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Chavez Uses Oil Profits to Build Political Power (Made as much as Exxon but no MSM coverage)
ABC News ^
| May 25, 2006
| JIM SCIUTTO
Posted on 08/14/2008 5:37:49 PM PDT by xmission
With $1 billion a month in state oil profits, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has converted cash into political clout.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: chavez; energy; exxon; geopolitics; hugochavez; latinamerica; msm; oil; venezuela; windfallprofits
Seems this didn't make news back in May, and wasn't mentioned when Exxon was being villainized.
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posted on
08/14/2008 5:37:49 PM PDT
by
xmission
To: xmission
It’s OK because the profits went to a government.
As far as the MSM is concerned, that’s identical to saying “the profits went to G-d.”
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posted on
08/14/2008 5:45:13 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Without the second, the rest are just politicians' BS.)
To: xmission
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posted on
08/15/2008 3:58:28 AM PDT
by
wolf78
To: xmission
That’s because it’s state owned. According to our “unbiased” media that is OK. The “people” own it, you see.
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posted on
08/15/2008 8:48:33 AM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
To: xmission
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posted on
08/19/2008 5:10:41 AM PDT
by
alrea
To: alrea
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:46:08 PM PDT
by
xmission
(Democrats have killed our Soldiers by rewarding the enemy for brutality)
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