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Saudia Arabia, Africa ,and gas consumption- so many subjects so little time
It Takes A Crisis.. to deflect a tradition, to pass new laws
It comes from the attitude that it cant happen here, or it cant happen to me because(.........)
Freidman is probably right about Saudi Arabia. I would have thought that the recent bombings were wake up call to action, but each of the Princes could argue that it was an attack on American institutions, it would not have happened without us being there, and that his regime/city.area would be immune. And thus not considered to be a crisis requiring major instant changes to national policy.
911 was a crisis, and did cause changes, but I happen to live in a rural area close to an airbase, and would not expect to be as subject to a terrorist attack as a city resident, but am aware, in thinking, that a big threat exists if our economy is affected by one.
The gas shortage of the 1970's was a crisis, and laws were passed regarding vehicle economy, which in a short time were by-passed by such actions as deciding trucks as small as 1/2 ton were not to be included in the CAFE averages .
We had laws regarding Savings and Loans operations but it took the S+L crisis to point out how badly they were being bypassed or misused.
It took an Election crisis , to show there was something seriously wrong with the voting laws/machines in Florida and elsewhere
Its as if our government is running a herd of sick horses, with the Administration trying to keep them working by feeding them Epsom salts to keep them going ,saying its just a temporary problem, until they suddenly collapse and they call a vet (or lawyers) and send the bill to the Taxpayers to replace the horse by a bigger one, or even an elephant..
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