From: Corey <corey_s@...>
Date: 2004-11-05T05:52:54+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] US Presidential Election

On Thursday 04 November 2004 01:06 pm, Thomas E Enebo wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Nov 2004, Kujawa, Greg defenestrated me:
> > 1) It's all about the oil. - If you add up the cost of the Iraqi War it
> > would've been far cheaper to just pay more for any possible OPEC price
> > gouging that might have taken place in the future. It's not like we're
> > getting oil for free after defeating Saddam are we? And the price of
> > crude oil on the American market has other factors involved that are
> > often overlooked.
>

With all due respect, the above reasoning for the suspension of critical
thinking concerning the u.s. government's efforts toward gaining further
geo-political control, and corporate interests in raising profit margins, is
extremely shallow and insufficient - it fails to involve a broad enough
context regarding the matter to be anything other than a very simple
justification to maintain faith that this country's government is good and
just. 

I don't understand why so many people feel the distinct need to be apologists
for the their country's government.  As if their country's government is a 
general reflection of themselves, and must therefore be rashly and
defensively shielded from rational, truthful or objective examination and 
healthy suspicion.

It's a very unfortunate phenomena, which has in no small part helped
lead to the utter and total destruction of the so called American experiment.


Thomas E Enebo wrote:
<snip>
>   Some other things I have heard which are related to (or are extensions
> to):
>
> 1. Iraq (under Saddam) was changing oil prices to be based off of the
> Euro starting sometime in 2004.   I guess the US has some tactical
> advantage to having oil be based off the dollar (I am  no economist
> so I do not understand the ramifications of this).
>

http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/RRiraqWar.html


Beers,

Corey

-- 

"America at the moment, with its faith-based currency, faith-based
economy and faith-based government, might be a heaven for those who
love faith, but it's a hell for those of us that respect evidence."
  - anon