"Socialism Is Failing in Venezuela"


I don't think it's failing on Phillyblog though.....

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Je me souviens.

Send the hotties over here, please.

Quadruple the quota for Argentinians, too.

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WHYY pays their CEO $750,000 a year. So WHYY should I renew my membership? Seems they have no problems finding money and spending it unwisely.


And this is why you should donate to PACCA, not PETA:

In September, PETA made headlines in Vermont and across the nation for asking Ben & Jerry's ice cream to use human breast milk in their ice cream, instead of cow milk

http://citgo-boycott.blogspot.com/

http://citgoboycott.org/

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Eat your heart out Mr. Obama.

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote" Benjamin Franklin

Yes there is a place where you wont be treated like a child.

Yeah, we should only by oil from the Middle East because they're so much nicer over there.

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"Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness."

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)

Oil is fungible so the source doesn't really matter. However, Venezuela owns Citgo, so boycotting Citgo reduces the amount of money going to Chavez. Middle Eastern countries own no chains that I know of.

We could make Finland and Norway rich if we just buy from them... if they give us a steep travel discount. Seriously, Oslo is super-expensive to go to.

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WHYY pays their CEO $750,000 a year. So WHYY should I renew my membership? Seems they have no problems finding money and spending it unwisely.


And this is why you should donate to PACCA, not PETA:

In September, PETA made headlines in Vermont and across the nation for asking Ben & Jerry's ice cream to use human breast milk in their ice cream, instead of cow milk

Boycotting CITCO isn't going to hurt Chavez because he could just hold on to the oil until the price goes up and he can get more money at that time. If it makes you feel better fine, but you could do more by just checking the air in your tires.

http://lugar.senate.gov/energy/graphs/oilimport.html

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/p...nt/import.html

Unfortunately the current state of Venezuela is the fault of several decades of financial mismanagement by the country's ruling elite. Venezuela is a wealthy country, yet over 80% of the population lives in poverty. The infrustructure there has also been left to rot while oil profits were basically stolen by the politicians. In a situation like this, Chavez looks like a good alternative to the masses. Unfortunately, he's headed down the road to becoming a President for Life.

P.S. on a lighter note
In my head I can envision airlifts to get the Miss and Mr Venezuela contestants wisked out of the country to safe haven in Miami.

I don't buy my gas from Citgo for this very reason. Every time I hear that commercial, '...from your good friends in Venezuela...' I just want to throw up!!

Someone mentioned that this country (I assume you meant the US, not Venezuela) has been successfully printing money for a long time now. Were you being sarcastic? Because our money is worth crud, and the more they print, the more worthless it becomes. The day this country went off the gold standard was the day it started taking it's slow decline into economic insignificance.

When I see Joe Kennedy shilling for Chavez, I want to throw up!