We have no problem buying Saudi Arabia's oil, why not Chavez's?

Philosoraptor

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Fri Sep-22-06 06:56 AM
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We have no problem buying Saudi Arabia's oil, why not Chavez's?

Edited on Fri Sep-22-06 06:57 AM by Philosoraptor

ON cspan the question is should we take Hugo Chavez's oil that he's offering at a reduced price, or not. Many callers say Chavez is evil and rude and dangerous and we shouldn't take his oil, but look at the other despots we buy oil from.

Are the sheiks and kings and princes of Saudi Arabia somehow morally superior to Chavez?

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htuttle

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Fri Sep-22-06 06:58 AM
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1. A large part of our oil already comes from Venezuela

I don't know what CSPAN is talking about, but here in the US we already get more oil from Venezuela than Saudi Arabia.

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Fri Sep-22-06 06:59 AM
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2. Chaves is not helping bu$h destroy this country.

So why buy his oil?

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treestar

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Fri Sep-22-06 07:00 AM
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3. Yeah the country that spawned most of the hijackers and has the

closest thing to "islamofascism" as we could actually get has suffered no reprisals whatsoever.

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datasuspect

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Fri Sep-22-06 07:01 AM
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4. historical precedent where it concerns latin america

means we shouldn't buy oil from venezuala, we should have a CIA created right wing fascist dictatorship installed so that U.S. corporations can go in and STEAL it.

THIS is what pisses reactionaries off. they simply HATE not having an installed thug in office there to control the petrodollars in that country.

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mtnsnake

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Fri Sep-22-06 07:04 AM
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5. We get 15% of our oil from Venezuela. nt

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baldguy

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Fri Sep-22-06 07:28 AM
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6. SA and the USA have more in common.

They're both religious dictatorships that torture their enemies.

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Philosoraptor

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Fri Sep-22-06 01:59 PM
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7. oh, yeah, i forgot about that

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zonkers

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Fri Sep-22-06 02:26 PM
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8. No b ut they are better ass kissers.

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