You have to wonder sometimes who comes up with the stuff in the news these days when it comes to Hugo Chávez.
The October 21 issue of Parade Magazine dismissed the perception that Venezuela under the leadership of Chávez is all that bad.
“Instead, trade between the two [United States and Venezuela] is soaring, with our exports tripling between 2003 and 2006,” Parade said. “Car sales to Venezuela grew from $9.3 million to $323.9 million, where exports of computers and related accessories rose more than 400% and organic chemicals increased 800%.”
If trade between the United States and Venezuela is so wonderful, why are there so many economic issues plaguing the Chávez socialist regime? Why are many Venezuelans fleeing the country and inflation rising at an incredible 18 percent per year?
Parade also pointed out how much U.S. oil comes from Chávez’s nation: “During the same period [from 2003 to 2006], U.S. imports from Venezuela more than doubled, fueled by the purchase of more than $27 billion of crude oil in 2006.”
However, the article missed the central point – the dollar amount of oil imports has increased because the price of oil has increased. But according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the amount of oil imported from Chávez’s socialist nation has decreased – from 569 million barrels of oil in 2005 to 518 million barrels in 2006. The United States is on pace to import 494 million for 2007.
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Let's see ...If you ask
October 22, 2007 - 13:05 ET by drillanwrLet's see ...
If you ask in Hollywood and certain offices of certain democrat congress members and a media hungry mother who uses the death of her military son as an attention grabber ... Friend
If you ask Venez. folks standing in line for empty grocery store shelves, unplanted farm fields, and in more sane and reasonable parts of the US (especially certain areas of Fla. where Cubans who remember/experienced Castro/Che live) ... FOE.
Is Parade really still
October 22, 2007 - 13:06 ET by Chris NormanIs Parade really still around? I suppose it's needed as a place to advertise diet supplements and tacky merchandise.
Makes good mullet wrap.
October 22, 2007 - 13:11 ET by ricklailMakes good mullet wrap.
Southern by birth, Tarheel by the grace of God!
Rick
October 22, 2007 - 13:17 ET byis that how you frost the tips?
"The more I study science, the more I believe in God." Einstein
Communist Presstitutes...
October 22, 2007 - 13:20 ET by RonCThey just can't help themselves - always looking the loon, the incredibly dumb-ass - trying to find some reason why Castro and his buddy Chávez should be acceptable to Americans.
They should be expelled - dumped on a beach in Venezuela, with their US citizenship revolked.
I refuse to get gas at
October 22, 2007 - 13:23 ET by paperheadI refuse to get gas at Citgo. If I ran out of gas in front of a Citgo station, I would walk two miles to another gas station rather than give that worthless excuse of a human a dime.
Friend...if you write for or
October 22, 2007 - 13:50 ET by fitzfongFriend...if you write for or subscribe to Parade.
However, the article missed
October 22, 2007 - 15:10 ET by BeowulfHowever, the article missed the central point – the dollar amount of oil imports has increased because the price of oil has increased. But according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the amount of oil imported from Chávez’s socialist nation has decreased – from 569 million barrels of oil in 2005 to 518 million barrels in 2006. The United States is on pace to import 494 million for 2007.
Here we go again. Confusing a simple issue with those pesky "facts"... Hugo is our friend because media such as Parade SAYS he is... Just like Fi-del and Imadinnerjacket, if we're nice to him, he'll be nice to us. Why is it so hard for all of you in the VRWC to understand simple human nature??? <sarc off>
The Closed Mind Erects Strong Barriers
Mass opposition to Chavez
October 22, 2007 - 19:02 ET by Gary HallThis is a picture from Oct, 2006; showing mass oppositon to Chavez. While the BBC was fair enough to show the other side - the US media looked the other way. I'm going to have to guess that there is at least a million folks here - this isa wide avenue - and it goes on for miles. Perhaps Parade did not know??
Wow! For a second I thought
October 22, 2007 - 20:37 ET by drillanwrWow!
For a second I thought that was a picture of the Gay Pride Parade in Tehran ...
I can come up with equally
October 22, 2007 - 20:44 ET by MikeBI can come up with equally intelligent questions with no problem:
The Pope: Protestant or Catholic?
Bears: Indoor toilets or the woods?
Hillary: Firm in her convictions or flip-flop panderer?
Parade Magazine: Serious journalism or lower than Weekly World News?
Y'all feel free to add to the list.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
How about...
October 22, 2007 - 22:55 ET by Army Brat"Fire...Hot or cold?" Or "Death...good or bad?"
Happy Trails...
There is absolutely no
October 23, 2007 - 04:48 ET by AlgerHissThere is absolutely no way... no way... those letters in Parade Magazine could possibly be real.
I mean, I am supposed to believe there is actually someone in the world stupid enough to write to Parade and ask questions akin to... "Is nuclear fusion really all that difficult to understand?" or "Do you think we will ever catch bin Laden?".
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