OPEC has perhaps a year to get their act together before the West takes their oil fields from them leaving them to herd goats, weep and gnash their teeth.

The cries of the socialist left for solar, wind and cumbighya hand holding secular human energy will only take them so far and we've past vastly more than we're prepared to go.

SO start pumping, shut UP and be happy that you happened to be sitting on the Oil that the US showed you, you had; or face the certainty of being shut out.

I'm sure the Norwegians are shaking in their clogs now that BushFanatic threathend OPEC.

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"When I'm in command, every mission is a suicide mission!" -Capt. Zapp Branigan
The United Church of the Latter Day Tangential Tarts

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"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut

The West isn't lacking anything.

Either OPEC jacks up production or we will strip them of their options. Now you can cry all day about how unfair it is. But the West will not allow OPEC to cripple the world's economy because of tender feelings surrounding Iran.

The moment OPEC is seen as holding the world up over some political issue, the clock starts ticking on their ownership of their oil fields.

Remember that the socialist are tolerated as long as the world can afford to tolerate them. At $145 barrel, the tolerance really becomes rather tedious.

ahhsoo.. first it was dubya holding hands with arab shieks while going for stroll in the woods, then it was junior going to arabia to beg for more crack, and now....


Bushfanatic threathening to go postal on the arabs if he don't a fix. quick!

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"When I'm in command, every mission is a suicide mission!" -Capt. Zapp Branigan
The United Church of the Latter Day Tangential Tarts

I'm not surprised the sheiks are acting this way. This is just how the world works. Your ally today might be your enemy tomorrow.

Britain
Germany
Russia (USSR)
Japan
Vietnam
Cuba
France

All have flip-flopped on alliances with the USA. That's how it is.

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"I should be calling collect from jail for the things I commit each night in my head" - D. Mustaine.

Aren't they cute when they try to feign principle? It completely cracks me up.

Yeah, let's go get those.... ummm... WAAAIT A MINUTE... doesn't a parade of destruction sort of destroy the oil fields we wish to take over??

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"Democrats, in their never-ending search for scapegoats, have had a go at oil company CEOs, industry profits and now oil 'speculators.' They've looked everywhere but where they should — in the mirror." - Investors Business Daily

Here's a thought:

OPEC sells oil for $143.00 a barrel.

OPEC nations buy U.S. grain at $7.00 a bushel.

Solution: Sell grain to OPEC nations for $193.00 a bushel.

Can't buy it? Tough! Eat your oil!

Ought to go well with a nice thick grilled filet of camel!!!

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"Democrats, in their never-ending search for scapegoats, have had a go at oil company CEOs, industry profits and now oil 'speculators.' They've looked everywhere but where they should — in the mirror." - Investors Business Daily

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"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut