February 9, 2007

GRANDMA HAD A GREAT RECIPE FOR CHICKEN FEET IN ASPERTAME:

Where's the beef? Venezuelans can't agree (NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON, 2/09/07, Chicago Sun-Times)

Meat cuts vanished from Venezuelan supermarkets this week, leaving only unsavory bits like chicken feet, while costly artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar, and many staples sell far above government-fixed prices.

President Hugo Chavez's administration blames the food supply problems on unscrupulous speculators, but industry officials say government price controls that strangle profits are responsible.


Thus Cindy Sheehan's utopia....

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 9, 2007 9:31 AM
Comments

Or Walter Cronkite's

Posted by: jeff at February 9, 2007 12:32 PM

The Maximum Leader is trying to set a new record for running his country's economy into the ground.

Posted by: jd watson at February 9, 2007 1:54 PM

Maybe it's a scheme to make the nation vegetarian.

Posted by: ratbert at February 9, 2007 5:02 PM

Hey, why not blame the CIA, the way Allende supporters still do when asked to explain the disastrous Chilean economy under the Socialist savior.

Posted by: Jim in Chicago at February 9, 2007 7:19 PM
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