I agree, but the USA is remarkably incompetent about it

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by ben_tilly

8/8/04 12:22:44 AM

I agree, but the USA is remarkably incompetent about it

Our inability to keep oil production at pre-war levels is one of the contributing factors to gas prices: [link|http://www.juancole.com/2004_08_01_juancole_archive.html#109160367650493671|http://www.juancole....09160367650493671]

Cheers,
Ben

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Chicago "Oklahoma City" type plot thwarted! - (Nightowl) - (84) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:18:55 PM EDT

Re: Chicago "Oklahoma City" type plot thwarted! - (deSitter) - (83) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:22:28 PM EDT

Virgin . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:27:41 PM EDT

Sorry, must disagree - (Nightowl) - (81) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:35:46 PM EDT

so Bush is a terrorist? -NT - (boxley) - (78) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:37:20 PM EDT

Yep. Unprovoked attacks on another nation. -NT - (jbrabeck) - (47) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:39:49 PM EDT

Sure why not? - (orion) - (46) - Aug. 6, 2004, 03:43:20 PM EDT

3 million? - (pwhysall) - (40) - Aug. 6, 2004, 03:52:21 PM EDT

From Iraqi immigrants - (orion) - (39) - Aug. 6, 2004, 04:07:53 PM EDT

That's close to 15% of the population -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 6, 2004, 04:28:03 PM EDT

No such thing as an unbiased source, Norman. - (pwhysall) - (37) - Aug. 6, 2004, 05:03:25 PM EDT

Even if the numbers are wrong - (orion) - (36) - Aug. 7, 2004, 07:19:06 PM EDT

Yes we should - (lincoln) - (5) - Aug. 7, 2004, 07:42:28 PM EDT

I think the problem here - (Nightowl) - (4) - Aug. 7, 2004, 08:08:37 PM EDT

So N. Korea is justified in attacking the USA? - (lincoln) - (3) - Aug. 8, 2004, 05:57:45 PM EDT

we have been at war with them since 1950's - (boxley) - (2) - Aug. 8, 2004, 06:39:33 PM EDT

Technically that was not a war on our side -NT - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2004, 11:57:57 PM EDT

OTOH, isn't signing a truce=retroactively declaring war? :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - Aug. 9, 2004, 11:31:30 AM EDT

The problem with that reasoning... - (pwhysall) - (17) - Aug. 7, 2004, 10:50:13 PM EDT

I agree, but the USA is remarkably incompetent about it - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 8, 2004, 12:22:44 AM EDT

Zimbabwe cannot be invaded by us, the UK screwed that pooch - (boxley) - Aug. 8, 2004, 10:55:51 AM EDT

Very well so - (orion) - (14) - Aug. 10, 2004, 04:42:57 PM EDT

Wrong Answer - (jbrabeck) - (12) - Aug. 10, 2004, 05:58:14 PM EDT

Right answer - (orion) - (11) - Aug. 10, 2004, 11:45:03 PM EDT

Lifted 700 Club slogans do not a Statesman make. - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 11, 2004, 03:51:25 AM EDT

Yet you error again - (orion) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2004, 04:15:33 PM EDT

So why, then,... - (jb4) - Aug. 11, 2004, 06:35:57 PM EDT

Responsibility? - (inthane-chan) - (5) - Aug. 11, 2004, 10:43:45 AM EDT

Yeah sure - (orion) - (4) - Aug. 11, 2004, 04:38:13 PM EDT

Norm, you wouldn't last an hour. - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2004, 04:57:35 PM EDT

All I know about war I learned in comic books... -NT - (admin) - Aug. 11, 2004, 05:00:54 PM EDT

And that makes Iraq different from Saudi Arabia how? - (inthane-chan) - Aug. 11, 2004, 05:04:01 PM EDT

So volunteer already. - (Silverlock) - Aug. 11, 2004, 08:27:29 PM EDT

I've forgotten more about war than you've ever known. - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2004, 04:46:22 PM EDT

Did you really get a beer ration? :) -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 11, 2004, 05:13:05 PM EDT

What is the sound of a clue-by-4 hitting Norm's brain? - (jb4) - Aug. 10, 2004, 06:10:51 PM EDT

OK, so what about Idi Amin? Pol Pot? Etc. etc.? - (jb4) - (11) - Aug. 10, 2004, 01:26:26 PM EDT

Learn how the system works - (orion) - (6) - Aug. 10, 2004, 11:55:35 PM EDT

Now THAT's Precious! (new thread) - (Ashton) - Aug. 11, 2004, 04:07:17 AM EDT

** SHUN ** -NT - (jb4) - Aug. 11, 2004, 09:48:55 AM EDT

That was stupid when you said it before - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 11, 2004, 10:36:03 AM EDT

Your response was invalid back then - (orion) - (2) - Aug. 11, 2004, 04:11:59 PM EDT

A Masterpiece of purest digital-'think'__!!__For posterity. - (Ashton) - Aug. 11, 2004, 08:28:02 PM EDT

And this is pointless - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 12, 2004, 10:53:24 AM EDT

None of them had a - (bepatient) - (3) - Aug. 12, 2004, 12:47:53 PM EDT

None of them had much [oil] either -NT - (jb4) - (2) - Aug. 12, 2004, 01:19:56 PM EDT

Riiight. -NT - (bepatient) - Aug. 12, 2004, 01:22:23 PM EDT

or had been mean to Dad? -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 12, 2004, 07:40:37 PM EDT

A war fought on false pretenses ... - (jb4) - (4) - Aug. 6, 2004, 04:36:45 PM EDT

It's like saying that a rape is justified... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2004, 05:50:32 PM EDT

OT on rape seattle and children (new thread) - (boxley) - Aug. 6, 2004, 09:59:07 PM EDT

The right war for the wrong reasons - (orion) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2004, 07:28:03 PM EDT

Are you THAT fucking stoopud, Norm! (new thread) - (jb4) - Aug. 10, 2004, 01:37:26 PM EDT

Well... - (Nightowl) - (29) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:56:34 PM EDT

In no way - (boxley) - (28) - Aug. 6, 2004, 01:08:09 PM EDT

Let me clarify - (Nightowl) - (26) - Aug. 6, 2004, 02:19:48 PM EDT

well that makes you a terrorist as well - (boxley) - (25) - Aug. 6, 2004, 02:22:04 PM EDT

That's why opinion - (Nightowl) - Aug. 6, 2004, 02:28:26 PM EDT

What does that make Kerry? - (orion) - (22) - Aug. 6, 2004, 03:45:56 PM EDT

Re: What does that make Kerry? - (xtensive) - (21) - Aug. 6, 2004, 05:16:20 PM EDT

This is the same as the suicide bomers - (orion) - (20) - Aug. 7, 2004, 07:33:47 PM EDT

Loaded question, with a bad answer - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Aug. 7, 2004, 10:50:01 PM EDT

Well, I rather relish a French Liberation force! - (jb4) - Aug. 10, 2004, 01:40:17 PM EDT

Yes, it seems that you are fools - (Ashton) - (17) - Aug. 7, 2004, 11:34:49 PM EDT

Sorry, already planning to vote - (Nightowl) - (2) - Aug. 7, 2004, 11:41:05 PM EDT

OK, you're excused. - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 8, 2004, 01:01:19 AM EDT

Glad to clear it up. - (Nightowl) - Aug. 8, 2004, 09:35:04 AM EDT

I will still vote - (orion) - (13) - Aug. 10, 2004, 04:53:29 PM EDT

When brooks babble.. it's music. When you babble, it snot -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 10, 2004, 05:56:16 PM EDT

Been listening to Rush again, I see... - (jb4) - (11) - Aug. 10, 2004, 06:13:32 PM EDT

I don't listen to Rush - (orion) - (10) - Aug. 10, 2004, 11:30:15 PM EDT

No one here hates you, Norm - (rcareaga) - (2) - Aug. 10, 2004, 11:58:19 PM EDT

Ah but you do - (orion) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2004, 04:17:36 PM EDT

Hated? - (Silverlock) - Aug. 11, 2004, 08:43:30 PM EDT

"Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner" - (jb4) - (6) - Aug. 11, 2004, 09:46:26 AM EDT

Only if you believe in it - (orion) - (5) - Aug. 11, 2004, 04:25:57 PM EDT

What I believe doesn't mean sh*t to a tree - (jb4) - (4) - Aug. 11, 2004, 06:44:07 PM EDT

Why, that's "Eskimo Blue Day"! - (rcareaga) - (3) - Aug. 11, 2004, 11:11:18 PM EDT

what! no blue cheer? King Crimson? - (boxley) - (1) - Aug. 11, 2004, 08:37:24 PM EDT

Just checked with Ernie - (rcareaga) - Aug. 11, 2004, 11:39:10 PM EDT

Re: Why, that's "Eskimo Blue Day"! - (jb4) - Aug. 12, 2004, 09:28:20 AM EDT

Kerry and Bush are both terrorists - (Arkadiy) - Aug. 6, 2004, 03:58:10 PM EDT

No more quips on Boxlish from moi.. - (Ashton) - Aug. 6, 2004, 08:15:59 PM EDT

No - (deSitter) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:39:28 PM EDT

Agree with your definition except /politician/republican -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 6, 2004, 12:41:25 PM EDT

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