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(ABC News) Amusing The book Hugo Chavez gave Barak Obama goes from #54,295 to #20 on Amazon. Suck it, Oprah, Ayn Rand   (blogs.abcnews.com) divider line 163
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notmtwain [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 08:29:38 AM  
The book Hugo Chavez gave Barak Obama goes from #54,295 to #20 on Amazon. Suck it, Oprah, Ayn Rand

The book is still #7, while #1 goes to "Liberty and Trannies: A Conservative Manifesto" by Mark Levin. Sounds like conservatives are facing their own harsh truths.

At any rate, the Amazon ranking is hourly, which means that 20 people from Podunk can skew it quickly, so it really doesn't mean much.

 
necropoultryac 2009-04-19 08:46:46 AM  
Anybody that buys a book because one dictator gave a copy to another dictator is a moran.
No....this isn't a troll.

 
Pocket Ninja [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 08:52:07 AM  
necropoultryac: No....this isn't a troll.

So, just a really dumb statement then? At least as a troll it had a small degree of merit.

 
winterwhile 2009-04-19 09:21:26 AM  
well, no frappin leadership in this white house

who the frack voted for this guy again????????

anothe Jimmy Carter in the WH

 
winterwhile 2009-04-19 09:28:37 AM  
my god... the utter incompetence of Chairman Obama

he is a short 4 year president for sure

 
TripSixes 2009-04-19 09:30:35 AM  
In a world, where people like Stephanie Meyer and propaganda, one history book tries to rise against the rest, and take its rightful place as a number one amazon best seller.

 
JunkyJu 2009-04-19 09:31:41 AM  
Obama is the new Oprah.
Sheep and cattle rejoice and welcome your new overlord!

 
winterwhile 2009-04-19 09:33:11 AM  
let me get this right. A bunch of southern do nothing farks say the usa is to blame for all their woes?

and Chairman Obama just sits there?????

well he is on an apology tour, can he please stay down there and enjoy being stupid?

 
winterwhile 2009-04-19 09:38:45 AM  
oh so he took notes

give them to the teleprompter to say in his next speech?

It is so sad we have this idiot in the WH. I still can't find anyone who will now admit they actually voted for him......

 
TripSixes 2009-04-19 09:47:47 AM  
Winterwhile: I voted for him, and before you tell us a synopsis of this book, maybe you should read it.


4/10

 
teh-tech 2009-04-19 09:48:44 AM  
I hate Ayn Rand.
rog.gameslate.com

 
Swampthing in Korea 2009-04-19 10:02:43 AM  
For once, Obama gets a gift as thoughtless and cheap as the ones he gives out!

Personally, I would have given Chavez an extra long milkshake straw.

/Obscure?

 
randomjsa 2009-04-19 10:10:21 AM  
It would be safe to say that a great many people who voted for Obama are the ones buying this book and as they already hate America and blame it for everything this book should be good for them.

 
Army_Sgt 2009-04-19 10:11:58 AM  
Other books Chaves recommends:
"Becoming a Dictator of a Bannana Republic for Dummies"
"How to Win Votes and Enslave People"
"Communists are From Mars, Liberals are from Venus"
"The Five Hate Languages"
"A Communal Driven Life"

 
ghare 2009-04-19 10:21:15 AM  
winterwhile: The world is a poorer place for my having been in it.

Yep.

 
Psychotropic 2009-04-19 10:31:47 AM  
Freeper Attack! Everyone panic.

 
Ablejack 2009-04-19 10:33:52 AM  
necropoultryac: Anybody that buys a book because one dictator gave a copy to another dictator is a moran.
No....this isn't a troll.


I'm going to go ahead and give you the benefit of the doubt here. You are a troll.

 
Alt_Login 2009-04-19 10:38:16 AM  
So, If the press catches Obama eating a booger, the Obamanites will suddenly feature "creamed booger cassarole and brocolli with spinach and booger crouton salad" at their next socolist potluck.

/Blind learership requires blind followers.

 
Spanky_McFarksalot 2009-04-19 10:47:15 AM  
At least he didn't bow...

...he didn't bow did he?

 
Death to New Rome 2009-04-19 10:49:15 AM  
I think I might pick up a copy myself!

Hugo is the man.

 
Nintenfreak 2009-04-19 10:50:20 AM  
notmtwain: #1 goes to "Liberty and Trannies: A Conservative Manifesto" by Mark Levin. Sounds like conservatives are facing their own harsh truths.

Now now, Conservatives are ashamed of their tranny love, remember?

 
Ablejack 2009-04-19 10:51:48 AM  
winterwhile: my god... the utter incompetence of Chairman Obama

he is a short 4 year president for sure


Although at the rate he's going it seems he will have the country back and running in fine order within four years, but we should probably keep him in office the full eight so get the real fireworks.
No other President has done so much so quickly. I'm looking at you Washington.

 
Slaxl [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 10:53:34 AM  
Help me out here, why is Obama being berated just for receiving a book from Chavez? Should he have chewed up the pages and spat them back in Chavez's face? No.

Also, you suck.

 
Jesterling 2009-04-19 10:54:35 AM  
Wait, you mean he didn't kick him in the nuts and tell him to fark off while having a mouth full of food? I, for one, am outraged! Socialism, teleprompters, hurrrrrrrrrrr...

thatsonpoint.blogspot.com

 
Carth 2009-04-19 10:55:24 AM  
Slaxl: Help me out here, why is Obama being berated just for receiving a book from Chavez? Should he have chewed up the pages and spat them back in Chavez's face? No.

Also, you suck.


I think it would have been funny if Obama gave him a copy of Dreams from My Father right after.

 
Wintermute6 [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 10:55:59 AM  
Stoopid obamunists, don't they know where we live?


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mekki 2009-04-19 10:59:36 AM  
necropoultryac: Anybody that buys a book because one dictator gave a copy to another dictator is a moran.
No....this isn't a troll.


winterwhile: my god... the utter incompetence of Chairman Obama

he is a short 4 year president for sure


JunkyJu: Obama is the new Oprah.
Sheep and cattle rejoice and welcome your new overlord!


Wow, who knew the right wingers were such early risers? Morning!


/Shouldn't you be at Church?
//Just got up, myself.

 
ghare 2009-04-19 11:00:17 AM  
randomjsa: It would be safe to say that a great many people who voted for Obama are the ones buying this book and as they already hate America and blame it for everything this book should be good for them.

Nah, they just hate America's leadership when it's incompetent and stupid, like when it was run by the guys you like.

 
UNC_Samurai [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 11:01:04 AM  
Jesus, I haven't seen this many trolls since the last run through the Renraku Arcology.

 
dogdaze [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 11:01:11 AM  
Obama ought to give Chavez a copy of the US Constitution and Chavez may learn a thing or two about freedom of the press and presidential term limits.
/not a troll

 
PizzaJedi81 2009-04-19 11:01:45 AM  
ghare: winterwhile: The world is a poorer place for my having been in it.

Yep.


WAAAAAY more grammatically correct than you give him credit for.

 
Alt_Login 2009-04-19 11:03:44 AM  
Spanky_McFarksalot: At least he didn't bow...

...he didn't bow did he?


bluegrassbulletin.typepad.com

 
ghare 2009-04-19 11:03:51 AM  
UNC_Samurai: Jesus, I haven't seen this many trolls since the last run through the Renraku Arcology.

The 20%ers are very active. It's a side-effect of having a brain disorder.

 
ghare 2009-04-19 11:05:41 AM  
While I haven't read the book, I am certain it makes more sense and was better written than anything by Ayn Rand.

 
Phil Herup 2009-04-19 11:06:02 AM  
Didn't Chavez insult Obama's leadership recently?


Obama has ZERO balls and apparently self-respect. If you still look up to him for leadership, you need help.

"Please like me world leaders."

tbn0.google.com

 
priestrape 2009-04-19 11:06:17 AM  
Modern day "conservatives" - completely terrified of a book

never learn, idiots. Never learn

 
blueyedevil 2009-04-19 11:06:46 AM  
Chavez is playing a very transparent game. He knows he can't win any support by immediately shiatting on Obama, as Barack's stock is very high right now. What he has done, though, is offered to play nice for now. A year from now (after Obama has taken a few hits on the global stage), when the US continues a random policy that hampers him, he will cry "BETRAYAL!! I tried to reach out to Obama and the US, and they rejected me!!"

I don't keep up with Venezuelan politics very much, but I've heard rumblings that his time is nearing an end. Either way, his game is about as deep as a puddle of piss.

 
Marla Singer's Laundry [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 11:07:42 AM  
And the trolls went wild.

 
Wolframkerngeschoss [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 11:09:13 AM  
The last time, Chavez recommended Chomsky (Link), so he seems to have some taste.

 
JimStarkBand 2009-04-19 11:10:07 AM  
Chavez is a genius.

He just quintupled his entire GDP by giving away 1 book.

/As a marketing guy, I get a kick out of this 5 dollar advertisement that has already given venezuela more american money than it has seen in 50 years...
//yay, another chance for retards to 'attack' Obama! "Well, he dun keeps respictin' them thar lesser races!!"

 
ghare 2009-04-19 11:10:25 AM  
Phil Herup: Didn't Chavez insult Obama's leadership recently?


Obama has ZERO balls and apparently self-respect. If you still look up to him for leadership, you need help.

"Please like me world leaders."


We should have kept up the Bush policy of "Laugh at me, world leaders." Oh, and being friends with the Bin Laden family.

 
flannelled fool 2009-04-19 11:12:04 AM  
So Chavez gave Obama a book he can't read. I'm not outraged. Amused. Obama should have given a copy of a book he had ghostwritten for him. Maybe an iPod full of pre-written speeches.

When this little lovefest is all over, we'll probably end up paying about 1,000,000,000 in foreign aid for some shiatty leftist book written in Spanish. Whatta deal!

 
priestrape 2009-04-19 11:13:10 AM  
flannelled fool: So Chavez gave Obama a book he can't read. I'm not outraged. Amused. Obama should have given a copy of a book he had ghostwritten for him. Maybe an iPod full of pre-written speeches.

When this little lovefest is all over, we'll probably end up paying about 1,000,000,000 in foreign aid for some shiatty leftist book written in Spanish. Whatta deal!


OMG TELEPROMPTER111!!!

 
Notabunny 2009-04-19 11:13:12 AM  
See now, the problem with trolling in this thread is that it gives one the appearance of a certain relationship with the freepers...

img.photobucket.com

 
Britney Spear's Speculum 2009-04-19 11:15:43 AM  
Didn't matter what book Chavez gave the President. It was gonna skyrocket in sales. Even if it was Bunny Suicides.

 
DrBenway [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 11:17:06 AM  
Ablejack:

necropoultryac: Anybody that buys a book because one dictator gave a copy to another dictator is a moran.
No....this isn't a troll.

I'm going to go ahead and give you the benefit of the doubt here. You are a troll.



In their defense, I will submit that they are too mentally-enfeebled to be capable of genuine trolling.

 
Xhan 2009-04-19 11:18:40 AM  
FTFA:

Sales Soar of Book Chavez Gave Obama

Just after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave President Obama a present this morning of a book that criticizes the role of the United States [...]


Ugh. Clumsily placed genitives do not a sentence make of sense. It might work if English had some manner of noun declension, but those are just awkward.

 
priestrape 2009-04-19 11:19:35 AM  
maybe the headline on this story should be more along the lines of "New US President Can Read"

 
St_Francis_P [TotalFark] 2009-04-19 11:20:59 AM  
Britney Spear's Speculum: Didn't matter what book Chavez gave the President. It was gonna skyrocket in sales. Even if it was Bunny Suicides.

Well sure. And Chavez probably gave Obama the book just to embarrass him and make trouble. And it worked.

 
Buck-KY 2009-04-19 11:21:27 AM  
Notabunny: [image]

Thank you for that. Now my sides are hurting.

 
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