http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Econo...6589473&page=1

Looks like due to low oil prices, Chavez is going to quit giving away
discount heating oil to low income people ,then after a couple days he
keeps the program running.



CUT 'N PASTE:

"He's just running out of money," said Mark Falcoff, a Latin America
expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington
think tank. "He needs that money to buy friends in Latin America as
part of his attempt to expand his influence. But as we Americans know
better than anybody, you can't really buy friends, you can only rent
them." ...

"Obviously, he's a lot more magnanimous when oil prices are at $100 a
barrel than when it is at $40 a barrel," said Phil Flynn, a vice
president and analyst with Alaron Trading. "Chavez's entire reign and
popularity really has been built upon high oil prices and his using of
the country's oil profits to further his political agenda."

END CUT 'N PASTE

Tim wrote:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Econo...6589473&page=1

Looks like due to low oil prices, Chavez is going to quit giving away
discount heating oil to low income people ,then after a couple days he
keeps the program running.



CUT 'N PASTE:

"He's just running out of money," said Mark Falcoff, a Latin America
expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington
think tank. "He needs that money to buy friends in Latin America as
part of his attempt to expand his influence. But as we Americans know
better than anybody, you can't really buy friends, you can only rent
them." ...

"Obviously, he's a lot more magnanimous when oil prices are at $100 a
barrel than when it is at $40 a barrel," said Phil Flynn, a vice
president and analyst with Alaron Trading. "Chavez's entire reign and
popularity really has been built upon high oil prices and his using of
the country's oil profits to further his political agenda."

END CUT 'N PASTE

And they say capitalism is dead.

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:00:01 -0800, Tim wrote:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Econo...6589473&page=1

Looks like due to low oil prices, Chavez is going to quit giving away
discount heating oil to low income people ,then after a couple days he
keeps the program running.



CUT 'N PASTE:

"He's just running out of money," said Mark Falcoff, a Latin America
expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington
think tank. "He needs that money to buy friends in Latin America as part
of his attempt to expand his influence. But as we Americans know better
than anybody, you can't really buy friends, you can only rent them." ...

"Obviously, he's a lot more magnanimous when oil prices are at $100 a
barrel than when it is at $40 a barrel," said Phil Flynn, a vice
president and analyst with Alaron Trading. "Chavez's entire reign and
popularity really has been built upon high oil prices and his using of
the country's oil profits to further his political agenda."

END CUT 'N PASTE

Some expert. Chavez has been in power since 1998. Want to guess what
oil prices were then? You may not like him. I don't particularly, but
he has won 3 elections. Somebody must like him.

On Jan 9, 8:15*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:00:01 -0800, Tim wrote:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Econo...6589473&page=1

Looks like due to low oil prices, Chavez is going to quit giving away
discount heating oil to low income people ,then after a couple days he
keeps the program running.

CUT 'N PASTE:

"He's just running out of money," said Mark Falcoff, a Latin America
expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington
think tank. "He needs that money to buy friends in Latin America as part
of his attempt to expand his influence. But as we Americans know better
than anybody, you can't really buy friends, you can only rent them." ....

"Obviously, he's a lot more magnanimous when oil prices are at $100 a
barrel than when it is at $40 a barrel," said Phil Flynn, a vice
president and analyst with Alaron Trading. "Chavez's entire reign and
popularity really has been built upon high oil prices and his using of
the country's oil profits to further his political agenda."

END CUT 'N PASTE

Some expert. *Chavez has been in power since 1998. *Want to guess what
oil prices were then? *You may not like him. *I don't particularly, but
he has won 3 elections. *Somebody must like him.

It's easy to win an election when your opponents are totally
powerless.

Or dead.

On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:19:50 -0800, topbassdog wrote:


Some expert. Â*Chavez has been in power since 1998. Â*Want to guess what
oil prices were then? Â*You may not like him. Â*I don't particularly, but
he has won 3 elections. Â*Somebody must like him.

It's easy to win an election when your opponents are totally powerless.

Or dead.

Huh? His opponents are the Venezuelan fat cats, and landed gentry,
hardly powerless. However, they lost at the polls. Chavez has won three
elections with an average of 60% of the vote. As I said, I don't
particularly care for the man. Although, I do enjoy how he is able to
tweak the nose of our current President.

wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:19:50 -0800, topbassdog wrote:


Some expert. Chavez has been in power since 1998. Want to guess what
oil prices were then? You may not like him. I don't particularly, but
he has won 3 elections. Somebody must like him.
It's easy to win an election when your opponents are totally powerless.

Or dead.

Huh? His opponents are the Venezuelan fat cats, and landed gentry,
hardly powerless. However, they lost at the polls. Chavez has won three
elections with an average of 60% of the vote. As I said, I don't
particularly care for the man. Although, I do enjoy how he is able to
tweak the nose of our current President.

Unless the new President embraces Hugo and Raul, Fidel's little brother,
he will end up getting his nose tweaked too.

"BAR" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:19:50 -0800, topbassdog wrote:


Some expert. Chavez has been in power since 1998. Want to guess what
oil prices were then? You may not like him. I don't particularly, but
he has won 3 elections. Somebody must like him.
It's easy to win an election when your opponents are totally powerless.

Or dead.

Huh? His opponents are the Venezuelan fat cats, and landed gentry,
hardly powerless. However, they lost at the polls. Chavez has won three
elections with an average of 60% of the vote. As I said, I don't
particularly care for the man. Although, I do enjoy how he is able to
tweak the nose of our current President.

Unless the new President embraces Hugo and Raul, Fidel's little brother,
he will end up getting his nose tweaked too.

Can anyone give me a decent excuse why we still have the embargo against
Cuba? Because the south florida cubans are a strong voting block and our
politician are **** scared of them? Cause daddy hated them? Cause they're
commies?
The last doesn't hold water with the way we cuddle up to the China.

On Jan 9, 8:36*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:19:50 -0800, topbassdog wrote:
Some expert. *Chavez has been in power since 1998. *Want to guess what
oil prices were then? *You may not like him. *I don't particularly, but
he has won 3 elections. *Somebody must like him.

It's easy to win an election when your opponents are totally powerless.

Or dead.

Huh? *His opponents are the Venezuelan fat cats, and landed gentry,
hardly powerless. *However, they lost at the polls. *Chavez has won three
elections with an average of 60% of the vote. *As I said, I don't
particularly care for the man. *Although, I do enjoy how he is able to
tweak the nose of our current President. *

With no disrespect. Chavez is still a two-bit dictator. I would say
that his *fat cat* opponents are under his ownership or possibly his
fist.

Leopoldo Lopez may have beaten Chavez at the polls and won this past
election. However ,Chavez had him banned, due to charges of
corruption, even though no evidence was of corruption were found.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...elections.html

Concerning Hugo's *tweaking* of your President.
Personally, I'm not very concerned how he's *tweaked* the current
administration, but rather how he will tweak the next.

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On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:19:50 -0800, topbassdog wrote:


Some expert. Chavez has been in power since 1998. Want to guess what
oil prices were then? You may not like him. I don't particularly, but
he has won 3 elections. Somebody must like him.

It's easy to win an election when your opponents are totally powerless.

Or dead.

Huh? His opponents are the Venezuelan fat cats, and landed gentry,
hardly powerless. However, they lost at the polls. Chavez has won three
elections with an average of 60% of the vote. As I said, I don't
particularly care for the man. Although, I do enjoy how he is able to
tweak the nose of our current President.

Yep, he changed the constitution waving the 2 term rule. He was jailed in
1992 or so for coup d'etat attempt. People are statistically as poor as the
day he started. Makes me wonder where all the cash from oil is really
going? While I hear a gallon of gasoline is cheap, no one in the mainline
society can afford something to burn it with.

The usual, promise lots of socialism, then appologist later with strong arm
tactics and a facade of democracy. Ever listen to him? Comes off like a
raving maniac. While perhaps not as bad as Castro, from the same cloth.

Oh, he does invest in the economy, just enough to keep them educated this
side of being apes and just this side of being starving.