Bluebear
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:22 PM
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$88/barrel oil: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! |
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:23 PM
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1. Above $200/barrel will come before this decade ends |
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:24 PM
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It is a tossup if we will end up with water wars or oil wars...oops, we already have one of those.
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:25 PM
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3. Good thing people voted for Bush to "have a beer with him". Saps. nt |
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:31 PM
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5. And don't forget Cokie Roberts's reports on NPR about the "charm offensive." |
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How Bush is, oooh, so charming!
And he gives nicknames, too!
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:44 PM
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12. And Pelosi thinks his Nazi-profitting family is so patriotic n/t |
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:25 PM
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4. I'm not going to cry depositing my royalty checks |
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In the late 90's when the price dipped below the price in the 50s adjusted for inflation no one cared.
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:36 PM
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7. No one cared because cheap oil doesn't cause social upheaval and the death of millions |
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Edited on Tue Oct-16-07 03:38 PM by NickB79
Expensive oil does. People will certainly be crying as global oil production begins to fall off the plateau and scramble to afford the basic necessities of life.
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:40 PM
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8. No, you'll wait till the dollar's worth a nickel. |
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Edited on Tue Oct-16-07 03:42 PM by aquart
The price of that oil is going to be factored into every damn thing you buy, every mouthful you eat.
Have fun bitching about those caviar prices.
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RB TexLa
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:43 PM
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9. I have very little invested in North American stocks |
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:33 PM
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and again, sorry about your penises.
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:43 PM
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10. 'and again, sorry about your penises.' |
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:44 PM
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11. i wonder, does any sector of the economy benefit from high oil prices? |
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I wonder, what sector would that be...
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:45 PM
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its not only bout those two... but also peak oil
Oh and that little fracas in the ME that these two helped start
But Peak Oil has quite the role in this
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:46 PM
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Remember Ms. Chevron who had an oil tanker named after her, until they hurriedly renamed that when she became NSA.
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:57 PM
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17. Oh I remmeber, and the oil has been flowing from the moment |
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the terminal was secured
But it is also about Peak Oil
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:46 PM
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14. It's far from mission accomplished |
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Mission underway perhaps. We're going to be paying for theses fools for a long long time.
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Tue Oct-16-07 03:46 PM
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16. Yet another victory in the BushCo war on the Middle Class. |
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