tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post3053230523541824524..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Political leaders being...politicalGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-44351652962923255592007-12-15T03:17:00.000-05:002007-12-15T03:17:00.000-05:00I think the author of the article in question is t...I think the author of the article in question is talking out of his ass ... a sourpuss. Only an ex-employee on strike uses the word "scab". <BR/><BR/>Chavez must be destroyed now or his "evil do-gooding" will ruin our master plan Pinky!Bosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271339861082782863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-66777971846080314662007-12-14T14:01:00.000-05:002007-12-14T14:01:00.000-05:00"Venezuela is one of the worst, producing its oil ...<I>"Venezuela is one of the worst, producing its oil with scab labor since a 2003 strike, and it has also confiscated at least $1 billion in U.S. oil assets since then. Some industry analysts estimate that Chavez adds as much as a third of the cost to world oil prices."</I><BR/><BR/>Can anyone validate the claim of confiscation? Or was the author here referring to the contract renegotiations about PDVSA majority shares and royalty increases?<BR/><BR/>This article is so full of inaccuracies it doesn't even make good anti-chavez propaganda.kelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03583458203353381242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-50702670598113172112007-12-14T00:16:00.000-05:002007-12-14T00:16:00.000-05:00You are mad. Imagine myself. I am Venezuelan!You are mad. Imagine myself. I am Venezuelan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-54101972484445845802007-12-13T15:42:00.000-05:002007-12-13T15:42:00.000-05:00Don't you guys know that spending money is only ok...Don't you guys know that spending money is only ok if its for national defense, subsidizing industries (banks, farmers, airlines, oil, insurance...you name it), and financing abstinance-only sex ed programs? Anything else and your just buying votes! Get with the program. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Brings to mind one of my favorite quotes:<BR/><BR/>"Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the constant omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-13178942134088749882007-12-13T11:53:00.000-05:002007-12-13T11:53:00.000-05:00Hee. I know what you mean; those damn do-gooders....Hee. I know what you mean; those damn do-gooders.... That reminds me, I've got to pick up on kicking puppies and little kids; I've been way too nice lately...Tambopaxihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978665666431987347noreply@blogger.com