My, my, Ed, you're *are* the cynic, aren't you! I'm hoping we elect a more gooder regime next November, at least a new gang of criminals that will have the sense to avoid the temptation of getting our country involved in additional regime changes. It would be much safer for the world if we could elect a new regime that finds it immensely more satisfying to conduct their illicit activity behind closed doors and bedrooms rather than on the battle front.
As for oil prices, my personal feelings gravitate towards the hope that, despite all the pain and suffering it will cause us all, oil prices remain outrageously high. As best as I can tell maintaining stable high prices will be the only way to help encourage serious AE R&D in our capitalistic economy. Our way-of-life depends on it. I doubt we can afford another 80's flip-flop where oil prices sky-rocketed then plummeted. I suspect we're all pretty much in agreement on the point that decades of cheap oil essentially killed off AE research for decades. Had AE research started twenty years ago and continued unabated we probably wouldn't be having this insane conversation now. On 1/15/08, Edmund Storms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well Steven, if you had the oil, would you agree to take less money for > your dwindling resource just because Bush asked? After all, this would > mean you would also get less selling to China, a country that now has > the money to pay your price. Or would you rather keep the price high to > make more money and to hasten the end of American meddling in Middle > East affairs. Besides the price will naturally drop soon as the American > economy slides into depression. Why take a hit sooner than is necessary? > Besides, Bush is no longer useful in getting American aid. In this game > of poker, Bush has now lost every hand and has no idea how to play the > game. > > Ed > > OrionWorks wrote: > > > http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/15/bush.mideast/index.html > > http://tinyurl.com/23yc5c > > > > I'm glad someone in the oval office is asking the important questions. > > > > Can't you just pump some more oil out of the ground for us - for > > faster, more quicker? > > Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
