Gas is 15 cents a gallon in Caracas? - Democratic Underground

Elwood P Dowd

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:30 PM
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Gas is 15 cents a gallon in Caracas?

Did I hear this correctly? Listening to the Alex Jones Show replay on shortwave, he said gas was 15 cents a gallon down there.

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tatertop

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:32 PM
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1. Ahhh Chavez!

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Richard Steele

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:33 PM
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2. Yes, that's correct.

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jim3775

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:34 PM
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3. As crazy as Jones is, he's right about this one

http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/price.html

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SammyWinstonJack

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:34 PM
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4. Hey FReepers, didn't your Dear Leader promise you cheap gas

Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 11:35 PM by Blue State Native

after he ousted Saddam and *liberated* the Iraqi people and made the US of A safer place? :rofl: You have been punk'd! :rofl:

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karlrschneider

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:34 PM
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5. It has been around that price since I started travelling to there 30 years

ago.

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Elwood P Dowd

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:39 PM
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6. Wonder if Bush will invite Ozzie Guillen and the Sox to the White House?

Knowing Bushitler, he might snub them since they kicked the ass of poppy's favorite team, and they are managed by a friend of Chavez.

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Jed Dilligan

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:41 PM
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7. And compared to the average Venezuelan salary...

I imagine that's close to the equivalent of $80/gallon here.

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enid602

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:51 PM
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8. gas money

I would think most Venezuelans have neither autos nor heated homes. The cost of fuel is not too important to them. Have been to Caracas three times.

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Jed Dilligan

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Wed Nov-09-05 11:54 PM
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9. As would be the case here

if gas cost so much in comparison to what people earned.

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karlrschneider

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Thu Nov-10-05 12:03 AM
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10. It depends. The folks who live on the north and west hillsides are very

poor...those to the south and east are wealthy. Actually nobody needs home heating, it rarely gets cold (in what little winter they have) or hot in the summer...it's 3000 feet above the tropical area down by the airport at Maiquetia, actually a very nice climate. Where do you stay there? I've used several hotels but my favorite is the Continental Altimira. They don't speak English but that's one thing I like. :D

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enid602

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Thu Nov-10-05 12:04 PM
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11. Caracas

The Hilton downtown. Those hills you speak of are the ones I normally see coming in from Maiquetia. They are pretty poor, but must have incredible views.

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