"dpb" wrote in message
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wrote:
One might add that Chavez has been very generous in helping folks with
free heating oil ...

Not really much at all in the overall scheme of things. A few here and
there for the political advantage, not at all motivated by actual
humanitarian objectives says the cynic in me...

No more of a political stunt than Bush sending out those tax rebate checks
at a time when he's spending like a drunken sailor with no end in sight.