OneTwoThree
7/25/2008 10:55:00 PM
"Bill Bonde { ''Mr Gore, tear down this wall'')"
<tributyltinpaint@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4889FFAE.1F6CAA9C@yahoo.co.uk...
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> Major Debacle wrote:
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>> Bill Bonde { ''Mr Gore, tear down this wall'') wrote:
>> >
>> > Major Debacle wrote:
>> >> Why do Republicans want to drill for the last pools of America's oil
>> >> while those in the Middle East are awash in the stuff that they are
>> >> willing to sell us for worthless American dollars?
>> >>
>> >> We give them worthless American dollars.
>> >>
>> >> They give us valuable oil.
>> >>
>> >> Burn their oil up first.
>> >>
>> >> *Then* drill for what's left in America.
>> >>
>> > So you are willing to destroy America's economy shipping dollars to
>> > the Middle East until they won't take them just because you want to
>> > leave oil in the ground in the US?
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>> Drilling for oil in the US is not going to make oil cheaper.
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> I doubt that oil will be much cheaper because of its cost to
> extract. I don't care about that, I care about the balance of
> trade.
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>> There is
>> not enough of it left in the ground to impact oil prices, and what's
>> there won't make it to market for ten years, even if drilling starts
>> tomorrow.
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> I suspect that drilling in earnest would lower prices because a lot
> of what's happening now is psychological.
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>> And besides, it doesn't matter where the dollars go to pay for the oil.
>> The Saudis have to spend that money eventually if they are to realize
>> any value from the sale of their oil.
>>
> This is like saying that it's OK to be broke because some other guy
> is super rich.
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>> Billions of those dollars find
>> their way back to America. How do you suppose that all those palaces
>> sprung up in the desert?
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> They find their way back by buying up American assets. Do you want
> that?
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>> Boeing would lose billions without petrodollars fueling the sale of
>> their aircraft.
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> Boeing is an export positive company. That's good. Let's see if the
> Americans can reduce the amount of importing.
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>> Countless big, medium and small enterprises in America depend on the
>> business of those who sell us oil.
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> That's fine, just *balance* the balance of trade.
like any one trick pony, Deb is incapable of seeing anything outside of his
box. he needs take inspiration from Obama. YES WE CAN!
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> --
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> "I found it lying in the street, like all the food I cook."
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