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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:36 PM Original message |
Chavez may price oil exports in euros |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gee, what a difference a day (and lack of diplomacy) makes! aye? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. On his resume under SKILLS front and center is |
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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Chavez prods Bush at least once a day, doesn't he? |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Yes, Chavez has an electric cattle prod |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Too Bad Bush Has No Nervous System There! n/t |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
83. The first one was directed at Bush personally |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. If he can't walk and chew gum |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ah, welcome to the Axis! |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, I guess that seals it, time to start the invasion talk. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes. Hope Chavez is ready. |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. I must admit,some days I think about wanting to have |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. You just reminded me that I do have a small collection of world currency.. |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is VERY bad he would even talk like that - very bad. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The US imposed sanctions. I think he's justified. |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Bingo. The NeoCons thought they were going to intimidate him. |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. No he is not!!! |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Sorry, you have the wrong asshole. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Tell it to Bush. Chavez has helped Americans where our own govt |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I should have kept my own problems private - about my kid. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Please explain: "...those people took our wells." |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Sure - |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Complete horseshit. |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Then why weren't they? |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Because drilling rights were already bestowed. |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Why weren't they used before the tin pot? |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Nick, my friend, explaining the ways... |
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nick303 (379 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I said "before" |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Now we're going to have a straight thread... |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. You have no idea what you are talking about. |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. BS in Comp Sci. Working on a MAFM. |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. SO you clearly do not.. |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. OK Joe. I'll take your word for it that you know... |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. I really don't want to lecture anyone - |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Our wells? |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Yes they were our wells. |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Foreign entities now own much of our banking assets, farmland, ports, |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Yes, they could. They really do own our ass. |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. So, if W sold off drilling rights to say, hmm.... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. unfortunately, our oil and our wells were in THEIR country. |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #53 |
78. Nationalizing wells guarantees a pullout of capital. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:01 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. But is that absolute? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #84 |
90. To add one detail to your remarks, I'd like to say that when legitimate |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 07:21 AM Response to Reply #78 |
97. "...but you don't steal." |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #78 |
101. you don't buy stolen property, either... |
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anoraksia53 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #53 |
79. thanks to you for making this point so well |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. Governments have the unmitigated power to TAKE away property from... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
60. That is the dumbest thing I ever heard... |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. OK - |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. OK, a couple of things... |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. It is like this - |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. If leaving the rug underneath the feet of the corporations exploiting |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:09 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Who do you think pays for this "risk of doing business" |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:14 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I benefit when businesses compate fairly and fail when they're not |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. We pay, but only because our policies in regards to corporate... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Unlike you... |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Don't tell me you lived on the streets in Sao Paulo. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:38 AM Response to Reply #75 |
80. A title is a contract, understood? |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. We all do better when we all do better, and that's across borders too. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
89. I agree, especially in regards to Latin America... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
87. NO HE IS NOT like W |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
100. You give too much credit to Bush* |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Why stop short, nationalize the oil industry. It's too importaint... |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
58. I agree. But knowing the mindset of the country |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 05:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
94. Explain the problems with nationalizing essential |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Yes he is justified |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. Fact is Joe, it's Venezuela's oil and they have a right to price it in |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. Yes, I guess I do. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
76. First, our deficit is weakening the dollar more than what Chavez did... |
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Joe for Clark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I don't blame him for looking out for his interest. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. What don't you trust him with? |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 07:25 AM Response to Reply #70 |
98. America has manipulated, bullied and stolen world-wide |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
99. You only touch the tip of the iceberg. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. I talk like that all the time |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. Iran |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. problem, there may not be enough euros to handle that volume of business |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. There's certainly enough euros for a lot of oil to be traded in it |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
88. They could do what the U.S. has been doing for years |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Are you listening international community? |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. That's exactly it. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank Our Great Diplomat, Bush |
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katinmn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I want to take all their billions and redistribute it. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I'd drop Her off in Afghanaistan |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. with the dollar loosing so much value, oil prices must rise |
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Jayhawk Lib (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. What is stopping him? |
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RufusEarl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. This is why i think we went into Iraq. |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Sadam didn't Plan, he DID |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. They never forget to throw in a smear, do they? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I doubt they are capable of writing one clean article without the |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Yes, it's amazing isn't it? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. You GO, Hugo! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hugo vs. Smirk in the PR battle |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
62. maybe the neocons are massivley,massively short the dollar |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Historically, selfish right-wingers make money off the swings |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-16-06 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
64. The reason the dollar is sinking!!! |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
81. the price of BUSH BULLYING |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I won't cheer on a possible collapse of our currency |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
86. Just a reminder: |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #86 |
92. Thanks for pointing that out. There was NO saber rattling, and NO |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 05:37 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Well said, Judi Lynn. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #93 |
103. truely pathetic--cant even get a coup right |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
95. For Joe for Clark, Your Logic on This Thread Is The Root Cause for Terror |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #95 |
102. Yep! Read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-17-06 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
96. We'll be hearing Warm Fuzzies from Cheney any moment now.. |
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