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There is No Free Market when it comes to Oil.....the 20% Solution....

IMHO....

On this Memorial Day, a day when American citizens express their thoughts and prayers
to the brave soldiers that give there lives to uphold a principle and obediently obey the people we elect,
regardless of rhyme or reason.

Let us put our thoughts also toward what and why our children are dying for.

As the cost of OIL that comes out of the ground stays constant ~ $10/barrel.
Whether it comes from the Arctic,Middle East, Mexico or the USA,
The Powers that Be, have continued to, on speculation, raised the price of OIL to ~$65/barrel.
How else can BIG OIL make extravagant historic quarterly profits?
The conflicts in the Middle East is, and that is a big IS, for the power to control OIL.
Mostly to maintain the status quo. Keep it in the hands of the people that are in power now.
The USA gets 20% of its Oil from the Middle East.
Guess how much OIL the country would save if the speed limit was dropped to 55MPH national and enforced....20%.
My solution to the Middle East quagmire.
Jobs,education,and taxation of all of the people of the Middle East.
A real dose of Democracy.
If the USA had a naval blockade at the Strait of Hormuz stopping and taxing every barrel of oil that's exported.
Say 20%...
Then that money turned over to the people of the region in micro-loans to start businesses, go to school,buy TVs.
The whole region will think more about their stable future and less about their after-life.

Where is the Middle Class@ Now?

From "Daily Kos"

Economic Inequality..........

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/15/154342/469


Have a look at the chart.



10% of the people in this country own 69.7% of total U.S. Wealth!

90% of American have to divvy up the 30% left.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

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National Priorities Project - Local Costs of the Iraq War

National Priorities Project - Local Costs of the Iraq War

Proposed Discretionary Budget, FY2007 Request

FYI from National Priorities website

Proposed Discretionary Budget, FY2007 Request

Thursday, 27 April 2006

The following pie chart illustrates the Bush Administration's proposal for federal discretionary spending in fiscal year 2007. The discretionary budget refers to the part of the federal budget proposed by the President, and debated and decided by Congress each year. This part of the budget constitutes more than one-third of total federal spending. The remainder of the federal budget is called 'mandatory spending.' Fiscal year 2007 runs from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007. This chart includes only $50 billion in anticipated spending for the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan, which was what the Administration specified in the Fy2007 budget proposal. However, it is likely that the wars will cost between $100 - $125 billion for the fiscal year.

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=107