"A U.S. pullout from Iraq may be the event that pushes oil to $100 a barrel this year"

[sabra]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a59WDeLi7LWs&refer=home

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A U.S. pullout from Iraq may be the event that pushes oil to $100 a barrel this year, according to Boone Pickens, the Dallas hedge fund manager who has joined Forbes Magazine's list of billionaires because of his bullish bets on energy prices.

:crazy:

[JacquesMolay]

1. Yeah, that or about 10 other things ...

...n/t

[Atman]

2. BRILLIANT!

Why didn't they think of this angle before?

Americans will drive their SUV's to pro-war rallies in droves now!

SURGE! SURGE! SURGE!

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[sabra]

4. we are fighting them over there, so you can drive your SUV here?

:sarcasm:

[trumad]

3. Let's see---expensive gas---or more dead soldiers and Iraqis?

[Spearman87]

6. I never saw that sig quote before re: Harry Truman

Is that a joke of is that legit?

"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything..... Harry Truman"

If true, Bush really is channeling Harry Truman....

[dkofos]

5. I'm sure the oil men will see to it!!

[tridim]

7. Hey Bush, you can start "jawboning" your Saudi pals any time now..

Since you promised several times that you'd do that.

[Zensea]

8. Good n/t

[Gregorian]

9. Leave. Then spend that money on energy research.

Gas is going to only get more expensive, war or no war.

[Rick Myers]

10. Still waiting for that 'the war will pay for itself' moment

Promised by Wolfie. And he got PROMOTED to the World Bank after THAT financial predicition.

New meme:

"Insurgents are burning the oil over there so we don't have to burn it over here!"

[applegrove]

11. Just how selfish do they think Americans are?