By Andrew L. Jaffee

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has outdone even himself, telling “U.S. officials to ‘Go to hell, gringos!’ and call[ing] Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ‘missy’ on his weekly radio and TV show Sunday,” according to the AP. The Bush administration has long been criticized for not using sufficiently diplomatic, delicate language, but ¿cuál es éste? Hugo is pushing through “legislation” that will allow him to rule by decree and be dictator for life. Let me switch languages, but isn’t this a bit of koyaanisqatsi (Hopi for “life out of balance”), to put it into the lexicon of the politically correct?