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Chavez threatens to cut off oil to US if it ‘crosses the line’
The Daily Times (Pakistan) ^ | 1/19/2006

Posted on 02/18/2006 7:42:10 PM PST by Thunder90

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To: Thunder90
“The US government must know that if it crosses the line it won’t be getting Venezuelan oil,”

It doesn't matter. We will still pay about the same price for oil, some of it Venuzulean. Its a world market, if they sell to anyone, it affects the world price.

21 posted on 02/18/2006 9:00:31 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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To: Thunder90

How do we official reply with "we dare you".

Freekin' Nimrod...


22 posted on 02/18/2006 9:00:48 PM PST by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: Thunder90

Chavez needs a dirt nap.


23 posted on 02/18/2006 9:03:13 PM PST by hershey (enmark)
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To: Thunder90

And in retaliation, the US would, of course, stop paying him money for goods and services not rendered. Lets see who lasts longer.


24 posted on 02/18/2006 9:17:46 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Thunder90
Big talk from a weak man. The sad thing is that enough people down there are stupid enough to buy it. Directing attention and anger at some outside power is the first play in the corrupt dictator playbook and always has been. Alas dumb people the world over still fall for it (see cartoon protest, Muslim).
25 posted on 02/18/2006 10:38:33 PM PST by SmoothTalker
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To: Thunder90

Your threats amuse us. What line did you have in mind?


26 posted on 02/18/2006 10:40:30 PM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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To: TheLion
"My feeling is that most US foreign aid is a waste. The other day I read that we give the Mexican military $250 million a year. We are idiots!"

You're absolutely correct. How can we stop it?
27 posted on 02/18/2006 11:04:26 PM PST by toomanylaws
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To: Supernatural

I am starting to wonder if Pat Roberts was right, maybe he should be taken out : )


28 posted on 02/18/2006 11:23:37 PM PST by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

All left-wing tyrants should be taken out. The world would be a far, far better place.


29 posted on 02/18/2006 11:24:49 PM PST by Supernatural (All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie! bob dylan)
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To: Thunder90
He wont be able to cut off oil shipments if we switch imports, drill domestically to make up for the differance, and remove the problem in Caracas once and for all.

File photo: An oil tanker rests anchored out in Lago de Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

30 posted on 02/19/2006 12:29:34 AM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

Of course Robertson was right. The smear campaign against him for saying this and other things was wrong. Robertson was a Wall Street lawyer in the 50's who became a preacher and has always been a businessman, looking for ways to bring money in for what he thinks is a good cause, his ministry. I'm not a big supporter of his because the dollar signs always seem to stand out more than the crosses but I support him when he says something right. What he said about Chavez was dead on.


31 posted on 02/19/2006 12:35:23 AM PST by Nextrush (The Chris Matthews Band: "I get high..I get high...I get high..McCain.")
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To: Thunder90

Things in the oil patches are heating up all over the world.

The Chinese are trying to rush through a major oil field development project with Iran before US Security Council sanctions come into play. They will have a 51% interest. Muslims in Nigeria are making all kinds of threats against the oil fields there. Bolivia just elected a left wing politician, and he wants to nationalize Bolivia's large gas fields.

The faster we move to alternative sources of transportation and heating fuel, the less power these guys will have.


32 posted on 02/19/2006 2:23:02 AM PST by gleeaikin (Question Authority)
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To: Thunder90
Send Chavez a "How are you doing?" greeting card on the aniversary of Allende's ouster by Pinochet and see if he gets it.
33 posted on 02/19/2006 3:50:34 AM PST by Question_Assumptions
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To: Supernatural
Hydrogen fuel cells are coming.

Fool cells and high breds will not curb our appetite for oil.

Only shortages, long gas lines and high prices will do that.


BUMP

34 posted on 02/19/2006 5:25:24 AM PST by capitalist229 (Keep Democrats out of our pockets and Republicans out of our bedrooms.)
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To: Supernatural

Sooner or later the Venezuelan military will settle this guys hash.


35 posted on 02/19/2006 6:44:14 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Thunder90

Does Chavez need to bed Cindy Sheehan again to calm down.


36 posted on 02/19/2006 6:45:11 AM PST by Modok
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Sadly not a chance.

Chavez has effectively purged or bribed any and all powerful military leaders in Venezuela already ever since the 2002 coup attempt.


37 posted on 02/19/2006 11:43:09 AM PST by Muttering Mike
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To: gleeaikin

The Russians and the CIS countries are also playing the oil card.


38 posted on 02/19/2006 1:23:34 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: Muttering Mike
Disagree, Mike. Chavez is like every other tin pot chump down there. Remember Nicaragua? The guy in charge down there was solid, right up until he was pitched out.

You know we are busy down there also.

39 posted on 02/20/2006 5:01:07 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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