Venezuela offers fuel, food to hurricane-hit US

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=152850

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).

[Zuni]

1. That is a generous offer

and it certainly makes Pat robertson look like a real fucking dork.

I wonder what ol' Pat is doing to help?

[genieroze]

20. I wonder what ol' Pat is doing to help? Handing out bibles, in paperback,

of course.

[WhiteTara]

23. or selling his god-powered powder drink

ass hat that he is

[genieroze]

27. Jesus Ade. Blessed tap water from his own sink.

[shaniqua6392]

2. We, the citizens of the U.S. will gladly take you up on your offer.

Thank you for your compassion! I wish. Their gas is about 15 cents a gallon. Sweet. Too bad Bushitler will never accept charity, no matter how badly we need it. He would rather we die.

[Tesla]

3. it came in at $.12 cents today

[proud patriot]

4. very cool

:thumbsup:

[me b zola]

5. Classy move

Gee, I wonder what chimp's response will be.

[durablend]

8. ANGER and/or RAGE would be my guess

"How DARE you help the very class of people I'm trying my damndest to DESTROY!!!! Maybe an invasion is in order!!!!"

[54anickel]

16. You forgot the obscenities

I love this article. :evilgrin:

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7267.shtml

While President George W. Bush travels around the country in a last-ditch effort to sell his Iraq war, White House aides scramble frantically behind the scenes to hide the dark mood of an increasingly angry leader who unleashes obscenity-filled outbursts at anyone who dares disagree with him.

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“Who gives a flying fuck what the polls say,” he screamed at a recent strategy meeting. “I’m the President and I’ll do whatever I goddamned please. They don’t know shit.”

[Chovexani]

21. Jesus christ he sounds like Eric Cartman

I'm the prezdent! I do what I want!

[BuddhaGirl]

44. "Screw you guys, I'm going home!"

wish he'd go back permanently to his fucking pig farm!

[peekaloo]

6. He is a critic of BU$HCO ye media arsewipes.

There is a difference.

Hope this made lil Georgie stamp his feet!

[IndianaGreen]

7. Bush will reject the offer and insult Chavez

The one thing Bush, and the economic class he represents, most fear is for working Americans to realize that they too can do in America what the workers and peasants have done in Venezuela, take power!

We need our own version of the Bolivarian circles!

[MichiganVote]

9. Can we vote for this guy? He does more than the ratfinks we elect

[JustSayNO 2 Sheeples]

10. Brilliant!

What a brilliant thing to do, even if he doesn't mean it or knows the US would never take him up on it. This is a direct slap in the face of *

[BrotherBuzz]

34. Of course it's a brilliant move...

Hugo Chavez is playing a masterful game of chess while Bush* insists on playing a crappy game of checkers. King Me!!

[earth mom]

11. What an AWESOME gesture...

and how sad too that it comes from the leader of ANOTHER COUNTRY!

Meanwhile...our leaders could give a rats ass about any of us peons! :grr:

[54anickel]

18. Hey, come-on now. Shrub is pondering the idea of tapping into the

SPR, their just not done assessing the situation yet. If the oil companies ask, he'll consider it. Bwahahahaha!!!

[earth mom]

35. Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen. nt

[IChing]

12. I nominated this for Chevez's offer of fuel for the poor and Pat Robertson

fuel for his bonfire in the international community

What has the billionaire Robertson offered?

[Trillo]

19. Good point, bet it's a big fat Zero from Robertson.

It's a generous offer from Chavez, however.

[meganmonkey]

13. Chavez is brilliant

I can't wait to see what bushco's official reaction will be to this one...assuming they even acknowledge the offer

:thumbsup:

[tkmorris]

14. There ya go

They will try very hard to pretend there was no offer, thus they have nothing to respond to. We really need a well-placed reporter to pin him down with the question, otherwise no one but us will ever hear about it.

[rodeodance]

15. well, then lets start sending this to all media

[rodeodance]

17. also mail/email this to our congresspersons.

[TankLV]

22. And bunkerboy is adamant in refusing to release any of the

Strategic Oil Reserve - it would not be the "right" use for it, he's said.

[WhiteTara]

24. kudos to President Chavez

I wish we had a president like that. But instead, we have monkeyboy. Sigh.

[LeftyMom]

25. That's it

If we wind up with some DLC fucknut as the dem canidate, I just might write in Chavez. Sad that somebody on another f'n continent has more concern for the poor and displaced in the US than our own purported "leaders."

Disclaimer: I may feel differently tomorrow, but I'm a bitter mood and the idea of giving our own lameassed pols the finger appeals to me right now. :)

[agincourt]

26. It probably doesn't need repeating,

But, once again, most people around the world still like Americans. They just don't like the ratshit running the place.

[Nothing Without Hope]

28. It's more than Bush would ever do. Here's a related thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1735880
Thread title: Venezuela's CITGO to Provide Cheap Gas for US Hospitals, Nursing Homes and
NNN0LHI LBN Mon Aug-29-05 09:11 PM

[fleabert]

29. thank you, we accept your kind offer.

as if those words would ever come out of shit-heads mouth. that asshole wouldn't accept help from Chavez if it was the last thing he ever did.

oil? no thanks, this shortage is driving up prices nicely for me and my friends, tyvm!

[womanofthehills]

31. 1000 Venezuela students leaving for Cuba 's med schools

Free medical school for five years along with poor American students.
OMG - what is Bush to do? Castro is also doing good deeds.

[fleabert]

33. stinking communists...doing good stuff...what are they thinking?

people may actually begin to question the capitalist paradigm! ack!

[Nothing Without Hope]

30. Another thread has been started on this story - maybe getting legs!!:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2044609
Thread title: Venezuela offers fuel, food to hurricane-hit US
mikelewis GD-P Mon Aug-29-05 09:38 PM

This time the story is at Yahoo - go vote it up!

[Rex]

32. Better not except aid!

Make sure it's not a Dem that agrees with this! :crazy:

[Hekate]

36. Fiendishly clever

I'm sure that he is at once sincere, ready to actually send aid -- and ever so firmly sticking it to Bush and Bush's pal Preacher Robertson.

We accept, by the way. And thank you for the offer.

Hekate

#Why won't the Chickenhawk cross the road?#

[Gormy Cuss]

41. absolutely agree with you.

it's the offer of oil aid that is a direct dig at W.

[truthisfreedom]

37. hah! he's just bugging the shit out of bushco, taunting away.

it's got to be murder working with bush right now.

[Dover]

38. heheheheheeeeee........and it's a left jab to Bushies ego as Chavez

gets him on the ropes.....

[mogster]

39. Very grown-up move from Chavez

And generous too.

Chavez wants peace, not confrontation, with the US, and this is a good omen for the future. I truly don't think Chavez has anything against Americans, he's just very sceptical about the US govt.

But Bush will probably never accept anything from this man.

[0007]

40. I hope Chavez sends junior a branch of bananas......

[bnr65432]

42. this guy clearly hates us

if we dont "take him out" who knows what he will do

[oneinok]

43. Good effort

Will we call them a third world country anymore?