I think I've posted something like this to pen-l before, but it's worth it.
Is it possible that someone in DC, somebody powerful like Dick Cheney, causes foreign-policy events (the tightening of pressure on Iran, the "Armenian genocide" resolution in Congress) that he knows will cause oil prices to go up? if he can pull this off, , thanks to the magic of speculative markets, it's easy to make a killing by buying oil futures. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
