The text of Venezuelan Rodeo Clown Presidente Hugo Chavez' Speech to the U.N. Sept. 16th.:

As we stride toward a new United Nations model that includes all of us when they talk about the people, we are bringing four indispensable and urgent reform proposals to this Assembly: the first; the expansion of the Security Council in its permanent categories as well as the non permanent categories, thus allowing new developed and developing countries as new permanent and non permanent categories. The second; we need to assure the necessary improvement of the work methodology in order to increase transparency, not to diminish it. The third; we need to immediately suppress- we have said this repeatedly in Venezuela for the past six years- the veto in the decisions taken by the Security Council, that elitist trace is incompatible with democracy, incompatible with the principles of equality and democracy. 
And the fourth; we need to strengthen the role of the Secretary General; his/her political functions regarding preventive diplomacy, that role must be consolidated.

Huh. I thought Mr. Chavez and I were in agreement on the whole change the United Nations bit, til I realised I want to make it into a union of disenfranchised, graft-ridden, developing-when-their-leaders-are-asleep nations, with maybe some Theme Park Attractions next door to generate much-needed graft income for the Secretary General, his friends-and-relations , &c.


"Look, everyone! More Food-for-Oil Cash! Hooray!"


Also, I'd move it to Amsterdam, or maybe Brussels.

Chavez sounds as if he wants to expand the powers of the U.N. I am disappointed, at times like this, to be a practicing Christian, because I cannot in good conscience actually spell out for you what thoughts spring unbidden to mind when I contemplate a more powerful U.N.

Here's the Washington Post:

Chavez Stirs Things Up at the U.N.

Venezuelan Leader Wins Cheers With Rant Against U.S.

By Colum Lynch

Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, September 17, 2005; Page A14

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 16 — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has taken on the mantle of the bad boy of U.N. summitry, winning plaudits from Third World envoys for bashing the United States, and rattling U.N. officials by questioning the legitimacy of this week's summit of world leaders.

— ooo! He's such a bad boy! He's the bad boy of U.N. summitry! Couldn't you just *pinch* him?! And how come Mr. Bush never gets to be called the bad boy of international politics?

Chavez's appearance on the world stage this week echoed his mentor Fidel Castro's historic 1960 debut address before the General Assembly, complete with a fiery condemnation of American imperialism and side trips scheduled for Saturday to a Harlem church and community groups in the Bronx...

Chavez generated the loudest burst of applause for a world leader at the summit with his unbridled attack on what he characterized as American militarism and capitalism. He even offered a proposal to move the United Nations to Jerusalem or a city in the developing world.

Hmph! You naughty bad boy— ! The best audience reaction Mr. Bush got was a tie of sorts, between the occasional thundering silence, audible cricket chirrups, and isolated, stifled coughs that sounded suspiciously like "BOOSH-it!"

Welcome to the United Nations!

We pig-dog Yanquis *do* understand the laws of regression to the mean, don't we? That making all nations more "the same" necessitates the Harrison Bergeronization of American governmental ideals and free enterprise? Anyone? Anyone?

but still — where's that "devil" speech? hold on — ah:

from the malleable Drudge Report this from Sept. 21.:

"Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it. Noam Chomsky, one of the most prestigious American and world intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, and this is one of his most recent books, 'Hegemony or Survival: The Imperialist Strategy of the United States.'" [Holds up book, waves it in front of General Assembly.]

"It's an excellent book to help us understand what has been happening in the world throughout the 20th century, and what's happening now, and the greatest threat looming over our planet. The hegemonic pretensions of the American empire are placing at risk the very survival of the human species. We continue to warn you about this danger and we appeal to the people of the United States and the world to halt this threat, which is like a sword hanging over our heads. I had considered reading from this book, but, for the sake of time," [flips through the pages, which are numerous] "I will just leave it as a recommendation.

It reads easily, it is a very good book, I'm sure Madame [President] you are familiar with it. It appears in English, in Russian, in Arabic, in German. I think that the first people who should read this book are our brothers and sisters in the United States, because their threat is right in their own house. The devil is right at home. The devil, the devil himself, is right in the house.

"And the devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came here. Right here." [crosses himself]

"And it smells of sulfur still today."

Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world.

I think we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday's statement made by the president of the United States. As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums, to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world.

An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: "The Devil's Recipe."

As Chomsky says here, clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its system of domination. And we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated.

Holy Carp! Is this even the same guy? How many G&Ts did he have in him? ... maybe I got the wires in my foil hat crossed, but it seems he's all over the map.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em, boys.