The question is often raised, if we went there for the oil, then why isn't gas 20¢ a gallon?  Well, that was one school of neocon thought - to invade Iraq, take their oil for our national needs, and break the back of OPEC ... I ...

are very interested for obvious reasons to come work in Iraq and with the improved security conditions they've been approaching us and indicating their keen interest," Shahristani told reporters on the sidelines of an OPEC summit in Riyadh ... ...

Plans that actually make us more dependent on oil for longer, and don't do a damn to ease our dependence on OPEC, are worse than unhelpful ... If everybody is jumping off a bridge, does that mean you should do it without thinking? I don't care if a ...

But if it were not a hybrid, he said, he would deduct each day $200 from the trade-in price for every $1-a-barrel increase in the OPEC price of crude oil ... The only way to get from here to there is to start now with a price signal that will force the ...

I will pay because it is my responsibility as an American not to leave the mess for the next generation……because greed is it’s own just reward in the end and I don’t look forward to that kind of justice……. because I ...

The Hormuz Incident The Hormuz Incident The Hormuz Incident The Hormuz Incident February 2007:   The Bush administration, led by the President, makes charges that Iran is supplying explosive devices to Iraqi terrorists that are... ...

First off Adam since corporations are merely groups of individual investors, acting together freely, how will Libertarians stop them from entering into such legal arrangements in a free market? W/o reasonable regulation, all large capital projects ...

Excellent article, Mick! Select two which you think best describes the situation - Hillary:  as Populist?  as Republican?  as Democrat?  as fiscally responsible?  as practitioner of Washington politics as ...

It IS the Oil It IS the Oil It IS the Oil It IS the Oil It is difficult for me to realize that there are still people who think the occupation of Iraq does not have anything to do with the oil business, but I know there are such people   ... ...

Politics of NAFTA Politics of NAFTA Politics of NAFTA Politics of NAFTA NAFTA plays a major role in the politics of illegal immigration, success (or failure) of Mexican economy (along with Central and South America), and all too often is the root of... ...

  Halliburton's no-bid contracts and our tax dollars paying for mercenaries to keep the investment in American troop life at a minimum--which were the bulk of American's actually paying--would have stopped that little extreme free-market ...

  He receives $2500/day from oil and coal industry sources for his consulting services, and his research is underwritten by Exxon-Mobil and OPEC.   Way to go with an unbiased non-affiliated source!  What does it say when I can provide over ...