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2006-02-05 Caribbean-Latin America

Chavez Threatens to Jail Diplomats, Shut Refineries

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Posted by lotp 2006-02-05 07:18|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 it would cost me nothing to order the closure of the refineries we have in the U.S.,'' Chavez said.
Oh goody. A gold plated opportunity to seize the vast majority of Venezuelan foreign assets. Money for nothing and the refineries for free.

Posted by ed 2006-02-05 08:49|| 2006-02-05 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 And so it continues, chavez the useful idiot, takes the next step toward leftist hegemony. Anyone who does not already see this guy as the latest in a long line of useful idiots, cultivated for their probability for terror, and a population to loot, are just plain simpletons.

we have hugo formenting revolution and subversion in the us from his base of operations in venezuela, it was inevitable, and the kook in iran at the center of the middle east front.

Each are what they are, useful idiots in the ongoing battle to subvert freedom through subversion.

Its east to spot trends begause the formulas never change, IMO its humane to decpaitate these subversives well before the larger suffering is rolled out on everyone who opposes them. Homer Simpson presidents of failed ideaology, postured against a record that is clear, millions dead in their aftermath ( Pol POT MAO, Stalin, etc), the inevitability of this trend is clear.

Posted by Snoluth Snineck5289 2006-02-05 09:07|| 2006-02-05 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 The hotter things get in Iran, the more lip we'll get from Yugo. He's on the team..

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-02-05 09:20|| 2006-02-05 09:20|| Front Page Top

#4 This comment is telling "If the government of the U.S. wants to break relations with Venezuela, and they take the decision, it would cost me nothing to order the closure of the refineries we have in the U.S.,'' Chavez said. ``Then we will see where (the price of) oil will go, or a gallon of gasoline. It would cost me nothing to sell oil to other countries in the world.''

Logic dictates non contradictory identification.
If hugo was truly a revolutionary for venezuela, why wouldnt he be interested in selling as much overpriced oil as possible to meet the challenges for venezuela? The answer is that he's not interested in his people, he's solely interested in his front that elevates himself within the lefts heirarchy of hegemonic cults of personality. Of course there are those who fail logic and reason, in order to latch onto one myth or another.....mr chavez is a myth, a legend in his own mind, driven by subversion, equipped with the tool of extortion.....

another piece of saran wrap masquerading on the world stage as someone legitimate.

Posted by Snoluth Snineck5289 2006-02-05 09:20|| 2006-02-05 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Chavez is a fly buzzing around our pile of dung that we call South America. He doesn't understand what he is messing around with, when he threatens to cut off our vital oil supply. A navy blockade would put a terrible strain on his little country in just a few days. Economic sanctions and seizure of state assets would be equally as bad. He should think before he opens his pie hole.

Posted by Throsing Pholuting7025 2006-02-05 09:44|| 2006-02-05 09:44|| Front Page Top

#6 TP7025, you could make your point about Chavez without the "pile of dung" label for all of Latin America. I'd rather not have to redact the good points you're making due to that sort of thing.

Posted by lotp 2006-02-05 10:03|| 2006-02-05 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 ...Cripes, another 5 cents a gallon beause this mook shoots off his mouth.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-02-05 10:53|| 2006-02-05 10:53|| Front Page Top

#8 As others have noted, Chavez has been hosting visitors from Iran and Hamas of late. It's not a random act on his part.

Posted by lotp 2006-02-05 10:54|| 2006-02-05 10:54|| Front Page Top

#9 As long as we know where he sleeps........

Posted by wxjames 2006-02-05 11:21|| 2006-02-05 11:21|| Front Page Top

#10

Posted by Rantburg Interiors to Go 2006-02-05 11:24|| 2006-02-05 11:24|| Front Page Top

#11 But he won the election fair and square. I certified it myself. I really think that President Bush should stop antagonizing this legitimate leader of a friendly nation. If that antagonism were to cease I'm confident that we would have a prosperous and mutually fulfilling relationship with the leader of Venezuala.

Thank you, yes, I do think I am rather smart. Hmmm, yes.

Posted by Jimmuh Cahter 2006-02-05 11:45|| 2006-02-05 11:45|| Front Page Top

#12 jailing diplomats equals an act of war...go ahead Hugo

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-02-05 12:52|| 2006-02-05 12:52|| Front Page Top

#13 Sniff, sniff - Yet another unreliable, beer-bellied, defective, warmongering, anti-Perfectionist rapist molester abuser Male Fascist brute whom needs a Motherly, Perfectionist, Kindly Communist female like CINDY = HILLARY to save his soul and the entire country. WE LOVE YOU, JUDY DEAN - D *** YOU, AMERICA, STAND BY YOUR MADMEN!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-02-05 20:32|| 2006-02-05 20:32|| Front Page Top

#14 Joe, you don't understand...

_his_ wife divorced him and has made public statements in the past that he needs to step down from offfice.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2006-02-05 20:39|| 2006-02-05 20:39|| Front Page Top

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