Falling oil production a challenge for Venezuelan leader

mcclatchy on yahoo ^ | 3/21/08 | Jack Chang and Kevin G. Hall - McClatchy Newspapers

[NormsRevenge]

a little good news .. for a change from venezuela

socialism works

sort of

not well ;-)..

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[HoosierHawk]

Bump for later reading.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Bummer.

Shucks.

Drat.

Heck.

Shoot.

Darn.

Daggummit even!

[george76]

“There are many signs that something’s wrong at PDVSA ,”

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

anyone figured out how much he is losing with all the citgo stations in the US dropping him like a used rubber in a whorehouse?

[adorno]

I would feel sorry for the people of Venezuela, but not really.

They deserve what they got. They voted for what they got. And what they got, they need to suffer from for a while longer. Some lessons are best learned the hard way. And, others in the region and in other regions need to learn from the lessons of Venezuela.

So, go ahead Hugo and inflict your ideology and your idiocy on your people. If after 10 years they haven’t learned their lessons, then they need to suffer a whole lot more.

[MarkeyD]

Socialism works—Just as well as it ever has.

[WHBates]

Well, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

[DennisR]

Chavez is just another Socialist idiot - takes a perfectly good system, thinks he can do better, destroys it, and still thinks he can fix it.

Liberalism: a mental disorder.

[Paleo Conservative]

Geologists, geophysicists, petroleum engineers, and chemical engineers don’t grow on trees. When you demonize the class from which these professionals come, don’t be surprized when your proven reserves decline and you can’t replace them.

[WHBates]

They deserve what they got. They voted for what they got. And what they got, they need to suffer from for a while longer. Some lessons are best learned the hard way. And, others in the region and in other regions need to learn from the lessons of Venezuela.

I just hope we dont have to learn the same lesson.

[SouthTexas]

Don’t you just love good news?!?!?

[rolling_stone]

Mexico is not much better off...all that corruption siphons off needed operating funds.

[xkaydet65]

Hey if the East Germans couldn’t make Communism work, what chance could Venezuelans have?

[ME-262]

Chavez liked Mugabe's results, and decided to Africanize his petroleum industry! Or would that be Venezuelanize?

[NormsRevenge]

Don’t you just love good news?!?!?

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yup. can’t get enough of it. ;-)

[stylin19a]

Chavez - a disciple of Mugabe - turning wood into sawdust

[sionnsar]

I would feel sorry for the people of Venezuela, but not really.
They deserve what they got. They voted for what they got.

I know a small group of about 5 Venezuelans with whom I spent a most enjoyable day in Mexico a while back. According to our Mexican hostess, life is not good for these guys right now. I'm sure they didn't vote for Hugo... but their businesses and livelihood have tanked anyway.