Santorum Drops Out

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Originally Posted by HalfManHalfGod

US doesn't receive any oil from Libya. Only EU countries do.

Especially Italy had good relations with Khadaffi.

Speaking of receiving and not receiving oil.

Some time ago "Iran stopped oil deliveries to the UK in response to EU statements", they wern't delivering oil to them in the first place. Hilarity ensued.

[Vash02]

Originally Posted by HalfManHalfGod

US doesn't receive any oil from Libya. Only EU countries do.

It doesent matter if they dont get any oil from them its maintaining the stability of oil prices.

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Originally Posted by Vash02

It doesent matter if they dont get any oil from them its maintaining the stability of oil prices.

True, if they didn't deliver oil to others, the total oil supply on the market would be lower, thus demand/supply ratio would rise.

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Chavez isn't exactly making things more stable in the region around Venezuela and the Gulf either.

Well I'd say Obama had the right idea (for America anyway) in becoming less dependent on foreign oil and more dependent on own, renewable energy sources. The Hoover Dam is one of the best things that happened to the US in that respect on an engineering level.

I also don't quite get why it took so long for companies and countries to think of stimulating the building of huge solar plants in desert areas. Similarly, getting energy out of the earth's crust to warm houses would save a ton of money and energy (heatpumps: dig a deep hole, pump cold water in, get hot water out).

And then there's simply more efficient use of energy (less heat losses through isolation, re-use of waste energy). That's all money saving on long term after an investment. Which is actually good for the economy in the long run. Sure it costs a bit, but hey, everything costs stuff.

Especially the African nations could become a huge source of energy for the world tbh, somehow they never realised that potential till the last decade. Algeria and Morocco for instance are now building large solar plans with French investors. I expect a lot more of that sort of thing to happen.

[Malorn]

Meh.

[Sirisian]

Originally Posted by Malorn

This thread must win some sort of prize for having the most random tangents.

Let's do this. Romney Quote of the day.

Washington post had some fun comments to make about the GOPs recent direction with rhetoric. It might sound harsh though if you're conservative.

[Baneblade]

You won't find much support for Romney around here. He's a douche bag.

As for the Republican Party... well the problem is they aren't conservative enough, not too much so. Don't confuse religious nutcases for conservatives.

[Malorn]

Meh.

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Originally Posted by Malorn

Gun control started with people wanting to keep guns out of the hands of freed slaves.

Yes, I'm quite sure "gun control" in every other nation aside from America is "about keeping guns out of the hands of freed slaves..." and that this is really a relevant argument since it applies to everyone today and thus severely backfired on whatever racists tried to go for. Racists without guns == good, btw.


And not conservative enough? How the hell can you get more restrictive on human rights and narrowmind... I mean conservative than the Republicans?

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What can we say, Santorum is boring and passé.

[Sirisian]

Interesting read from the Rolling Stone's Interview with Obama. Not a fan of how he downplays some questions, like the Marijuana one. He really doesn't like to give the conservatives any ammunition.

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What would Ron Paul do with the prisoners?

[Baneblade]

Release them to the ICC.

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[Vash02]

Let see who the big spenders are... uh oh:
http://economistsview.typepad.com/ec...president.html