Doesn't matter. Some folks love dictators.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/10/24/albright.nkorea.04.ap/story.albright.kim.ap.jpg
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/WORLD/americas/05/14/carter.visit/story.carters.castro.jpg
http://www.thememoryhole.org/media/rather-castro.jpg
http://www.hybridcars.com/blogs/images/maria_mclean/Chavez-jackson.jpg
http://www.lowculture.com/archives/images/clinton-arafat.jpg
http://www.kentimmerman.com/jj/castro.jpg

Ooops, I think I slipped a terrorist in there.

From snopes.com (urban legend website) regarding boycotting Citgo as a political statement:

Although Citgo may be owned by Petróleos de Venezuela, it is a formerly American company which is still headquartered in the U.S. (in Houston, Texas), employs 4,000 people, and supplies 14,000 independent retailers with gasoline and other petroleum products — Americans with no substantive connection to Venezuela who would be economically harmed by such an action. (Citgo also provides free or discounted heating oil to low-income communities and tribal reservations within the United States.) And, of course, in today's oil market Citgo could likely find alternative buyers for its products far more easily than the U.S. could make up the shortfall created by a cut-off of Venezuelan oil.

Also, Chavez has already threatened to stop supplying the US, and threatening not to buy gasoline from someone who is threatening not to sell it to you doesn't sound like an effective ploy for either side.

While I in no way support Chavez, I believe that his comments a few weeks ago at the UN were leveled against the current resident of the People's House, not the US as a whole.

I also agree with Kel about "boycotting" Citgo. That reminds me of an old cliche about "cutting your nose off to spite your own face." Do we really need to add 14,000 more people to the welfare roles due to boycotting Citgo? Think on that one for a while.

Shalom

Shivering Alaskans to Hugo Chavez: Keep your oil
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/10/09/alaska.oil.chavez.ap/index.html

Hugo Chavez calls Bush "The Devil".
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/20/world/main2025874.shtml

Pat Robertson calls for Chavez to be assasinated.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-22-robertson-_x.htm

Jerry Falwell calls Hilliary "Lucifer".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-leo/flap-over-clinton-remark-_b_14001.html

What is it with the nutcakes of the world?

Fay,

If you are going to support a boycott of Citgo, and Chavez, why not boycott all arab oil? Chavez only attacks Bush with words. The money that is gleaned from your purchase of arab oil helps fund Al Queda as well as other arab terrorist groups throughout the world. Certainly the insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan get their funding from oil money.
that would be a much more effective boycott than one of convenience like boycotting Citgo. You might be walking instead of driving, but at least you could do so with a clear conscience.

Well said, Mike. It seems that many of our purchases benefit other countries...China benefits from most things we buy.

Mike,
As Daryll would say, "You speak my mind".