That's what Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's energy and petroleum minister, told America recently. He was responding to the latest sanctions imposed over their attempts to develop nuclear weapons to rain terror on our country. Besides promising reprisals, that's his way of thanking us for all we do for the people of Venezuela.
Thousands of poverty-stricken Venezuelan kids play baseball year-round in a climate that is conducive to the sport, so they're pretty good. Hundreds are brought to the US where they take the place of American kids, who given the same chance would be as good if not better. And these rich Venezuelans send millions of dollars back home every year.
But, here's the kicker. Every year we buy 365 million barrels of oil from Venezuela where gasoline is only 12 cents a gallon. How about deporting every one of those rich Venezuelan athletes and stop buying Venezuelan oil? Are we stupid or what?
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