Comments on: Citgo Halts Heating Oil Donations To Poor

Program To Provide Heat To 400,000 U.S. Households Suspended By Venezuelan-Controlled Company

[timothyone-2009]

Chavez is socialism, and socialism is an attempt at a fair and comprehensive distribution of a nation''s wealth, which is necessary if everyone in that nation is to have the opportunity to succeed. Capitalism is dog eat dog and let the poor and their children rot in the streets. (As long as they don''t block traffic or stink too much before the street sweepers drags them off to the glue factory.

[hitoyou11]

Citgo is only going to make 50B in 2009 not 52B they made in 2008. Everyone cry for them. The no good crooks. Talk about some people that need to be in JAIL.

[debinok1]

The rest of Americans don''''t get a check each year from oil companies so why should you?

Posted by d7767w
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Anyone who owns the mineral rights to their property has the opportunity to lease those rights to an oil or natural gas company and receive a royalty check. That goes for anywhere in the U.S. as long as you dont mind having a oil or natural gas derrick in your yard and having the workers tramp through your property at any time of day or night. Those royalty checks come with drawbacks.

[excoachken]

Once again, Big Oil comes through in the clutch.

[shanev137]

Chavez... we need nothing he has and I hope he strangles on his own oil...

Posted by usedeqbroker at 05:17 PM : Jan 05, 2009

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I highly doubt that anyone who used his 100 million barrels of free heating oil here in the US would agree with you.

[joncmac-2009]

While bad news on program ending, for those who still need help, I found this site which gave some ways and programs that give people aid and help save on heating and utility bills. Help is provided both from the gov''t and utility companies themselves. Also, find help for other bills, such as mortgage and credit cards. Also, find ways to get help with other bills, including mortgage. http://needhelppayingbills.com/html/need_help_with_electric_bills.html

[mrahaman-2009]

Venezuela owns CITGO and yes Chavez controls it, so what? Our Govt can send $10 billion a year as welfare to Israel who continues to occupy Palestine and is now killing hundreds of Palestinians (Show me who Chavez killed) but we cannot even help our own people here. Remember a hurricane called Katrina? Don''t blame Chavez... Blame our Govt for spending hundreds of Billions of Dollars on an Illegal war, whiel people here in USofA go hungry and have no heat.

[nomealaska]

It''s great up here in Alaska. You can have your "warm weather", state taxes, traffic, and electronic gadgets! We do get revenue from investments from our oil industry, so what? Our girls may not wear bikinis, but they kick *** (all but Sarah...anyway)!

[usedeqbroker]

Chavez... we need nothing he has and I hope he strangles on his own oil...

[toolmangler-2009]

oh yes...sis I mention that it`s WARM down here?
Posted by DaVicar3 at 04:33 PM : Jan 05, 2009



H3ll is a very warm place I hear. ;)

[walt1944-2009]

In an effort to keep ALL of its PROFITS onto itself, Citgo has announced it will no longer "donate" heating oil to 400,000 poor homes in the USSA.

The company, which is owned by Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, has decided that exercising the rare attribute of "charity" is making it unable to pay its corporate executives the high pay and bonuses they have grown used to over the past 8 years.

Even Hugo Chavez'' government has been forced to cut back, being unable to provide the visiting Russian military with the vodka and caviar they are used to.

SIG HEIL, I''LL SHOW HIM TO CALL ME "EL DIABLO"!!!, BUSH!!!

[hatesthecolt]

zoe-2009, I was being facetious. I agree that Bush has done nothing for the poor except run them into the ground or try to foist it off not private charitable institutions.

[hatesthecolt]

zoe-2009, I was being facetious. I agree that Bush has done nothing for the poor except run them into the ground or try to foist it off not private charitable institutions.

[hatesthecolt]

Indifferent to Chevez & Citgo, its the poor that gets hurt and have to suffer. The Bush administration has done absolutely nothing to help or provide for the poor and elderly -


Posted by zoe-2009

Didn''t you get the memo? These people are supposed to be pulling themselves up by their own bootstraps or looking to "faith based charities" (apparently meaning pray for help and if none is forthcoming, you probably weren''t "Christian" enough to earn it). In any event, no fair asking Uncle Sam for help; we rich people''s taxes are already too high!

[nomealaska]

I pay almost $6/gallon for heating oil, and many residents of rural Alaska pay over $9/gallon. The CITGO program really helped our area out last year. I am not a freeloader, and resent that stupid remark. We are still paying $4.99 for gasoline, and this is the price we pay until next summer. You enjoy all of your cheap gas down there...

If Chavez really is so bad, then take his oil for free and make him poor. Ya never watched "Trading Places"?

[whitemale08]

This is bad news for American families.

For years we''ve allowed neocons and junkyard dogs like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh demonize countries like Venezuela.

Venezuela is probably one of the richest countries with natural resources in the western hemisphere.

We''ve squandered our wealth, and restricted the use of our own natural resources for the sake of ''globalization'' and the British Financial Empire which is collapsing.

Now the U.S. will have to go back to the status as an ''emerging-market'' or ''developing country'' unless we decide on a new Bretton Woods treaty of fixed-exchange-rates.

That will allow all nations to develop on their own with their own ''national-self-interest'' to keep their own culture and dignity in tact.

No more of this British/English only influence around the world where countries are exploited in exchange for worthless paper Federal Reserve Notes.

If we continue to pretend that ''we are rich'' and the rest of the world is ''poor'' then we will continue to learn as this article is showing, that these countries can stop sending us aid, stop funding our debt and leave us to rot and detiorate back to the stone age.

It''s our choice America, let''s pull our collective heads out from between our butt cheeks and do the right thing.

[Theroux]

I go out of my way to buy Citgo gas! Once again it''s all about the United States attempting to smash govenments like Venezuela and Cuba (those evil Socialists), while we prop up countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia and yes even Israel while turing a blind eye to the injustice that is happening. People wake up, Socialism is NOT the same as communism! Look up the definition - read a little history for yourself!

[gramto8]

Mitch,
That makes a lot of sense.... NOT! Why boycott someone who has helped so many of our country, especially when our own so-called president has sold us out to big oil and other rich folks? Let me guess, you voted for Dubya both times, didn''t you? That is why you don''t want Citgo to help any of our fellow countrymen/women.

Boycot Citgo.....I am. Actually I have been boycotting Citgo since I found out they get their gas from that low life Chavez.....