Citgo gives $1.5 million to Casa (of Maryland)

Washington Times ^ | August 5, 2008

[3AngelaD]

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Immigrant-advocacy group Casa de Maryland on Monday received a $1.5 million donation from Citgo Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company that is controlled by President Hugo Chavez.

The funds will be used to strengthen Casa's $4.4 million social-service, small-business and vocational-training programs... Kim Propeack, advocacy director for the Montgomery County-based organization, said it's the largest corporate gift Casa has received. "Like many nonprofits, Casa has been trying to grow its corporate investment," she said. "Citgo is very committed to ensuring that the profits they earn through their business are shared by low-income people...." A Monday news conference to announce the donation was postponed because of a personal emergency of Citgo President Alejandro Granado, who was to attend with the Venezuelan ambassador. Ms. Propeack said the contribution would still be finalized Monday.

[3AngelaD]

This is shameful on so many levels. It makes me sick.

[Truth29]

This is a hostile foreign power funding an organization trying to subvert US laws.

[STONEWALLS]

“This is shameful on so many levels. It makes me sick.”

....me too, but it’s sooooo tyhpical of Montgomery County.

[gorush]

...flagrantly bankrolling an invasion force.

[facedown]

As long as people continue to buy Citgo gas they’ve got nothing to complain about.

[abigailsmybaby]

Another commie lovin’ useful idiot.

[Graybeard58]

Oh, that Hugo. Isn’t he special.

[Oldexpat]

This winter Chavez will be trying to buy votes for Obama by giving discounted heating oil the NE via the Kennedy family.
Just wait..

[donna]

CASA of Maryland is a community organization that was founded in 1985 by Central American refugees and North Americans.

To hire workers at CASA please come to or call the Center closest to you:

Silver Spring Workers' Center
Wheaton Workers' Center
Baltimore Workers' Employment Center
Center for Employment and Training at Shady Grove

[popdonnelly]

Chavez is a thief.

[popdonnelly]

There’s no ethical difference between Chavez stealing private property and the Nazis stealing private property.

[fightinbluhen51]

Freak State Ping

[fightinbluhen51]

If government regulation was a good thing, the regulation that could seize that money would be a good thing.

[big'ol_freeper]

Citgo gives $1.5 million to Casa (of Maryland)

...and not one penny of that came out of my wallet I am happy to say.

[Don Corleone]

Simple answer .... “Don’t buy CITGO!”

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They should be watched.

[OldGuard1]

Have you never heard of “unbranded gasoline”? Just because you’re not buying gas at a Citgo station (which is almost certainly privately owned) doesn’t mean your money isn’t going to Chavez. And, besides, oil is a fungible commodity. If you don’t buy Venezuelan oil and use some other oil instead — let’s say Canadian — you’re consuming that Canadian oil and freeing up Venezuelan oil. Someone else who would have otherwise bought that Canadian oil will then just buy the Venezuelan oil that you freed up.

Let’s face it: oil’s fungible, and the biggest producers of it tend to be our enemies.

[Fawn]

Citgo must be in trouble.....I hear alot of humanitarian ads for them and now this....

STAY AWAY FROM CITGO/7-11

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Hugo Chavez de Casa de Maryland “Freak State” PING!

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Please put me on your “Freak State” ping list.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

HEADS UP! CHRIS PLANTE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS TOPIC DURING HIS RADIO SHOW’S SECOND HOUR TODAY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8TH.

10:00 - 11:00 A.M. ET

CALL THE SHOW AT 888 630 9625

LISTEN LIVE:

http://www.630wmal.com/Article.asp?id=453473

http://radiotime.com/program/p_61017/Chris_Plante.aspx

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Okay, one of you guys NEEDS to call the show about this.

Who is volunteering?

[Clint N. Suhks]

This is the first I’ve heard about it.

Viva la revolution? Where the fork do these people come from?!!!!

[Clint N. Suhks]

And what's all this about using Monkey County tax money for Casa de Merryland?

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

You live in MoCo! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

O’Mawley and Ike LeggWarmer are giving Casa $1.9 million.

Chavez is giving them $1.5 million.

So, MoCo is giving them slightly more money than the Bolshevik from Caracas.

WHAT THE F*CK IS THAT ALL ABOUT?!?

[Clint N. Suhks]

Chris is my hero! I never would have heard about this otherwise.

I'm sure it won't be in The Gazette or the WaPo.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

The story was buried on page D8 of the Business Section of the Washington Post on August 4th.

BURIED!

But Chris found it!

YAY FOR CHRIS!

[BufordP]

I wish I could but I can’t. No time to be playin’ on the phone.

[Clint N. Suhks]

OMG it’s in The Gazette too! You could push me over with a feather.

http://www.gazette.net/stories/08082008/polinew205056_32466.shtml

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

on hold

[Clint N. Suhks]

http://www.layc-dc.org/laycmd/riverdale.html

[Clint N. Suhks]

Good call!

[BufordP]

Did ya catch Silvie talking Spanish?

HuminaHuminaHumina!

[Clint N. Suhks]

http://www.helpsavemaryland.com/

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Heehee, Buford!

Thanks, guys.

[Clint N. Suhks]

http://www.helpsavemaryland.blogspot.com/

[HokieMom]

I’m still hoping Chris gets one of Mark Levin’s substitute host days while Mark is at Disneyworld this week.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

I don’t think he will, HM. I haven’t heard anything.

[HokieMom]

Hope for next time!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

You’re on. :-)

[VanShuyten]

A lib at where I worked forwarded a Casa action alert last spring. This was when the in-state tuition for illegals bill was being debated. It had five different form letters to congressmen and newspapers attached to it.

One of them said that "This bill is a step towards ending racism that is still prevalent in our communities. Immigrant students are here. They were brought here by their parents and have worked hard to overcome many obstacles in order to be successful in high school. Now they have the dream of going to college, but even though they have lived in Maryland for years and have gone to school alongside other Maryland residents, they are denied in-state tuition. This is nothing more than an example of lingering racism that we have yet to overcome"

"Yet the barrier that immigrant students face is a repeat of history. These students have the grades, they have the drive, they even live in Maryland and pay taxes. Why should they be denied In-State Tuition? It is time for our country to stop the racism and start thinking logically about how to repair our broken immigration system."

My tax money went to a group that used it to call me a racist for opposing in-state tuition for people who have broken our laws to live here.