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I know you are all bored into a stupor with the stuff I write about Hugo Chavez. But, the wacky dictator/folk singer/talk show host/tyrant just keeps going and going with his zany antics.

From Breitbart/AP

More than 80 performers and other celebrities have signed a statement supporting Grammy-winning Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz after two Venezuelan concerts were canceled because of his criticism of Hugo Chavez.

The letter, released Wednesday, was signed by performers including Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Penelope Cruz and even soccer star David Beckham. It said the signers “believe in a Latin America where we are all free to express our views.”

Sounds reasonable. I wonder where Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Naomi Campbell, Kevin Spacey, Sean Penn etc. stand on this one.

Venezuelan organizers last week announced that Sanz’s sold-out Feb. 14 concert in Caracas was canceled because it lacked “the appropriate conditions.” A November concert also was scrapped when officials withdrew permission to use a government auditorium.

Sanz’s criticism of President Hugo Chavez led Venezuelan officials to declare he is not welcome in the country—though ticket sales to fans might indicate otherwise.

Roughly one year ago, Hugo Chavez…

…seen here with genius thespian, Sean Penn, nationalized oil business projects in the Orinoco River basin. In doing so, the Venezuelan government attached assets belonging to, among others, Exxon/Mobil, who want their stuff back. Exxon/Mobil has taken the issue to court and some assets have been frozen.

Now, according to Breitbart/AP Hugo says…

“If you end up freezing (Venezuelan assets) and it harms us, we’re going to harm you,” Chavez said during his weekly radio and television program, “Hello, President.” “Do you know how? We aren’t going to send oil to the United States. Take note, Mr. Bush, Mr. Danger.”

“I speak to the U.S. empire, because that’s the master: continue and you will see that we won’t send one drop of oil to the empire of the United States.”

“The outlaws of Exxon Mobil will never again rob us.”

You go, Hugo. “Mr. Danger”, heh, heh.

“There’s a man who leads a life of danger
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger”

Hugo, of course, has a flair for the dramatic…

…a skill he has, no doubt, sharpened while hanging out with the likes of Penn as well as other genius thespians like Kevin Spacey, big shot directors like Oliver Stone, and International super models like Naomi Campbell.

We also know that Hugo has a way of tossing out some bit of controversial B.S. during a speech or, on his weekly T.V. variety show, that will be picked up by the press and further his reputation as a whack job.

Meanwhile, back at the Oil Ministry,

Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez has argued that court orders won by Exxon Mobil have “no effect” on the state oil company PDVSA and are merely “transitory measures” while Venezuela presents its case in courts in New York and London.

Good luck with that one, Mr Ramirez. If Hugo is already taking time away from singing folk songs to go after “Mr. Danger” during Romper Room, you’re going to have some splainin’ to do do when those “transitory measures” become permanent.

Sometimes, as I am have my morning coffee, lounging around in the comfort of the Minnie Winnie, looking at the frozen rain, I think to myself; “I wonder what two-time Academy Award winning actor Kevin Spacey is up to these days”. Last time we saw Spacey he was hanging out down Venezuela way with our good friend, recording artist and T.V. host Hugo Chavez.

Hmmm… That’s odd isn’t it? A genius, thespian hanging out with a power hungry tyrant like Hugo Chavez. I wondered what his mindset was. Was Spacey looking for a way to crack into the lucrative Venezuelan film industry? Probably not.

Was this because that other genius, thespian Sean Penn had already been there?

You know, like a “keeping up with the Joneses” type of thing; “That bastard Penn, isn’t fooling me, he’s up to something. Book me a flight to Caracas, Charles”

Hugo is working that left hand, isn’t he?

Well, I figured it out. Kevin Spacey was with Hugo to promote peace. That’s right, that’s what Spacey is all about. Spreading goodwill and promoting peace.

Don’t believe me, check out this Breitbart/AFP piece “US actor Kevin Spacey to co-host Nobel concert”.

That’s right, every year the Nobel Peace Price people put on a big concert to celebrate, well….I don’t really know what they are celebrating. But, the point is, they picked Kevin Spacey over all of the other genius, thespians to host. Well, actually he wasn’t the first choice.

US actor Kevin Spacey will co-host the traditional Nobel concert in Oslo next week honouring the Nobel Peace Prize laureates, replacing Tommy Lee Jones who has pulled out, organisers said Thursday.

Hold it hold it hold it. Thespian Tommy Lee Jones has pulled out? Wait a minute, doesn’t Tommy Lee Jones have a long-time connection with this years co-winner Al Gore? Surely, Al will be at the show. We know he loves a good concert, right? I wonder why Tommy Lee Jones won’t be there.

Tommy Lee Jones, who was Al Gore’s roommate at Harvard University, was due to have co-hosted with Thurman but was forced to pull out “for personal reasons,” the organisers said.

“Forced” to pull out for “personal reasons”. This is one of those things celebtrities can do. Try that one on your boss tomorrow. “Sorry, I am forced to not show up at work today for personal reasons”. Maybe Tommy Lee is going to Venezuela instead.

Off the subject though.

Kevin Spacey is going to co-host (with Uma Thurman; Yea!!) the Nobel Peace Prize concert. That shows me that Kevin Spacey is all about promoting peace and that in turn, clears up what Spacey was doing in Venezuela; promoting peace.

It makes as much sense as Al Gore getting a peace prize for putting together a slide show.

That’s nit-picking though. The whole point is; It’s Time To Partaaayyy.

All Nobel Prize winners and Global Warming consciousness raisers agree on one thing. There is a time for the back-breaking work of raising consciousness/promoting peace and a time to let your hair down. The best way to let your hair down is to have a hip, cutting edge rock show.

Organisers have also announced that Australian pop star Kylie Minogue will be among the evening’s performers, joining artists such as Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, Melissa Etheridge, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Morten Harket, the lead singer of the Norwegian pop group A-Ha.

The guy from a-Ha????!!!

Kind of blows the credibility.

C’mon Kevin Spacey you sir, are better than this. We don’t need to see you hanging out in Oslo with the guy from a-Ha. We don’t need to see you rubbing shoulders with a Venezuelan parrot tamer.

These pursuits should be left to the b-listers, not a genius thespian. No sir, your time and talents are far too valuable. What we need, in these troubled times, is Kevin Spacey doing what he does best. Mr. Spacey, we need you to concentrate all of your prodigious gifts to once again making great movies like “Animal House”, “Footloose” and “Tremors”.

I speak for all of us, the humble, adoring fans, Mr. Spacey. Consider our plea.