The Enemy of My Enemy - Part Deux...

Is it me or does George Bush behave like a man who imagines creatures crawling up his backside? A visual treat to be sure, especially when one of these creatures is named Hugo Chavez. In the less metaphorical universe, of course, Hugo Chavez is the very shrewd El Presidente of Venezuela, who, over the last several weeks, has been getting the better of our George, be it in Argentina or right here at home:

The Venezuelan-owned and U.S.-based fuel refiner and distributor Citgo will begin distributing discounted heating oil to poor U.S. communities next week. Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum, made the announcement yesterday, saying that the measure is meant to show Venezuela’s commitment to disadvantaged sectors in the United States.

Here we have George Bush's best friends in the whole world, those lying lovers of cock, commonly known as "Oil Execs," at a considerable disadvantage in the matter of public relations, and now most particularly in the eyes of my New England brethren.

I, of course, delight in all this as it plays to my pride and to my funnybone. First, it's Beantown - home of my prime and its fonder memories - participating in the exquisite undercutting of Exxon and Mobil and British Petroleum, sidekicks to the uber war-profiteer Haliburton, and for my money the real Axis of Evil; and second, Chavez is providing genuine assistance to Americans in need, and while doing so, illustrating wonderfully by deed our president's incapacity for same - no small revenge for Dubya's coup attempt on Chavez three years ago.

Questions on Next Week's Civics Exam:
1) Which president was actually elected and then reelected by the people?
2) Which president is better serving the needs of the American people?
3) Which country is not a democracy?

Go Citgo!

Now if only Venezuela can import generic prescription medication...

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P.S. By the way, did you notice the Citgo sign over the left-field wall... in Houston?? And isn't Houston, uhm, Bush country?

Everybody loves Beantown.