Since Congress (Red or Blue) seems unable to do anything significant, like
pass the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for recreation vessels, what makes
you think gas prices have anything to do with them? They drones under the
dome don't set gas prices. Increasing demand in China, India, and other
rapidly developing nations, together with eight years of disasterous and
stupid foreign policy in the oil producing areas of the world are what sets
the prices.

--
Roger Long

"Roger Long" wrote in
:

Since Congress (Red or Blue) seems unable to do anything significant,
like pass the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for recreation vessels,
what makes you think gas prices have anything to do with them? They
drones under the dome don't set gas prices. Increasing demand in
China, India, and other rapidly developing nations, together with
eight years of disasterous and stupid foreign policy in the oil
producing areas of the world are what sets the prices.

--
Roger Long





I don't believe any of that. Gas prices are fixed by demand, yes, but a
much larger factor is the fact that the Yankee dollar is near worthless.
That blame lays firmly at the feet of the Federal Reserve Privately
Owned Bank Corporation, the bankers behind the curtain.

It's why gold is constantly creeping its way back up to $1000/oz. The
value of gold hasn't changed in 10,000 years. The money has, quite
simply, gotten more worthless as the FED runs the printing press 24
hours a day loaning money to the US Government and failing American
banks with nothing but a promise to back it up.

You barely hear a thing said on the Propaganda Channels (cable news)
about failing banks like the biggest one to close in US history this
week:

http://www.indymac.com/

Notice the slick bank webpage has been completely replaced by serious
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp text.

Pages like this:
http://web.archive.org/web/200708271...ndymacb2b.com/
and all others, have simply vanished....along with a substantial amount
of depositors' money.

Who do you think will cough up the $US8,000,000,000 FDIC will pay in
insurance? Who will crank up the money printing presses to print
it....raising fuel prices even further.

We're going to be in VERY serious trouble, very soon, as OPEC is moving
operations away from the useless Yankee dollars sliding over the falls
and onto the more stable EURO. Gas will really jump on that day as the
conversion is nearly 1.5:1 at the moment and widening.

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:14:30 +0000, Larry wrote:

"Roger Long" wrote in
:

Since Congress (Red or Blue) seems unable to do anything significant,
like pass the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for recreation vessels,
what makes you think gas prices have anything to do with them? They
drones under the dome don't set gas prices. Increasing demand in
China, India, and other rapidly developing nations, together with
eight years of disasterous and stupid foreign policy in the oil
producing areas of the world are what sets the prices.

--
Roger Long



I don't believe any of that. Gas prices are fixed by demand, yes, but a
much larger factor is the fact that the Yankee dollar is near worthless.
That blame lays firmly at the feet of the Federal Reserve Privately
Owned Bank Corporation, the bankers behind the curtain.

It's why gold is constantly creeping its way back up to $1000/oz. The
value of gold hasn't changed in 10,000 years. The money has, quite
simply, gotten more worthless as the FED runs the printing press 24
hours a day loaning money to the US Government and failing American
banks with nothing but a promise to back it up.

You barely hear a thing said on the Propaganda Channels (cable news)
about failing banks like the biggest one to close in US history this
week:

http://www.indymac.com/

Notice the slick bank webpage has been completely replaced by serious
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp text.

Pages like this:
http://web.archive.org/web/200708271...ndymacb2b.com/
and all others, have simply vanished....along with a substantial amount
of depositors' money.

Who do you think will cough up the $US8,000,000,000 FDIC will pay in
insurance? Who will crank up the money printing presses to print
it....raising fuel prices even further.

We're going to be in VERY serious trouble, very soon, as OPEC is moving
operations away from the useless Yankee dollars sliding over the falls
and onto the more stable EURO. Gas will really jump on that day as the
conversion is nearly 1.5:1 at the moment and widening.

More than that Larry,

An English historian, Toynbee (sp?) postulated that the vital life of
any empire in history is about 200 years. Depending on when you date
the start of the American empire, I would say that it is fast coming
to an end though will still survive as a powerhouse for some time to
come. It started before the sinking of the Maine and the takeover of
Spanish colonial possesions such as the Philippines and the
economic/political colonialsim of the United Fruit Company.

Interesting that in 1868 Commodore Perry forced open the doors of
Japan to trade with the US - apart from WWII, look what happened to
your home economy when that tiger awoke.

Then the Nixon admin. wanted China to open its doors to international
trade - 30 to 1 dollar trade imbalance now and it hasn't ended yet.
China has the largest armed forces in the world and is rapidly
acquiring advanced technilogical weaponry. The last three wars of
Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that superior technology
doesn't necessarily mean you win.

The World Bank has predicted that the four top economies of the world
in 2020 will be India, Russia, China and Brazil. The USA will only be
in 5th place by countries but will be behind the EEC.

You simply cannot move your production and jobs offshore without
something giving - at least that is what we were once taught in
Keynsian economic model at university.

It's amazing how fast living standards can slip. New Zealand once had
the 4th highest standard of living (don't know the criteria by which
it was measured) and a few years ago it was only about 21st in the
world.

Awaiting a flame

Herodotus wrote in
:

The last three wars of
Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that superior technology
doesn't necessarily mean you win.


My only problem with your post is the "you" in the above sentence.

The American government isn't run by the people of the United States,
and hasn't been since 1913 when the Federal Reserve Bank Corporation,
owned by a shadowy group of secret bankers, took control of our
government by controlling its money supply. Even its creation was done
without the permission of the American people as it was by a quick voice
vote when most of our representatives had gone home for the holidays.
They didn't even count the votes because the count would have meant it
didn't pass. The IRS (Internal Revenue Service), hated by most all
Americans like the Germans hated the Gestapo, was created at the same
time in the same manner.

Bankers and Think Tankers run America, not its citizens. We citizens
are as much victims, having been used for cannon fodder in the constant
wars the bankers use to keep the interest on national debt rolling into
their pockets, as any Iraqi or Afghan. Our elections are a scam:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iVlZTWH7u8w
Watch all 9 parts in order.

Only the most stupid Americans still think Arabs with box cutters made
THREE huge steel reinforced buildings fall straight down into their own
footprint at freefall speed, an airliner crashed into the Pentagon and
simply vanished, an airliner crashed in Pennsylvania and didn't leave a
single seat or piece of luggage or massive titanium engine....just a
gouge in the ground with no wreckage.

The Nazy Ministry of Propaganda were amateurs compared to American cable
news networks controlled by Zionists.

George Orwell had the date set too soon.....but not by far.

1984

"You" never wins. WE, the yous of America, only end up face down in the
killing fields of Europe, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and soon to
be Iran. These men will stage another "attack" to justify Iran, just
like they have since Pearl Harbor....

.....a day that lives in infamy, indeed.

Meyer Rothchild said, "Let me control a nation's money supply and I care
NOT who makes its laws." He's still right, today.

We Americans go on arguing about the employees of these
bankers...presidents, politicians, senior bureaucrats....just as if it
made a difference who we voted for. Our current presidential candidates
are all:
Freemasons
Council on Foreign Relations
Trilateral Commission

hand picked by the bankers who run the place.....

We get to vote for the "Lawyer of their choice"....

It's why non-member Ron Paul wasn't allowed to debate them....and screw
up the farce being broadcast.

On 2008-07-13 22:49:50 -0400, Larry said:

Herodotus wrote in
:

The last three wars of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq have shown that
superior technology doesn't necessarily mean you win.


My only problem with your post is the "you" in the above sentence.

Oh gosh Larry, this is one subject I won't debate you online, though
I'll indicate that that "you" was generic, not directed to anyone in
particular.....

NO participant or observer wins in war. All lose, one way or the other.

But sometimes the war must be fought to give the non-combatants some
measure of freedom. Some "good" wars left the populace only slightly
improved. Unluckily, some "good" wars left the populace in worse shape.
(At the time, it sounded like a good idea.)

Perhaps my problem is that I grew up in an area where the "Amish"
influence is strong. Personally, if I or mine is directly endangered, I
won't hesitate to use deadly force in defense. I admire those who can
effectively solve problems without physical conflict.

But can that be accomplished between cultures so different as al Quaida
vs. most/all western countries?

Can Israel possibly solve the problem of so many Muslim "entities"
refusing any possibility that they are a valid state, attacking them so
many ways?

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:05:56 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:


Perhaps my problem is that I grew up in an area where the "Amish"
influence is strong. Personally, if I or mine is directly endangered, I
won't hesitate to use deadly force in defense. I admire those who can
effectively solve problems without physical conflict.

But can that be accomplished between cultures so different as al Quaida
vs. most/all western countries?

Can Israel possibly solve the problem of so many Muslim "entities"
refusing any possibility that they are a valid state, attacking them so
many ways?

Jere,
This is getting a bit off topic but begs a reply.

Firstly, the establishment of Israel was promoted by the chapel
politicians of Great Britain and their equally Bible reading
politicians of the USA. The Zionists were previously offered a
homeland in Uganda and in Australia, both of which they turned down.

Secondly, nobody asked the then current inhabitants as to the
establishment of a Jewish state in their lands. I do agree that it is
only proper that the Jews needed a homeland but to claim a right to
occupy Bible lands by prior occupation (the Diaspora began with
Titus's sacking of Jerusalem in 68AD) is the same right that Mussolini
and his Italian fascists claimed the right to accupy Libya and intern
its occupants in giant concentration camps where huge numbers were
systematically starved to death to provide land for Italian peasant
settlers. The claim was that it was a Roman province 2,000 years ago.

Also, there are many millions of Jews living throughout the world who
do not believe in the principle of the modern state of Israel such as
many of the Sephardic branch of Jews.

Thirdly, I do agree with non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. My
country (New Zealand) made a quite costly stand many years ago during
the cold war by banning ships with nuclear weapons from its ports.
However, I have often wondered why it is not ok for Iran to have
nuclear weapons but it is perfectly fine for Israel, Pakistan (another
US`ally) and India to have them even though they have not signed the
various protocols of non-proliferation. Only recently it was revealed
that it was the Pakistan armed forces who shipped the necessary
nuclear weapon technology and machinery to North Korea aboard North
Korean military planes from Pakistan. This hardware and technical
knowledge originally came from the USA. This, and the fact that
neither India nor Pakistan have signed the non-proliferation concords
is why Australia refuses to sell them its uranium.

The rest of the world really doesn't mind the US stance on Iran's
nuclear weapon development, which is also the position of the EU, but
it does not fail to see the double standards. If the US does attack
Iran on some trumped up pretext as they did in Iraq, then the world's
current shortage of petroleum will compound dramatically. However, it
probably won't matter as big business will make even more money in
supplying its subsidiary, the military. Their children will not be
sent to die.

regards
Peter

Herodotus wrote in
:

Jere,
This is getting a bit off topic but begs a reply.



I'm with Peter 100%. Please notice how Peter knows the Zionist American
Government, run by the banker class, is a different entity, entirely, from
the American People like me and the Americans in this group.

Americans are not the "enemy" of the rest of the world. Our Zionist-
controlled government is.....and the blame centers in Tel-Aviv.

Jere Lull wrote in news:2008071401055675249-
jerelull@maccom:

But can that be accomplished between cultures so different as al
Quaida
vs. most/all western countries?

First, I've never met, seen or had any contact with an "Al Quaida"
person. I've seen some government-doctored videos of an Osama Bin Laden
double who didn't even look like him. I'm not sure Al Quaida even
exists, outside the various government propaganda offices that keep
hammering away using this term, over and over and over....like they do
"terrorist".

I DO know several Moslems and have for many many years. I moved to
Tehran in 1977 and lived and worked for the Iranian Air Force until 28
days before the Shahanshah left in 1979. No matter what the Zionists
controlling the US Government say, Iranian people do NOT hate Americans.
Iranian people hate the American GOVERNMENT, and with very good reason.
It threatens to kill them, just like the Israeli masters that run the
American Government. Iranians, in general, are so smart they know there
is a difference. Drop by Radio Shack and talk to Iranians, who seem to
gravitate there for a job. They are natural merchants, so be wary of
all that stuff you've bought for reasons you can't imagine...(c;

I knew rich Iranians. I knew dirt poor Iranians, Azurbajanis, Kurds. A
Kurdish man even the Iranians in my neighborhood had trouble
communicating with stayed on after our apartment building was
constructed sleeping in our common area garage. We took pity on him
sleeping on his straw mat on the concrete and made a little plywood room
for him in a corner of the garage so he could be warm with his little
kerosene stove that made the best pot of tea I ever tasted! We
communicated with him through gestures and broken Farsi. The man was
huge, a natural fork lift. I saw him carry a whole 15 cuft fridge up 8
flights of stairs and not even sweat! He kept our place clean, lawn
hand manicured, rooftop picnic area we made clean, did odd jobs for us.
He cried when he saw the room we had made for him, probably the first
home he'd ever had. We Americans were heros for the whole neighborhood
once that word got out of our good deed. NOONE dared cross our lawn or
mess with our stuff with such a huge Kurd standing guard by the door,
his favorite position except during prayer times. I never met an
Iranian who hated me in over 2 years living in a middle-class
neighborhood, off the local economy....well, except for that Iranian guy
who tried to shove his way in front of me at the Supershellan
(supermarket) when I threatened to put that shopping cart right up his
ass, to the great amusement of the very English gentleman in line behind
me in his bowler hat commenting, "Good show, old boy! Good Show!"

I'd easily move back to Iran anytime the religious nuts lose their grip
on the Iranian government and sane people from the 21st Century started
running Iran again...after all this stupid sabre rattling stopped.
Hell, I used to volunteer to fly with the Iranian Air Force....great fun
except for the 3 weeks we flew 24/7 to Tabbas after a 9.2 earthquake
killed 25,000 people in 80 seconds flat during their dinner hour. That
was awful. We flew nonstop in C-130 Hercules to feed and house the
18,000 people that survived...out in the desert outside of the totally
collapsed city on the Afghan border. I bet those Iranians remember all
the Americans helping load and unload the planes all night long, too.
You never get tired of being hugged to death for your good deeds.

I was going back to Iran as soon as they let Googoosh, the Iranian pop
star, back in the country. Taxi drivers used to pop in American rock
cassettes into their players for the American riders when I lived there.
"No, no! Do you have Googoosh?!", I'd always ask. EVERYONE had
Googoosh, a silly question. A huge smile would cross the taxi drivers
face as he popped open the glove compartment for you to select your
favorite Googoosh tape. He had 'em all! Ahh...cruising around Tehran
at 120km/hr with Googoosh blaring out of all 4 speakers...(c;

She is banned in Iran...FAR too sexy and a threat to Islam for comfort!
She drives Iranian men MAD with lust even Islam cannot control...(c;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googoosh
"In 2001-03-21 during Norouz holiday Googoosh performed in Dubai. This
concert was considered a homecoming for her since thousands of Iranians
crossed the Persian Gulf to hear her."
http://www.googoosh.tv/
Iranian women are a jealously guarded secret weapon, as you can see, FAR
more dangerous to world peace than any stupid bomb! They are Aryans,
not Arabs...a totally different race from Arabs, another group of
beautiful women Islam tries to hide:



Can Israel possibly solve the problem of so many Muslim "entities"
refusing any possibility that they are a valid state, attacking them
so
many ways?



Let's investigate your "average Arab"......here's one I know, Mahmood
Al-Yousif, a blogger in Bahrain, one of my favorite Middle Eastern
countries. His blog and his life are fairly open to everyone at:
http://mahmood.tv/

He's a videographer and owns a video production company. His great
pictures, especially of things he loves, are on:
http://flickr.com/search/?q=Mahmood+Al-Yousif+&m=text
.....a total ham....just like us!

A couple of years ago, his wife gave him a new stainless BBQ grille for
Christmas! They do Christmas like most Americans...not because they are
religious, but because it's a fun thing to do...presents and all.

Looks dangerous, doesn't he? Notice how he hold his scimitar to
decapitate you. This is the Arab the Zionist propagandists DON'T want
you to see, meet or think about. Notice how he wants the same kind of
life you want...a little freedom and to be left alone to enjoy himself.

You'll never see a Mahmood on American Zionist TV. That wouldn't be
good for the thought police. He has more money than most Bahrainis I
ever met and is far more outspoken, which gets him dragged into court by
his own government and his blog banned in Bahrain by the local
Islamists. But, he's a good representative of the Bahrainis I know and
have met. They all love the American people, too, because WE are the
country that made Bahrain filthy rich.

How can anyone have such a beautiful garden....IN THE SAND?!

These people, who do NOT have atomic weapons or even much of a military,
are TERRIFIED of the Zionist War Mongers WHO DO HAVE ATOMIC WEAPONS and
their American Government Cronies. Is it so hard to see why? They are
no threat to you or me or our way of life. They'd like to sell us some
oil at a fair price, taking into consideration the depleted value of our
private banknotes. I love their oil, personally, and have for most of
my life. It sure makes my life LOTS more pleasurable than anything the
Zionist War Mongers have ever done for me...or any of you.

I sat in the lobby of a really nice hotel in Bahrain enjoying some fine
tea under the Imir's picture one afternoon while I was in Bahrain
working on the USS Coronado, one of our two Navy support ships
homeported in Bahrain's main port. A nicely dressed Saudi sat near me
and notice I was a little different than most ugly Americans showing the
bottom of their shoes, an insult to Arab customs, and not drinking booze
the hotel serves for foreigners. He struck up a conversation with me,
curious about what I did and why I was in Bahrain. He'd come to buy
gold jewelry for his wives (2) over the causeway bridge from Daharan and
decided to stay overnight to see a boxing match playing near the hotel,
a sport Arabs love.

Before we parted ways, we made a little deal. I was to come home to
America and get my government to stop supporting the Zionists killing
Arabs. His part was deadly serious, I still believe. His part was to
make regular gasoline 50c/gallon in Charleston, SC, USA. I couldn't fix
my part of the bargain, but I still believe he could have gotten that
price at our pumps if I'd delivered the goods. They are THAT terrified
of Zionism and its atomic bombs.

Pity....Americans sure would have benefitted if the deal had gone
through.....(c;

Thanks for the interesting info. I always wondered why the US poured
billions of $$$ into Israel and received nothing in return. They even
attacked a US Navy ship, the USS Liberty and gassed Palestinians in a prison
camp. Some of the most beautiful women I have ever seen are Arabic.



"Larry" wrote in message
...
Jere Lull wrote in news:2008071401055675249-
jerelull@maccom:

But can that be accomplished between cultures so different as al
Quaida
vs. most/all western countries?

First, I've never met, seen or had any contact with an "Al Quaida"
person. I've seen some government-doctored videos of an Osama Bin Laden
double who didn't even look like him. I'm not sure Al Quaida even
exists, outside the various government propaganda offices that keep
hammering away using this term, over and over and over....like they do
"terrorist".

I DO know several Moslems and have for many many years. I moved to
Tehran in 1977 and lived and worked for the Iranian Air Force until 28
days before the Shahanshah left in 1979. No matter what the Zionists
controlling the US Government say, Iranian people do NOT hate Americans.
Iranian people hate the American GOVERNMENT, and with very good reason.
It threatens to kill them, just like the Israeli masters that run the
American Government. Iranians, in general, are so smart they know there
is a difference. Drop by Radio Shack and talk to Iranians, who seem to
gravitate there for a job. They are natural merchants, so be wary of
all that stuff you've bought for reasons you can't imagine...(c;

I knew rich Iranians. I knew dirt poor Iranians, Azurbajanis, Kurds. A
Kurdish man even the Iranians in my neighborhood had trouble
communicating with stayed on after our apartment building was
constructed sleeping in our common area garage. We took pity on him
sleeping on his straw mat on the concrete and made a little plywood room
for him in a corner of the garage so he could be warm with his little
kerosene stove that made the best pot of tea I ever tasted! We
communicated with him through gestures and broken Farsi. The man was
huge, a natural fork lift. I saw him carry a whole 15 cuft fridge up 8
flights of stairs and not even sweat! He kept our place clean, lawn
hand manicured, rooftop picnic area we made clean, did odd jobs for us.
He cried when he saw the room we had made for him, probably the first
home he'd ever had. We Americans were heros for the whole neighborhood
once that word got out of our good deed. NOONE dared cross our lawn or
mess with our stuff with such a huge Kurd standing guard by the door,
his favorite position except during prayer times. I never met an
Iranian who hated me in over 2 years living in a middle-class
neighborhood, off the local economy....well, except for that Iranian guy
who tried to shove his way in front of me at the Supershellan
(supermarket) when I threatened to put that shopping cart right up his
ass, to the great amusement of the very English gentleman in line behind
me in his bowler hat commenting, "Good show, old boy! Good Show!"

I'd easily move back to Iran anytime the religious nuts lose their grip
on the Iranian government and sane people from the 21st Century started
running Iran again...after all this stupid sabre rattling stopped.
Hell, I used to volunteer to fly with the Iranian Air Force....great fun
except for the 3 weeks we flew 24/7 to Tabbas after a 9.2 earthquake
killed 25,000 people in 80 seconds flat during their dinner hour. That
was awful. We flew nonstop in C-130 Hercules to feed and house the
18,000 people that survived...out in the desert outside of the totally
collapsed city on the Afghan border. I bet those Iranians remember all
the Americans helping load and unload the planes all night long, too.
You never get tired of being hugged to death for your good deeds.

I was going back to Iran as soon as they let Googoosh, the Iranian pop
star, back in the country. Taxi drivers used to pop in American rock
cassettes into their players for the American riders when I lived there.
"No, no! Do you have Googoosh?!", I'd always ask. EVERYONE had
Googoosh, a silly question. A huge smile would cross the taxi drivers
face as he popped open the glove compartment for you to select your
favorite Googoosh tape. He had 'em all! Ahh...cruising around Tehran
at 120km/hr with Googoosh blaring out of all 4 speakers...(c;

She is banned in Iran...FAR too sexy and a threat to Islam for comfort!
She drives Iranian men MAD with lust even Islam cannot control...(c;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googoosh
"In 2001-03-21 during Norouz holiday Googoosh performed in Dubai. This
concert was considered a homecoming for her since thousands of Iranians
crossed the Persian Gulf to hear her."
http://www.googoosh.tv/
Iranian women are a jealously guarded secret weapon, as you can see, FAR
more dangerous to world peace than any stupid bomb! They are Aryans,
not Arabs...a totally different race from Arabs, another group of
beautiful women Islam tries to hide:



Can Israel possibly solve the problem of so many Muslim "entities"
refusing any possibility that they are a valid state, attacking them
so
many ways?



Let's investigate your "average Arab"......here's one I know, Mahmood
Al-Yousif, a blogger in Bahrain, one of my favorite Middle Eastern
countries. His blog and his life are fairly open to everyone at:
http://mahmood.tv/

He's a videographer and owns a video production company. His great
pictures, especially of things he loves, are on:
http://flickr.com/search/?q=Mahmood+Al-Yousif+&m=text
....a total ham....just like us!

A couple of years ago, his wife gave him a new stainless BBQ grille for
Christmas! They do Christmas like most Americans...not because they are
religious, but because it's a fun thing to do...presents and all.

Looks dangerous, doesn't he? Notice how he hold his scimitar to
decapitate you. This is the Arab the Zionist propagandists DON'T want
you to see, meet or think about. Notice how he wants the same kind of
life you want...a little freedom and to be left alone to enjoy himself.

You'll never see a Mahmood on American Zionist TV. That wouldn't be
good for the thought police. He has more money than most Bahrainis I
ever met and is far more outspoken, which gets him dragged into court by
his own government and his blog banned in Bahrain by the local
Islamists. But, he's a good representative of the Bahrainis I know and
have met. They all love the American people, too, because WE are the
country that made Bahrain filthy rich.

How can anyone have such a beautiful garden....IN THE SAND?!

These people, who do NOT have atomic weapons or even much of a military,
are TERRIFIED of the Zionist War Mongers WHO DO HAVE ATOMIC WEAPONS and
their American Government Cronies. Is it so hard to see why? They are
no threat to you or me or our way of life. They'd like to sell us some
oil at a fair price, taking into consideration the depleted value of our
private banknotes. I love their oil, personally, and have for most of
my life. It sure makes my life LOTS more pleasurable than anything the
Zionist War Mongers have ever done for me...or any of you.

I sat in the lobby of a really nice hotel in Bahrain enjoying some fine
tea under the Imir's picture one afternoon while I was in Bahrain
working on the USS Coronado, one of our two Navy support ships
homeported in Bahrain's main port. A nicely dressed Saudi sat near me
and notice I was a little different than most ugly Americans showing the
bottom of their shoes, an insult to Arab customs, and not drinking booze
the hotel serves for foreigners. He struck up a conversation with me,
curious about what I did and why I was in Bahrain. He'd come to buy
gold jewelry for his wives (2) over the causeway bridge from Daharan and
decided to stay overnight to see a boxing match playing near the hotel,
a sport Arabs love.

Before we parted ways, we made a little deal. I was to come home to
America and get my government to stop supporting the Zionists killing
Arabs. His part was deadly serious, I still believe. His part was to
make regular gasoline 50c/gallon in Charleston, SC, USA. I couldn't fix
my part of the bargain, but I still believe he could have gotten that
price at our pumps if I'd delivered the goods. They are THAT terrified
of Zionism and its atomic bombs.

Pity....Americans sure would have benefitted if the deal had gone
through.....(c;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4kxTkhwR_Q