Venezuela to sell D.C. oil at discount

THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | November 2, 2006 | Nicholas Kralev

[NucSubs]

Venezuela to sell D.C. oil at discount By Nicholas Kralev THE WASHINGTON TIMES November 2, 2006 Venezuela will provide heavily discounted heating oil to about 37,000 low-income families in Maryland, Virginia and the District this winter, Caracas' envoy to the United States said yesterday. The local jurisdictions are beneficiaries of a greatly expanded program that this winter will assist more than 400,000 families in 16 U.S. states and the District, up from eight states and 180,000 families last year, said Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera. Oil provided under the expanded program, first mentioned by President Hugo Chavez during a fiery speech to the United Nations in September, will be distributed through local governments, community centers and churches, and will be offered at 40 percent below the market price. "This will give people a chance to have additional supply of heating oil," Mr. Alvarez told editors and reporters during a luncheon at The Washington Times. "We are not making as much money as we could be, but extraordinary times require extraordinary measures."

[bkepley]

Unfortunately there are plenty of people who will take it too.

[traderrob6]

Any self respecting American will tell Chavez where to stick his oil.

[DBrow]

Is Kennedy's Citizens Oil involved?

[DBrow]

I meant that sarcastically- OF COURSE Kennedy is tied up with communist Chavez, for his "non-profit" oil company.

[Thebaddog]

I'm really thinking that we have to get off the oil thing ASAP. Crack dealers like pineapple head will play us for fools until we call their bluff. And that goes for the Saudi crackers as well.

[P-40]

Venezuela will provide heavily discounted heating oil to about 37,000 low-income families

I wonder if they know that if they provide it once it becomes a right?

[pnh102]

Any person who takes Chavez' oil is a traitor. All of these people should be outed and ostracized from society.

If these people are on any other sort of government freebie these benefits should be forever forfeited immediately. Let these traitors get their bum checks from Caracas.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Cheap oil?
Boy, that'll teach us.
(BTW, this is how you can tell this dude's a liberal.)

[ThirdMate]

I will not buy anything from CITGO, and I suggest a boycott by all freepers.

[NucSubs]

See, that is why I posted this. I though both what Chavez is doing, as well as the idea of a boycott, will not work - Oil being a fungible commodity and all.