Castro 2.0

Here's reason #5,453,211 why we need to end our dependence on foreign oil. Once the "western" world replaces oil with cheap renewable sources we can just tell Chavez to get to the back of the bus and work on his beard.

Of course here's something rather encouraging. As Venezuela continues to take giant leaps backward in the arena of democracy and civil liberties it appears that Saudi Arabia is on the verge of making great strides in the other direction. The ruling family appears to be moving away from it's hard line religious roots to a more progressive stance on religious practices. Now if they can just keep extremism in check.....