Saw on Fox News yesterday Iran....

[Rave]

Has said that it is considering stopping oil production,based upon that Fox said that stocks "tanked",falling sharply and that the gummint is worrieing about inflation,yup that means interest rate increases,although the gummint is not planning increases for at least a couple of months.
This morning I see that gas prices went up ten cents over night,just speculation I hope.
Venezuala is also considering cutting us off as we threaten sanctions and perhaps a blockade.Sure hope the other opec countries don't even consider cutting the spicot off.:lucky:

[Pred]

Heres a bold idea, how about we get oil from somewhere else. Look, the government is pretty much wanting to open the border with mexico, so go ahead. Get a deal with mexico that will allow us to drill for oil there in exchange for open borders. What will end up happening is mexico will start making money, and all the mexicans wont come up here to work, or we'll start going down there to work. Gas goes down to about $1.25 a gallon and the rest of the world craps themselves.

[troy2000]

Originally Posted by Pred

Heres a bold idea, how about we get oil from somewhere else. Look, the government is pretty much wanting to open the border with mexico, so go ahead. Get a deal with mexico that will allow us to drill for oil there in exchange for open borders. What will end up happening is mexico will start making money, and all the mexicans wont come up here to work, or we'll start going down there to work. Gas goes down to about $1.25 a gallon and the rest of the world craps themselves.

It said Mexico's economy is booming, oil sales are up, unemployment is down to 3 1/2 percent, and they're still coming across the border. A lot of them coming now are people with jobs and education, who just think things are better up here. Which they are, but it won't stay that way if we keep getting flooded by Bush's cheap labor....

[Pred]

True. In a 24 hour period(atleast where I live) gas jumped from $2.66 to $2.95 a gallon. Someone refresh my memory, how much $$$ did Exxon make last quarter?

[troy2000]

Originally Posted by Pred

True. In a 24 hour period(atleast where I live) gas jumped from $2.66 to $2.95 a gallon. Someone refresh my memory, how much $$$ did Exxon make last quarter?

Republicans in Congress are pushing a proposal to relax environmental and other requirements for expanding existing refinery capacities or building new ones, so it'll be cheaper for the poor, starving little darlings.

This in spite of pretty good evidence (internal memos, etc) that the oil companies deliberately restricted refinery capacity in the eighties and nineties, to create an artificial shortage and keep prices high.

[heilung]

The Mexicans might just blow us off and sell their oil to the Chinese who may pay more. Like Venezuela is about to or already is selling. Then the Chinamen ship it through their Panama Canal they just about own. Too bad Yanks.Heilung

[Rufus Rhastus J]

yup, it's all China's fault.

[Glock32]

Originally Posted by Rufus Rhastus J

yup, it's all China's fault.

No its all our fault for dragging them into the market economy... They are going to beat us at our own game.

[Rave]

Not gonna be much left of jobs in this country but services and restaurants,and illegals gonna get those,hummmmm.

[Chris]

Time to look for an alternative place to live

[BattleRifleG3]

If you will pay, BattleRifle will still be making guns in the USA If you don't pay, BattleRifle will only make guns for BattleRifle.

[Rufus Rhastus J]

Originally Posted by Glock32

No its all our fault for dragging them into the market economy... They are going to beat us at our own game.

That's exactly what I was saying in my smart arsed way. I always laugh at people's ignorance when they blame China. I wanna scream at them :"Hey dumb arse, we passed all the laws that make it possible. Yo', dumb arse, we buy all their widgets! They offer for sale, we buy....Now tell me ......really, who's fault is it?"






If our leadership (term used in the loosest of ways) wasn't so busy selling us, and our futures, down the road, maybe they would see the wisdom in making our own TV, clothes, tennis shoes and just about everything imaginable.....you know, kinda like we used to do? Oh, I remember, that was the American way.......well, who's way is it now? The greedy oil barrons? Big business? Collectively we have allowed this mess. Now, our traitorous leaders are selling our souls for their own profit. As long as we can watch football and buy a beer we stupidly continue to allow the rope to tighten around our necks. Pretty soon it will be we who are the third worlders. Won't that be great? So the next time someone wants to blame someone for our troubles, remember, China did it.

[Deersniper]

we have a huge untapped reserve here in the Midwest a hundred years worth at least, and Alaska, too. Mexico's reserves have peaked, I hear. I'm sure they are waiting for gas to be 7.00/ gal before they tap it. They just increased offshore drilling but that is not hurricane proof. Greed and opportunity to exploit the masses. Not cool.

Bikes are 99.5 % efficient, but I'm not.

[Rufus Rhastus J]

yup, as old and out of shape as i am, a bike wouldn't do much good either....well, maybe it would kill me and the gumint could keep my ss as i am sure they plan to do anyway. I'm sure some greedy politico will need the money more than a sick old man who has paid into the system for fifty years. Bastids! All of them bastids.

[Stopper]

US oil peaked in the early 70's. Mexico is in decline as well as most the rest of the world. Get ready for the long emergency.

[Rave]

We need to stop the practice of useing oil to produce electricity!:nod:

[Gio]

Lets burn farts.

[BattleRifleG3]

How about fitness centers hooking up generators to exercise bikes and treadmills? Then they could sell the power and people could exercise for less $$.

[Rufus Rhastus J]

now that we are agreed we need oil, what's next?