A little known fact about CITGO gasoline is that CITGO is wholly owned by the Venezuelan government. Venezuela's dictator, Hugo Chavez is pushing a socialist revolution and he is closely allied with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Chavez has vowed to bring down the US government. In a recent television interview, Chavez stated, "Enough of imperialist aggression; we must tell the world: Down with the US empire. We have to bury imperialism this century."
Chavez has played host to such notables recently as Cindy Sheehan and Harry Belafonte – both known for their rants against the president as a "terrorist".
Even Amnesty International condemns Venezuela's human rights abuses! See http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200605240326.
The Venezuela government, headed by dictator Chavez, is the sole owner of the
CITGO Gasoline Company. Sales of products at CITGO stations generate cash back to Chavez to help him in his vow to bring down our government. You can verify the ownership of CITGO on their own website at http://www.citgo.com/AboutCITGO.jsp.
So here we have a socialist dictator, determined to bring down the government of the US, and using our money to finance achieving that goal!
CITGO Gasoline is closely aligned with Southland Corporation's 7-11 stores and most if not all 7-11 stores that sell gasoline are selling CITGO gas. So the next time you stop in for a Slurpee or a Big Gulp – if you also pump a tank of gas, you're putting cash in the hands of Hugo Chavez and his agenda of hostility toward the US.
As for me, I won't be doing any such pumping of CITGO gas.
Copyright © 2006 by Doug Edelman
Doug Edelman is a conservative political commentator and a contributing editor for The Conservative Voice, and his work is also seen on News By Us, The American Daily, The Post Chronicle, New Media Journal, Capitol Hill Coffee House etc. None of these pays him, so for the support of his family, he is also an IT Consultant/Contractor and owner of a Computer Services Business. He has taught PC Maintenance & Repair and Networking at his local Community College, and maintains a blog at http://edeldoug.blogs.com/.
