Did the reporter actually put the word Kennedy anywhere in the article? I did not see it, and submit my observation as yet another example of how "MSM" deletes information that would be "not in the best interests" of their readers. We know that Citizens Energy is Robert Kennedy's pet project, but how many casual readers know it.
In common language: CENSORSHIP
This is typical of a left-wing dictator. Harm your country and your people just for propaganda purposes.
The oil belongs to the people of Venezeula and they should get the right value for it. Why should rich people from Boston be subsidized by the poor people in Venezeula?
And it is typical of the American left. Play right into the hands of the propaganda machine of a left-wing dictator without having any clue whatsoever what harm they are really doing.
OMG-Did you even read the article?
"When the discounted oil arrives early next month, Citizens Energy -- whose chairman and president, former US representative Joseph P. Kennedy II, also helped arrange the contract -- will screen recipients with the help of local organizations that serve the poor. Some 350 local dealers will then distribute three-fourths of the oil to local families."
"Kennedy said he was not concerned about Chávez'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," Kennedy said. ''There are a lot of countries that have much worse records than Venezuela. At the end of the day it's not our business to go choosing other peoples' leaders, particularly when they are duly-elected democratic leaders."
Kennedy said Delahunt has been working with Chávez ''for years now and has gone down there many times and developed a personal relationship with him.""
> Did the reporter actually put the word Kennedy anywhere in the article?...We know that Citizens Energy is Robert Kennedy's pet project, but how many casual readers know it.
Citizens Energy is Joseph P. Kennedy II's non-profit vehicle. In Boston at least even non-readers know this because he reminds us constantly of it. It's true that the Globe has minimized the Kennedy family's involvement in an oil deal with an honest to God enemy of America, but the real news is that Rep. Delahunt is a pal of Hugo Chavez.
"The approximately $9 million deal will bring nine million gallons of oil to families and three million gallons to institutions that serve the poor, such as homeless shelters, said officials from Citizens Energy Corp., which is signing the contract."