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AMERICAblog: Bush to jawbone Saudis on oil prices

  • Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago
    Read: Bush to report to his regime masters.
  • OlderAndWiser · 1 year ago
    OPEC only accounts for 40% of the oil used in the US. Is Bush going "jawbone" American companies to lower their prices and cut their obscene profits?

    Don't bank on any of this. The Rethuglicons are looking for a "last hurrah" and everyone in the world knows they're nothing but empty suits.
  • Nigel Elliott · 1 year ago
    Speaking of Saudis.....

    'Bin Laden' call targets Israel

    BBC: A new audio message purported to be from Osama Bin Laden has called for Muslims to continue the fight to liberate Palestinian lands.

    In a tape marking Israel's 60th anniversary, the speaker pledged to continue fighting the Israelis and not give up "a single inch of Palestine".

    The tape's authenticity could not be verified. The last messages attributed to Bin Laden were aired in March.

    The al-Qaeda leader is thought to be in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7404264.stm

  • CitizenX · 1 year ago
    Boy, Bin Laden has an impeccable sense of timing.
  • ccokz · 1 year ago
    http://ccoaler.blogspot.com/2008/05/fusion-man-...
    Fusion man crosses Alpes with Turbine Wings.
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    Jawbone of an ass.
  • mr_ed · 1 year ago
    Uh, guys, the majority of our oil comes from Canada. And they're white, so they couldn't screw anybody, right?
  • TheOriginalLiz · 1 year ago
    Bush talks big but consistently fails to do anything but fail
  • jr · 1 year ago
    Bush sings Take My Hand by Simple Plan as he holds King Abdullah's hand on the bike path
  • heraldsquare · 1 year ago
    "But George, twenty years ago your father was begging us to raise prices! I wish you Bushes would make up your damn minds!"
  • Mike_G · 1 year ago
    "But George, twenty years ago your father was begging us to raise prices! I wish you Bushes would make up your damn minds!"

    You beat me to it.
    In 1986 the price of oil dropped to under $10 a barrel as the Saudis dramatically increased production after political disagreements among OPEC members.
    As the US economy took off in response, GHW Bush petitioned the Saudis to cut production. He wanted to jack up oil prices again to help his US oil industry cronies.