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[Oilweek Online] US military feels gouge of fuel costs as Iraq, allies watch oil ...: Frank Verrastro, director of the energy and national security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said the military´s use of 1.2 million barrels a month _ or roughly 40,000 barrels a day _ represents a small chunk of the 86 million barrels demanded each day on the global market.
[zavibes] Blood for Oil: says Anthony Cordesman, an expert on U.S. strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies who rejects the idea that the war was designed on behalf of oil companies.
[Odessa Syndicate] Linkfest - 4/2/08: Military units pay an average of $3.23 a gallon for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, some $88 a day per service member in Iraq, according to an Associated Press review and interviews with defense officials. A penny or two increase in the price of fuel can add millions of dollars to U.S. costs.
[THE DALY SHOW] Boot Camp For Congress: I just read an interesting Wall Street Journal Op-ed piece from March 15, 2008 by South Carolina Mark Sanford, who endorses John McCain. Governor Sanford cites the efforts of U.S. Comptroller David Walker, the only honest man in Washington in my opinion, to educate America on the fiscal disaster looming in the next five to ten years.
[The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future] DrumBeat: March 15, 2008: Fallon wanted to draw down Petraeus’ troop levels in Iraq far faster than his ground commander would agree to. “Senior Pentagon officials ”” including, we hear, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen, Army Chief of Staff George Casey, and Admiral Fallon ”” have been urging deeper troop cuts in Iraq beyond the five ”˜surge’ combat brigades already scheduled for redeployment this summer.” But with support for the war in Iraq at a two-year high on the back of a perception that Petraeus’ strategy is working, Fallon’s hand was weakened.
[My Daily Rant ....] And another thing ”¦.: I have been amazed at all the whining people are doing lately. We live in the best country in the world, and yet everyone thinks our government stinks, the economy is failing, the war in Iraq is a disaster, our health care system sucks, and our housing “crisis” is going to ruin us. We can all thank the media for this. They are hell-bent on convincing us that the present administration has failed us, just so they can usher in their own set of cronies under the pretense of “change”. In reality, our government is probably the best in the world. They’ve protected us from terrorism on our soil since 9/11, and driven those dirt bags back to their holes in the mountains. Our economy is just fine. My business had the best year ever last year, despite my lack of focus (the house build has consumed a large portion of my time). The war in Iraq continues to drag on, but we all knew it would, and from all accounts, great progress has been made there. Had we not taken action, we could easily be paying $10 a gallon for gasoline. Our health care system is the envy of the world, as evidenced by all the people coming HERE for treatment. Yes, health care costs have risen, but so has the quality of care, and life expectancies have never been higher. And, anyone who DOESN’T have a health care plan gets treated anyway. What’s so wrong with that? And this housing thing …
[ContextPerception] Jim's Food for Thought: "Rather than celebrating the decision to go to war, we lament the suffering and violence in Iraq. We mourn the nearly 4,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have died, the unknown numbers of both who are wounded in body and mind, and the more than 4 million Iraqis who are displaced from their homes.
[Sun of Apocalypse] Apocalyptic Sonnets: Section 2: She soared into the land known as Iraq, Through delicate air-space to meet her fate- Her house not just an ordinary shack. ( 270 ).
[Djactionkenneth's Weblog] PREMO RANTING: In order to get rid of these nasty nightmares, simply pray to your god and ask him/her/they to absorb your child’s negative cell memories into the white light (of the holy spirit). Also be sure to tell your child while he/she is in slumber that he/she is just dreaming and anything that happens during a dream will not affect him/her when he/she wakes up.
[My Articles Blog] 6 Tips For Saving Gas: AP - Iraq’s prime minister pledged Thursday that the country would play an active role on the world stage in an upbeat speech delivered as this troubled nation entered a sixth year of war. Despite signs of progress, many Iraqis hold out .
[John Z's random thoughts] Its catching up.: At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, I think this stems off the war over in Iraq…once again. There is no shortage of oil..no problems with manufacturing the gas…no pipeline ruptures…so why did prices soar so high?
[TPMCafe blogs] Deregulating the Dream: What if we go to war with Iran, the biggest Saudi refinery blows up, and send oil prices to 15$ or $20 a gallon ? With $20 a gallon gas, the country WILL shut down as we know it.
[Climate Crisis Coalition - Daily News] Weekend Summary: Yesterday’s protest was the latest of four rallies in the District since Friday aimed at an array of issues that included government immigration policy, international economic policy, the war in Iraq and climate change.
["That's Saul, folks!"Michigan Republican Party Blog] Articles of Interest 7-10-07: The fastest way to get airtime on ABC, NBC, CBS or CNN or fawning coverage in The Washington Post, the New York Times editorial pages or the Associated Press is if you adopt a defeatist posture on the war in Iraq ”” especially if you take the Jim Baker/Lee Hamilton view that Washington's purported refusal to talk with Iran and Syria is the reason that they undermine American interests whenever they can. By contrast, Sen.
[Elendil's Blog] Couier-Journal Scare Story: What if Gas Hit $5 a Gallon?: Because of scare stories like this one the main stream media is continuing to propogate. If prices are high and the economy is "rotten" it must be because of Bush, the war in Iraq, .
["That's Saul, folks!"Michigan Republican Party Blog] Articles of Interest 2-23-07: Jay Rockefeller, a Democratic member of the Senate intelligence committee who had access to all the relevant information at the time, said, "I have come to the inescapable conclusion that the threat posed to America by Saddam's weapons of mass destruction is so serious that despite the risks -- and we should not minimize the risks -- we must authorize the president to take the necessary steps to deal with that threat."
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