Oil
Warriors
 Prior
to this last century it's easy to say that most wars
were fought over religious differences, but not any
more. Now we fight the Holy Crude Wars.
WWII, the first global oil war, was certainly about national conquest but it
was also about sweet, sweet crude. The Germans weren't in Africa for the sand
and the Japanese weren't attacking Pearl Harbor for the coconuts. We're also
not up to our necks in sunny quagmire in Iraq and Afghanistan just 'cause we
like spreadin' freedom.
Oil.
This may come as a shock to those of you that think that anyone wearing a turban
has C4 packed in his belly button but the real reason the U.S. invaded Iraq was
because Saddam Hussein was just beginning crank up his oil exports, and he was
planning to hawk his country's vast deposits of oil using
euros. Up until about 2000 he was restricted from selling oil on the open
market due to crippling sanctions imposed on his country after the first Gulf
War.
It sounds harmless but trading in euros would have resulted in a financial calamity
for the U.S. as world markets had long ago agreed to buy and sell oil using U.S.
Federal Reserve notes.
Unfortunately you can't reveal such simple truths to the American people because
they're bound to say something stupid like "Hey! Instead of wasting trillions
of our tax dollars on oil wars why not invest all of that money in solar and/or
wind power?" But we can't do that as oil executives NEED that third or fourth
yacht plus that fleet of private jets.
In order to stop Saddam the oil companies decided they needed a new Pearl Harbor.
So Cheney and his oil cronies the Super
Secret Energy Task Force dragged out their old Iraq oil field maps and hatched
up a scheme before George Bush could finishing saying "preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution of the United States."
One contrived catastrophe later the Bush propagandists had 70% of my dumb-ass
fellow Americans believing Saddam was responsible for 9-11 and it was "Hi-ho,
Waterboard, AWAYYY!".
Then, just for grins, the Neocons gutted the Bill of Rights with something they
just happen to have laying around called the PATRIOT Act. After all, you can't
spread freedom unless you deny freedom first.
Now, every morning across the globe, the CEOs of British Petroleum, Shell, and
Exxon/Mobil get on their Himalayan vicuna-wool swathed knees, bow towards Saudi
Arabia, and pray for guidance in determining which straw dictator will next fall
under the laser-guided axe, all in the name of Saint Corporate Profits.
Hallelujah!
=Lefty=
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Republican Job Creation Update
 "We're
going to have a relentless focus on creating
jobs." -
John Boehner, February 10, 2011.
The following is #81 in a list of Republican
job creation activities
since they gained control of the House in 2011.
None, sad to
say,
have
yet to result in one, single new job.
(81) 9-12-2011: Not much governing today so I think
I'll just make a little comparison... which two types
of professions do you think result in more jobs?
Wall Street
commodity speculators or educators?And which group
do you think the GOP is doing its darndest to reduce
in numbers?
NOTE: As a result of an unexpected wave of enthusiasm
the Republican
Job Creation update now has its
own web site. It will remain on the RP but a web site
of its own will raise its visibility on the 'net as
we progress towards the critical 2012 elections. And
I thank you for your support.
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