Hi angcat. I am chuckling, not at your former co-worker's response, but at your "under your breath" response! I would do the same...
Just got off the phone with my family in Caracas. Biggest fear right now is war with Columbia.
Watch for a U.S backed invasion of Venezuela by Columbian
forces right around the time of, or perhaps immediately after the Aug.15 recall referendum in Venezuela.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22red+alert%22+june+2004&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=40D6561E.C23120BE%40exchangenet.net&rnum=2
I don't lose friends if I do the under my breath thing!