Silamai
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Post by Silamai on Oct 1, 2005 18:52:25 GMT -5
Okay, this isn't exactly the most recent news, but it's still current events.
We should send our prayers to those who suffered in Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, even though Canada here is paying an arm and a leg because we have to keep sending oil down there. Our gas prices have jumped up to the $1.10 to $1.40 marks due to the US asking us to send oil.
Of course, it's all just a sham. Why would they want oil instead of building supplies, food and water?
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Post by St. Aatos on Oct 2, 2005 22:34:16 GMT -5
Because America is dumb.
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residenthazard
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Post by residenthazard on Oct 4, 2005 13:42:01 GMT -5
It's because the hurricaines shut down a large number of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and Katrina alone shut down two pipelines. Several of the rigs will take months, if not a year or more, to properly repair.
Texas, incidentially, had gas stations run dry when everyone was evacuating--which wasn't even necessary there--Texas is not a below-sea level bowl protected by unrepaired levees and retaining walls. That's aside from the point that Rita hit Texas with considerably less power than what Katrina blitzed across New Orleans.
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Halofarm
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Post by Halofarm on Oct 4, 2005 17:51:02 GMT -5
Honestly, do you believe that. They need money to provide aid, not oil.
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residenthazard
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Post by residenthazard on Oct 5, 2005 22:28:33 GMT -5
Money is needed for aid and oil--America is too dependant on oil, unfortunately. Only a small portion of the country, relatively speaking, was harmed by the hurricaines physically. But the whole nation suffers without oil. Oil then, would be a priority.
It's actually part of American strategic planning to protect the oil interests--we gotta protect the fuel of the country--or the economy roars to a deadly halt.
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Halofarm
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Post by Halofarm on Oct 6, 2005 14:54:49 GMT -5
What annoys me is the rest of the world is so damned dependent on America that if something happens to them, it happens to everyone.
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