Re: Stupidity on steroids

On May 15, 9:12=A0pm, The Trucker <mik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 17:30:00 -0700, Anon aka wrote:
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> > "The Trucker" <mik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:pan.2008.05.15.19.28.30.119710@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Would anyone like to offer a rational explanation of why we would
pump
> >> 70,000 barrels of oil per day out of North Slope, ****p it to Texas,
and=

> >> pump it back into the ground?
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> >> Would anyone like to guess why a (P)resident of the _UNITED_ States
wou=
ld
> >> threaten to veto the discontinuance of this outrage?
>
> >> Must be the Republican version of a "jobs" program.
>
> >> The "Strategic Petroleum Reserve" already exists in several places
and =
it
> >> will not be jumping up and running away to Atlantis. =A0But there is
> >> something to consider: =A0Cuba is making a deal with the Chinese to
tap=
 the
> >> oil 60 miles south of Florida which is (according to current
> >> unilateralists and nationalists) part of _OUR_ real "Strategic
Petroleu=
m
> >> Reserve".
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> > Your wrong, offshore off the Florida is NOT part of the Strategic
Petrol=
eum
> > Reserve.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve
>
> In reality all of the oil that belongs to the people of the United
States
> is the strategic petroleum reserve of the USA. =A0You are right. =A0I
shou=
ld
> not have made it a title. My bad.
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> >> Can anyone offer a rational explanation as to why our (P)resident
insis=
ts
> >> on not having any dialog with the Cubans? =A0There is a lot of
rightie =
crap
> >> about "slant drilling" when the fact is that a reservoir of oil can
be
> >> tapped in a lot of different places. And as the oil is recovered more
o=
f
> >> the stuff just seeps to the point of recovery; no slant drilling
> >> necessary.
>
> >> Why do we see an interest in that which will increase the price of
> >> oil in the near term while ignoring the actual loss of oil in the
futur=
e.
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> >> It would seem that a rational person would have been talking to Cuba
lo=
ng
> >> before RIGHT NOW.
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> >> The Republicans are masters of distraction, always focusing on morals
a=
nd
> >> nationalism while they line the pockets of the rich. =A0The
Republicans=
 must
> >> at all times use every weapon possible to attack the
environmentalists
> >> (and sometimes they need it) but only because the environmentalists
are=

> >> easily associated with the Democrats. So the issue is always framed
wit=
h
> >> ANWR . LOOK OVER THERE....
>
> >> The Republican leader****p (and that is NOT Pinocchio Bush) are not
stup=
id.
> >> But they rely very heavily on the stupidity of their followers.
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> of society but the people themselves; and
> if we think them not enlightened enough to
> exercise their control with a wholesome
> discretion, the remedy is not to take it from
> them, but to inform their discretion by
> education." - Thomas Jeffersonhttp://GreaterVoice.org/extend-
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If you own 500 acres in west texas and also own the mineral rights and
Exxon comes along discovers oil and gas under your property you'll
tell Exxon, "leave it there for now and come back in 20 years"?? You
are probably a fool but maybe not a DAMNED Fool.