RR Second thought, don't forget there are two sides to every coin, you would be more creditable if you would also mention that plastic surgery to be beautiful in Socialist Venezuela is a big industry. Actually you did. Congradulations. Comrade B In a message dated 9/15/2014 11:52:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ristad@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: Venezuelan women are revolting complaining. While the citizens of the socialist utopia can withstand shortages of _food_ (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-22/venezuela-about-run-out-food-despite-fresh-all-time-high-its-s tock-market) , _toilet paper,_ (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-17/venezuela-runs-out-toilet-paper) and now _even news paper_ (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-11/venezuela-first-they-came-toilet-paper-then-they-c ame-news-paper) , in a nation thought to have _one of the world's highest plastic surgery rates_ (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-09/real-housewives-athens-get-work-done-cosmetic-surgery-costs-plunge) , _AP reports_ (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/venezuelas-newest-shortage-breast-implan ts-25502445?singlePage=true) beauty-obsessed Venezuelans face a scarcity of brand-name breast implants, and women are so desperate that they and their doctors are turning to devices that are the wrong size or made in China, with less rigorous quality standards. No one is giving the frustrated women much sympathy, especially not the government where late President Hugo Chavez called the country's plastic surgery fixation "monstrous," and railed against the practice of giving implants to girls on their 15th birthdays. However, many have taken to Twitter under the hashtag "Without Boobs, There's No Paradise." -RR