[Rhodes22-list] ss to Brad, Ed and others re oil

[Brad Haslett]

Stan,

Not a bad plan as plans go, every plan is a "good" plan in the beginning.
Politics  and politicians don't get elected on "good" plans, they get
elected on "hope and change".  I hope we change our current plan to keep
buying oil from people who hate us.  That means one of two things, we drill
our own oil (which we have lots of or find an alternative source, hopefully
not one that is also our food supply) or learn to live on less of the
commodity that our enemies have ample supplies of to support our addiction.

This is still the greatest nation on earth.  The problems we face are tough
but nothing that you and I couldn't solve over the weekend.  By the way,
you've been assigned the watch for this weekend.  I've been working all week
and am taking the weekend off.  I'll support your decisions on Monday unless
I decide to run for office, then, watch your back.

Brad


On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 1:34 PM, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:

> This is out of the box and off the wall and I don't know what would
> actually
> happen but like FDR says, try it and if does not work,  try something
> else:
>
> Tighten belts, live on whatever energy, other than oil, we can produce
> here - hang the cost of producing alternate energy since we will do it
> within the bounds of the US with printed inflated dollars.  (Printing more
> money will drive the price of the dollar down even further which, as
> follows, is part of the plan - desperate people should do desperate
> things)
>
> And export most all the oil we produce (and can produce like the 100 years
> of our oil off the coast of Alaska).  Use the money we get from the sale
> of
> our oil at these inflated prices to  buy up what would then be super cheap
> overseas dollars plus leverage all the gold in Fort Knox to buy up all the
> world gold options we possibly can.
>
> Pay off all our international debts with all the cheap dollars we bought
> on
> the money exchange market, using the money we get from the sale of our
> expensive oil
>
> Then,   put the dollar back on the gold standard,     for a while and
>
> turn the world financial markets on their heads
>
>
> it might work out in our favor  -  you got a better idea?
>
> And it probably can all be done in less than the 5 years (and still
> counting) of war we are currently investing in.
>
> ss/ec
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Herb said, ".... (Big Al, Political, but)
>
>
> > Herb,
> >
> > Sometimes these problems are very simple to solve but no politician from
> > either party has the balls or lack of BS to do it!  Give people a choice
> -
> > all foreign oil will be taxed such that the consumer cost is $6-7 per
> > gallon
> > of gasoline.  Domestic US oil is tax free.  You'd hear the cry go around
> > the
> > nation immediately! Drill ANWAR! Drill the coasts!  Convert coal to oil!
> > Screw the enviro-whackos! But no, politicians play along with the idea
> > that
> > oil is a "right" and some even suggest confiscating "excess profits"
> from
> > oil companies.  Meanwhile, we support thuggery and Islamic terrorists
> all
> > the while listening to pols who proclaim they can produce something for
> > nothing. American voters play along like stupid little children.
> >
> > Just once I'd love to hear a real leadership speech on energy.  I could
> > give
> > one in less than 60 seconds: "Fellow Americans, the "easy" oil has been
> > distributed across the planet unevenly, and mostly in places unfriendly
> > the
> > US.  We can drill for the known reserves off our coasts and in Alaska,
> or
> > we
> > can compete with China and India on the world market. We can artifically
> > inflate the price of hydrocarbons to spur  alternative developments, or
> we
> > can take drastic conservation measures. What we can't do is change
> > geopolitical and geophysical reality via empty promises.  You're all
> > adults,
> > pick which way you want to go or STFU".
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > On 3/27/08, Herb Parsons <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Dang. I hate it when I have a senior moment.
> >>
> >> That should have been "one time 100% income tax abatement (", not "one
> >> time 100% income ("
> >>
> >> Herb Parsons wrote:
> >> > I realized I was over-simplifying, but let me see if I understand
> this.
> >> >
> >> > You're saying that if we "take" too much of the profits from those
> evil
> >> > oil companies, they may reach a tipping point where they may decide
> to
> >> > gather their marbles and play elsewhere?
> >> >
> >> > As soon as those evil oil companies made that business decision,
> >> > couldn't we just force them to stay in the US?
> >> >
> >> > Don't they have a name for that?
> >> >
> >> > You know, if people were serious about wanting to encourage
> "alternate
> >> > energy sources", there are ways to do it within the free enterprise
> >> > system without trying to take money away from a business.
> >> >
> >> > Here's a wild thought - a one time 100% income (personal, not
> >> > corporate)
> >> > for any individual purchasing a hybrid car.
> >> >
> >> > Wanna take bets on how many much demand there would be?
> >> >
> >> > If you really want to get creative, announce it two years in advance,
> >> > and give the auto companies a chance to ramp up.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
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