Why are we still buying gas at Citgo from Hugo Chavez?

Question

I don't think people are getting the right message from Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela and CEO of Citgo gas. His words are being reported, but they are being buried beneath anti-Bush sentiment. So all anyone sees is the Anti-Bush stuff and thinks he's a great man. Well when Hezbollah decides he's a great man shouldn't that set off some whistles? http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/09/22/en_pol_art_22A781131.shtml
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/09/24/MNGNSLBLUN1.DTL&type=politics
It is becoming apparent to me that the media is ignoring the Anti-American sentiment of this guy because he attacks and bashes Bush and this makes the left wing media happy.

But I still say we boycott Citgo gas. Hugo Chavez is an evil man. If you listen when he says things like the U.S. government was the "first enemy" of its people.
"I hereby accuse the North American empire of being the biggest menace to our planet.”
Sure the left will agree. Do you

Actually, by "we" I mean "you" because I don't.

Well it appears that many of you just don't get it.
And i'm afraid you never will, until it's too late. Are you so consumed by your own anti-American, anti-Bush views to fail to see that there is a greater evil in the world? Do you also embrace President Ahmademajod (Iranian president) who has also more clearly and more voiciferously denounced this great land of ours? He has publicly said that the U.S. should bow down to Iran or he will make us bow down. He's also close friends with Chavez.

OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!!!

WORLD WAR THREE IS HERE!!! If we don't start paying attention we're gonna be picking ourselves up off the ground and trying to fight at a great disadvantage.

Answer 1

Because America hates Exxon Mobil and George Bush.

Answer 2

I'm not. Yesterday I bought E85. A local station started offering it yesterday. They had free food and door prizes. They also had scary things like a guy in a corn costume and politicians. I'm going to use it frequently because ethanol is made here and the money stays here. Why should my money go to foreign nations that always sh*t on us? Too bad the farmers won't get a bigger slice of the pie. If we could only eliminate the overpaid middlemen. By the way, my political views are pretty far left of center, but some on the far left are just as nutty as those on the far right.

Answer 3

I don't buy gas at ANY of the major stations !

I find it funny, however that you are ignoring the fact that when we went through the gas crunch in the last few months, that when Chavez offered to send extra oil to the U.S. Bush didn't turn it down !

Answer 4

Hi naturalist!
Stop buying oil from Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia (Bin Laden was born there), Russia (cold war enemy), Venezuela (Chavez is there) and all the like...
Start cycling to work and to shopping mall ...But cycles are made by the Chinese (they are commies)..

Well you may walk...
good luck...

Answer 5

I have stopped buying gas at Citgo since I found out.

Answer 6

I just switched to 7-11, they dumped Venezuela as a provider

Pass it around, lets see if we can make a statement, also I am going long on their stock.

Thanks,

Answer 7

I stopped buying gas from Citgo months ago...

Answer 8

Hugo is a madman that publicly declares that Castro is his 'hero'. How do you deal with someone like that?
No s(hitgo) gas for me.

Answer 9

Actually, the democrats went on the defensive and criticized Chavez....the first glimmer of common sense I've seen in them.

Answer 10

if you stopped buying gas from everyone who said something bad about bush you would be walking