargoing us, but fiscal self-immolation in service of slightly higher gas prices for Americans seems...unlikely. So for all the whining and crying and worrying, all Chavez really has is the ability to tell us he does not like America very much at all.
Ooh, scary.
