Maybe now them LibDems will see the light! So far, they have prevented us
from drilling for more oil in Alaska. But now that oil is starting to get
to the price it should be, we will be able to do so, and to fix our
infrastructure. And who will benefit? Americans, that's who. We will be
awash in jobs, if only the LibDems will stay out of the way.

But just watch. They will scream for "Fuel Efficiency" and "Alternative
Energy" and other hogwash. We need the Federal Government to give
subsidies to the oil companies, and fast, so that more jobs will be
created.

Oil Surges Above $76 as BP Shuts Alaska Field, Largest in U.S.

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil surged above $76 a barrel, recording its
biggest gain in two weeks, after BP Plc said it will shut Alaska's Prudhoe
Bay field, where 8 percent of U.S. oil is produced.

The closure of the largest oil field in the U.S. because of pipeline
corrosion and a leak will cut supplies to West Coast refineries during the
country's peak demand for gasoline. ``Shutting down the field will take
days to complete,'' BP said today.

American@NumberOne.org wrote:

What's wrong with efficiency?

On Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:04:38 +0000 (UTC), American@NumberOne.org wrote,
quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

You are energy expert? When the oil runs out that is all you will
have. It had bloody well better not be hogwash or your descendents
will be without power, period.

You also have the problem of global warming. You can't burn all the
rest of the oil without consequences.

"A 3 mpg increase in the auto and light truck fleet is worth a million
barrels of oil a day."
~ Professor of Physics Ernest Moniz

“Global warming is here. All these idiots that run around and say it
isn't here. That's ridiculous.”
~ Bill O'Reilly

“I have said consistently that global warming is a serious problem.”
~ George W. Bush, 2006-06-26

American@NumberOne.org wrote:

If efficiency is the enemy, let's get rid of automobiles altogether.
In fact, let's get rid of all major appliances: air conditioners,
refrigerators, dish washers, furnaces. Think of all the jobs you could
create just by sending us all back to the dark ages.

Typical right wing idiot. Sure, let's give more tax money to the oil
companies. You rightards have a screw loose.

On 7 Aug 2006 12:22:36 -0700, "Igor" excite.com> wrote:

American@NumberOne.org wrote...

Pop quiz: Is such a scenario socialism, communism, or fascism?

Why do you hate America?

They might be intentionally raising gas prices to get the US economy
ready for war with Iran.

In misc.survivalism the_blogologist nowheres.com> wrote:

The war in Iraq will be self-financing, from the oil revenues. Just you
wait and see.

You LibDems still don't believe Rumsfeld, but that is what he said, and he
has never retracted it.

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 02:35:20 GMT, Simple Simon
wrote:

Chuckle. It is funny to watch them spin themselves into such clearly
blatant contradictions. What happened to the free market solves all?
What happened to small government? Not when corporate profits are at
stake. Funny two he feels a need to subsidize and industry currently
recognizing the biggest profits in the history of the world.

Given the corproate/government melding. I'll go with C. It's fascism.