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let them eat cake…ashy, scorched, hot-metal flavored cake

http://snarkybastards.com/index.php/2007…

Even Chavez’s own energy officials are getting nervous …

Last week, for the 10th time, Chavez announced his plan to confiscate four Orinoco Belt extra-heavy-oil projects run by six Western companies…

Rather than allow Chavez’s state oil company to become the majority partner in its investment, Exxon could… just walk away – a possibility that’s keeping Venezuelan energy officials up at night.

Rather than let its Cerro Negro operation be turned into a Chavista workers collective, with Exxon there to pay the bills and provide the technology and its workers suddenly state employees, Exxon could just pull out…

Personally, I’ve got a method I like better to deal with people who want to steal one’s oil refineries:

http://www.madmaxmovies.com/making/madma…

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2 Responses to “let them eat cake…ashy, scorched, hot-metal flavored cake”

  1. coyote Says:
    March 3rd, 2007 at 10:18 pm

    Its time for Exxon to go Francisco d’Anconia on Venezuela. Brother, you asked for it.

  2. Joseph Hertzlinger Says:
    March 3rd, 2007 at 11:18 pm

    I’m reminded of Wyatt’s Torch in Atlas Shrugged.