Steven P. BarrettWOW, THE SAUDI'S ARE FINALLY LISTENING!
June 22nd 2008 21:47
AP Photo: Saudi King Abdullah, (center) announces increase in oil production, UK PM Gordon Brown (right) Chinese VP Xi Jinping, (left). Announcement took place 6/22/08 in Jiddah, S. Arabia.
NOT THAT I CAN HONESTLY CLAIM ANY ROLE IN THIS TURN AROUND, BUT APPARENTLY SAUDI KING ABDULLAH'S GETTING THE MESSAGE: PEOPLE LIVING IN THE LAND THAT SAVED HIS ROYAL FANNY FROM SADDAM'S DESIGNS HAVEN'T BEEN OVERLY ENAMORED WITH PAYING $4 A GALLON FOR GAS, NOT TO MENTION WHAT THEY'RE FEARING FOR HEATING OIL COSTS TO COME THIS FALL.
WELL, MAYBE IT WAS THOSE PICTURES OF THOSE HOMES, ESPECIALLY THE UNDERWATER LODGING, THAT MIGHT'VE GRABBED THEIR ATTENTION. WHO KNOWS, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY MONITORING WESTERN BLOGS TO FIND OUT HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD'S NATIVES ARE FEELING ABOUT SUBSIDIZING THEIR LIFESTYLES.
I'LL ADMIT TO SOUNDING A LITTLE "BOLSHIE" THE OTHER DAY WHEN I REFERRED TO "PERMANENT RETIREMENT." AFTER ALL, IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD, LEADERS KIND OF FOLLOW THE TONY SOPRANO APPROACH TOWARDS "RETIREMENT"
THEY EITHER DIE NATURALLY, OR SOMEBODY HELPS THEM ALONG. BUT NOBODY REALLY GIVES UP THE TITLE. EVEN ABDULLAH WAS CROWN PRINCE FOR YEARS, BUT IF HIS OLDER BROTHER FAHD ALL OF A SUDDEN MANAGED TO PICK UP HIS LOOSENED MARBLES, ABDULLAH WOULD BE BACK TO MAKING SURE THE PIPES WERE FILLED WITH FLOWING BLACK GOLD AND ATTENDING STATE FUNERALS, (WHEN HE WASN'T VACATIONING IN LONDON UP IN INGLANDISTAN.
NOW FOR OUR NEXT TARGETS OF FORCED RETIREMENT FOR GOUGING: THE BIG FELLAS RUNNING OUR OIL COMPANIES, SOME OF WHOM AREN' THE LEAST EMBARRASSED TO GIVE OFF THE IMPRESSION THEY'D RATHER POSSESS MORE INK IN THEIR AMERICAN PASSPORTS THAN ANY GENUINE DROP OF AMERICAN BLOOD.
THE SAUDIS LISTENED; LET'S SEE IF BIG OIL'S VERSION OF BIG TOBACCO'S BOYOS WILL GET THE SAME MESSAGE. AND AFTER I'M DONE WITH THEM, I CAN THINK OF SOME ENVIROMENTAL SPECIAL INTERESTS TO FLOG FOR GOOD MEASURE.
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