Originally Posted by Quicksilver

He tells it like he THINKS it is. One local talk show host summed it up this way.

-First off, the one man traveling Latin comic act Hugo Chavez keeps the one-liners coming. One day after calling President George W. Bush “the devil” during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, he continued his verbal assault on the president while touring a neighborhood in Harlem. The Venezuelan president visited a Harlem church today and promised to double the amount of discounted heating oil his country ships to needy Americans. But he also took another swipe at President Bush--Chavez said of the president: "He's an alcoholic and a sick man."

Offering up free heating oil to the poor people of Harlem is a clever tactic, but it covers up the immense poverty that Mr. Chavez has in his own Venezuelan backyard. Major kudos for Rep. Charlie Rangel, the very liberal Congressman who represents Manhattan, who said that an attack on the American president was an attack on all Americans. Take it one step further and suggest that Americans seriously consider boycotting the gas company Citgo, which is the state-owned Venezuelan oil company.

But my final comment is it seems ironic that Mr. Chavez can come to this country an freely make comments as he has. But try that in his country and see where it will get you.