spanone
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Sat Nov-10-07 08:48 AM
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Oil Price Rise Causes Global Shift in Wealth |
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED~snip~ High oil prices are fueling one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. Oil consumers are paying $4 billion to $5 billion more for crude oil every day than they did just five years ago, pumping more than $2 trillion into the coffers of oil companies and oil-producing nations this year alone. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110902573.html?hpid=topnews
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Cooley Hurd
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Sat Nov-10-07 08:54 AM
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1. 's okay - that money is going towards building man-made Islands for the wealthy... |
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...in Dubai: Charming, no?:eyes:
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malaise
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Sat Nov-10-07 08:58 AM
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3. Didn't a bridge collapse there two days ago |
symbolman
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Sat Nov-10-07 09:37 AM
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6. Isn't that the face-sucking larval stage |
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of the critter from the movie "Alien" ? The one that wrapped around the throat and killed the victim if you tried to remove it?
Actually, no, that was Cheney, sorry, my bad :)
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Cooley Hurd
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Sat Nov-10-07 05:34 PM
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7. We MUST warn Dennis!!! |
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...and tell him to WATCH his throat!!!:D
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malaise
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Sat Nov-10-07 08:56 AM
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2. Heard that on CSpan WJ this morning |
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George has fugged the planet. We're paying J$62.46 per litre this morning (US$1 =J$71.00).
Since we started taking orders from the neo-liberals our dollar has moved from 3-1 to 71 -1 and people still wonder why so many people are illegal immigrants in the US. All animals migrate to feed their young.
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spanone
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Sat Nov-10-07 09:00 AM
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4. 4 to 5 billion more EVERY DAY...WOW |
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Sat Nov-10-07 09:19 AM
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5. I think we need to give the oil industry some tax incentives |
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Hell maybe eve some subsidies as well. It's a given they won't do any exploration without them...
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Sat Nov-10-07 06:02 PM
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8. And don't forget that their shareholders are getting fat, too. |
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Parasitic bastards that they are.
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Sat Nov-10-07 11:02 PM
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9. $5 billion /day -- now that's wealth shifting |
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