A headline you don’t see everyday (via the BBC):    Venezuela’s Chavez to move into Gaddafi tent

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is going to govern temporarily from a tent so that families made homeless by recent floods can take refuge in his office.

Mr Chavez said he would have a Bedouin tent given to him by the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi put up in the garden of the presidential palace.

Four thoughts:

1.   These rains have been causing real and serious problems in the region.

2.  This is a great example of Chávez’s penchant for political showmanship.

3.  Might not the tent actually have more space than the office?

4.  I would be more impressed if he opened up his house.