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Cuba has been a country where citizen’s civil rights and freedoms are violated every day. We Americans don’t have a real taste for what is to be living under those conditions. Cubans do not have freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to bear arms, or freedom of religion as we know it, and many other freedoms that we have Cubans don’t have. For many years our government tried to support the people of Cuba to have freedom. For all those years Fidel Castro, the longest dictator alive has been able to stay in power.
I follow the political situation in South America. My mother, uncles, cousins and other relatives live in Colombia. The situation in Colombia has improved, but still needs a lot a work from their people and their government. The war on the drug cartels and the FARC guerrilla (Terrorist group that uses profits from the drug trade to wage war to the democratic government of Colombia) still is a long way from being won.
The situation in neighboring Venezuela is a lot different than Colombia and is getting more similar to the communist government of Cuba. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is implementing a socialist government to the people of Venezuela and as his power, corruption and political manipulation continues, he is getting closer to realizing his goal. The opposition parties are weak, but they are fighting hard to stop the implementation of a totalitarian communist government. This past November they had local government elections and the opposition was able to gain some ground. They are struggling and they are in need of our help.
Last year Hugo Chavez closed the most popular television station, Radio Caracas TV and then he tried to change the constitution by implementing new laws. One of these laws was for him to have the opportunity to be reelected for life (like his mentor Fidel Castro). The opposition and the party of the president (PSUV) went to a referendum, upon which the opposition was able to win. This stopped Chavez from achieving his goal. This weekend once again, President Chavez is proposing to amend the constitution, and he wants it changed to allow his infinite reelection in order to stay in power for life.
America is the land of the free, and as free citizens I ask my fellow Americans to help the people of Venezuela to stop the next dictator in South America. How? Petroleos of Venezuela (PDVZ) is the national company of the exploration and extraction of the petroleum in Venezuela. This company is controlled by the Venezuelan government and Hugo Chavez is using the resources of the country for his own political strategy (spread of socialist ideas and revolutionary causes in South America, as he has been giving aid to the FARC in Colombia). Petroleos of Venezuela has a subsidiary company in the United States that is Citgo (http://www.citgo.com). Citgo is own by PDV America Inc. and is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Petroleos of Venezuela. The service stations are privately owned, but the petroleum product that they dispense is owned by Petroleos of Venezuela. I don’t ask you to stop going for coffee, candy, soda or any other needs at these service stations. The aim is to stop the flow of money that President Hugo Chavez is receiving from us citizens of the land of the free by refusing to buy his gas. We can spread freedom by fighting for that freedom. Freedom for only us is not enough; we need to spread that freedom, and the philosophy that helped our founding fathers to achieve it. That will be the ultimate freedom for Americans.
I follow the political situation in South America. My mother, uncles, cousins and other relatives live in Colombia. The situation in Colombia has improved, but still needs a lot a work from their people and their government. The war on the drug cartels and the FARC guerrilla (Terrorist group that uses profits from the drug trade to wage war to the democratic government of Colombia) still is a long way from being won.
The situation in neighboring Venezuela is a lot different than Colombia and is getting more similar to the communist government of Cuba. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is implementing a socialist government to the people of Venezuela and as his power, corruption and political manipulation continues, he is getting closer to realizing his goal. The opposition parties are weak, but they are fighting hard to stop the implementation of a totalitarian communist government. This past November they had local government elections and the opposition was able to gain some ground. They are struggling and they are in need of our help.
Last year Hugo Chavez closed the most popular television station, Radio Caracas TV and then he tried to change the constitution by implementing new laws. One of these laws was for him to have the opportunity to be reelected for life (like his mentor Fidel Castro). The opposition and the party of the president (PSUV) went to a referendum, upon which the opposition was able to win. This stopped Chavez from achieving his goal. This weekend once again, President Chavez is proposing to amend the constitution, and he wants it changed to allow his infinite reelection in order to stay in power for life.
America is the land of the free, and as free citizens I ask my fellow Americans to help the people of Venezuela to stop the next dictator in South America. How? Petroleos of Venezuela (PDVZ) is the national company of the exploration and extraction of the petroleum in Venezuela. This company is controlled by the Venezuelan government and Hugo Chavez is using the resources of the country for his own political strategy (spread of socialist ideas and revolutionary causes in South America, as he has been giving aid to the FARC in Colombia). Petroleos of Venezuela has a subsidiary company in the United States that is Citgo (http://www.citgo.com). Citgo is own by PDV America Inc. and is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Petroleos of Venezuela. The service stations are privately owned, but the petroleum product that they dispense is owned by Petroleos of Venezuela. I don’t ask you to stop going for coffee, candy, soda or any other needs at these service stations. The aim is to stop the flow of money that President Hugo Chavez is receiving from us citizens of the land of the free by refusing to buy his gas. We can spread freedom by fighting for that freedom. Freedom for only us is not enough; we need to spread that freedom, and the philosophy that helped our founding fathers to achieve it. That will be the ultimate freedom for Americans.
Tags: CITGO, Chavez, Colombia, Cuba, Hugo, Venezuela, boycott, communism, freedom, socialism
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Permalink Reply by O. P. Ditch on -
I'm with on the "Hugo gas" thing. I stopped buying from Citgo many months ago. I wonder why the Main Stream Media doesn't talk about this more? I think there is a Kennedy involved with supporting them because of Hugo sending check heating oil to the poor in New England. That's like taking a handout from the Devil.
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Permalink Reply by Eric on -
I stopped buying gas from Citgo 2 years ago when it was brought to my attention Chavez was making money. I spent a couple weeks in Venezuela back in 1990 and remember the army guards patrolling the streets of Caracas just blocks from the Hilton (this was before Chavez.) I remember taking a flight to Merida and speaking with a local sitting next to me. When I metioned the guards and what the political situation was like he told me to keep my voice down. Chavez didn't get elected overnight and something was brewing for years before him. The best thing to do is recognize the signs and prevent a dictator like him in the first place. We, as freedom loving Americans, need to support democracy where ever it's cry is heard. What else can be done?
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Permalink Reply by Tito Munoz on -
Thank you Eric for your relaying your experience. We need to educate Americans of the danger that Chavez poses to our national security. Chavez is talking to the Russian government about developing a nuclear reactor in Venezuela. Does this sound similar to the situation in Iran?
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Permalink Reply by Sandy Cope on -
Tito- My husband and I stopped buying Citgo gas a few years ago, as another poster has mentioned. I had also heard that it was giving money to Chavez, and that was before he had taken over the oil companies in his country, as well as the diamond mines which I read about recently. It was before he closed down their media and even before he decided he was going to be President for life. Honest elections- pooooohhh. What else can we do Tito? Wish there could be more daring rescues such as the one that freed the french woman and others a few months ago in Columbia, I believe. Chavez is the devil on earth.
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Permalink Reply by Tito Munoz on
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We need to stay focused on our own concerns now (financial crisis) while still keeping a vigilent eye on Chavez. He could definitely make Venezuela the next Iran and he poses great threat to this hemisphere. One thing we need is our own fuel source development here, so we are not reliant "on other countries who don't like us very much." It's a matter of national security and economics for us. Inform your friends and we should all stay on top of our Senators and Congressmen on this crucial issue. Make sure your friends know what the Citgo brand is and where that money goes, into the pockets of the menace Chavez.
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Permalink Reply by Sandy Cope on
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Drill here, drill now, pay less!
Tito Munoz said:We need to stay focused on our own concerns now (financial crisis) while still keeping a vigilent eye on Chavez. He could definitely make Venezuela the next Iran and he poses great threat to this hemisphere. One thing we need is our own fuel source development here, so we are not reliant "on other countries who don't like us very much." It's a matter of national security and economics for us. Inform your friends and we should all stay on top of our Senators and Congressmen on this crucial issue. Make sure your friends know what the Citgo brand is and where that money goes, into the pockets of the menace Chavez.
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Permalink Reply by Eric on
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Speaking of Liberty and fair elections, what are we Republicans doing or can do about the plethera of election fraud that happened this year. As Republicans we need to at least make sure we have equal representation at ALL polling places. Second, we need to punish perpetrators of election fraud. I am particularly bothered by students living in Blue States re-registering in Red states to sway the election. Students voting Virginia as well as voting in their home states should be expelled form Virginia Universities for breaking the honor code. Any thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by Will on -
I agree with you. If you cheat the system there should be consequences. I also think the government needs to look into government funded organizations like ACORN as well
Eric said:Speaking of Liberty and fair elections, what are we Republicans doing or can do about the plethera of election fraud that happened this year. As Republicans we need to at least make sure we have equal representation at ALL polling places. Second, we need to punish perpetrators of election fraud. I am particularly bothered by students living in Blue States re-registering in Red states to sway the election. Students voting Virginia as well as voting in their home states should be expelled form Virginia Universities for breaking the honor code. Any thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by Sandy Cope on
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Eric- I heard that the college voter problems happened in many states, do we have any proof that some VA College voters in fact voted in home states, and then again in their College state? This has potential to be a major problem, if it wasn't already in this years election. Is it a problem with Voting Registrars not having the staff or resources to check the out of state voters in particular? I understand that in Fla., where so many go for the winter, did the same thing. They sent absentee ballots to vote in their home state, and also voted in Fla. I have no proof, just what I read. How can the Republican Party stop this?
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Permalink Reply by Mark Collins on -
It is Joseph Kennedy who runs commercials in my native New England touting his Oil From Venezuela program. It's just another way that the Kennedy's continue to stay in power. Ever since FDR and probably before, Republicans and Democrats alike have sought to "buy" votes. Kennedy arranges free or low cost oil for poor families in New England. Last year he ran an ad featuring a family whos father had suffered a major heart attack and could not work. The daughter, featured in the commercial, was bald and clearly a cancer patient. The commercial emphasized how low cost oil from Venezuela helped this family heat their trailer. It is a dispicable and tragic abuse of the public trust and needs to be stopped. In the most recent presidential election Barack Obama all but promised low income Americans a payout of thousands of dollars if they voted for him. How can we expect our elections to be honest when this is allowed to go on. The Blogo scandal really is small potatoes when you consider that most public offices are up for sail to the politician who will take my money to pay off the most constituents. I suppose I rather him take my money than Chavez'.
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