It's an excellent book and let's hope that some of our conservative punditry start mentioning the fantastic details about tax avoidance by Pelosi, Kennedy, etc., even as they publicly state that the rich should be taxed higher.
Isn't this exactly what Saddam was doing with Oil for Food?
BTTT
I recall reading in the Herald that when Joe took the reins of the group, he raissed the pay from $70K to present salary, and that of others on the board as well. A typical political move in Mass; tie in the salaries of those who can stop the raise, in a way that if they vote for it their salaries increase, but if they vote against it, their present salaries drop.
Buying gas is going to get a little harder. I'm already driving past BP stations thanks to their looney envirowacko ad campaign, and now I'll be zipping past CITGO as well. Think I'll go for the ethenol blend boys, rather support Nebraska than Venezuala.
Yet the kennedy's never miss a chance to preach morality to the masses of the great unwashed -- they're so superior.
1. they're getting "free" oil on the back of the oppressed, and the price is transfered on the regular consumer.
2. like with the red cross, we get the humanitarian aid but those receiving treatment must be supportive of the local thugs as a hostage "deal".
But Kennedy told the Globe he was not concerned about Chavez’s politics: "You start parsing which countries’ politics we’re going to feel comfortable with, and only buying oil from them, then there are going to be a lot of people not driving their cars and not staying warm this winter.”
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/11/22/171616.shtml
Delahunt and Kennedy, whose Citizens Energy Corp. will help deliver the oil, counter that keeping poor people warm is their priority.
“I don’t report to George Bush,” Delahunt said at a news conference last week. “I’m elected by the people here in Massachusetts. So I don’t feel any particular need to consult with George Bush or Dick Cheney about oil.”
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=115143
The $400,000 salary is I bet, nothing compared to his travel and entertainment expenses.
No Citgo for me.
mark
Interesting! I just got this email this morning picturing Chavez with his arm around Cindy Sheehan too:
Cindy Sheehan & Chavez
Venezuela Dictator Vows To Bring Down U.S. Government
Venezuela government is sole owner of Citgo gasoline company
Venezuela Dictator Hugo Chavez has vowed to bring down the U.S. government.
Chavez, president of Venezuela, told a TV audience: "Enough of imperialist aggression; we must tell the world: down with the U.S. empire. We have to bury imperialism this century."
The guest on his television program, beamed across Venezuela, was Cindy Sheehan, the antiwar activist. Chavez recently had as his guest Harry Belafonte, who called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world."
Chavez is pushing a socialist revolution and has a close alliance with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Regardless of your feelings about the war in Iraq, the issue here is that we have a socialist dictator vowing to bring down the government of the U.S. And he is using our money to achieve his goal!
The Venezuela government, run by dictator Chavez, sole owner of Citgo gas co. http://www.citgo.com/AboutCITGO.jsp
Sales of products at Citgo stations send money back to Chavez to help him in his vow to bring down our government.
Take Action
Please decide that you will not be shopping at a Citgo station. Why should U.S. citizens who love freedom be financing a dictator who has vowed to take down our government?
Very important. Please forward this to your friends and family. Most of them don't know that Citgo is owned by the Venezuela government.