Oil and Sanity
I was over reading Sanity's Bluff, and came upon an absolutely great line I'd like to share with you, my good readers. Now web loafer was looking for a "Muslimobile," and was rather disappointed with his Google searches for such vehicles. And he noticed that it was
Funny how God left trillions of dollars worth of oil under the sands of the Muslim Nations, and they didn't have a clue about it, until American engineers, businessmen and scientist's.....clued them in.
Think about that for a minute. That really is something. These people have been fighting in the desert for thousands of years while sitting on piles of black stuff with no idea of what to do with it. Then the capitalists come in and show them how to get it out of the ground and how to make money from it. And yet they are the ones who hate the rest of the world. Funny, indeed.
Comments
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Actually, the Brits pointed that out to them; but that's really splitting hairs.
Good point anyhow.
Good point anyhow.
Posted by: Justin Thibault at February 07, 2006 12:56 PM (XK1Nc)
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Had they? I never heard it stated so succinctly and plainly before.
Posted by: Ogre at February 07, 2006 01:02 PM (/k+l4)
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Ogre, I don't know how I missed blogrollin' ya, Just one of those oldtimer oversight's. I have been visiting your blog for months now. Whenever I see your blog up for battle at BE, I pop in and read. Sorry it took so long to link to your blog. You rented Sanity's Bluff for a week, and it took me another week to pick up all the beer bottles and brandy bottles. That must have been a party.
At least you didn't do the liberal thing and simple toss the empties over the cliff. Thanks for the mention and link.
At least you didn't do the liberal thing and simple toss the empties over the cliff. Thanks for the mention and link.
Posted by: webloafer at February 07, 2006 05:03 PM (0V6lk)
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Hey Ogie: Correct. In fact, one can make the case that we and the Brits are the proper owners of those oil fields. We established property rights in the Mid East. The nomadic tribesmen did not and do not respect property rights. They nationalized our property away from us. Truman and Eisenhower let it all slip away...
Andy
Andy
Posted by: The Charlotte Capitalist at February 07, 2006 06:00 PM (zClXV)
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Why thanks, webloafer! I think I've got you connected, too, but I haven't updated my blogrolls in a coon's age, so I need to get them fixed up. And those bottles? Um...they were someone else's... 
And Andy, I hadn't considered the property rights aspect! Certainly we gave them those as well. Why does Mr. Burns' slant-oil drilling company come to mind now?
And Andy, I hadn't considered the property rights aspect! Certainly we gave them those as well. Why does Mr. Burns' slant-oil drilling company come to mind now?
Posted by: Ogre at February 07, 2006 10:03 PM (+Gl1m)
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