[Dane]

Mexico has the second highest oil reserves in this hemisphere --- we should be getting something in exchange for all the jobs and money we send --- and they should be paying for the costs of their citizens --- healthcare, education etc --- they've got plenty of oil and ability to pay

Your talk is cheap. Do you have an answer to break the Mexican oil union, who are basically PRI(not Fox) stooges, just like the unions in the US are demo stooges.

Also if they would let foreign investment in they could develop their oil reserves even faster, but the socialist PRI stooges hate gringo.

Also for all lurkers here is very interesting article.

The Saudi War on George Bush

[Dane]

Also for Iraq to take full advantage of its oil resources will take years since saddam was building palaces rather than an oil infrastructure.

Iraq is still a member of OPEC, but is exempt from the production quotas.

This just my specualtion and take it for what its worth.

The house of saud does not want to see the new Iraq suceed for two reasons.

One they don't want a prosperous democray next door and second they don't want a competitor in the oil business, who will challenge them as the "swing" producer in the world.

[bereanway]

I haven't read that link yet, but there's no question the Saudis are out to sabotage the upcoming Bush election. OPEC is supposed to cut production by another million barrels on 4/1, at a time when oil prices are already well above the band that OPEC has publicly stated numerous times in the past is a benefical range for all parties. Bush has really ruffled some feathers in that part of the world.

[federal]

[The Saudi War on George Bush]

I read that article and I believe it. It is obvious the Saudi's would prefer John Kerry, yet one of the rats favorite mantras is that the Bush's, the house of Saud and the Bin Laden's are in bed together.

There is no doubt the Saudi's and Bin Laden's are pulling and contributing to Kerry. Just another case of democRATs hypocrisy..

[FITZ]

Threaten to cut off immigration --- or really do it --- and they know their oligarchy is going to be overthrown. The Villistas are reorganizing and ready to oust them at the drop of a hat. We're propping the oligarchs up just like Aristide was propped up by Clinton.