No babes, a little oil
This was, obviously, has affected many on all levels. Tim Blair makes it clear, when talking about a friend journalist:
War journos in the ‘60s and ‘70s had South East Asia, which was full of babes, great food, and great adventure.
The ‘80s were all about Central America, a place full of babes, good food and some adventure.
The ‘90s had the Balkans which has some babes, bad food and not much adventure.
But we're left with the Middle East, which has women you can't look at, awful food (with a few exceptions) and not enough adventure. Oh well.
The ‘80s were all about Central America, a place full of babes, good food and some adventure.
The ‘90s had the Balkans which has some babes, bad food and not much adventure.
But we're left with the Middle East, which has women you can't look at, awful food (with a few exceptions) and not enough adventure. Oh well.
Oh, the tragedy. Then again, it just points to the enormous differences between one culture and the other. Nothing that the western countries like, or understand, is to be found there, except the oil.
But how many barrels of oil will $87 billion buy? At today's prices, according to the Houston Chronicle, an oil barrel is at $28.40. So, we have roughly about 3063 million barrels of oil.
And according to the WaPo, the USA imports more than 9 billion barrels of oil a year.
Basically, the $87 billion are going to buy another 4 months of oil.
Does somebody see something wrong here? I do.
Comments
I love the SUV's with the American flags slapped all over them. I will never drive a gas guzzler, I wish I could walk, but I would be killed on these busy roads.
PS. Hi Camilo, did you have a nice weekend? Hope all is well with you. :)
Posted by: Liz | September 29, 2003 8:34 PM