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We better put Sean Penn on a suicide watch.
Fact is Chavez had done more for the American poor than Bush ever did! That is said.
Bush spent more money on social programs than any president in history. Get a grip on reality.
What? Chavez has been giving free oil to the poor in the U.S.? We are the richest nation in the world, what is our problem???
I agree bo-
I think all countries will feel U.S. waves created by the Bush Depression but Venezuela will be fine.
U.S. poor will suffer from not receiving the very generous 100 gallon give away. How many years did Chavez do that?
But I also see the price of gas creeping back up, now.
What sinking oil prices? The press was full of stories (read: fantasies) about why the price of oil is going up.
Maybe this post was written quite awhile ago, when bashing Chavez was newsworthy.
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