chavez thinks about shutting down small gourmet chocolate

[yavoon]

maker

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1915776/'Willy-Wonka'-Willie-Harcourt-Cooze-faces-closure-threat-from-Hugo-Chavez.html

"A self-styled British "Willie Wonka", whose gourmet Venezuelan chocolate has become an international success story, has upset the delicate taste buds of the country's socialist president."

"Nationalisations and expropriations have become commonplace. The first casualty was the oil industry, the motor of the economy, with Venezuela sitting astride some of the greatest proven oil reserves outside of the Middle East. Multinational companies found their contracts torn up and new conditions imposed by the Venezuelan leader.

Mr Harcourt-Cooze is the not the first Briton to find his assets under threat in Venezuela. In 2005, the Vestey Group, headed by Lord Vestey, saw one of its estates, Hato El Charcote, in the central Cojedes province, seized by the government.

The Venezuelan authorities justified the expropriation by saying that the 13,000-hectare estate was not fully productive.

However, more than half of the land had already been occupied by squatters, ardent supporters of the president, who now legally occupy much of the estate."

as the insanity spirals itself into increasingly banal pettiness. it doesn't get much funnier than watching socialism in action. he needs to add a few more price caps.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

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[Rohirrim]

If Chavez wants to see where he's headed, he need look no further than Zimbabwe.

[DBruleU]

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You're pathetic...

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

You're pathetic...

Says the unrepentant supporter of the sociopath who lied those men into their graves.

That's pathetic.

[baja]

Says the unrepentant supporter of the sociopath who lied those men into their graves.

That's pathetic.

I wonder how many years it will take for all to see what was obvious to the few from the beginning?

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

I wonder how many years it will take for all to see what was obvious to the few from the beginning?

There are none so blind as those who will not see, eh?

[Bronco Bob]

There are none so blind as those who will not see, eh?

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Behold the great and powerful Chavez.

[jhat01]

I wonder how many years it will take for all to see what was obvious to the few from the beginning?

I bask in the glory that be you baja. You're a genius, and I'm humbled to read your words. Once a condescending prick, always a condescending prick...

[Spider]

and this effects me how ?

[W*GS]

LABF just can't resist deflecting from Chavez...

LABF, you're one pathetic, obsessed, hateful little ****er.

[Bronco Bob]

LABF just can't resist deflecting from Chavez...

LABF, you're one pathetic, obsessed, hateful little ****er.

But the bigger question is what with high gasoline prices, high food prices,
people losing their homes in this country because of the mortgage mess,
American soldiers still dying in Iraq - why should we care about Chavez
and a chocolate factory?
Which is the real deflection.
It's not like our own government has never confiscated someone's
property here in this country "for the greater good." through eminent domain.

[Spider]

well with W*GS , Yavbitch , and some of the other dingbats posting here , it is much easier to point out what Chavez does , instead of worrying what in the **** is going on in their back yard ........ Denial .......

[kappys]

The people of Venezuela seem to support him though. Last I heard the goverment there had the highest approval rating of any latin American nation, and much higher than the US.

[Bronco Jamus]

I work with a guy that is from Venezuela and he says Chavez is crazy.

[kappys]

I work with a guy that is from Venezuela and he says Chavez is crazy.

Many do. Predictably his support is coming from the poor, who have been so disenfranchised by elites in Venezuela that they will support populist candidates heavilty since those are the only ones who have done anything for them politically and economically. That's not to say that this won't turn out to be a disaster, it certainly might. I find it difficult, however, to get any sort of objective reporting. Most of the stories I hear of seem to have a very heavy anti-Chavez bias built into them, so I don't really have any idea what's going on in that country.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

But the bigger question is what with high gasoline prices, high food prices,
people losing their homes in this country because of the mortgage mess,
American soldiers still dying in Iraq - why should we care about Chavez
and a chocolate factory?
Which is the real deflection.
It's not like our own government has never confiscated someone's
property here in this country "for the greater good." through eminent domain.

Ding ding ding! :yep:

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[Bronco Jamus]

But the bigger question is what with high gasoline prices, high food prices,
people losing their homes in this country because of the mortgage mess,
American soldiers still dying in Iraq - why should we care about Chavez
and a chocolate factory?
Which is the real deflection.
It's not like our own government has never confiscated someone's
property here in this country "for the greater good." through eminent domain.

We import most of our oil from there. That's why its a big deal. Not to mention that Chavez tries to blame is failures on us. He's destroying his country and trying to blame it on us. They have a massive food shortage there, and before long he'll have to answer for that.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="650"><tbody><tr><th colspan="6" class="links_normal" align="center">"Most" of our oil?


Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)</th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th class="links_normal" align="left">Country</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">Mar-08</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">Feb-08</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">YTD 2008</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">Mar-07</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">YTD 2007</th> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"><td colspan="6"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">CANADA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,727</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,920</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,863</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,780</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,825</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">SAUDI ARABIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,535</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,614</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,541</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,216</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,325</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">MEXICO</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,232</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,231</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,220</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,621</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,475</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">NIGERIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,138</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">982</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,097</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,290</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,156</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">VENEZUELA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">858</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">945</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">980</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,036</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,033</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">IRAQ</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">773</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">780</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">697</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">523</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">464</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">ANGOLA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">375</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">341</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">429</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">696</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">570</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">ALGERIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">232</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">191</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">264</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">501</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">484</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">ECUADOR</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">231</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">169</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">217</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">191</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">214</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">BRAZIL</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">188</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">169</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">175</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">209</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">174</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">KUWAIT</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">178</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">261</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">225</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">288</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">208</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">COLOMBIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">120</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">220</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">169</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">108</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">107</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">RUSSIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">108</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">80</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">68</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">193</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">92</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">CHAD</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">101</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">89</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">103</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">66</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">74</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">UNITED KINGDOM</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">95</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">60</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">80</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">77</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">90</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Bronco Jamus]

<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="650"><tbody><tr><th colspan="6" class="links_normal" align="center">"Most" of our oil?


Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)</th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th class="links_normal" align="left">Country</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">Mar-08</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">Feb-08</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">YTD 2008</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">Mar-07</th> <th class="links_normal" align="right">YTD 2007</th> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"><td colspan="6"><hr></td></tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">CANADA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,727</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,920</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,863</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,780</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,825</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">SAUDI ARABIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,535</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,614</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,541</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,216</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,325</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">MEXICO</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,232</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,231</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,220</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,621</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,475</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">NIGERIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,138</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">982</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,097</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,290</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,156</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">VENEZUELA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">858</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">945</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">980</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,036</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">1,033</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">IRAQ</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">773</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">780</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">697</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">523</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">464</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">ANGOLA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">375</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">341</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">429</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">696</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">570</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">ALGERIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">232</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">191</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">264</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">501</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">484</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">ECUADOR</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">231</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">169</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">217</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">191</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">214</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">BRAZIL</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">188</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">169</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">175</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">209</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">174</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">KUWAIT</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">178</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">261</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">225</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">288</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">208</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">COLOMBIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">120</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">220</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">169</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">108</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">107</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">RUSSIA</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">108</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">80</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">68</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">193</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">92</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">CHAD</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">101</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">89</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">103</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">66</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">74</td> </tr> <tr> <th class="links_normal" align="left">UNITED KINGDOM</th> <td class="links_normal" align="right">95</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">60</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">80</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">77</td> <td class="links_normal" align="right">90</td></tr></tbody></table>


Yep. As you can see from your own chart.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Yep. As you can see from your own chart.

Um, no.

The chart doesn't support your assertion that the U.S. gets "most" of its oil from Venezuela.

Your reading comprehension game is messed up, dawg.