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				Buffoonish Villain
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			(CNN) -- Venezuela's authoritarian president Hugo  Chavez is a villain out of a Batman movie: buffoonish and sinister in  equal measure.
 
 Sunday's vote result powerfully exposes both sides of his clown-prince system of rule.
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					Originally Posted by  chefnerd
					 
				 
				I think this article pretty well sums it up regarding Chavez. 
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/09/opinio...tml?hpt=hp_bn7
TAE, the last time I checked Saudi Arabia was considered part of the Middle East. About 8% of our imports come from Venezuela versus approx. 14% from Saudi. Also, considering the capacity of the refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast is roughly 3.5 million bbl/day, it's rather unlikely that most of them only process the Venezuela crude (about 1 million bbl/day).  
			
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