Reply #21: Here was my reply to my coworker

[razors edge]

who sent me this:


Yeh, I have read all that stuff before, the problem with these type of mailings is they rely on mostly half truths at best. Reading the words of the speaker in the context they were given is important.

Chavez is the only elected leader in OPEC, we also use a large percentage of Citgo products in the asphalt we sell daily. Since he lost the reforms election yesterday that means he is not a dictator, they don't lose elections. As for the AKs and such, I doubt the Venezuelan peasants he gives them to are going to swarm the Texas boarders and overthrow the US government anytime soon, that seems to be something we do in his country.

http://dir.salon.com/story/politics/bushed/2002/04/17/v... /

Snopes has seen many variants of this E-mails over the years, and for the most part they are all partisan tripe.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/citgo.asp

Edit: meant to respond to OP, OPPPs