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To: RetiredNow who wrote (542374)1/9/2010 12:20:15 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1577025
 
>> A better solution would have been to spend the $1 trillion becoming oil independent through drilling more and using less.

$1 Trillion doesn't even TOUCH the problem. If it did, why in hell didn't this nitwit in the oval office spend the trillion dollars stimulus to make us OIL INDEPENDENT?

I'm all for more drilling but where are you going to do it?



To: RetiredNow who wrote (542374)1/9/2010 1:58:25 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1577025
 
>Sure I do. Democracy in the Middle East, maybe. But why do we care about Democracy in the Middle East? Oil.

Do we really care about democracy in the Middle East?

A book worth reading:

en.wikipedia.org

-Z



To: RetiredNow who wrote (542374)1/9/2010 3:38:59 PM
From: Taro  Respond to of 1577025
 
Yes, oil - and the nukes in Pakistan.

/Taro