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Chavez orders troops to Colombian border (10 battalions, WAR?)
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Posted on 03/02/2008 10:35:00 AM PST by MeanGreen2008

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To: MeanGreen2008

“This is FARCin’ war!”


221 posted on 03/02/2008 5:43:02 PM PST by dfwgator (11+7+15=3 Heismans)
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To: processing please hold
For just a moment, imagine 10 battalions of the mexican military sent to our border. How would that strike you?

It would strike me as a target rich environment. A great training opportunity for bomber crews, and a convenient location since many live bombing ranges are in the Southwestern states.
222 posted on 03/02/2008 5:43:54 PM PST by Tailback
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To: Enchante
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223 posted on 03/02/2008 5:50:26 PM PST by TheRobb7 (How many Reagans have we lost to campaign-finance reform?)
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To: neutronsgalore
There’s a difference between can’t and won’t. And then why do they only seem to jack the price considerably around major world events? The ablility for the general public to pay $3 or more per gallon was greater 5 years ago than today. Why didn’t they jack it up then? Or even before that? They still would’ve paid it.

Do you understand that they are in competition with each other for your business? Oil producers compete with other oil producers; refineries compete with other refineries; gas stations compete with other gas stations. If one gas station sells gas for $3/gallon and the one across the street can make more money by undercutting him, they will. But when costs get high enough, it's not worth it.

This is kind of beside the point, but on what basis do you claim that "the ablility for the general public to pay $3 or more per gallon was greater 5 years ago than today"? I can't imagine any sense in which that's a true statement.

That kind of leaves a few holes in your theory.

My "theory" is just basic economics. Buy this book by Thomas Sowell and read it. I'm dead serious - if conservatism is to survive we need people who understand economics, and Sowell is the best out there at explaining it. That's how I learned.

224 posted on 03/02/2008 6:05:34 PM PST by xjcsa (I hated McCain before hating McCain was cool.)
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To: MeanGreen2008
From another story:

Colombia's military said on Saturday troops had killed Raul Reyes, a leader of Marxist FARC rebels, during an attack on a jungle camp in Ecuador in a severe blow to Latin America's oldest guerrilla insurgency. The operation included air strikes and fighting with rebels across the frontier.

Congratulations to Uribe on the Big Get!!!

225 posted on 03/02/2008 6:13:02 PM PST by GVnana ("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
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To: maquiladora
C'mon, does this look like the face of a blusterer?

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226 posted on 03/02/2008 6:15:32 PM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative with no dog in the presidential race now *sigh*)
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To: GVnana

Go Uribe! Kick the REAL diablo's ass.

Hmmm, I smell "sulphur".....

227 posted on 03/02/2008 6:17:50 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Watch Sean, Rush, Laura, Mark, Michelle et.al. rationalize 1 by 1 & enter the RINO/McCain column)
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To: EdArt

If he were his own master that might be true. But I don’t think he will be on his own.


228 posted on 03/02/2008 6:23:51 PM PST by Arkinsaw
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To: rockinqsranch
"Just a thought: Seems I recall a bond between Iranian President Ahm-a-nut-job and Chavez. Is this action of Chavez an attempt to divide our military attentions, and lessen our presence in the Middle East in light of impending defensive actions of our Middle Eastern ally Israel?"

Could be, with Saudi and Kuwait warning their citizens to get out of Lebanon immediately and US ships steaming for Lebanon. Something big could be up.

229 posted on 03/02/2008 6:27:42 PM PST by cookcounty (Obama reach across the aisle? He's so far to the left, he'll need a roadmap to FIND the aisle.)
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To: rb22982

And not surprisingly, no one seems to be willing to try to answer that.


230 posted on 03/02/2008 6:27:52 PM PST by frankiep (Democrats base their ideology on the premise that you are too stupid to do anything for yourself.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Thank you. Thank you for posting that.

Uribe is the man we should be talking about here!

231 posted on 03/02/2008 6:32:05 PM PST by GVnana ("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
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To: Piedra79
I actually live and work in Colombia. Understandably this makes me a little nervous.

What is the feeling out in the streets? Does the Columbian government popular support?

232 posted on 03/02/2008 6:35:38 PM PST by John123 (Socialism is the best choice for those too stupid to be liberals...)
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To: processing please hold
For just a moment, imagine 10 battalions of the mexican military sent to our border. How would that strike you?

Impressed.

The entire Mexican army (tactical units) is only about six brigades.

233 posted on 03/02/2008 6:37:20 PM PST by Lurking in Kansas (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: xjcsa

“Do you understand that they are in competition with each other for your business?”

Then why is it world events, rather than competition, that seems to be determining the rise in oil prices? How has the level of competition changed?

“But when costs get high enough, it’s not worth it.”

What costs? I don’t see any labor shortage for getting the oil out of the ground or running the refineries, refineries getting carpet-bombed into oblivion..etc. They don’t raise the prices because they need to...they raise the prices because they can. Because they figure they’ve got the general public over a barrel.

“....but on what basis do you claim that “the ablility for the general public to pay $3 or more per gallon was greater 5 years ago than today”?

The loss in purchasing power due to the dollar’s decrease in value.


234 posted on 03/02/2008 6:42:12 PM PST by neutronsgalore (Nature, getting rid of Muslims one tsunami at a time.)
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To: xjcsa

“....if conservatism is to survive we need people who understand economics,....”

If conservatism is to survive we need people who are real conservatives running the GOP. So far the GOP is on the slippery slope to becoming Dems Light.


235 posted on 03/02/2008 6:46:52 PM PST by neutronsgalore (Nature, getting rid of Muslims one tsunami at a time.)
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To: neutronsgalore
Then why is it world events, rather than competition, that seems to be determining the rise in oil prices? How has the level of competition changed?

Sigh. Increased demand is the primary driver of higher oil prices. India and China especially are using more oil than they used to.

What costs?

For a gas station owner, the cost of buying the gasoline from the refinery/distributor. For the refinery, the cost of buying the crude oil from the oil producer. At that point, it's the cost of outbidding other buyers for the oil available for delivery.

They don’t raise the prices because they need to...they raise the prices because they can.

Yes. That's how the free market works. But if someone else undercuts their price, it stops working. That's how competition works. Costs come into play when it becomes impossible for a competitor to make money by lowering their prices to gain business. And the primary cost is the cost of outbidding other buyers for crude oil.

Because they figure they’ve got the general public over a barrel.

You really need to figure out who the "they" is that you're talking about. Gas stations charge what they do because they have to; their margins are very small, on the order of 10-12 cents per gallon if they're lucky. Refineries charge what the market will bear for their refined products, but their margins aren't huge either.

The oil producers - the companies that actually extract the oil from the ground - are making a lot of money. But they don't have the power to lower the price of the oil they sell! If they would sell 10 million barrels to Company X for an artificially low price, say $10 per barrel, Company X would just re-sell it to the highest bidder at $100/barrel. All you've accomplished is taking profit from a company that actually does something productive and given it to a company that just buys and sells.

Oil producers aren't just sitting there saying "if you don't give me $100 per barrel I'm going to leave it in the ground." They're saying "if you don't pay me $100 per barrel I'll sell it to someone who will." And plenty of others will.

It really is simple supply and demand. And I really don't understand how a "conservative" can try to make some kind of grand, evil conspiracy out of it.

236 posted on 03/02/2008 6:55:19 PM PST by xjcsa (I hated McCain before hating McCain was cool.)
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To: neutronsgalore
If conservatism is to survive we need people who are real conservatives running the GOP. So far the GOP is on the slippery slope to becoming Dems Light.

Yes, that too.

237 posted on 03/02/2008 6:56:05 PM PST by xjcsa (I hated McCain before hating McCain was cool.)
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To: GVnana
To think that Baby Hugo is willing to go to war just over the memory this sorry piece of (recently) deceased crap, Raul Reyes, FARC terrorista:

What a good pretext for Uncle Sam to come to Bogota's assistance as part of a mutual defense effort, and take out that scumbag over in Caracas once and for all, installing a regime more to our and the Venezuelan peoples' liking.

238 posted on 03/02/2008 7:00:09 PM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Watch Sean, Rush, Laura, Mark, Michelle et.al. rationalize 1 by 1 & enter the RINO/McCain column)
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To: EagleUSA

Wow, the nutter Chavez vs the Med. cartels. What a shootout? And please, Ms Rice and the UN, let them shoot it out for say about a year.


239 posted on 03/02/2008 7:07:25 PM PST by phillyfanatic ( tH)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

“....and take out that scumbag over in Caracas once and for all, installing a regime more to our and the Venezuelan peoples’ liking.”

Like we’ve done in Iraq? Installing a govt that’s more to IRAN’s liking?


240 posted on 03/02/2008 7:08:44 PM PST by neutronsgalore (Nature, getting rid of Muslims one tsunami at a time.)
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