yeah? I'm sure he will. I'd bet money on it. But not by investing in oil. I'm trying to put my money where my mouth is. Seriously, we are paying a premium on our oil because of the risk of instability in the region. There is *no* question about that.
On Dec 8, 2007 9:08 AM, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All I'm saying Dana is that you, of all people, should understand that > there > are waaaaaayyyy more variables that go into this than just "the president > did it for his oil buddies". I'm actually invested quite heavily in the > oil > industry(ies), so I keep an eye on as many of the variables as I can. But > hey... You believe what you want to believe. Will the price of oil > continue to decline? I think it will, but I'm sure 'ol Dubya can make it > go > back up if he wanted to... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:37 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush on Iran,ignoring intelligence that doesn't fit his world > view. Again. > > versus the previous week yeah, it is. Do you seriously think it will > continue to drop? Have you noticed that 2.73 a gallon is now "low"? I'd > find > it amusing that a web developer was lecturing me on finance, if it weren't > so sad. We've had a commodities market for a long long time, have *you* > noticed *that*? > > But hey. The price of oil has more than doubled in the last two or three > years, but that's mere coincidence. Blame Canada, or maybe the Chinese. > It's > difinitely nothing to do with the president's industry ties. Neither is > his > threatened veto of the energy bill. > > Nope nope. The president watches over us and protects us. Our father who > art > in Washington. > > Bah. > > On Dec 8, 2007 7:34 AM, Jeff Garza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OPEC serves the purpose of keeping oil prices high. Devaluation of > > the dollar serves the purpose of keeping oil (and gold) prices high. > > Speculation in the commodities markets keeps the price of oil high. > > Lots of things keep the price of oil high. Did you notice that oil > > prices have been declining for the past couple of weeks or so? It's > > down nearly 10 percent... Is that Bush's fault as well? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 7:25 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Bush on Iran,ignoring intelligence that doesn't fit his > > world view. Again. > > > > Bush's big stick serves the purpose of keeping oil prices high ;) > > > > On Dec 7, 2007 5:52 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Diplomacy is preferable to war, but there has to be a credible > > > threat of some sort of retaliation for diplomacy to work. Economic > > > sanctions are the best tool the international community has against > > > a country like Iran, but our ability to pressure Iran with sanctions > > > is limited by the refusal of Russia and China to cooperate with more > > > robust > > sanctions > > against them. > > > > > > Fortunately, we have other credible means of threatening Iran. To > > > paraphrase Teddy Rosevelt, Bush is speaking softly and carrying the > > > big stick of the U.S. military on his shoulder, and the Iranians > > > believe (quite reasonably) that Bush will take that stick and thump > > > them if need be. Bush's tough talk on Iran is part of the diplomatic > > > strategy, not an attempt to subvert diplomacy. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 6, 2007 3:13 AM, Vivec wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Government report released Tuesday says Iran stopped nuke work in > > 2003" > > > > > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/05/bush.iran/index.html > > > > > > > > At least this information came out before they dropped a tactical > > nuke. > > > > It's amazing the misdirection and the build up over Iran. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's hope that diplomacy is continued with Iran to bring them > > > > in-line with what the world wants. > > > > Because I don't think anyone wants a Nuclear Strike capable Iran. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247949 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
