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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (24540)	6/24/2008 2:46:46 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Hi all, this is the best electoral college polling chart yet: electoral-vote.com

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (24540)	6/25/2008 12:07:57 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

"Gosh I wonder who are the folks who know for sure there is no tomorrow!!!" The people who own the oil. Forgetting for just one brief moment the incline or decline rate for Saudi oil, let's look at their current revenue from oil alone. Let's use 9.5 mbd x 135 = 1,282,500,000.00 One Billion, two hundred eighty two million, five hundred thousand and 00/100 dollars a day! And for one year: Over 468 billion - almost 1/2 a trillion, which is the amount our country has gone further into debt on average each year Bush has been president (5.4 in 2000 and currently 9.4 in 08 = 4 trillion divided by 8 yrs = 1/2 a trillion a year). Not that there's a direct connection between the two, except we do buy a lot of Saudi oil, but it does put into perspective the amount our Govt. currently borrows to support those three huge tax cuts and two war fronts. theoildrum.com

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (24540)	6/27/2008 6:41:15 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Where have all my commodities gone? Casey Energy Speculator Record oil prices have failed to temper the enthusiasm of Chinese auto buyers. In 2006, 6.2 million cars were sold in China, enough for the Middle Kingdom to surpass Japan for #2 in total vehicle sales (the United States still sells twice as many). In the first five months of 2008, Chinese auto sales show no signs of decelerating, up 17.4% from the same period last year. The rise in Chinese auto sales has been so dramatic that projections by China’s government for auto sales in 2020 were already exceeded by 2005. Millions of tons of copper, nickel, aluminum have gone into China’s car frenzy, boosting the commodity prices of every raw material involved. But the most pressing consequence of China's great leap into the culture of happy motoring is its impact on crude oil demand. Assuming that the 7.3 million new car owners in 2008 each drive 5,000 miles a year, and they achieve 40 miles per gallon, the result would be an additional 45.6 million barrels of crude demand, equivalent to 125,000 bbl/day. In other words, new Chinese drivers will devour 25-30% of the recently promised Saudi production increase in a single year. To those predicting an imminent decline in world oil demand, we say: don't bet on it. caseyresearch.com