Chavez vs. God

In a matter of speaking: Hugo Chavez thinks he is God, and is scared as hell of the Catholic leaders who continue to oppose him as he makes Venezuela more and more like Cuba. I write about this little-reported (in the U.S., that is) clash of the Chavez and the church on Pajamas Media:

"...Chavez has invoked the name of Christ so much lately you’d expect him to become the first communist televangelist. But as he refers to Jesus as 'the greatest socialist in history,' his invocations are hardly Christ-like as they usually involve spitting venom at his opponents.

Like how he recently took aim at Venezuela’s Catholic leader Cardinal Jorge Urosa and other opposition clergymen: 'If Christ were still alive and physically present, I’m completely sure he’d take them out with whippings,' he audaciously told a crowd of supporters.

On Nov. 11, Urosa told Globovision TV that Chavez’s slate of 69 constitutional amendments 'leads toward a single ideology and that, of course, is going to be discriminatory, it’s going to be exclusionary and it’s going to have terrible consequences for all liberties.'

Cue Hugo’s next un-Christian move: revenge.

Earlier this month, a pro-government student leader said that Chavistas were waiting for the call to 'take' Andres Bello Catholic University.

On Friday, El Universal reported that the National Assembly directed its committees on Domestic Policy and Education to launch an investigation into Venezuela’s Catholic schools for supposedly fomenting rebellion against Chavez’s constitutional reformation.

But the Church would be falling down on the job if it didn’t be a strong, good shepherd in the face of the wolf.

The archbishops and bishops of Venezuela issued a statement on Oct. 19 entitled 'Called to Live in Freedom,' taking such a stand against Chavez’s shameless initiative. 'The proposed Reform excludes political and social sectors not in agreement with a Socialist State, restricts freedom and represents a retrocession in the progress of respect for human rights,' the bishops’ conference wrote..."

Read the whole thing!

I have one more thing to say to Hugo: Por que no te callas?!??!???