A Thank You Note To the President

Dear President Chavez,

I am writing today to express my sincere gratitude to you for all that you have done. Your generous contribution of heating oil to the people of the United States is appreciated more than you will ever know. Here, in the northern part of our country winter temperatures often fall well below zero. Many citizens have suffered not only discomfort, but also health problems related to the inadequate heating of their homes. Your contribution is being greeted as a miracle. Because of your generosity, I have been passing the word to all of my friends. I have been asking them to buy only Citgo Gas.

That other President, the one we have in our country, probably has access to more money than you have. Unfortunately his priorities are not as humanitarian as yours. He has gotten himself, and us too, entangled in a rather gruesome situation in Iraq. Maybe you read about it in your Press. It looks like we will be spending all of our money for generations to come on weapons. That brings up another problem. Many in the United States cannot afford health care. If it is not too much trouble, next time you are talking to your friend, Fidel, please tell him we need doctors over here. Also, the need for dentists is so critical that my best friend just relocated from the United States to Costa Rica because she had a toothache.

Well, thank you again. Please say, "Hello", to the wife and family for me. Oh, I almost forgot to say that I admire the people of Venezuela who were smart enough to vote for you. Maybe some of them would be willing to come up here and help us run an election in 2008.

Your friend in Vermont,

Rosemarie Jackowski

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