Bloggers Stop Aircraft Sale to Chavez


	Bloggers Stop Aircraft Sale to Chavez

brazilnut72

10-18-2006 5:14 PM

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chavez, latin america, venezuela, blogging

brazilnut72 says:

Hooray for bloggers!!!

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10-18-2006 5:38 PM

bignosemousie

That is awesome news. Thanks for the good stuff, brazilnut.

10-18-2006 6:11 PM

usmc6531

Good to see Blogging used for the forces of good!

10-18-2006 6:13 PM

Godfrey Daniel

Mr Nut doesn't clip often, but when he does it's often good news of this type.

10-18-2006 8:26 PM

brazilnut72

Thanks for the good words and the pops. I don't clip nearly as much as I should--but I enjoy the give and take of the clipmarks community.

As I live in Brazil and am directly effected by Senor Chavez, a good number of my clips have to do with him. I should probably not try to travel to Venezuela anytime soon.

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