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Buy CitgoSubmitted by BeyondLeft on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 13:46.
If you're still burning al-Qaeda Juice in your Flivver, do yourself a favor and ONLY buy Citgo Gasoline. Citgo again this year is helping poor New Englanders with Heating Fuel discounts. Citgo is owned by Venezuela, with refineries in texas. Friday, Exxon-Mobil filed a lawsuit in some court to freeze Venezuela's assets in this country. With the Political and Monetary clout that Exxon wields, this Kangaroo Court sided with them and froze $12 billion. Venezuela responded by cutting off Exxon-Mobil from their Oil sales. So let's think this through. A multi-national Corporation (the same corporation that convinced Darth Cheney to commit our troops to the former Nation of Iraq), in a Captitalist Nation is suing a Socialist Nation for the Socialist Nation's resources. How does that make sense? When Hugo Nationalized their Oil, how does it matter what a Capitalist thinks, since the Nation is Socialist (Democratic Socialist i.e.)? How will this affect you and I? The price at the pump will go up. But only at Exxon stations, right? Wrong! They all look out for each other, and all will follow lead. So how and why does our Judicial System have any reason at all to consider this case? Didn't W say that he's against frivolous lawsuits? So, if it's one of his buddies, the lawsuit is not frivolous. Corporations hi-jacked the Constitution back in the 1880's alluding to the 14th amendment. They achieved the legal fiction of Corporate Personhood. Maybe it's time Obama offer to amend the 14th amendment. Merely add Section 6 "Corporations are NOT People, and therefore are not protected by the US Contitution." In Today's environment, I'd think this amendment would pass with huge public support. |
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Mind you, I think that Hugo Chavez, is probably an A-1 A-Hole, hard to get along with, and a loud mouth, but ...
Do you see the pattern of spin here? Can't wait to hear Condoleeza's spin on how we need to set things straight with Venezuela, probably bubbling out of her mouth by early next week. Cheney will start beating his War Drums within a month.
I too, think Chavez is an big a-hole but I have to admire his testicular fortitude for standing up to the US and Exxon. We have no right to think all the worlds oil reserves should be under our control.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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