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Hugo Chavez, once again, snubbed diplomatic protocol, this week at the United Nations when he referred to George Bush as the devil, remarking on the scent of sulfer at the podium.

And although US officials have tried to downplay his remarks, and have huffed about his “unbecoming” behavior, many Americans seem to be heeding his advice.

The Independent of London reports that sales of Noam Chomsky’s book Hegemony and Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominante jumped on Friday from 160,722nd place on Amazon.com’s best-seller list all the way up to seventh.

Later in the day, the book made it all the way up to number 1.

How’s that for influence?