Chavez dead

[David Morris]

Really didn't follow his till now.  I hope he's OK,  Or dead.

On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Phillip Greenlief wrote:

> Citizens Energy-CITGO-Petróleos De Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Help Needy
> Americans Keep Warm,
>
> Like his father Bob and Uncle Ted, former U.S. representative Joe Kennedy
> II has spent his life committed to public service. As a congressman, he
> addressed issues affecting people who did not have a voice in Washington,
> supporting issues like low-income housing, community reinvestment, and
> consumer protections.
>
> Today, Kennedy is chairman and President of Citizens Energy Corporation, a
> non-profit he founded in 1979 that provides discounted heating oil to
> low-income families, senior citizens, and the poor.
>
> In 2005, Kennedy's Citizens Energy teamed up with the Venezuelan state oil
> company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and its subsidiary CITGO with
> the support of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. That partnership has
> helped more than 1.7 million Americans in 25 states and the District of
> Columbia to keep warm, according to Moral Low Ground.
>
> Since 2005, that unique relationship, needless to say, stirred up
> criticism, especially from Conservatives who seem to be hell-bent against
> anything that benefits low-income Americans. They say Chávez is an ally of
> Iran, supports North Korea, and is a close friend of Fidel Castro. They say
> Chávez is "trying to shape U.S. public opinion in the hope that more
> gringos will come to see the Chávez government as benevolent."
>
> Right-winger, Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr criticized Kennedy's
> Citizens Energy salary, claiming he earns $1 million, although Kennedy's
> money came from his other Citizens Energy affiliated for-profit
> organizations.
>
> Also helping is the Department of Health and Human Services' Low Income
> Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). But funding is dwindling. The
> President's budget proposal in 2012 significantly reduced funding. For FY
> 2011 it was $4.5 billion while the funding for FY 2012 has dwindled to
> $3.47 billion.
>
> And, on March 1, "If sequestration goes forward, LIHEAP will face an
> additional $177 million in benefit cuts. That is on top of the $1.6 billion
> in reductions to the program that have occurred since 2010," according to
> Congressman Ed Markey. Yet, despite record profits, every year Congress
> continues to subsidize Big Oil companies to the tune of $8 billion in
> taxpayers' money.
>
> On January 31, Citizens Energy Corporation and CITGO Petroleum Corporation
> kicked off the eighth annual CITGO-Venezuela Heating Oil Program at the
> Night of Peace Family Shelter in Baltimore with their first delivery of oil
> for the season.
>
> Citizens Energy-CITGO and LIHEAP are the two most important energy
> assistance programs in the United States. There should not be criticism nor
> funding reduced when no one else is willing to step forward to help and
> while Congress continues to subsidize Big Oil, regardless of whether Chávez
> is trying to shape public opinion or not.
>
> Kennedy said, "… that he has approached numerous major oil-producing
> nations as well as some of the largest US oil companies and asked them if
> they were interested in helping the poor heat their homes. I don't see
> Exxon responding, don't see other major oil companies heating the homes of
> the poor. They all said no except for CITGO, President Chávez and the
> people of Venezuela."
>
> Phillip Greenlief
> 1075 Aileen Street Apt B
> Oakland, CA 94608
> 510-501-7110
>
>
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> *From:* David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
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> *To:* alice wellintown <alicewellintown at gmail.com <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', 'alicewellintown at gmail.com');>>
> *Cc:* pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
> 'pynchon-l at waste.org');>>
> *Sent:* Tue, March 5, 2013 6:33:57 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Chavez dead
>
> WOW!  Is that bad except for Chavez?
>
> On Tuesday, March 5, 2013, alice wellintown wrote:
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