So why do they hate us? What’s the deal?
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We should all know Hugo Chavez by know. This dictator has vowed to bring down the U.S. government. Chavez, president of Venezuela, told a TV audience: “Enough of imperialist aggression; we must tell the world: down with the U.S. empire. We have to bury imperialism this century.” The Venezuela government is sole owner of Citgo Gasoline Company. The billions of dollars we spend at Citgo go to support this dictator. Now Chavez’s strategy of winning friends in the region through gifts paid for through Venezuela’s oil revenue may include giving highly subsidized or free computers to citizens in Venezuela and other nations. Chavez has given gifts to Cuba, Bolivia and other nations. Venezuela government officials have contacted people in the PC industry regarding manufacturing the PCs.
I have to wonder why he would not just make an order through an online outlet, I don’t think the price differential would be that great. Oh yeah, I know why: Evil dictators want their name on everything. It makes them feel special.
Let me state I have nothing against the people in Venezuela, and I think the idea of giving PCs away might work and is a good idea. However, I don’t like that we are so complacent that we continue to buy gas from someone who opens states he wants to destroy us.
I remember the Citgo email boycotts recently that have hit my in-box a few times over the last year or so. Well why not do it again? I don’t think any freedom loving American should buy gas from Citgo. It just makes sense to not support a government that it not only anti-American, but is also very open about it. So email a link to this article to everyone you know. If they don’t agree they can simply delete it.
Some Sources:
- Cooper, Helene. “Iran Who? Venezuela Takes the Lead in a Battle of Anti-U.S. Sound Bites.” The New York Times. [21 September 2006] (p. A14).
- Corrales, Javier. “Hugo Chávez is part Robin Hood, Part Oil Mogul, Part Electoral Wizard, Part Leftist Celebrity.” The Dallas Morning News. [12 February 2006]
- Douglass, Elizabeth and Marc Lifsher. “7-Eleven Dumps Venezuela-Backed Citgo to Pump Own Brand.” Los Angeles Times. [28 September 2006] (p. C1).
- Kirkpatrick, Christopher D. “Petro Express Nixing Citgo Gas.” The Charlotte Observer. [17 October 2006]
- Padgett, Tim. “Chavez: ‘Bush Has Called Me Worse Things.’” Time. [22 September 2006]
- Weisbrot, Mark. “The Failure of Hugo-Bashing.” Los Angeles Times. [9 March 2006] (p. B13).
- Associated Press. “Chávez Hosts Peace Activist.” Miami Herald. [31 January 2006]
- The Australian. “US Brushes Off Chavez Barbs to Rice.” [22 February 2006]
- BBC News. “Profile: Hugo Chavez.” [13 October 2005]
- Diario El Universal. “US Calls Empty Rhetoric President Chávez’ Threats of Cutting Oil Supply.” [21 February 2006]
I said I would be posting more of these as I found them. I am sickened by what I see on the broadcasts in the middle east. Cultural differences aside I am still disturbed by much of what I see. I don’t think people really understand that we do have a problem. Additionally people don’t understand how severe this problem really is. Well more on that later…
I encourage you to watch all of these videos I am posting and the ones on other sites as well. It is important for everyone to understand what others think and are doing. CNN and Fox don’t paint an accurate picture of what is really going on around the world.
Following are excerpts from an address by Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Secretary of the Iranian Guardian Council, which aired on Channel 1, Iranian TV, on February 10, 2007
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati: Who told you the Americans will attack us? The Americans are stuck up to their knees in mud and filth in Iraq, and cannot get out of it. They are stuck there, and are at a loss. Everybody has complaints about them, both within America and outside it. The entire world hates them because of their aggression towards the Iraqi people. How will they dare show up here? Once they were beyond our firing range. Today the Americans are within our firing range.
They have placed us under siege, but in a way, this is to our benefit, because they are within our firing range now. In the west, in the east –they are within our firing range everywhere.
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If the Russians are at all smart, they should help us, because they know that the Americans are in a conflict with them, and that the Americans dealt them the most severe blow, which led to the collapse of the USSR. It absolutely crushed them. Now we are facing your enemy, which brought this disaster upon you. You must support and help us.
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We are proud of our martyrdom. One of our people’s slogans is: “Martyrdom is our pride.” This was the slogan of Ali and Hossein. What are they trying to make us afraid of? Let’s assume that you attack. Even if you are mad enough to carry this out — who are you trying to scare? If we were afraid of America, we would have withdrawn at the beginning of the revolution. We would have raised our hands and surrendered during the first days. If you dare, invade Iran, and you will see what disaster we will bring upon you.
#1049 - Film Seminar on Iranian TV: Tom and Jerry - A Jewish Conspiracy to Improve the Image of Mice, because Jews Were Termed “Dirty Mice” in Europe
Iran, Channel 4 - 2/19/2006
Apparently the term “Dirty Mice” had been used so the Cartoon Tom & Jerry was created to show that mice were clever and cute.