[ClaireSolt]

I have a suggestion. Go over to Circuit City and tell them you are buying one of their plasma TV’s for $500.00. Be sure you are armed, so you can take it. Then watch and see what happens, next. You can explain to the police that you got the idea from Chavez.

[thackney]

You keep implying I think nationalization of the oil fields is acceptable. I agreed with you it is “thuggery”.

But companies that enter into business deals with such governments should do their own risk management. If they find such deal unacceptable, perhaps they should have invested more into US ventures, such as the lame proposal ExxonMobil submitted to BLM for the Oil Shale pilot program.

ExxonMobil did not lose $30B as you suggested.