It's all part of Chavez's efforts to encourage Venezuelans to adopt the psyche of the "New Man," a socialist revolutionary with a monk-like purity of purpose.
But without any monk-like distilleries.
The president has a long list of other "New Man" recommendations: don't douse foods with too much hot sauce, exercise regularly, eat low-cholesterol foods, respect speed limits. He also wants parents to stop buying Barbie dolls — and breast jobs — for their daughters.
President Chavez calls this "21st Century Socialism" though it reminds me of the "Time and Punishment" segment of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror V.
Homer: Hey, what the hell is that geek Flanders doing on TV?
[a siren goes off]
Ned: Oh! I see by the Big Board we got a Negative Nellie in Sector Two. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask the whole family to kind of freeze and prepare for Re-Neducation.
Bart: Don't you remember, Dad? Flanders is the unquestioned lord and master of the world.
Homer: D'oh!
I'm guessing the Spanish for "Okily dokily!" is Muy bienily dienily.
I smell HillaryCare.
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