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stephanie
02-12-2007, 02:58 PM
The Kennedys are some very disgusting people...They never met a communist they didn't love...:boom2:

Monday, February 12, 2007

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WASHINGTON — A Florida congressman ripped into former Rep. Joe Kennedy for airing television commercials promoting his Citizens Energy Corp. that heap praise on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, "a sworn enemy of the United States."

In the ad, Kennedy, founder and president of Citizens Energy Corp., a nonprofit energy company, lauds Venezuela and Citgo, a Houston-based oil company owned by the Chavez government, for contributing heating oil to low income senior citizens.

"I am Joe Kennedy. Help is on the way. Heating oil at 40 percent off from our friends in Venezuela at Citgo," Kennedy says in the commercial.

Click here to watch the Citizens Energy Corp. commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNE0os3f3VY

In a letter dated Monday, Rep. Connie Mack wrote to Kennedy: "Venezuela's Communist President Hugo Chavez is a sworn enemy of the United States. That is why there is absolutely no excuse for you to be praising him in television commercials and media interviews for any reason whatsoever."


Mack's letter continues: "While you have gone out of your way to publicly praise Hugo Chavez, he's gone out of his way to crush the hopes and dreams of the Venezuelan people and to destabilize freedom, democracy, and the United States interests throughout the Western Hemisphere."

Click here to read the letter.

Watch Mack on FOX News’ Your World With Neil Cavuto today at 4 p.m. EST.

Mack said the partnership is not providing discount oil, but allowing Chavez a venue to "exploit his apologists in the name of public relations. Sadly, you have chosen to actively participate in his charade, even as he continues to attack the United States, our leaders, and freedom-loving people everywhere."

Last year, Chavez, who has nationalized many of the country's industries and was given carte blanche last month by the country's Congress to rule by diktat over the next 18 months, stood at the dais during the United Nations General Assembly opening session and called President Bush 'the devil.'

"The devil came here yesterday," Chavez said, gesturing to where Bush had stood during his speech a day earlier. "He came here talking as if he were the owner of the world."

Earlier this year, Chavez, who is closely tied to Cuba's Fidel Castro and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, complained about the United States raising concerns over the decision to allow Chavez to rule by decree. "Go to Hell, gringos" was his response.

While gasoline in Venezuela costs about 12 cents a gallon because of government subsidies, Chavez has also made the effort to win over American fans by offering cheap heating oil through Kennedy's company. Citizens Energy Corp. did not respond to requests for comment.

The Citizens Energy Oil Heath Program, established in 1979, delivers oil to homes around the United States. Last fall, the company announced it was partnering with Citgo Petroleum to allow families to purchase one-time deliveries of up to 200 gallons of home heating oil at a 40 percent discount.

Citgo's heating oil program operates in Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin and the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Citgo also provides discount oil directly to 163 Native American tribes in the states of Alaska, Maine, Minnesota and New York, the company says.

Citizens Web site promotes the program as a tool to aid the poor and elderly.

"This unique program helps protect needy families from volatile heating oil prices, which often leave households having to choose between heating the home and paying for other life essentials, such as food, health care, or clothing," according to Citizens' Web site.

Last fall, however, one Alaskan tribe, the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, refused to accept the fuel aid, saying it would rather freeze than accept Chavez' aid after his tirade at the United Nations.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251484,00.html

Gaffer
02-12-2007, 03:43 PM
A kennedy catering to communists, who would have thought? They all support communism. It's great for the little people. As long as the kennedy's are at the top of the communist pyramid.

Birdzeye
02-12-2007, 04:58 PM
I watched the ad but didn't see any praises for Chavez, just a reference to "our friends in Venezuela." Pffft.

stephanie
02-12-2007, 05:16 PM
What's that saying...

With friends like that, who needs enemies???

:alcoholic:

Birdzeye
02-12-2007, 05:29 PM
I expect people not to be happy about what Joe Kennedy's doing, but they don't do their credibility any favors when they misrepresent the story.

Nowhere in the ad does Joe praise Chavez.

As for the people eligible for the discounted oil, would you rather they shiver?

Abbey Marie
02-12-2007, 05:31 PM
I expect people not to be happy about what Joe Kennedy's doing, but they don't do their credibility any favors when they misrepresent the story.

Nowhere in the ad does Joe praise Chavez.

As for the people eligible for the discounted oil, would you rather they shiver?

These people were willing to, and I am sure they have much lower temps to deal with:

"Last fall, however, one Alaskan tribe, the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, refused to accept the fuel aid, saying it would rather freeze than accept Chavez' aid after his tirade at the United Nations."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251484,00.html

5stringJeff
02-12-2007, 05:32 PM
I watched the ad but didn't see any praises for Chavez, just a reference to "our friends in Venezuela." Pffft.

Chavez runs Venezuela. Therefore, he was indirectly referring to Chavez (an avowed anti-American and socialist) as a "friend."

Abbey Marie
02-12-2007, 05:46 PM
Chavez runs Venezuela. Therefore, he was indirectly referring to Chavez (an avowed anti-American and socialist) as a "friend."

I was trying to think of a way of phrasing just that. You did it well!

trobinett
02-12-2007, 08:28 PM
I expect people not to be happy about what Joe Kennedy's doing, but they don't do their credibility any favors when they misrepresent the story.

Nowhere in the ad does Joe praise Chavez.

As for the people eligible for the discounted oil, would you rather they shiver?

Certainly not Birdzeye.

There are MANY programs in place, and money available, to fund utility problems for the disadvantaged.

Our citizens certainly DON'T need to rely on the generosity of Venezuela, and certainly not their communist leader.

Birdzeye
02-12-2007, 08:32 PM
Sorry, I think that when language is vague (which it often is, quite deliberately), the most prudent thing to do is not to appear to read anything into it. I've been embarrassed by doing exactly that at times.

And frankly, it really isn't necessary. Chavez is such a megalomaniac who is making a royal mess of Venezuela. You really don't need to read into some ad some "praise" that isn't obvious to validate your disdain for the man, and I'm certainly not going to try to convince you that Chavez is really an upstanding guy.

As for the Aleutians who have turned down the Venezuelan oil, that's their decision and I'll respect it. I just don't expect others to shiver because the only affordable heating oil comes from Venezuela.

trobinett
02-12-2007, 08:39 PM
Sorry, I think that when language is vague (which it often is, quite deliberately), the most prudent thing to do is not to appear to read anything into it. I've been embarrassed by doing exactly that at times.

And frankly, it really isn't necessary. Chavez is such a megalomaniac who is making a royal mess of Venezuela. You really don't need to read into some ad some "praise" that isn't obvious to validate your disdain for the man, and I'm certainly not going to try to convince you that Chavez is really an upstanding guy.

As for the Aleutians who have turned down the Venezuelan oil, that's their decision and I'll respect it. I just don't expect others to shiver because the only affordable heating oil comes from Venezuela.

I think you missed my point.

Nothing is FREE, how bout that?

As to being affordable, well, thats yet to be determined.

Birdzeye
02-12-2007, 10:25 PM
Well, this Venezuelan oil is not free for the low income folks who are eligible. It's just at a lower cost that they may be able to afford.

MtnBiker
02-12-2007, 10:28 PM
Perhaps Chavez should put more effort into improving the shanty towns in Venezuela then an obvious political maneuver involving usefull idiots in the USA.

Birdzeye
02-13-2007, 11:21 AM
Perhaps Chavez should put more effort into improving the shanty towns in Venezuela then an obvious political maneuver involving usefull idiots in the USA.


Agreed. And maybe the people in this country who are so horrified that people will take Chavez's offer of lower-cost oil (I think we all realize that this is a cynical political ploy on his part) will find a way to keep these people warm without having to take Venezuelan oil.

5stringJeff
02-13-2007, 11:30 AM
Agreed. And maybe the people in this country who are so horrified that people will take Chavez's offer of lower-cost oil (I think we all realize that this is a cynical political ploy on his part) will find a way to keep these people warm without having to take Venezuelan oil.

How about letting them get jobs to pay for electricity/heating oil?

Nah, too easy... :)

MtnBiker
02-13-2007, 09:58 PM
How about letting them get jobs to pay for electricity/heating oil?

Nah, too easy... :)

Or allow us to extract our own natural resources rather than import them from the likes of Chavez.

MtnBiker
02-13-2007, 10:01 PM
Agreed. And maybe the people in this country who are so horrified that people will take Chavez's offer of lower-cost oil (I think we all realize that this is a cynical political ploy on his part) will find a way to keep these people warm without having to take Venezuelan oil.

I saw a sensationalized commerical product aimed at tugging emotional heart strings, what was missing was actually infromation on the number of people in the need of utility assistance and why.