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Swami said:
Pat Robertson's comment was merely a test shot fired to see how America reacts.

Bush & Co. have had Venezuelan oil in their sites for a long time. I expect a full-blown demonization of Chavez to be put in gear before the year's end to pave the way for yet another "democratization".

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Chavez offers cheap gas to poor in U.S.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005; Posted: 7:29 p.m. EDT (23:29 GMT)

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, popular with the poor at home, offered on Tuesday to help needy Americans with cheap supplies of gasoline.

"We want to sell gasoline and heating fuel directly to poor communities in the United States," the populist leader told reporters at the end of a visit to Communist-run Cuba.

Chavez did not say how Venezuela would go about providing gasoline to poor communities. Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA owns Citgo, which has 14,000 gas stations in the United States.

The offer may sound attractive to Americans feeling pinched by soaring prices at the pump but not to the U.S. government, which sees Chavez as a left-wing troublemaker in Latin America.

Gasoline is cheaper than mineral water in oil-producing Venezuela, where consumers can fill their tanks for less than $2. Average gas prices have risen to $2.61 a gallon in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Chavez said Venezuela could supply gasoline to Americans at half the price they now pay if intermediaries who "speculated ... and exploited consumers" were cut out.

Venezuela supplies Cuba with generously financed oil and plans to help Caribbean nations foot their oil bills.

Chavez, in Cuba to attend the graduation of Cuban-trained doctors from 28 countries, was seen off at the airport by Cuban President Fidel Castro. Washington has accused the two leaders of being a destabilizing influence in South America.

Chavez and Castro offered to give poor Americans free health care and train doctors free of charge.

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MagicalMystery said:
If you'd like to make an offical proclamation of your prediction, we can see how it stands up to the test of time. Others have noted that some of your claims and predictions haven't happened. I'm not agreeing with them, but I think that if you make a specific prediction, we'll be able to see how they turn out.

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MagicalMystery said:
If you'd like to make an offical proclamation of your prediction, we can see how it stands up to the test of time. Others have noted that some of your claims and predictions haven't happened. I'm not agreeing with them, but I think that if you make a specific prediction, we'll be able to see how they turn out.

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And bet on them.

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Bush invades Venezuela. 1,000,000,000 - 1

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Swami said:
My prediction was "official" (whatever that means) and specific. Chavez will be publicly demonized by Bush and the RW media many times before the end of the year.

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