DO NOT TRUST RAND PAUL!
Sounds like Rand is getting in touch with his inner Ron.
“So, is this man still Presidential material?”
He never was.
Reason: He’s too much like his father.
“but of overlapping with his father’s world view to a degree greater than most righties are comfortable with.”
Glad to see others agree.
Sounds more Presidential by the Day. If he had the media on his side, he would be just sending up a weather balloon to test where Americans really stand. Very Clintonesque if you ask me.
He never was.
He’s not for containing Mexico either.
No, he's not.
Iran can't be contained. They have more money than God and will use it exactly when and how they want.
The ONLY "containment" over there is Uncle Saudi because they have even MORE petroleum and natural gas than Iran, so they can "squeeze" when it's necessary.
The Saudis have ANOTHER 200 years, at least, of petroleum and natural gas reserves and they haven't even TOUCHED the "Empty Quarter"--the Rub' al Khali.
As much as Americans may hate, despise, loathe, detest, deplore and otherwise DISLIKE the Saudis, they are our only "friends" over there.
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Our own U.S. Internal Revenue has a "deal" with Saudi Aramco. Saudi Aramco is NOT U.S. government. It is a private company. Americans who work for Saudi ARAMCO pay NO FEDERAL INCOME TAXES and because we were out of California for more than a year, we were no longer California residents and therefore pain NO STATE INCOME TAXES. How 'bout them apples?
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From the Internet:
Saudi Aramco (officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Co.) is a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Aramco's value has been estimated at up to US$10 trillion in the Financial Times, making it the world's most valuable company.
Saudi Aramco has both the largest proven crude oil reserves, at more than 260 billion barrels (4.1×1010 m3), and largest daily oil production.
Headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco operates the world's largest single hydrocarbon network, the Master Gas System. Its yearly production is 3.479 billion barrels (553,100,000 m3), and it managed over 100 oil and gas fields in Saudi Arabia, including 284.8 trillion standard cubic feet (scf) of natural gas reserves.
Saudi Aramco owns the Ghawar Field, the world's largest oil field, and the Shaybah Field, another one of the world's largest oil fields.
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In early 1980 my husband was taking home $800.00 a month (after taxes) working as an engineer for P.G.&E, the state gas and electric company. That was a lot of money.
His first ARAMCO paycheck, in late 1980 was $5,000.00 per month!! No federal or state income taxes!
After two measly years there we were able to BUY a house in San Francisco. We left the Kingdom after five years.
After a total of NINE years we had that house paid off...PAID OFF.
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There is only ONE reason to go to Saudi Arabia to live and work: MONEY. We also got to travel ALL over the world...Egypt twice, Syria, Kenya, India, Jordan, every country in Europe except Albania, China, when it first opened up in 1981, Hong Kong, Singapore...I can't even remember all the places now, it's been so long.
There is NO REASON on earth to hate the Saudis. My Saudi boss was one of the kindest, gentlest and most humble men I ever met. He had never learned to read or write, as the Kingdom had 99% illiteracy rates back then. But he WAS the boss and he had a lot of information that he had to have at hand. SO, he MEMORIZED all the information. He could remember 15 things he had to do. I was his secretary for most of those years and I SAW and HEARD his memorization skills.
He's dead now for sure as he was older back then. The Saudi health wasn't the best and most Saudis looked much older than they were.
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Lol. One VERY odd thing. The Saudis who worked for ARAMCO were allowed to OFFICIALLY change their BIRTH DATES three times...which allowed them to work longer...and they did.
Another day, another bash a Constitutional conservative thread, neocons rule, Constitutional conservatives drule.