...In the desert domains locusts were a common source of protein......
You can still find places that serve a wicked four course grasshopper meal if you know where to go.
To: the_greatest_country_ever
It is my understanding that the 1973 "oil embargo" is largely a myth that has survived for three decades.
OPEC did not actually refuse to export oil to the U.S. -- it refused to sell oil on the world market for U.S. dollars. OPEC nations were smart enough to figure out that the U.S. was about to embark on a period of deliberate inflation of the U.S. dollar, thereby serving as a disincentive for foreign exporters to accept dollars as payment for their products.
. . . the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised the price of oil to more than $5 a barrel from $3 a barrel . . . he secured the consent of the other oil-producing nations for yet another price increase, to $11.65 a barrel.
The primary theme of this article is meaningless unless the author first puts these numbers into context. How much of the increase in oil prices was attributable to the production cuts, and how much was attributable to the declline of the U.S. dollar against other world currencies?
2 posted on
10/17/2003 9:09:09 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("To freedom, Alberta, horses . . . and women!")
To: the_greatest_country_ever
INTREP
To: the_greatest_country_ever
Bttt
7 posted on
10/17/2003 9:58:46 AM PDT by
jokar
(Beware the White European Male Christian theological complex !!)
To: Heuristic Hiker
Interesting article
To: nutmeg
read later bump
19 posted on
10/17/2003 8:42:12 PM PDT by
nutmeg
(Rush Limbaugh: The Voice of Sanity during 8 years of the Clinton Reign of Terror)
To: the_greatest_country_ever
Interesting-insight Bump.
27 posted on
10/18/2003 4:03:51 PM PDT by
DoctorMichael
(Thats my story, and I'm sticking to it.)
To: the_greatest_country_ever
Very interesting read. Thanks for posting it.
33 posted on
10/18/2003 7:03:08 PM PDT by
St.Chuck
To: the_greatest_country_ever
You Ain't Seen Nuthin! Yet!
The Sauduction of Washington
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The Newsletter the Saud family and their Washington retainers love to hate.
"I summon my blue-eyed slaves anytime it pleases me. I command the Americans to send me their bravest soldiers to die for me. Anytime I clap my hands a stupid genie called the American ambassador appears to do my bidding. When the Americans die in my service their bodies are frozen in metal boxes by the US Embassy and American airplanes carry them away, as if they never existed. Truly, America is my favorite slave."
King Fahd Bin Abdul-Aziz, Jeddeh 1993
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37 posted on
10/18/2003 9:45:53 PM PDT by
Happy2BMe
(Nurture terrorism in a neighborhood near you - donate to your local community mosque.)
To: the_greatest_country_ever
B4L8r
53 posted on
10/19/2003 10:01:07 AM PDT by
AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)
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