funny from FEE

I find this pairing funny:

Zimbabwe Official on State Land Grabs: Oops!
11/1/05
"A Zimbabwean minister has said that many of those given land since 2000 know little about farming and this has led to food shortages. . . . Earlier this year, the UN said about 700,000 people had been left without homes or work by an eviction campaign that began in May." (Telegraph, Tuesday)

We all make mistakes.

FEE Timely Classic
"Global Capitalism: Curing Oppression and Poverty" by Andrew Bernstein Zimbabwe Official on State Land Grabs: Oops!
11/1/05

Venezuela President Seizing Corporate Land
11/1/05
"After Mr. [Venezuela President Hugo] Chavez's controversial land reform bill passed in 2001, the government began implementing the program by redistributing its own land holdings to poor families. Then last January, the government began to seize land held by private owners. But now the campaign, which remains popular here, is increasingly targeting land owned by large corporations, sparking fresh concerns that it is chasing out foreign investment." (Christian Science Monitor, Tuesday)

Memo to President Chavez: Call Zimbabwe.