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...you commie bastard....
I find it hilarious that Hugo Chavez is jerking the chain of Bush and Republicans in Congress who can cut millions from the poor and give the oil industry billions in tax subsidies. Chavez, through Citgo will be aiding the poor in Massachusetts to the tune of about $8 million and will also supply discounted heating oil "to New York - and possibly other US cities". We'll see if brother
Pat Robertson can match that this winter.
Oh yeah BTW, how have gas prices been since the 5 'Oil Execs" were caught lying on the Senate floor?
A deal with Venezuela's Chávez sends heating oil to Massachusetts' poor. Is there a hidden price tag?
"Linda Kelly of Quincy, Mass., and her family will get some help with their heating bills this winter, courtesy of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, who evidently can feel a US chill way down in Caracas.
This week's announcement that Venezuela will sell 12 million gallons of heating oil -at a discount - to help Massachusetts' neediest citizens is part political theater to tweak the Bush administration, part PR campaign for Mr. Chávez, and, some allow, part gesture of help.
A deal to supply oil to New York - and possibly other US cities - is in the works.
Like 45,000 needy Massachusetts families, Mrs. Kelly's will get an extra load of fuel oil delivered to her home if she needs it - at a 40 percent discount, a savings of about $184.
In total, those savings for Americans will cost Venezuelans, who on average are much poorer, about $8 million. But it's worth every penny to Chávez, whose current global charm campaign involves using petro-dollars to quiet critics and win goodwill, several experts say.
"We want to help the poorest communities in the US," Chávez said in August. "There are people who die from the cold in winter in the US."
"This is precisely what he loves to do - embarrass the White House, show that the US doesn't take care of its own, and that the approach he's devised in Venezuela is superior," says Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington think tank on Latin America.
.. ...you commie bastard....
I find it hilarious that Hugo Chavez is jerking the chain of Bush and Republicans in Congress who can cut millions from the poor and give the oil industry billions in tax subsidies. Chavez, through Citgo will be aiding the poor in Massachusetts to the tune of about $8 million and will also supply discounted heating oil "to New York - and possibly other US cities". We'll see if brother Pat Robertson can match that this winter.
Oh yeah BTW, how have gas prices been since the 5 'Oil Execs" were caught lying on the Senate floor?
