Hugo Chavez Threatens To Cut Off U.S. Oil Supply, Says A Whole Bunch Of Awesome Stuff

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has threatened to cut the U.S. off from Venezuelan oil if our country does not stop what he calls an “economic war” against his. Waged by giant purple giraffes wearing ascots:

His warning came days after US oil giant Exxon Mobil won orders in US, UK and Dutch courts to freeze billions of dollars of Venezuelan oil assets.

Exxon wants more compensation from the Chavez government after it took control of Exxon oil projects last year.

The US is the biggest market for Venezuela’s heavy crude oil exports.

President Chavez has threatened several times before to stop sending Venezuelan oil to the US but so far not done so.

Yawn. Stretch. Play with bellybutton of self or others.

Nevertheless, his comments during his weekly televised address, took sharp aim at Exxon Mobil and, by extension, the Bush administration.

He described Exxon’s management as imperialist bandits who form part of a US government-backed campaign to destabilise Venezuela.

Imperialist bandits! Lovesit. Hey, Hugo. Say something crazy:

“If you end up freezing [Venezuelan] assets and it harms us, we’re going to harm you,” Mr Chavez said.

“Do you know how? We aren’t going to send oil to the US. Take note, Mr Bush, Mr Danger.”

Coincidentally, Messieurs Bush and Danger were our co-stars in our previous job before we did this whole blogging thing.

Venezuela threatens to cut US oil [BBC]