Problems with the World Social Forum (and Condi)

It isn't a mystery. Simply read my article "Power to the Presidents" and you'll find out how the left's permanent "talk vs. action" debate matters to a WSF in danger of being eclipsed by Chavez et al.

In other news, Condoleeza Rice via Reuters has renewed her subscription to the Rich Irony Department of US Foreign Relations. According to Reuters,

The State Department says Chavez is using the nation's bountiful oil wealth to meddle in the affairs of neighboring countries, and has slammed him for boosting ties to U.S. foes like Cuba and Iran.

Not to be too obvious, but it's well known that the U.S. uses its bountiful oil wealth to meddle in the affairs of Latin American nations (see this story), sometimes even with help from Iran. And while un-named sources in the State Department have revealed to "Daniel Aldana in Venezuela" that Condi Rice does in fact smoke Cuban MonteCristo #4 cigars, I don't have the photos to prove it.

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UPDATE: Re the wild factionalism of the left, David Wachsmuth (sorry, no online presence) brings to my attention the Wikipedia page on anarchism, which has FOUR warning flags on it (you don't even get that on the Palestine page) and gets edited tens of times a day. You've really got to see it to beleive it.

Anarchism page

Wild "edits" page

"Civil discussion" page (Here you can scroll down to find a chart titled "Economic Theories of Selected Schools of Anarchism", with helpful colour-coding and a breakdown between the thriving schools of "Anarcho-communism", "Collectivist Anarchism", "Mutualist Anarchism" and "Anarcho-capitalism".)