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Jesus, I hope people aren't stupid enough to believe this will result in an immediate price drop for gas.
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Originally Posted by jfre81
Oil is traded on the global market. People don't understand that if there's more drilling, it's highly possible that American oil would end up going to China and India. Nobody considers this.
And of course it would take years before any effects are felt, long after this election cycle is in the books. People act like it's going to lower oil prices tomorrow.
There is no such thing as "energy independence" as long as we're burning fossil fuels, any more than there's such a thing as a Santa Claus. That's lost on the average American voter, but it's surely a good manipulation point. People were hoodwinked into thinking that invading Iraq would mean cheap oil for all of us. D'oh!
The whole "foreign oil" dependence thing is talked about too much. What about how nothing is manufactured here anymore? We're dependent on China for goods, India for customer/tech support, Mexico for cheap labor. Economic sovereignty is a pipe dream that exists only in the minds of election strategists and the slack-jawed imbeciles they succeed in manipulating.
OMG... I do admire what past generations have done. BUT IT IS 2008... can we get past glorifying WW2 and Vietnam and MAYBE have some forward thinking????
I'm actually starting to miss Mayor Palin's speech - and I can't stand her.
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