Comments on: House passes bill to sue OPEC

By: WMD_Maker

WMD_Maker — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:40:04 +0000

I am not sure its that they want to be sure where the kickback checks are coming from as much as it is that it is far easier to extort money from 2 or 3 than it is from 10 or 20.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:27:51 +0000

Has no one noticed that the antitrust laws are very seldom enforced in the U.S. these days????? I think the “illustrious” members of the U.S. government wants to have just two or three major businesses so they know just where their paychecks are coming from.

By: Kanaka Girl

Kanaka Girl — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:09:58 +0000

Maxine Waters said it all on the House floor last week when she told the oil executives that the government was prepared to take over their companies.

Socialism….here we come.

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By: Conservative Black Man in the ATL

Conservative Black Man in the ATL — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:05:26 +0000

Next they will authorize an official mean look to the OPEC officials.

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:03:22 +0000

This is business as usual: These are the same people who want our courts to use Euro-peon court precedents to decide our legal issues. It’s only natural that they think that our courts should decide what some other countries do. It’s all in the vein of global courts and UN jurisdiction over everything.

More “investigations” into price gouging, etc.? They’ve had at least 9 probes, investigations, hearings, or whatever this year’s fancy term is, in the past 12 years. The results are always the same: Nothing.

Our politicians suck donkey balls.

By: PabloD

PabloD — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:19:14 +0000

WMD: I know that some of the OPEC nations have started to think long-term; Dubai (or maybe Qatar) has spent a ton of money on developing world-class research and educational facilities so they’ll have an economy when the wells run dry. I don’t know if the Saudis have socked anything away for a rainy day… In any event, I’m guessing we’ll break down and cry “uncle” (however one says it in Arabic) long before they do, should an embargo ensue.

By: WMD_Maker

WMD_Maker — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:34:42 +0000

Pablo “I wonder if the OPEC nations have enough in the piggy bank to cover the lost profits”

Take a look at the building spree in Dubai and ask the question again.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 22 May 2008 04:11:22 +0000

The problem with Congress is that they are ALL (well, maybe not all) lawyers!!

I think it was Bill Snakeshit that said something like “first, kill all the lawyers” or words to that effect.

Sue OPEC…..Yeah, that’ll learn em!

Good God, what will those fools do next.

By: PabloD

PabloD — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:26:46 +0000

WMD – the same thing occurred to me. I wonder if the OPEC nations have enough in the piggy bank to cover the lost profits an embargo would entail? Of course, they could always just cut the price a bit for the rest of the world, and I’m sure China, Russia, India, et al would gladly take up the slack. I’m thinking this could only hurt us more than them (but it sure will make a pack of lawyers happy).

By: WMD_Maker

WMD_Maker — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:55:49 +0000

I can just see OPEC’s response (after rolling on the floor laughing for a few hrs) from one of the Mad Max movies EMBARGO ON. But then maybe we can drill for OUR oil.

By: Kanaka Girl

Kanaka Girl — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:10:01 +0000

So rather than getting some testicular fortitude and standing up to the REAL culprits — the environmentalists, they choose this???? What a bunch of incompetent morons!

By: Gawfer

Gawfer — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:43:15 +0000

Oh yeah, this makes us look relevant…

Term limits and no income. Provide housing for the congressmen and women while serving their two terms, then back to the private sector they go.

That was Jefferson’s idea anyway.

By: dj

dj — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:31:49 +0000

Symbolism over substance. If the 324 truely wanted to affect oil production they would approve ANWR, shale oil drilling, gulf exploration/drilling, coastal drilling…