Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez came to New York this week without a prepared speech but with a firm conviction he would address the United Nations without reservations or omissions. It was classic Chavez: frank, uncensored and irreverent.”They’re attempts to persuade me not to come, because some people would like for me not to come, but I come. I come to say what I think must be said,” Chavez said. The word he chose to describe President Bush — “the devil” — stirred controversy and some sharp reactions, but Chavez said Thursday that he stood by that term. “The devil came here yesterday,” he said, referring to Mr Bush’s speech on Tuesday. “It still smells of sulphur today,” he added. “Sometimes the devil takes the form of people,” Chavez told hundreds of supporters in a church in Harlem. He called the war in Iraq criminal and said Bush is a “sick man.” The Venezuelan has said he did not prepare a script for his speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, but rather went in with ideas and spoke spontaneously, as is his custom. This man must be a radical. What beats my mind is that an ovation followed this speech, this goes to show that he was speaking peoples mind. I like people who are down to earth but this is below the earth. Guess what? He didnt stop there he went further to to criticise the UN system, which he said was “worthless”. Can you imagine, he is in the summit of the UN being held in the US and he has the nerve to utter these words. You know what, I dont get it. It beats my mind. I have had enough. Wait a minute. Did he say he didnt come with a prepared speach? What will happen when he comes prepared? Dont ask me? I am out.

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