Would you look a gift horse in the mouth?
By admin on Feb. 15, 2010.
The assistance, described as "humanitarian aid" by Venezuela’s embassy in Washington, deepens an ongoing spat between leftist President Hugo Chavez and Bush, It was Bush who calls Chavez “a threat to democracy” in Latin America.
Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has expressed concern over whether the sales are "part of an unfriendly government’s increasingly belligerent and hostile foreign policy" toward Washington.
Rep. Ed Whitfield, a Republican from Kentucky, has said he wanted to find out if the program was "part of a larger political agenda."
Venezuela supplies about 15 percent of U.S. oil imports.
In a backlash against the fuel program, one Texas-based religious organization has promoted a boycott of Citgo to protest Chavez’s confrontation with the U.S. government.
Venezuela, where per capita income is about one tenth that of the United States, will provide 4.8 million gallons of heating oil at a 40 percent discount.
Meanie, are you for real? Congress takes bribes all the time. Organized crime is alive and well in the USA, some call it Congress. If the politicians can’t roll over for a buck then Congress would be empty.
whenever i see a gift horse i’m reminded of two things, beware of greeks bearing gifts and if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
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