Pat LaMarche: Beggars on the boulevard of oil dreams
By Pat LaMarche - Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - Bangor Daily News
We live in a black-and-white world. We’d like to believe that we have all these shades of gray; subtle nuances that lend shadow and light to our existence, but we don’t. For citizens of the United States, something’s right or wrong, in or out, with us or against us. And because of those black-and-white terms by which we live, we have folks killing in our name, dying in our war and begging on our behalf.Is it "Saudi is bad, but we'd like more of their oil"?
Certainly you heard about the begging. Our president went to Saudi Arabia to beseech the royal family to take pity on us and lower our fuel prices. The New York Times reported that President Bush asked King Abdullah to "consider the strain the high cost of oil was having on the American economy."
Funny he didn’t beg his buddies at Exxon Mobil to lighten our burden.
Why should Saudi Arabia lose money? ...
Is it "Hemp is the savior"?
You might find a phrase or two in there that makes sense/is a good anti-war point. But I find many of the assertions lacking, like the one suggesting Saudi has roughly unlimited oil. She's talking out her ass. So, I find the overall effect pretty much incoherent.
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