3rd parties don't make it in US politics. I never heard of Bob Barr til the Libertarian convention in Denver recently. Can't eventell you what state he's from. Why wouldn't Paul be the head of the ticket?
OPEC. Why do we have to do business with them? Is it in the Constitution or something? I think not. There's enough oil in our hemisphere. We have enough oil just in the US and Canada, don't we? Mexico. Hugo Chavez.
I've heard there is plenty of oil available. The usual retort is the refinery card, which is the attack on environmentalists for some reason. The last refinery was built in the US 30 years ago. Why is that? According to Randi Rhodes there are 146 refineries in the US.
Oil speculation...Wall Street...isn't that another part of the problem?
Isn't it collusion, any way you cut it?
I recall when first the CEOs of the oil companies came to talk before Congress, maybe 4 years ago. They weren't even put under oath. That says it all, doesn't it?
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