Dim Bulb: Hugo Chavez

Published March 27, 2011 4:00am ET



Who: Hugo Chavez What: Venezuela’s socialist dictator blamed capitalism and imperialism for possibly destroying life on Mars in past age, in a speech he gave on World Water Day.

Why it’s dim: Hypothesizing about Martian economics won’t distract from Chavez’s attempts to hamstring Venezuelan citizens.

Cure: Privately cc such conspiracy theories to Michael Moore — he usually at least has a way of making money from them.