warning: now OT political (was "Bridge Collapse")

[scirocco16vr32 at gmail.com (Chris Bennett)]

A little history... for ya here.  Although it's a .mil site so it may
be a little biased.

http://www.mediacen.navy.mil/pubs/allhands/feb99/febpg20.htm

It explains partially why the US is there.  Don't worry my friend...
No troops.  I worry about your environment though.  My understanding
is processing the tar sand is less than friendly to the environment.

I hope greedy people aren't destroying the land to make a quick buck.



On 8/8/07, Jean-Claude D?sinor <desinor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris Bennett wrote:
> >   All of
> > us by membership to this list feeds the fire so to speak with our love
> > of cars that are dependent on foriegn oil.
>  My car only depends on "foreign" oil because my domestic oil is
> diverted to the US.
>  My biggest worry is your next sentences:
>
> >   Dependence on foriegn oil
> > means that we have to protect the tankers and our "business"
> > associates in Saudi Arabia.  Break the dependence on Oil and the US
> > wouldn't have troops and ships in that area.  We (the western
> > civilzation) have painted ourselves into a corner.
>  Troops and ships to protect your dependency on oil! Scares me because
> we have oil here ...
>  We do not believe we need that much protection, thank you!  You want
> oil? Just give us money and we will be happy.
>  Oh, you do not want oil anymore? We have electricity too! Hydro
> electricity to cool you down in the summer.
>  No troops please :-)
>
>    Jean-Claude
>    84 8v (more frugal than any SUV)
>


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