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SYMPATHY FOR A ZEROSung to the tune of SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (no disrespect meant for Mick & Keith) Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of stealth and race I've been around for a short, short time Hid my past at the fastest pace I cheer on the ground where Jesus Christ Had his moment of doubt and pain Made damn sure that Israel was thrown into a murderous fate Pleased to meet you Hope is my refrain But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my change I slunk from the troops in Afghanistan and Iran...

Slaves to the EPAsung to the tune of BORN IN THE USA Born down in a normal town The first crime I did was when I exhaled air My parents criminal act was using heat too much Till they spend half their life just paying up Slaves to the EPA, We are owned by the EPA I owe my life to the EPA, Owned by the EPA My SUV is a little homegrown jam So they put a golf cart in my hand It was made in a foreign land To pay back bill to the yellow man Slaves to...

Sarah Palin wowed a small Town Hall crowd in Chicago's south side today, with the following scary speech: "I want you all to know that this is going to be a brutal campaign. My opponents and their media enablers, will pull out all the cards in the deck to demonize me, and more important, TO SCARE YOU. They will tell you that I don't 'look like a normal Vice President". They will tell you that I don't eat arugula and tofu, but instead, that I kill, field dress and eat, endangered, cute and defenseless animals. They will tell you that...

Hey oooo, How is everyone doing? It's been awhile since I wrote and wanted to catch you up on the glorious nation of make benefit of Iraq. the unit that is replacing us is starting to arrive and so the end is in sight. We are more than happy to see them here. We are now starting to do some turnover actions and will be doing so for the next few weeks. It has been typical July weather for the Middle East, that is to say hot. Although hot doesn't quite describe it, it's pretty close to southern CA or...

Dear Senator, This letter is written in extreme opposition to the recently proposed regulations by the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division. A little historical background is needed to prove this opposition is correct. The background follows: The current Energy Crisis facing all Americans has roots going back at least 30 years (lack of newly built refineries), but this letter will dwell mainly on recent events, regulations, court cases, lack of legislative fortitude, and most particularly the apparent merging of philosophies between extreme environmental mega-organizations such as the Sierra Club & Natural Resources Defense council, et al and State and Federal...

Hurricane Katrina The possibility of energy market disruption amid this very active hurricane season turned to reality with the arrival of Katrina. In this issue, EIA examines some plausible paths to recovery. The Gulf of Mexico coast region is a major oil and natural gas supply center for the United States with significant offshore oil and natural gas production, refining capacity, and petrochemical facilities, and serves as a major import hub and nexus for pipeline infrastructure. In the Gulf coast region, Federal offshore crude oil production accounts for 1.5 million barrels per day (29 percent of total U.S. production); crude...

Please give all your prayers to a true patriot's father, mother, grandmother and last but not least his GRAMPS. Steve.Please keep praying for Noah, Sarah and Jeremy – as we can’t imagine how difficult this all must be for them. But the Lord is faithful and we are trusting he will see Noah through this and that it will be used for His glory!

Shut Me Up If you shut me up If you shut me up I promise to stop If you shut me up If you shut me up I promise to stop I've been running cold Keith is a kicking gonna throw up real hard If you shut me up If you shut me up I promise to stop I make a grown man cry Spread out the oil, the heroin I walk smooth, ride in a mean, limousine machine Shut me up If you shut me up Kick on the fillibrator give it all you got, you got, you got...

Big John, Big John Big Bad JohnTo be sung to the tune of Jimmy Dean's classic county tune. Ev'ry mornin' at the UN you could see him arrive He stood five foot nine and weighed one sixty five Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John. (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) Chrissy Dodd sures hates now that John’s at home He was recessed into town and stayed all alone He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy And if you spoke at all,...

Bombin’ Days My bombin' days are over No more nights at the Terror Cell My buddies say they’re gonna miss me but Who could ever tell I never knew what time it was Til exploding time came round My bombin' days are over But I’m still troublebound I used to hang at the Mosque yeah You’d see me screaming as the Iman Spoke I’d take my gal to The strip club We lived on whiskey and smoke Don’t know how it all started Always mean to kill someone Some bad luck with the fuse can’t be undone Well it was...

Natural-gas futures up 29% for '03 Crude up 4% for the year; cattle down 20% in 5 sessions By Myra P. Saefong, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 3:53 PM ET Dec. 31, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Even after suffering a drop of as much as 18 percent in the last three weeks, natural-gas futures ended the year with a 29 percent gain. CBS MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS Rambus ends higher again; chip index up 76% for '03 For fund investors, a memorable year ADRs end best year since 1999, up 33% U.S. stocks end 2003 with first gain in four years Cattle...

The new Russia is turning into quite a place. Russian President Vladimir Putin may be a former KGB apparatchik and he may sometimes act more like a czar than the head of an emerging democratic state, but he and those around him are an interesting bunch. Thus, while policymakers in this country have been struggling for years over the question of how we might reform and simplify the tax code, Putin's government looked the question in the eye and opted for a 13 percent flat tax. The results since its implementation have been dramatic. The Russian economy, in spite of...

<p>VIENNA -- Iraq's oil minister, in his strongest overtures so far to foreign investors, invited international oil companies to pitch investment ideas to Baghdad and said the country's interim government plans to quickly seek outside help in developing its vast but dilapidated petroleum industry.</p>

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998. "If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998. "Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or...

U.S. District Court Judge Paul G. Cassell ruled last month in favor of the Bureau of Land Management in the matter of Veritas DGC Land Inc's 2-D geophysical exploration project in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah. The ruling affirmed BLM on all counts brought before the court, the agency said. In his decision, according to the BLM's Utah State Office, Judge Cassell wrote, "The Environmental Analysis and its suggested mitigation methods show that the BLM gave adequate consideration to the environmental effects, both in terms of direct recovery time and residual effects of the project." In October 2002, after...

The US Army has launched the bidding process for two Iraqi oil contracts worth up to US $1 billion, which will replace a deal awarded to Halliburton in March, according to reports. The US Army Corps of Engineers said it would award one contract for fields in northern Iraq and another for southern fields, each worth up to $500 million. The deal will replace a hotly-disputed contract handed out to Halliburton. The Army came under pressure after awarding the deal directly to Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) without offering the work to the market. The new 'requests for...

Saddam on the Run Stuck Inside These Four Walls, moving round forever, Never Seeing No One Nice Again Like You, Mama You, Mama You. If I Ever Get Out Of Here, Thought Of Giving It All Away To A DemocRAT Charity. All I Need Is A Pint A Day If I Ever Get Out Of Here. Well, The Bombs Exploded With A Mighty Crash and they looked just like the Sun, And The First Soldier Said To The Second One There I Hope You're Having Fun (cuz we got) Saddam On The Run, Saddam On The Run. And The Delta...

<p>Word yesterday that American troops have killed the bloody sons of Saddam Hussein is the second piece of good news to come out of Iraq in the past week. The first is that U.S. officials are finally inviting the anti-Saddam Iraqi majority into the fight.</p>

As we gather this month in Boca Raton for IPAA's Midyear Meeting, our attentions are focused on several key issues: what the future holds for domestic natural gas supply, the availability of good drilling prospects and sufficient investment capital, the vulnerability and volatility of international oil markets, and strategies to meet the challenges and changing needs of consumers. Chief among our discussions also will be critical questions about how to restore public confidence in our industry, and how to be credible spokespersons on supplying our energy needs and meeting legitimate environmental concerns. The widespread misunderstanding of our industry by consumers,...

<p>NEW YORK -- Massive fiscal stimulus, in the form of tax cuts, and improving business profits should lead to a long-awaited economic rebound in the second half of the year, according to 54 economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal.</p>