Reply #22: It was a shock back in November seeing the right-wing Washington Times

[Judi Lynn]

begrudgingly publish articles about Venezuela's selling heating oil to WASHINGTON D.C.'s poor, in addition to 16 states, and over 100 Native American tribes.

Here's a link:

VENEZUELA TO SELL D.C. OIL AT DISCOUNT
Thursday, November 02, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com

Venezuela will provide heavily discounted heating oil to about 37,000 low-income families in Maryland, Virginia and the District this winter, Caracas' envoy to the United States said yesterday. The local jurisdictions are beneficiaries of a greatly expanded program that this winter will assist more than 400,000 families in 16 U.S. states and the District, up from eight states and 180,000 families last year, said Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera. Oil provided under the expanded program, first mentioned by President Hugo Chavez during a fiery speech to the United Nations in September, will be distributed through local governments, community centers and churches, and will be offered at 40 percent below the market price. - The Washington Times
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http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=25207

That must have made Rev. Sun Myung Moon's (right-wingers diseased self-annointed god figure) paper mad with rage to have to admit this.

Lest anyone forget, it has been DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN, Governors, Mayors who have approached American oil companies originally to secure discounted heating oil for their struggling constituents, only to be blown off unceremoniously, who have finally gone to Venezuela to ask for Venezuela's help, considering Venezuela has been offering the same arrangement to countries in the Caribbean, and Latin America. These DEMOCRATS worked out the deals for their states, cities, citizens, while, as you can see, total ASSHOLES, right-wingloons continue to rave, rant, drool, howl about how much they dispise the Venezuelan people's choice for their OWN Venezuelan President, as if it's their business.

Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?