You tell that to the people who would be paying $3 a gallon at the pump! I agree though we need to lesson our dependence on foreign oil and exploring options at home and with Russia is a good idea. I also think we should be look at alternative sources of energy. While I doubt I will see it in my lifetime, we will run out of oil eventually. :)
-----Original Message----- From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:06 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bush's Mid East Policy One reason I don't fear a complete break of relations with Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran ... any of them ... is that there are plenty of sources of oil elsewhere now. Between our own reserves, Russia and elsewhere, along with growing alternative sources here (which we need to step up and improve), the OPEC nations would hurt themselves more than us by cutting off supplies. H. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Dinowitz) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 12:37:05 -0400 >There exists a RPG called Cyberpunk written by a psychic named Mike Pondsmith. He wrote a time line in it that has almost all come true. One of the things he added was a group called SovOil, which was a soviet oil company that tapped the vast reserves in Siberia. If America ever got its act together with Russia and tapped into those reserves then we'de be free of the middle east. The soviets understand cash and have no religious obligations against infidels. > >At 12:05 PM 4/8/02, you wrote: >>Regarding the oil issue, it will be interesting to see what Russia does this spring/summer. Putin has already bucked OPEC by increasing production when they were cutting. They've (OPEC) already vowed to cut production through spring and most likely into summer. I'm going to make a prediction here that Bush and Putin will have another meeting out at the ranch sometime this spring and then when summer comes and OPEC is cutting production, Putin will increase production to offset OPEC. Just a hunch. >> >>Michael Corrigan >>Programmer >>Endora Digital Solutions >>1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 >>Lombard, IL 60148 >>630-627-5055 ext.-136 >>630/627-5255 Fax >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Michael Dinowitz >> To: CF-Community >> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:56 AM >> Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy >> >> >> Thats the problem. Here's the situation. Bush says that terrorism must stop and any harboring a terrorist is a terrorist. Arafat has said in arabic that he supports the suicide attacks and tons of indicators over the years support accusations that he's a terrorist. By bush's own words, America should be attacking arafat, not Israel. But when Israel is attacked daily, his words to them are to show restraint and don't retaliate. >> So eventually, Israel says enough. They go in and take down the terrorist structure, capturing hundreds of thousands of dollars (and shekels) of counterfeit money, weapons, documents, etc. The rate of suicide bombings have dropped to nill with the few who are trying getting caught. The operation is a success with a minimum loss of life (despite accusations of massacres, the only dead seems to be the fighters). This success has upset the arab world again. Israel isn't supposed to win. They never were. Their very existence disrupts the arab ideal of superiority. >> So what happens? The arabs yell, their allies (the europeans) yell, the people who care about arafat but don't care about Jewish blood yell and Bush flip flops. He demands that Israel pull back. Israel says in so many words, "screw off". So we're at an impasse. America wants to keep good relations with our pushers (we snort oil), our pushers are rattling their sabres that they'll cut off our drug (but if they do they die as well as we prop them up), and America backs down. Of course, only one pusher has rattled his sabre, but we're afraid others may as well. >> >> > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
