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Countdown to $200 oil (7) - Saudis announce oil production increases - again | 84 comments (84 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

If I may, let me respectfully point out (4.00 / 4)

that American consumers (just like European consumers) don't really like to be blamed for the predictable consequences of their spending habits...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 at 09:43:14 AM EST
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and (4.00 / 2)

will jump at any opportunity to find a scapegoat, ie to not take the blame.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 at 09:44:42 AM EST
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Re: If I may, let me respectfully point out (4.00 / 3)

that American consumers (just like European consumers) don't really like to be blamed for the predictable consequences of their spending habits

So I guess my platform of "Eat It, You Slobs" isn't going to fly when I launch my run for the presidency.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 at 09:48:11 AM EST
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Re: If I may, let me respectfully point out (4.00 / 2)

Don't you have to be 35 to run?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 at 09:52:46 AM EST
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Re: If I may, let me respectfully point out (4.00 / 3)

Yes, but surely we'll still be dealing with the same crap a decade from now. This is America, after all.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Mon Jun 23rd, 2008 at 10:03:49 AM EST
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