I sit here, blogging shamelessly, when 3 experiments in power electronics and 1 in linear integrated circuits beckon. But I confess, Hugo Chavez' outburst(was it?) at the United Nations seemed more tempting. Here are teasers of what he actually tried attempting:
"...It reads easily, it is a very good book, I'm sure Madame [President] you are familiar with it. It appears in English, in Russian, in Arabic, in German. I think that the first people who should read this book are our brothers and sisters in the United States, because their threat is right in their own house.
The devil is right at home. The devil, the devil himself, is right in the house.
"And the devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came here. Right here." [crosses himself] "And it smells of sulfur still today..."
"...But the government doesn't want peace. The government of the United States doesn't want peace. It wants to exploit its system of exploitation, of pillage, of hegemony through war..."
And here's the catch: Chavez claimed that Chomsky was dead, even though the 77-year old author was well, most importantly, breathing.
"An excuse for a human"?
He sat down to warm applause, but according to me, his political and diplomatic career have gone for a toss, and in the wrong direction at that.
