We also have "strategic" helium reserves.

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Post #37,567 by Brandioch 5/5/02 12:33:52 PM Reply	We also have "strategic" helium reserves. How would cutting off the supply of MICA affect our national security? Compare/contrast. With oil/fuel, we can't move our war machines. Without MICA, we can't build new things. So, the difference is, having war machines that will not move -or- having no spare parts once the existing spare parts were gone after the machines had been damaged. In other words, we lose the oil, 25% of the country shuts down. Almost immediately. Including 25% of the military. (am I the only one here that remembers the oil embargo?) We lose the mica, some of the manufacturing shuts down. Eventually. 0% of the military (until AFTER we see combat and AFTER the current spare parts are used).
Post #37,570 by bepatient 5/5/02 1:36:04 PM Reply	You keep forgetting... ...that we don't import 100% of our oil. We import less than 50%...less than half of that 50% comes from the middle east. If they cut us off we still have oil. Alot of it. And we could get more pretty quickly...since we already know where it is and know how to get at it. The engineering drawings for the rigs are already finished. We're waiting for the order...which should come soon. Its good business for us...owning the patents on horizontal drilling rigs is VERY profitable. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #37,574 by Brandioch 5/5/02 2:52:31 PM Reply	You keep claiming that. I haven't forgotten it. In fact, I seem to be better informed about oil reserves and international affairs than you are. You know why we will not be able to use those reserves you keep claiming are available. You just don't want to admit it.

I am NOT a racist. - (mmoffitt) - (93) - April 30, 2002, 06:14:47 PM EDT

[oil] - the easy, evident, obvious explanation for All. -NT - (Ashton) - (87) - April 30, 2002, 06:49:44 PM EDT

No its not... - (bepatient) - (86) - April 30, 2002, 07:08:09 PM EDT

Define "have". - (Brandioch) - (85) - April 30, 2002, 10:43:48 PM EDT

Well its very simple... - (bepatient) - (84) - May 1, 2002, 12:55:53 AM EDT

That >IS< risking national security. - (Brandioch) - (83) - May 1, 2002, 01:09:40 AM EDT

Sure... - (bepatient) - (82) - May 1, 2002, 03:05:18 AM EDT

Try that without the "you think". - (Brandioch) - (81) - May 1, 2002, 06:17:47 PM EDT

Damn you're funny. - (bepatient) - (80) - May 1, 2002, 06:37:33 PM EDT

Why can't you answer simple questions? - (Brandioch) - (79) - May 1, 2002, 08:55:08 PM EDT

Why do you answer questions with questions? -NT - (bepatient) - (78) - May 1, 2002, 10:57:51 PM EDT

To highlight your flaws. - (Brandioch) - (77) - May 2, 2002, 12:28:51 PM EDT

If you are going to continue... - (bepatient) - (14) - May 2, 2002, 03:01:25 PM EDT

Can you answer the questions? Are you capable of answering? - (Brandioch) - (11) - May 2, 2002, 04:09:43 PM EDT

Since you seem incapable... - (bepatient) - (10) - May 2, 2002, 09:13:17 PM EDT

It's good to see you're staying true to form. - (Brandioch) - (9) - May 2, 2002, 09:50:06 PM EDT

Slight variant... - (bepatient) - (8) - May 3, 2002, 01:19:25 AM EDT

The name of the country, Bill. Or the resource. That's all. - (Brandioch) - (7) - May 3, 2002, 11:37:55 AM EDT

You seem to want me to repeat myself. - (bepatient) - (6) - May 3, 2002, 01:18:16 PM EDT

The name of the country, Bill. Or the resource. That's all. - (Brandioch) - (5) - May 3, 2002, 02:32:24 PM EDT

This space and your mind = blank -NT - (bepatient) - (4) - May 3, 2002, 10:21:07 PM EDT

The name of the country, Bill. Or the resource. That's all. - (Brandioch) - (3) - May 3, 2002, 11:10:15 PM EDT

It's getting tiresome. :-( Perhaps - (Another Scott) - (2) - May 3, 2002, 11:35:34 PM EDT

Yes it is... - (bepatient) - (1) - May 4, 2002, 01:15:02 AM EDT

The name of the country, Bill. Or the resource. That's all. - (Brandioch) - May 4, 2002, 08:43:49 AM EDT

Science says you're wasting your time. - (marlowe) - (1) - May 2, 2002, 05:48:24 PM EDT

Bill + Marlowe. - (Brandioch) - May 2, 2002, 06:01:59 PM EDT

Please be realistic - (Steven A S) - (61) - May 2, 2002, 05:03:12 PM EDT

Perhaps you can narrow the field? - (Brandioch) - (60) - May 2, 2002, 05:54:37 PM EDT

Swing and a miss... - (bepatient) - (59) - May 2, 2002, 09:20:22 PM EDT

Just tell me the name of the country, Bill. - (Brandioch) - (58) - May 2, 2002, 10:03:53 PM EDT

Count China on the following link... - (bepatient) - (57) - May 4, 2002, 07:47:17 PM EDT

And you go down in flames. - (Brandioch) - (56) - May 4, 2002, 08:54:24 PM EDT

Ahh.. - (bepatient) - (51) - May 4, 2002, 09:55:15 PM EDT

Cry about it. But you know I'm right. - (Brandioch) - (50) - May 5, 2002, 01:14:34 AM EDT

I know of no such thing. - (bepatient) - (49) - May 5, 2002, 02:27:18 AM EDT

Well... since t'was I who uttered the [oil] generalization - (Ashton) - (1) - May 5, 2002, 04:07:12 AM EDT

We won't complain about Taiwan. - (Brandioch) - May 5, 2002, 11:45:03 AM EDT

There's a LOT you don't know, Bill. - (Brandioch) - (46) - May 5, 2002, 11:40:48 AM EDT

A perfect display of your cluelessness.... - (bepatient) - (45) - May 5, 2002, 11:48:17 AM EDT

WTF? - (Brandioch) - (44) - May 5, 2002, 12:46:37 PM EDT

Re: WTF? (planet are you on) - (bepatient) - (43) - May 5, 2002, 01:27:31 PM EDT

It's called "Earth". You might want to visit sometime. - (Brandioch) - (42) - May 5, 2002, 02:51:49 PM EDT

Re: Price of crude oil. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - May 5, 2002, 05:23:51 PM EDT

That's a "clue"? - (Brandioch) - May 5, 2002, 08:38:46 PM EDT

Wow...thats deep... - (bepatient) - (39) - May 6, 2002, 12:00:53 AM EDT

Do you not know how to read? - (Brandioch) - (38) - May 6, 2002, 01:05:50 AM EDT

I don't mean to pry... - (bepatient) - (37) - May 6, 2002, 01:46:45 AM EDT

I'll even give you the format, Bill "strawman" Patient. - (Brandioch) - (36) - May 6, 2002, 11:13:51 AM EDT

Wow..thats deep sir. - (bepatient) - (35) - May 6, 2002, 12:01:57 PM EDT

Strawman strikes again. - (Brandioch) - May 6, 2002, 02:51:02 PM EDT

Simple Question. - (mmoffitt) - (33) - May 6, 2002, 02:57:59 PM EDT

Simple Answer, perhaps - (rsf) - (1) - May 6, 2002, 04:57:04 PM EDT

But isn't that still about the oil? - (Brandioch) - May 6, 2002, 05:16:30 PM EDT

Simple answer... - (bepatient) - (30) - May 6, 2002, 05:20:59 PM EDT

Ummm, that wasn't "simple". - (Brandioch) - (21) - May 6, 2002, 09:17:44 PM EDT

But you seem to be. - (bepatient) - (18) - May 6, 2002, 10:14:42 PM EDT

The country is Uzbekistan. - (Brandioch) - (17) - May 7, 2002, 02:19:27 AM EDT

Congratulations.... - (bepatient) - (13) - May 7, 2002, 09:05:21 AM EDT

Like I said, "strawman". - (Brandioch) - (12) - May 7, 2002, 11:11:58 AM EDT

Reading ability? - (bepatient) - (11) - May 7, 2002, 11:50:29 AM EDT

You concede? - (mmoffitt) - (3) - May 7, 2002, 11:53:18 AM EDT

Dude...sure...why not. - (bepatient) - (2) - May 7, 2002, 02:20:35 PM EDT

Saved to File, Burned on CD. Thanks -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - May 7, 2002, 02:48:57 PM EDT

Anytime ;-) -NT - (bepatient) - May 7, 2002, 03:20:21 PM EDT

Protocol and courtesy. - (Brandioch) - (6) - May 7, 2002, 02:37:59 PM EDT

You follow neither. - (bepatient) - (5) - May 7, 2002, 03:17:07 PM EDT

And when it falls to ME to explain courtesy...... - (Brandioch) - (4) - May 7, 2002, 03:48:55 PM EDT

Pardon me.. - (bepatient) - (3) - May 7, 2002, 04:08:25 PM EDT

So, you admit you know nothing about the mid-east. - (Brandioch) - (2) - May 7, 2002, 05:31:39 PM EDT

Funny -NT - (bepatient) - (1) - May 8, 2002, 12:04:12 AM EDT

This thread is eternal, immortal and knows where you live. -NT - (pwhysall) - Oct. 30, 2002, 02:15:45 PM EST

Re: The country is Uzbekistan. - (Arkadiy) - (2) - May 7, 2002, 10:35:47 AM EDT

Perhaps, tovarish, only because you know them better. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - May 7, 2002, 11:10:29 AM EDT

Da. -NT - (Brandioch) - May 7, 2002, 11:30:13 AM EDT

Ex-Prez Carter: US aid to Israel ~ $10/million / day! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - May 6, 2002, 11:29:17 PM EDT

How much a day is a surrogate 'US Presence' worth? - (Ashton) - May 7, 2002, 03:18:53 AM EDT

you forgot our good friends, Turkey secular muslim nation -NT - (boxley) - (7) - May 7, 2002, 12:19:04 PM EDT

With lots of support for us too. The Mid-East is NOT populat - (Brandioch) - (6) - May 7, 2002, 02:44:42 PM EDT

Well the issue of how the current situation got started - (boxley) - (5) - May 7, 2002, 04:27:41 PM EDT

Do you mean to say that, - (Ashton) - (4) - May 7, 2002, 04:46:22 PM EDT

no, what comes around goes around - (boxley) - (3) - May 7, 2002, 04:54:04 PM EDT

Thou sayest. I agree(est). Sad, ain't it..*every time* too. -NT - (Ashton) - May 7, 2002, 05:39:48 PM EDT

Yup. - (Brandioch) - (1) - May 7, 2002, 08:55:49 PM EDT

Yabut.. ________Can That be Good for Bizness ?? - (Ashton) - May 7, 2002, 09:56:25 PM EDT

Mica is a strategic mineral. - (Another Scott) - (3) - May 6, 2002, 10:04:06 PM EDT

We also have "strategic" helium reserves. - (Brandioch) - (2) - May 5, 2002, 12:33:52 PM EDT

You keep forgetting... - (bepatient) - (1) - May 5, 2002, 01:36:04 PM EDT

You keep claiming that. - (Brandioch) - May 5, 2002, 02:52:31 PM EDT

Ridiculous (got it right this time) - (bepatient) - (4) - April 30, 2002, 07:07:30 PM EDT

Put down your crack pipe. - (mmoffitt) - (3) - May 1, 2002, 01:46:31 PM EDT

On demand air charter. - (bepatient) - (2) - May 1, 2002, 06:12:29 PM EDT

In support - (Mike) - May 2, 2002, 12:02:59 PM EDT

Spin, Spin, Spin. - (mmoffitt) - May 2, 2002, 03:54:15 PM EDT

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