"Venezuela Touts Cheap Fuel to US as Bush Takes Heat"

[GreenPartyVoter]

Venezuela on Thursday launched an ad campaign touting its cheap heating oil program for the U.S. poor as Washington faces criticism for doing little to protect consumers from high fuel prices.

The full page ad in some of the nation's top newspapers could irk the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, which has frequently clashed with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez over economic and foreign policies.

Under the banner: "How Venezuela is keeping the home fires burning in Massachusetts," the ad talks up a program to supply poor residents of the state with low-cost fuel from Citgo, the U.S. branch of the OPEC nation's state oil firm PDVSA.

"The advertisements are intended to inform about this humanitarian effort," Dave McCollum, a Citgo spokesman, told Reuters.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/1202-02.htm

[Ezlivin]

1. Time to bomb Venezuela

We're sending Pat Robertson in with the first SEAL team.

[louis-t]

2. I don't fully trust Chavez yet.

But I still buy his gas 90% of the time. Better than further enriching the Sauds.

[Hobarticus]

3. I'd trust Chavez over our own oil companies, any day....

They've lost my faith in the system.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Exactly

[Lefty48197]

5. Bravo Hugo!

Of course, I'll believe it when you actually put your money where your mouth is. Apparently this deal was brokered by a Democratic Congressman from MA and by one of the Kennedys. I think this is actually legit, and it should save the affected families hundreds of dollars this winter.
Bush's energy industry buddies are ripping-off the American public, while Bush's enemy, Hugo Chaves is about to help millions of needy Americans.
Bravo Hugo!