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The Review at a Glance: (max score: 5 )
Audio/Video total rating:
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Studio and Year: Paramount - 2012
MPAA Rating: R
Feature running time: 83 minutes
Genre: Horror
Disc Format: BD-25
Encoding: AVC (MPEG-4)
Video Aspect: 1.78:1
Resolution: 1080p/24
Audio Format(s): English DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, French/Spanish/Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Starring: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth
Directed by: William Brent Bell
Music by: Brett Detar & Ben Romans
Written by: William Brent Bell & Matthew Peterman
Region Code: A,B,C
Blu-ray Disc release Date: May 15, 2012
"No soul is safe"
Film Synopsis:
In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi confessing to three brutal murders. The courts found her insane - but something else found her first. Twenty years later, her daughter Isabella's search for answers led to an exorcism by two rogue priests revealing that her mother is possessed by four powerful demons. Now, Isabella must face pure evil or forsake her soul.
My Take:
The Devil inside is told via a documentary style narrative that revolves around a woman trying the resolve events that occurred twenty years earlier involving a grisly murder that resulted in the arrest, incarceration and ultimate commitment (for insanity) of her mother. Believing that the deaths (of three local clergy members) occurred during an attempted exorcism involving her troubled mother Maria, Isabella travels to Rome, Italy where her mother is incarcerated at The Centrino Hospital for the criminally insane. While in Rome, Isabella and her cameraman Mike meet up with two young priests who don't exactly agree with the church's perspective on what determines the need/requirement for an exorcism and have been secretly performing them in the hopes of helping those that have fallen prey to the evil that has taken control of them. These young men have dealt with these situations on a relatively small scale, meaning one soul one demon. It's when they travel with Isabella to The Centrino and encounter Maria that they realize that what they are dealing with now is something far more dangerous and evil than they experienced before. One soul, four demons, and no turning back..
I find that with supernatural horror films it is essential that the elements contained within the story allow us to identify with it on a level that successfully draws us in prior to unleashing the evil required to generate chilling suspense and terror. I didn't have that experience. This is a decidedly contrived film, beginning with the documentary style telling right through to the paint by the numbers script which includes a series of been there and done that exorcism encounters and a ridiculous ending that drops in like a kick in the teeth just when things begin to finally get interesting. The cast of unknowns does little to add to the proceedings although I did find that the two possessed women had a few moments that proved worthwhile. At 83 minutes this film should move right along but the pacing is just abysmal. The end result is a lackluster genre entry that is just plain forgettable. The devil inside is available on Blu-ray from Paramount Home Entertainment as part of a Best Buy Exclusive.
Parental Guide:
The rating is for disturbing violent content and grisly images and for language including some sexual references.
AUDIO/VIDEO - By The Numbers:
REFERENCE = 92-100 / EXCELLENT = 83-91 / GOOD = 74-82 / AVERAGE = 65-73 / BELOW AVERAGE = under 65
**My audio/video ratings are based upon a comparative made against other high definition media/blu-ray disc.**
(Each rating is worth 4 points with a max of 5 per category)
Audio: 80
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Video: 80
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The devil inside comes to Blu-ray Disc from Paramount featuring 1080p AVC encoded video that has an average bitrate of 32 Mbps and lossless DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound that has an average bitrate of 3.6 Mbps.
Being a documentary as seen through the eyes of video cameras this film uses both hand held and stationary camera perspectives often switching back and forth. As such the video rarely resembles high definition/film although this is intentional. Colors are natural, contrast is well balanced and black levels are slightly elevated. I didn't observe any distracting artifacts and had no complaints with the stylized video quality which contributed to the source material.
The lossless audio presentation has no trouble conveying the predominantly front loaded elements present in the soundtrack recording. Dialogue reproduction is good with clear intonation and fair room penetration. The mix does a nice job of handling the various directional cues associated with the hand held camera's perspective and near field simulation. There is some off camera and atmosphere creating sounds mixed to various points in the sound field and the effect is decent. Dynamic range and low frequency effects rarely get an opportunity to shine save for the film's final moment which is pretty good. Like the film, this audio/video experience does little to distinguish itself.
Bonus Features:
- Ultraviolet Digital Copy
Final Thoughts:
The devil inside is a supernatural horror/thriller that brings nothing original to the table and winds up a contrived, flavorless and ultimately ineffective genre entry. Available from Paramount Home Entertainment on Blu-ray via a Best Buy Exclusive it features fair but unremarkable high definition audio/video quality and no supplemental material. Unless you're already a fan this one is a pass.
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As various levels of internal management continue to complicate and re-engineer laundry operational cost scenarios it is apparent that laundry and facility managers require a revised cost benchmarking rule of thumb that will assist them in marketing their operations. For example, justification for new systems, new product reviews, a new facility, obtaining new customers and probably the most important, comparing variable cost which should reflect decisions to continue in house operations or to examine the parables of outsourcing management, operations, linen rental and transportation. It is quite apparent that large laundry and linen rental consortiums that deal specifically with healthcare and hospitality markets are becoming more competitive as business trends escalate.
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Increased from 2006-2007.
Administrative Cost:
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Increase from previous report.
Maintenance and Repair Cost:
Processing and ancillary support equipment, carts etc.: Labor cost and materials associated with routine maintenance of applicable systems:
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Increase from previous report. This could over the long term cause major difficulties as this key ingredient continues to receive less attention than may be required. Contracting maintenance is on the rise..
Depreciation of Equipment:
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Increased as a result of recent capital investments in 2006 and the increase in capital equipment replacement.
Depreciation of Property and applicable property taxes:
Land and Building aggregate cost plus annual taxes divided by 75 years:
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Increased as a result of tax increases.
General Supply Cost:
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Increased from last report. Fuel impact.
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Utility Cost:
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Production Cost for a most efficient operation should be:
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Clean Textile Distribution and Soiled Delivery Cost:
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Surgical, uniforms, general linen, drapes, all other textiles based on a PAR maintenance value of 7:
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Late spring in a New England vegetable garden is usually a time for the last asparagus, the crisp lettuce and arugula, the first pea shoots, and the first sprouting of warm-weather crops like peppers and zucchini. What you don't expect to see planted in your beds are snapping turtles. But that's just what turned up in mine twice this week.
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The final round of the 2012 National Geographic Bee takes place Thursday, with students between the fourth and eighth grades testing their knowledge of countries, canals and lava lakes. Of the 54 contestants who came to the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., for the bee, only 10 remain.
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Mongolia, the land of Genghis Khan and nomadic herders, is in the midst of a remarkable transition. Rich in coal, gold and copper, this country of fewer than 3 million people in Central Asia is riding a mineral boom that is expected to more than double its GDP within a decade. The rapid changes simultaneously excite and unnerve many Mongolians, who hope mining can help pull many out of poverty, but worry it will ravage the environment and further erode the nation's distinctive, nomadic identity.
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There sick view of the US and our military never fails to amaze me, though I know it shouldn't.
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We helped you kill, rape and torture Iraqis - now help us, beg Georgians
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We helped in Iraq - now help us, beg Georgians
As Russia forces its neighbour to retreat from South Ossetia, the people of Gori tell our correspondent of betrayal by the West
As a Russian jet bombed fields around his village, Djimali Avago, a Georgian farmer, asked me: Why wont America and Nato help us? If they wont help us now, why did we help them in Iraq?
A similar sense of betrayal coursed through the conversations of many Georgians here yesterday as their troops retreated under shellfire and the Russian Army pressed forward to take full control of South Ossetia.
Smoke rose as Russian artillery fire exploded less than half a mile from the bridge marking South Ossetias border with Georgia. A group of Georgian soldiers hastily abandoned their lorry after its wheels were shot out and ran across the border.
Georgian troops looked disheartened as they regrouped around tank lines about 2km from the border. Many said that they had been fighting in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, until the early hours when they were suddenly ordered to withdraw from the breakaway region.BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-10-08 10:01 PM
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3. Uh... the Russians will actually shoot back. Not a chance the American military...
would take that on. They only like killing, raping, and torturing *defenseless* people.bushmeister0 (746 posts) Sun Aug-10-08 10:03 PM
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4. Sorry, our presidunce is too busy smacking asses and falling down. You're on your own!malaise (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-10-08 10:04 PM
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5. Prrofound headline
They will learn. It's never about ordinary people - just oil.Jake3463 (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-10-08 10:05 PM
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6. Iraq didn't have the ability to end the world
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By Linda Girardi For the Beacon-News February 7, 2013 12:18PM
Updated: February 7, 2013 12:56PM
BATAVIA — If there's anything as certain as shin splints and runner's knees for long-distance racers, it is the passion participants of the Peapod Half Madness Marathon have for their race.
"We have racers come from Chicago and as far as Minnesota … (but) there is a marketing (component) we are missing," race organizer Danny Delgado said.
Runners filled the City Council Chambers this week to make a plea to keep the 13.1 mile route, held in August, on downtown city streets as it has been for the past five years.
City Services Committee members were polled and each said they supported the race continuing on city streets through the downtown, and directed city staff to work with the race organizers to adjust the route to exclude Main Street.
"There is a lot of good in these events," Alderman Eldon Frydendall said. "If the route passed in front of my house, I would probably take my car out around the corner earlier in the morning. Tthe route) just needs a few adjustments."
City staff had recommended better utilization of the Fox River Trail for races because of the "considerable expansion" of "high impact" events over the last eight to 10 years that are close to approaching a "saturation point where the cumulative negative effects will outweigh the positives."
Assistant City Administrator Jason Bajor said the key objective in evaluating such events has been to identify areas where the impact to residents, traffic and city resources can be mitigated and the risk of liability reduced.
"The Fox River Trail is a resource other communities do not have and to not utilize it and address the concerns of residents seems to be a stone unturned," Bajor said.
Delgado said Batavia's downtown deserves to be showcased and there are safety concerns when that many runners on a narrow path mix with the general population.
The Rev. Steven Srock, senior pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church, said the closure of streets during Sunday mornings is "extremely disruptive to church services."
"We are strong supporters of community events, we just don't know why it has to take place on Sundays," Srock said.
Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke said he was aware of the sentiments of the race's participants. Schielke said his office and city staff are interested in doing what is best for Batavia and that included hosting events that bring energy and excitement to the city.
"I heard that race volunteers were out telling residents they couldn't back out of their driveways," Schielke said of last year's half marathon.
Schielke said Main Street, from Batavia Avenue to Randall Road, is a major artery to many churches in Batavia and its closing on Sundays for races creates problems for traffic, particularly for churchgoers.
"Again last year, on the days when we had races on Sunday mornings, I received complaints from people who think there is a better way to do this," Schielke said.


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Relay for Life of Carter County seeks happy ending to cancer10:23 am | February 1, 2013
In flowing dresses and tiaras, armed with foam swords and fairy wands, they gathered in the Truman Clark Annex of the Carter County Health Department with one goal in mind: to bring cancer to a fairy-tale ending, where everyone lives happily ever after.
On Thursday night, organizers, cancer survivors and their friends and family held a kickoff party for this year's Relay for Life campaign with the fantasy-centered theme, "Once Upon a Cure."
Relay for Life, the major fundraising drive for the American Cancer Society, recruits teams through local chapters across the globe to solicit donations to contribute to cancer research and prevention.
"We have the kickoff every year to inform the community what we're all about and to let them know how to be a part of the Relay for Life," publicity chair Marcie Gordon said. "We want people to know that cancer never rests, and neither will we until we find a cure."
Gordon, herself a survivor of breast cancer, said the 11 teams at Thursday's event will likely grow to dozens before June, when the year's fundraising campaign ends with an overnight walk around Elizabethton High School's track.
Throughout the next five months, each team will hold its own events, adding to the money dedicated to the Cancer Society.
Last year, Carter County Relay for Life exceeded its $125,000 goal.
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(Hyannis, March 21, 2013) – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has named Falmouth Hospital and Cape Cod Hospital, each, as a "Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement®."
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Bidwill: Whisenhunt to remain coach for rest of 2012 season
Speaking to a small handful of reporters Monday afternoon, team president Michael Bidwill addressed Whisenhunt's status and at least for the next three games, it looks as though he will remain the team's head coach.
Cards president Michael Bidwill says Ken Whisenhunt will be coach for rest of season.— Craig Morgan (@cmorgancbsfoxaz) December 10, 2012
Whisenhunt, who led the team to its only Super Bowl appearance in 2008, has a record of 44-49 in his six seasons in Arizona.
Despite his early success with the organization, the team has failed to make the playoffs each of the last three seasons, and in that span has had losing streaks of six, seven and nine games.
Here's more from Bidwill on how the front office plans to evaluate Whisenhunt and his staff moving forward:
Tm Pres Michael Bidwill: "There is a lot of emotion around what happened ystrday but I don't intend to make any decision based on emotion."— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) December 10, 2012
More Michael Bidwill: "I want the ability to look at a complete set of facts and evaluate what went wrong."— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) December 10, 2012
More Michael Bidwill: "We are living and dying with each of these losses and it's extremely hard to watch."— Darren Urban (@Cardschatter) December 10, 2012
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02:30 AM ET 11.30 | This Wednesday, the Jaguars were able to claim defensive end Jason Babin off of the free agent waiver wire. Only the Kansas City Chiefs stood in their way as the Jaguars stood at the second slot on the priority listing. The waiver wire resets every week with the worst team in the league in first priority going down to the best team. Many writers and analysts projected Babin to be picked up by a playoff contender, yet it was a complete head scratcher when he was picked up by the Jaguars. However, the Jaguars make complete and perfect sense to grab Babin for multiple reasons. Babin is a play-making defensive player who has delivered a plethora of sacks for both the Titans and the Eagles, both of which play a 4-3 defense. The Chiefs on the other hand play a 3-4, system which use their ends to stuff and contain rather than pass rush. The linebackers are the playmakers in this defense which have seen success in Tamba Hali and Justin Houston who have 6 and 9 sacks, respectively. He would not fit their scheme but he would also have a huge contract as a back up. With Kansas City on the cheap side and Hali as a franchise player through 2016, the Chiefs made the right play.
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Well good for them. Will he wait for them in LA ?
And while they are surping twitter for their next nugat of non news perhaps they could explain why Andy cut him.
surfing even
And while they are surfing twitter for their next nugat of non news perhaps they could explain why Andy cut him.
Well, at least it isn't the NFL injury report, like so many of the other threads.
OK, he wouldn't fit with the chiefs and he is expensive, but he does fit with the Jags. Are the Jags making an effort to improve, or just trying to fool the fans into buying a few more tickets?
Your question is excellent though; why was he available at all?
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I'm still waiting to hear the multiple reasons why the Jags signed Babin other than he didn't fit into the Chiefs so called defensive scheme.
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This is my very first attempt at a script:
all tips are greatfully recieved
* this script will prompt the user for a file name and location and then
save the current file as a .pdf with secure save options*/
var curDoc = app.activeDocument;
var destName = prompt ("Enter a Filename Daniel", "", "Save With Security");
var destFolder = Folder.selectDialog('Select which folder to save to :');
saveFileToPDF(destFolder+ '/' + destName); // not sure if i need this here ?
/* this will annotate the document with a breadcrumb trail
then resave the file with the same security settings*/
// i need to find a method of placing this central to the artboard, but as the text has random dimensions its proving difficult also there are multiple artboards
var pointTextRef = curDoc.textFrames.add();
pointTextRef.contents = curDoc.name + ' ' + curDoc.fullName;
pointTextRef.top = 735;
pointTextRef.left = 20;
saveFileToPDF(destFolder+ '/' + destName); // i need this here
function saveFileToPDF (dest) {
var doc = app.activeDocument;
if ( app.documents.length > 0 ) {
var saveName = new File ( dest );
saveOpts = new PDFSaveOptions();
saveOpts.requirePermissionPassword = true;
saveOpts.permissionPassword = "test";
doc.saveAs( saveName, saveOpts );
i can do the math of (artboard width)-(text width) / 2 is start point of text but how do i find out the text width and the artboard width?
Message was edited by: tonyxamax
For your artboards which one do you intend to place the text on first, last all?
As for your text… It is by default point text therefore you could position the point and centre align the contents ( thats what I would do )
There are several scripts already knocking about that add such fluff like name & path to a file…
I'ts always on the first artboard.
Centre align the contents is the "magic button" im searching for!
My background is Illustrator, not scripting, and I have used other scripts and find them fantastic but i really wanted to have a go myself,
this script is my "baby steps" script.
I know once i get my head round all the syntax that scripting will make my life so much easier but its very tempting to give in when you try to do something so simple and you just simply dont know the correct syntax.
This should help you along…
#target illustrator
app.coordinateSystem = CoordinateSystem.ARTBOARDCOORDINATESYSTEM;
var doc = app.activeDocument;
doc.artboards.setActiveArtboardIndex( 0 );
var abRect = doc.artboards[0].artboardRect;
var txt = doc.textFrames.add();
txt.position = [ abRect[2]/2, abRect[3]/2 ];
txt.textRange.paragraphAttributes.justification = Justification.CENTER;
txt.contents = 'Some strings…';
Works perfectly Mark !
Thank you
I didnt explain fully what i wanted so i have tweaked it a little ( sound like a pro ! but i am SO not !)
I am still struggling with the numbers in the [ ] parenthesis but I will get there,
Slow drips wear away stones.
I was a little reluctant to post here asking for help in case i either sounded like a noddy or offended someone by mistake or bad grammar!
You have been very helpful thank you
Only the people who demand a script or solution ( like it's there right ) are frowned upon… Those wanting help almost never… You will find in all the scripting forums here people are willing to help those who want to learn… ( the teach a man to fish approach ). Im muppet cos thats what I was when I was a noob asking here… still am…
The numbers in the square brackets indicate an item of an array ( list ) the rectangular bounds of an artboard are a 4 item Array [ '0', '0', '200', '100' ] javascript is zero based so first item is [0] and so on…
I am in the middle of reading the relevant documentation honest!!, but it is a slow process ( or maybe I am a slow process!!).
It is almost like giving a man a Spanish dictionary and expecting him to be able to write a piece of classic literature in perfect Spanish.
So in the eternal hope of a quick fix could you guide me in the intricacies of how to display a filename with out all the "%20" gubbings? ( "gubbings" = A yorkshire word that roughly translates into "stuff i don't understand"
This is not essential but i just dont like the way it looks.
I am currently fumbling blindly with .name and .fullName
I have seen some scripts on here that run a filter through the string looking for the odd characters and replacing them with spaces i wanted to ask the question, "am I missing the obvious?"
Can i return the filename without the URL formatting?
var docRef = app.activeDocument
var pointTextRef = docRef.textFrames.add();
pointTextRef.contents = docRef.name + ' ' + docRef.fullName;
pointTextRef.top = 635;
pointTextRef.left = 20;
.name returns my document name with normal spacing, but .fullName returns the document name and file location in a URL format. Is this purely the nature of the beast? or is it because the file is stored on a network drive?
.fullName is the entire file path to the file. It will return the same form with a few less parts if it is located on your local hard drive. Try making a file and saving it to your desktop and then run your script. If you only want the name of the file and not the path to the file then just use .name.
The "%20" is just computerese for a space character.
decodeURI( docRef.fullName );
oh never!!! was it so simple???
how will i ever get my head round this scripting lark?
thank you for the help but please tell me , where did you find this nugget of information? am I looking in the wrong place?
That would depend on where you looked? What resources are you using to help you?
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/p df/illustrator/scripting/illustrator_scripting_reference_javascript_cs 5.pdf
Object Model Viewer in ESTK
http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/p df/illustrator/scripting/illustrator_scripting_guide_cs5.pdf
slowly (very slowly) working my way through these ...


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The major U.S. media, owned by six corporations, constantly misinformed and vilified him. Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research pointed out that "media reporting was effective in convincing most Americans that Venezuela was a ruinous dictatorship."
Incredibly, the Associated Press business reporter lamented that "Chávez invested Venezuela's oil wealth into social programs like state-run food markets, cash benefits for poor families, free health clinics and education." Instead, the AP reporter suggested, he should have built splendid buildings and glittering cities as oil-rich Middle East countries do.
The truth is otherwise. Chávez was the greatest South American since Venezuelan Simón Bolivar freed Latin America from the Spanish yoke. Chávez joins the great revolutionaries in world history like Lenin, Trotsky, Mao and Castro.
The Chávez legacy is sterling: thumbing his nose at the United States. He led Latin America nations to do likewise. He ended U.S. dominance, "killing" the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 that warned nations to keep hands off Latin America. It was a doctrine that the United States used as a pretext for constant invasions and interventions of Latin nations.
His democratic socialism attacked social and racial inequality. It created genuine regional integration. He inspired the rise of the Left in Latin America: Bolivia's Evo Morales, Brazil's Lula da Silva, Argentina's Cristina and Néstor Kirchner, Paraguay's Fernando Lugo and Ecuador's Rafael Correa.
André Vltchek, writing for the online Countercurrents, put it well: "Chávez knew that poor people have to be housed, fed, educated and given medical care. He knew that the wealthy world, which became rich through plunder, colonial expansion and brutality, has to stop looting and terrorizing."
No wonder the people loved him. As the UK Guardian wrote in an obituary tribute: "He appeared as an indestructible ox speaking to his people for hours in a warm, sonorous voice. His speeches were littered with homilies, continental and national history and quotes from Bolivar. president of Venezuela."
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Former President Jimmy Carter, perhaps the most humane U.S. president since FDR, called the Venezuelan presidential system "the best in the world." And an observer with the National Lawyers Guild called its voting system an example of democracy in action."
Oliver Stone in his documentary of Chávez noted how the American media demonized him. But his view is quite different: he praised Chávez as "benevolent, generous, tolerant and courageous."
The Bush II administration badly damaged Washington's reputation throughout Latin America when it backed a failed military coup against Chávez in 2002.
And as far back as 1976, long before Chavez became president, the United States in Operation Condor provided aid and resources to friendly dictators if they supported American might in South America. Such policies involved privatizing national resources and selling them to foreign corporations and defunding and privatizing public programs such as education and health care.
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