Venezuela helps U.S. poor

Citgo estimates that it will be distributing some 44.5 million gallons of discounted heating oil and giving another 258,000 gallons free to homeless shelters.

Blumenthal said about 15,000 low-income Connecticut citizens would benefit from the deal with Citgo, a refiner and gasoline retailer owned by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.

According to the article Venezuela is only helping poor Americans in an effort to make the Bush Administration look bad. Is that even possible? I mean, how could our president look bad when heating costs have risen to record highs_[1] and he’s doing diddly-squat to help bring those costs to heel? Well, he is protecting us from terrorists afterall. Who needs to be warm and safe? Why, that’s just asking too much for gods’ sake!

But it does get better. What about Christ’s words about taking care of the poor among us? Shouldn’t Christian leaders take those words to heart? Doesn’t count if someone is trying to make GW look bad, I guess.

In a backlash against the fuel program, one Texas-based religious organization has promoted a boycott of Citgo to protest Chavez’s confrontation with the U.S. government.

I have an idea, why doesn’t this organization (probably a big “box” church) collect some money and donate it to America’s poor to help with their unbelievably high heating costs? But wait, some of the coldest parts in the country are blue so they really don’t deserve any kind of charity at all….hmph. I love ~~Hypocrisy~~ Democracy.

_{[1] Our gas (home heating) budget went from $75 to $225 in two months- though this is a warmer than usual winter in our neck of the woods.}