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2008-10-25 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2008-10-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 gas is under $3/gallon for regular here

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-10-25 09:56|| 2008-10-25 09:56|| Front Page Top

#2 TLH is 2.66 the gallon.

I laff. Fill those damn things up. It's good for 'ye!

still can't see good enuf

Posted by .5MT 2008-10-25 10:01|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-10-25 10:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Iran, which drained much of its rainy day fund to pump up its economy even before oil prices fell

This is a potentially dangerous situation. The typical response for a government, especially a quasi-totalitarian government, to internal crisis is to find an external scapegoat. In the case of Iran, that could be Israel. Israel may not have to bomb Iran's nuke plant - Iran may blow it up itself, accuse Israel, and then lead a war against Israel through Syria. It's Sunni neighbors would be handcuffed, oil prices would jump, and all internal hardship would be due to the Little Satan. How much could we do, given our exposed position, our thinly-streched force, and especially our lack of national and political will?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-25 10:05|| 2008-10-25 10:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Yea, but see Glenmore with a financial crisis at home, the World will have a lot less attention to spare for the iniquities of ~~Juden~~ Zionist Aggressors. Meaning, for the first time in 30 years, IDF won't have to fight with both hands tied behind its back and one foot in a block of cement.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-10-25 10:11|| 2008-10-25 10:11|| Front Page Top

#5 Meaning, for the first time in 30 years, IDF won't have to fight with both hands tied behind its back and one foot in a block of cement.

Wingnuts at home blame all of our problems on foreign forces, most usually the USA/the joooos, up to a point where there's some kind of a consensus at the main french wingnut blog that we need the USA to fall, to get our freedom of action back, or even to be militarily invaded by putin and russia to get rid of the USA/jooos/Big business-engineered mass-immigration from the third world.

Becasue, you know, our woes can't possibly be our fault, stuff we did or didn't do, our leadership being what we deserved, or anything like that. It's foreign forces, outside our control, there's nothing wrong with us ultimately, once the bad outside influences are removed, our people will stop being sheepish and blind, and will rise up. Of course.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-10-25 10:17|| 2008-10-25 10:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Hopefully the IDF has improved its counterbattery techniques.

Posted by badanov 2008-10-25 10:31|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2008-10-25 10:31|| Front Page Top

#7 It's not just the Iranians -

"SANTA FE, N.M. -
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is ordering cutbacks in state spending to help offset a projected budget shortfall of more than $200 million this year.
Richardson announced a plan Friday to trim spending, including a freeze on hiring.
State revenues this year are expected to be about $344 million lower than previously projected because of the slumping economy and lower prices for oil and natural gas, Richardson said.
That means revenues will fall at least $200 million to $250 million short of covering spending in the current budget year, which started in July and runs through June 2009."

Like the Donk he is, Bill didn't salt away the bounty when it was flowing. Doesn't take an elite bureaucrat, politicians, or economist to understand that its a variable item that should be handled after its been collected rather than betting on the future.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-25 11:58|| 2008-10-25 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 I find it amusing to see the countries that so despise us are so tied economically to us. Watching the countries fail one at a time will be entertaining.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2008-10-25 13:22|| 2008-10-25 13:22|| Front Page Top

#9 "countries that so despise us are so tied economically to us"

It's almost like one follows the other.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-10-25 16:52|| 2008-10-25 16:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Iran may blow it up itself, accuse Israel, and then lead a war against Israel through Syria.

And Israel, now that Olmart is no longer, could cut Syrian army to pieces. Anyway with oil at 150$ Iran was untouchable. But at under 65...

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-10-25 18:15|| 2008-10-25 18:15|| Front Page Top

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