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After Some Technical Difficulties, We're Back
Aug 8 2009 - 7:23am
It’s Still a Military Coup in Honduras
Jul 12 2009 - 1:11pm
The US Immigration Reform Bill Brings Civil War Between Right Wing Radio, Bloggers
Jun 18 2007 - 3:08pm
Don't Cry for Venezuela's RCTV
May 29 2007 - 9:30am
UK 2-year Study calls for Harm Reduction, Not Demonization
Mar 12 2007 - 6:48pm

Maine and Venezuela

I don't know if any other co-publishers are from Maine, but there is an interesting phenomenon here regarding discounted heating oil from Venezuela.
Our Governor, Baldacci, a Democrat, decided that he would not accept Venezuela's offer of cheap heating oil this season because of Hugo Chavez' remarks at the U.N, thereby depriving a large number of his constituents (Maine is a very poor state) of a life-saving resource. Chavez, of course, was right about Bush, but expressed himself a little too mildly.
Since Baldacci's refusal, however, someone has been running expensive TV ads depicting children and the elderly freezing in the dark, with a telephone number through which Mainers can request individual assistance.
The name on the ads is Joseph Kennedy.

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