Echoes in Eternity

Another fun little totalitarian tidbit has caught my eye regarding the Venezuelan tyrant, Hugo Chavez.

President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that foreigners who publicly criticize him or his government while visiting Venezuela will be expelled from the country.

Chavez ordered officials to monitor statements made by international figures during their visits to Venezuela and deport any outspoken critics.

"How long are we going to allow a person -- from any country in the world -- to come to our own house to say there's a dictatorship here, that the president is a tyrant, and nobody does anything about it?" Chavez asked during his weekly television and radio program.

It does make one wonder, how is it possible that Chavez has no sense of irony? After all, did not he visit the U.N. in NEW YORK last fall and referred to Bush as the devil? I may be mistaken, but I think my buddy Hugo was not expelled for those comments. Ah, the insanity of the left...