Quote Originally Posted by ermitonto
Hey, remember Hugo Chávez, the scheming dictator who's trying to turn his country into a haven for pinko commie terrorists to plot against America? You know, since he hates Mairka because he got brainwashed by that anti-Mairkinism and he has nothing better to do than try to get Mairkins killed, out of his inexplicable blind rage towards the inhabitants of the land between Canada and Mexico.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050829...l_050829234840

CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to send food and fuel to the United States after the powerful Hurricane Katrina pummeled the US south, ravaging US crude production.

The leftist leader, a frequent critic of the United States and a target himself of US disapproval, said Venezuela could send aid workers with drinking water, food and fuel to US communities hit by the hurricane.

"We place at the disposition of the people of the United States in the event of shortages -- we have drinking water, food, we can provide fuel," Chavez told reporters.

Chavez said fuel could be sent to the United States via a Citgo refinery that has not been affected by the hurricane. Citgo is owned by Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

In the Gulf of Mexico, which accounts for a quarter of total US oil output, 92 percent of crude and 83 percent of natural gas production were shut down due to Hurricane Katrina, which slammed Louisiana and Mississippi, according to US government data.

Venezuela is the fourth-largest provider of oil to the United States, supplying some 1.5 million barrels a day.

Last week, Chavez offered discount gasoline to poor Americans suffering from high oil prices and on Sunday offered free eye surgery for Americans without access to health care.
Howdy ermitonto,

Well..I'm surprised and not surprised,you probably ain't old enough to remember how the Soviets used to want to take every advantage of a political opportunity,to make themselves and communism,look good and America,to look bad..looks like Chavez is borrowing a play out of the Soviet handbook.

Most of the time,the world doesn't help America out,because we're so good at taking care of our own..and the rest of the world,either condemns us for doing too much or too little.

Have a good one...