that is important to the people of Venezuela. Remember it was said that Qaddifi had stashed billions away and when they really researched the money it was mostly in accounts in the name of the Libyan government. The US needs to stop pontificating about other nations and other leaders and get its own house in order. The vile retorts against anything not our own brand of capitalism need to stop!!

He controlled all information/media. Hell, read report from his camp two days ago that he was fine.
Could be penniless.
Could be billionaire.

kicked ExxonMobil's, ConocoPhillips', Chevron's and BP's asses?

Possibly. Sounds about right.

...Warren Buffet is worth a lot of money, too, yet he's a solid Progressive. Wealth does not make someone 'evil'.

That being said, I have no idea if Chavez amassed his fortune entirely legally, either, but this article offers no proof.

He is probably the smartest pragmatist on earth, and as such, is working to head off what has a very high probability of ruining what he's built over his lifetime.

He does what he does, and advocates what he advocates because he can see where the current course leads, not because he wants or cares what happens to humanity or civilization, but because he wants to leave an enduring empire behind. This is a man that has ruthlessly exploited stupid people around him, has ruined both partners and competitors, and has even cut out close relatives on his path of compulsive acquisition.

Warren Buffett is a solid Buffetteer, first, last, and always.

Chavez nationalized the oil industry and redistributed the wealth to the people, my guess is the author is pretending like Chavez is keeping all the money for himself and totally ignoring where the money actually goes.

their "information". the group reminds me of blackwater.

Or the Saudi royal family?

In dollars, trillions.

And they're friends of the BFEE.

Saying so indicates a complete lack of understanding of just how large one trillion dollars actually is.

The world spends more on oil than anything else: about $4.37 trillion last year. A pretty good cut of that went to the Saudi royal family and its toadies.

http://www.ibisworld.com/industry/global/global-oil-gas-exploration-production.html

BTW: A trillion is a thousand billion. You know how many princess the Saudi royals have? A lot.

it wouldn't approach one thousand billion.

Carlos Slim would need another 930 billion himself to get to the Trillionaire plateau.

All of the Saudi's together? (I'm just talking the Saudi's now, not all of the Arab oil oligarchs together)

A couple hundred billion, sure. Maybe.

But a trillion? No way.

As you said, the world spent $4.37 Trillion last year on oil. That's REVENUE, not profit.

Going back to Reagan's day and oil prices have steadily risen. The profits from the proceeds have gone into fewer pockets, including Saudi royals and their toadies like Adnan Khashoggi and the bin Ladens. I imagine some of them include non-Saudis, like the cronies of the Bush Crime Family.

The members of the family say they have more than Forbes says they do. I bet it's more than you say they do.

You can look that up easy enough ... for what is reported.

http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/#page 6_sort:5_direction:asc_search:_filter:All%20industries_filter:All%20countries_filter:All%20states

Sorted by location, Saudi ... like 8 billionaires in the country.

Maybe, if you added up ALL the Saudi billionaires you could get to 50 billion, I did not take the time to do the math but it looks close to 50 Billion. So, 5% of a trillion.

Of coarse some say that alot of their wealth is not reported or it is hidden. Maybe so, but where? A trillion dollars is more net worth than of the World's top 30 richest men combined. It's kinda hard to hide cash.

His roster of radio appearances, where I recognize the names, is a veritable rogues gallery....

According to Little Blue Associates LLP. Prove me wrong, Jerry.

Here's more from your pal Jerry whose obsession with Chavez is a thing to behold:

Fartworthy bullshit - couldn't have put it better myself. File under Brothers Grimm.

I couldn't think of a better expression lol for this tripe. Filed. Permanently.

he was a great man that took care of his country and people.

How the hell would anybody know?

I'm thinking that this might be a load of bullshit.

a trebleloopbrazllion, becuase ya know, capitalism is great. That's different! lol.

Anyway, this story smells a bit.

the rightwing equates wealth with power, and IMO actually feels GOOD about accumulating wealth in unsavory ways. They admire a Rick Scott for skimming billions from medicaid, but whine and sputter if a poor person gets a free hospital visit. Knowing that the hospital visit was likely over-billed to Medicaid.
They are so fixated on that ridiculous theory that all the poor people hate all the rich people that they cannot comprehend that liberals just will not turn on Al Gore or George Soros for the sole reason that they are wealthy. That really puzzles them.

And the sources are laughable. Criminals are running and ruining the United States right now. Major banks are laundering drug money. Hugely profitable corporations are paying no taxes and also getting refunds due to loopholes and special favors.
But ill-gotten wealth smells even better to the rightwing folks, methinks. As long as it is they who profit.

Heh, amassed a fortune through legal (who writes those laws?) and illegal means - what about the Bush family? What about JP Morgan? What about Adelson? The Kochs? A steaming pile of cognitive dissonance here.

Take your pick, apparently.

He was an expert at it.

here is a pic of Diosdado Cabello's house, the head of the national assembly and ardent Chavista.

not true