Suck It, Big Oil!
Now, I’m not a big fan of Socialist states. While there are far worse forms of government, they still don’t provide the freedoms humans deserve. However, anything they do to make this administration and big oil look like fools is OK by me. From the article
Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez, has pulled off his greatest public relations coup yet in his campaign to irritate the Bush Administration with a deal to supply cheap fuel to thousands of poor residents of Boston and New York.
To the anger of many in Washington, Citgo Petroleum Corporation, a company controlled by the Venezuelan Government, will supply more than 45 million litres of oil at 40 per cent below market prices.
The deal is one of the most spectacular moves yet in Mr Chavez’s attempt to market his “21st-century socialism” using his country’s oil wealth.
No doubt this has to be getting under the skin of the Bush camp. In public, I’m sure it’ll just be brushed off or even welcomed, but in private, this is just the sort of press they don’t want after all the harsh talk. I can’t wait to hear what the neocon pundits have to say about this.
Not exactly related, but thinking about the response reminded me of this quote:
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” -Dom Helder Camara
