Thank god so many people shifted their investments from gold to oil, neh? OPEC says $75 a barrel? We're paying what, because of what?
* * * Sorry, the Saudi deal still bugs the crap outta me. What timing, to have *this* dude in office, right? Bah. -- 11 billion year old light... just a couple hundred photons... On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry to say but your not seeing the full picture. The royal family has a > number of limitations on it due to its agreements with the religious > establishment in Saudi Arabia. They can only 'look the other way' so far > before they are slapped down in one way or another (in some cases > literally). > And our position with them has been deteriorating lately due to China's > ramping up their demand for oil. Looks like our butt kissing will not be > needed by them much longer. It's making them more demanding and us more > willing to give them everything they want...like a nuclear reactor. > > As a side note, Saudi Arabia's position on apostasy is based on the version > of Islam they have been exporting and it's not a happy happy joy joy > version. > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:45 PM, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Oh, please. Religion blah blah ... You can't tell me that the royal >> family >> sees anything but $$ when dealing with the US. All religions have shown a >> remarkable tendancey to look the other way when self-interest comes to the >> front. >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
