Venezuela offers fuel, food to hurricane-hit US
Mon Aug 29, 7:48 PM ET VENEZUELA OFFERS HELP AND THIS IS THE GUY THAT PAT ROBERTSON WANTED THE U.S. TO DO AWAY WITH. ANOTHER THING, JUST HEARD ON MSNBC THAT FRANCE HAS OFFERED TO HELP,. THIS IS THE COUNTRY THAT CONSERVATIVES HATE.

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.

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Hugo Chavez is a very popular president. He has won several elections now each time with a larger percentage of the vote.

The Carter Center which was founded by Jimmy Carter routinely oversees elections in other countries. They were there for

at least the last election and have verified that is was a legitimate and very democratic election. Unfortunately, a small

percentage of the population do not like Chavez. These are the elite that ran the country before Chavez won his first election.

Since they are the richest in the country, they miss having the power they used to have. Some of them helped pull off a coup

in 2002, but the population and the majority of the military became aware that they were being fed lies on one of the principal

television stations and surrounded the building where the "new" leaders were congregated and demanded Chavez' return

to power.

Chavez comes from the people, not the elite. He represents their needs and is working on correcting many injustices suffered

by the poor. He organized a literacy campaign and now no one in the country is illiterate anymore. His desire is to lift the

80% of the population that was in poverty out of this harsh condition and is having success but it does take time to be

100% successful.

The reason he is hated by the US government is that he runs his own show and does not follow their agenda.

Hope this helps. For more info, read THE CARRIBEAN PIRATES.

It could be the start of a new era. One where the US dollar is no longer the world currency. As soon as oil is bought and sold with the Euro or for that matter any currency other than the US dollar, it is down hill all the way for us.

The irony is that the BA and the neo-cons thought that they could prevent this from happening and what they did was to force it to happen. They thought that they could control the entire planets energy supplys and be kings, they got too greedy and too arrogant.

We are slowly circling the bowl.

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there's also the fact he was democratically elected survived the US-backed coup (unlike Aristede) because he is widely popular with the common people and the military and that he won the US-backed recall election (if only the US had this) by an overwhelming margin. Bush recently had one the leaders of the opposition to the White House so I'm sure the US isn't through trying to eliminate him. Chavex claims he has documented proof of a planned US invasion and a US-backed assasination plan. He also traded cheap oil for doctors educated in Cuba to minister to the poor. Being friends with Castro doesn't win him any points with Bush, either.

Before going after Chavez the Bush family should look at the dark spot in their own eye. Ever since Iran Contra scandal we know they (the same gang as today) wanted to over thrown S. American countries for their own profit and power.  Al Martin of told the Senators in a hearing so they can't not know.

 Why would Chavez support a lie?  Bin Laden is dead.  He was on a kidney machine. Iran wants peaceful plants for power like.. eh US and Israel..the rest of the world?  

Pat Robertson is no "Christian leader". He is a politican (greedy second generation rich).  For many centuries the powerful clergy have demanded everyone line up behind them against "evil".  It is for his own power not for God's.  God taught love, peace, etc. not hate and war....killing in his name.

Remember Pat ran for President and is a "power seeker"?  He lost big time because people don't trust clergy with their money or democracy. History has proven this to be true. That's why we have Separation of Church and State in our Constitution. It was an important concept to retain democracy and freedom (unlike years of religious war torn Europe).

Many people fled Europe to get away from religious tyranny.   Some wanted no religion at all. Nor did they want to support it's ideas or power by force.

Pat Robertson is a "religious Fascist" (unlike Germans support by the Catholic church rulers he makes his own religion).  I wonder how many Faith Based dollars go into the Pat's organization for RW support and propaganda? Our government won't release that information. Why is that...corruption for votes?  Pat's tax exempt status removed yet?

Pat is a traitor and is trying to start wars (when he himself avoided combat)  Is the NSA tapping his phone? Spying on him? Seems to me the government is spying on\supporting the wrong people.

Good for Chavez.  The Chinese kicked out those Christain western religious groups trying to change their culture and destroy their country (for their own power and wealth). They  didn't even want them to have their own language, etc.

 Think about it. Communism is a reaction and revolution to stop religious groups who were trying to ruin a government\culture (Russia, China, Cuba, etc.).  Rulers then abuse for other things. You can blame corruption for that not what the people wanted. Their goal wasn't to replace a theocracy for tyranny.

 Wish we could declare them illegal and corrupting.  That is against our Constitution though. We could not give them a lot of our tax dollars and tax exemption to preserve our democracy from this kind of power abuse. They are "corrupting" and "inflitrating" our democracy using our own money to do it. They want to set government agenda and even rule.

The Constitution says we can't support a "state supported" religion.   Giving Faith Based dollars and tax exemption makes them wealthy and way too powerful.  It is unconstitutional. They use our tax dollars to advance themselves not help people's souls or the poor. Instead they build new churches, universities and schools (some better than our public ones), and politic.  There is no accountability which points the finger of corruption.

No public student loans should go to religious schools or any type.  We pay for students to be brain washed by a religion? That's state supported religious funding.

Chavez is dealing with this type of " religious infiltration" because that's what it is.  France (a democracy and world power) declared a religious extremist group a cult and kicked them out.  Was Pat critical of that?

Note: Bush, Inc. is part of the same crime gang who were responsible for Iran Contra and killing in S. America for power and wealth. The Senate heard Al Martin talk about the Bush Ponzi schemes. Same is true today. They are using war to profit and even mercinaries to kill.  Read about it.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?TTL=&ATH=Al+Martin&WRD=Conspiracy&PRC=&FMT=&AGE=&CID=&z=y  Conspirators : Secrets of an Iran Contra Insider by Al Martin.  I've read that the mercinary military has even drafted X-Iran Contra people to fight in Iraq, etc. They promised them citiizenship. They pay them well too.  They might be used against us in the future like they did in S. America. Yes...Bush is setting up his own military with our money to be used against our own self interest. If that isn't reason for impeachment (and NSA) concern what is?  All of S. America and their leaders have to know about this type of "infiltration".

What kind of world would it be if there were no organized religious groups? Peaceful maybe?  How many dead over ignorance, religious wars, and fear? Money and power corrupt if we let it in any organization.  Even one which says they are God's. We learned about false prophets didn't we in Bible classes?

The other big oil companies are showing their
true colors.

The President of Venezuela cares more about our low income
households than they do.