Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants to give you 100 gallons of free heating oil to help survive the cold cruel capitalist winter. The hogshead of liquid warmth is available to anyone enduring a financial hardship who fills out a handy online form.
Eligibility is determined with two questions: First, do you live in one of these 16 states?
Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland, Alaska, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana.
Second, do you need the oil? Need is relative, but if you have a family and make less than $40,000, you probably qualify. Citizens Energy, which administers the program, evaluates each application on a case-by-case basis and issues eligible applicants a voucher redeemable for 100 gallons of CITGO heating oil.
It’s almost sweet of our communist friends to shove the inequalities and harsh realities of capitalism in our faces with a program that actually helps people pay for an increasingly unwieldy cost of living expense.
For more information, call Citizens Energy at: (877) 563-4645, or fill out their online application.
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The U.S. has had a long history of prioritizing WARFARE over WELFARE. When the military needs funds to kill people — we’re able to find it. Yet, when we need money to help people in this very nation, we just don’t have it. What’s worse, the corporations and the elites have convinced us the poor don’t deserve help.
We’ve been convinced those that are poor are so because they’re irresponsible, immoral, or ignorant. Even if that were the case, does that mean that as Christians, Americans, or plain humans that we should allow their suffering to continue? Who cares as to how or why they’re poor. Where is our humanity??
@giggitygoo: :
* “He is a power-hungry quasi-dictator (yes he was elected, but he’s consolidating power and eliminating all that oppose him)”
eliminating all that oppose him?? the politicians that gobern this contry 40 years the one u call “all that oppose him”" , are gone, no one want to see a face of those people, they eliminated by there self.
the power is gived to him by the people, tell a venezuela guy: “hey, u cant use that ipod, or that shirt, or that shoes” they will kick anyone to hell in seconds, no president or politicians can tell us how to live, HE CHOOSE!
* thats rigth there is no comparation, your presidet KILL PEOPLE, IRAK, AFGANISTAN, They called colateral damege……
* “chavez tries to amend the Constitution so he can stay in office forever” yeap he try everyone SAY NO THX…. in a democratic election and he have to deal whith that and shut his mouth
* “shuts down the most watched media outlets”
no he no shuts down anything to the most watched media outlets, One terrorist media outlet have end their
Consetion to public tv, and becouse 50 years
Background work, have no rigth to a new consetion.
* “and has political opponents arrested” hey those political participated to trow out the elected goverment, and no all the implicated when jail, they even sing a paper, to eliminated constitution, go made witch hunt over poor chavist people, and no only is a stupity to say arrested, couse last presidential rum, one of the paper sing run in the election, JA,JA. is a fantasy country, were you overtrow a elected president, dont go to jail and can run in a president election.
i ask, what will happend to anyone who try to kill Bush, or try to overtrow him?
. THEN maybe you would have a point that makes some sort of sense. Hating our President is not reason to defend a manical, power-hungry leader like Chavez.
* “We had 30 years since the 70s oil crisis, we should have learned our lesson then and took steps to be energy independent” that sound like… lets go invade one country and have energy independent, why you think irak is for?? but well shit happends no?? some people have to F%*& that way u keep you oil safe in the state, ans other liberated country give that oil for 1% taxes rate….
P.S. CAN keep argument we have 10 years doing this.
@bart430: “The reason the company’s got the oil so cheap is because the American and foreign oil company’s found it, drilled it, and build the infrastructure. Then Chavez kicked out the oil company’s and took over.”
- here there is a company named PDVSA, is our oil company, that company was 50% of all with foreign oil company’s that found it, that drilled it, and build the infrastructure. but they dint pay a Shit for 40 year, they dint give a house to poor people, they dont invest in our contry they just take oil out and venezuela goverment dont say anything, stay without money to help our people, or even build a hospital or house to then, so is our oil no?? you dont Meet Contract point, that say you have to invest in this country, and god help us if we say anything, couse uncle san will be over our ass for live!! the it came hugo chavez…. that way i with u in your point…
* “Lets see, he took about 30 Billion worth of oil projects and gives some oil to the poor in the US”
No,no,no “he took” NO, IS our land, is our oil, IS OUR Private property, It is OUR 50% oil Proyect, that will let the amount in 15 billion, plus 40 years in bill for taking out OUR oil almost for free, leaft behind 80% of poor poor people…. I think we pay the our bill, now go home, we keep the work THX!
and sell cheap oil to all south american countrys, no only give free oil to poor people there…
sorry about long argument, no my lenguage, and there is so many misunderstod here.
OMG is endlees, for the people that say, hittler… Did u read about history?? about concentration camp? about invade other country??, about killing 6 million jews?
Ummm, Guantanamo… irak, afaganistan to say a few ones..
i think the hittler one is the one u have in DC.
And another one say, “THEY HATE THE US, THEY HATE US PEOPLE!!” chill out…. we dont hate the US citizens! that is ridiculs, we hate your international politic. we are so friking good in our caribean contry, working and having fun that we dont need to invade a anyone, or hate, if you came here in peace, u will have peace, no one will tell you anything, and will have the time of your life.
@headon: Oh, what rationalizes this hatred? Because he hates Bush? Try listening to what his speeches actually state and they’re pretty much right on.
@misstic: Yeah, because Chevron, Exxon/Mobil, Shell, bp, and all those other companies are so humanitarian in all their efforts. Get your head out of the sand and wake up to corporate greed, especially in the oil industry.
THANK YOU JOE KENNEDY.
Today there is 100 gallons of oil in my tank(to combine with a 100already) that will help us(family of 4 and 3 cats–2 formerly homeless)make though the rest of the winter here up in Skowhegan,Maine.
My wife and myself both work fulltime however with the cost of eveything skyrocketing, i turned to Joe Kennedy for help…and got it!
In order to acquire state of Maine fuel assistance, one must be receiving welfare and/or food stamps to be eligible for fuel assistance. Had we gone to the Maine state agencies that are giving out fuel assistance,we likely would have got thrown out on our asses because we work.
Joe Kennedy helps people who work for a living too.
Thanks Joe
I beg to differ. Most of you do know what you’re talking about. I live in Venezuela and I’m glad to see that the outside world is no longer fooled by Chavez’s charm (if he has any). He is a ruthless dictator no matter how you look at it and after you guys are done discussing how right or wrong it is to take his, check that, OUR oil; then please start thinking about a way to help us get rid of him.
@rolii: And you think that other people have to “HELP US Get rid of him” ?? umm so 80% of people that vote for him, is invisible?? I also live here in venezuela, and u should try to rethink you Dictator concep, and i ASK…. when the mayority of the poblation vote for one president is called democracy?? or is only when that person that get voted is what the powerfull people of my country like??? STOP WATH GLOBOVISION, FOX NEWS, AND GO TO THE STREET WATH REALITY, 500.000 BRAND NEW CARS IS A A COMUNISM REGIM???
@-lawrence-:
Don’t feel bad about the US not apologizing for your previous regime.
We’ve never apologized to Brazil for Castelo Branco, either. CIA-trained death squads and all.
@RvLeshrac: No i DOn’t feel bad for the US not Apoligizing for all the things they have done here.
Now, Just dont get Your nose down here, whith the CIA-Dead Squads, ro anything to try to mess Our will here. An apology is useless, Usefull si no try to mess around With south america, And in the mean while, that poor people can use Our FREE OIL!
I have applied for this program. More than likely, I will be turned down, as I make what many organizations consider “too much”. I have a full time job, take extra work any time I can and have few frills in my life. What I do have is one child still at home(who has a part timr job), two in college (on loans they will pay back and working part time), and an ex husband in jail for non payment of child support who used to “support” his new family (wife, 2 step sons and 2 new babies) through welfare and the step sons’s social security disability.
I am currently 2 months behind on my mortgage payments. That will be re-paid when I get my tax return. Between having to pay more than I had expected to get the one car we have running last November and the increase in heating oil prices this year we are struggling big time. Budgeting? Any time I have figrued that out or had a professional do it for me, I am at about a $56 shortfall per month. I spend about $60 a week on food and buy 2 pair of shoes for work per year. Having internet access? Yes, I do pay for that. It is an expense I do chose to pay so my kids can do their schoolwork. They could stay afterschool for a few extra hours and hope there is a computer open. I want them home more than not. Shoot me for being so over-indulgent.
Maybe I should move from PA. Where the money would come from for us to do that, I have no clue. I have always been reluctant to ask for help. This only the second time in the last 24 years I have done so. Most would rather not have to ask for help. (well there are exceptions like my ex) I would rather not have to ask. I would rather not have to ask a company from outside the US for that help. This is just what I have to do right now. It’s as simple as that.
Another Example of Chavez giving away his citizens own resources. Example: He gives Nicaragua an entire tanker of crude oil to help the poor people of Nicaragua. The only refinery in Nicaragua is 20% his! Personally. So basically he is gifting the natural resources of Venezuela to himself .Gasoline in nicaragua is over $4 per gallon. you would think that with free petroleum it would be cheaper. With other countries he has “sold” them oil at a “help the poor neighbors” price of about $20 per barrel. The prez of that country then sells it on the market for almost $100 a barrel and pockets some of the proffit while kicking back some to Chavez. This is how you rip off a country while lookike like you are a charitable socialist.
So what, You’re looking to deep into everything. People are starving in the U.S.
People just want the oil to stay warm what ever he does in his own country is his choice. If he wants to make Bush look bad so what. I am poor they are rich it has nothing to do with us unless you are rich too. People are acting like their taking their selling their bodies for oil its free.
I can almost see who’s rich and who’s not. The rich people bring politics in it the poor people just want to know what time is the delivery so we can go to work because we can’t afford to lose our jobs.