1/2? you need to go visit the southside, more like 3/4
I'm not defending the Saudi government. I'm just saying that this post/email is very inaccurate. For example it says Saudi Arabia boycotts U.S. imports. That's not true. Another example it says Conoco = 0 barrels. When in fact the Dept of Energy says that Conoco purchased 523,000 from the Middle East.
It pays to fact check when you are going to post something like this.
You can't turn around in this town w/o seeing a mexican
Fair enough
Well the Saudis import nearly everything from us, I believe we are their #1 import partner...so yeah it's hard to believe they would be boycotting us...but that doesn't mean it's a bad idea to try end our reliance on them...the sooner we get off Oil the better.
Well seeing as they just agreed to the trade agreement this week with the U.S. that will allow them to enter the World Trade Organization, their dealings with our country are about to increase, not decrease. By entering the WTO, they'll also be importing from Israel -- and I think that will make them to only Arab country that does so.
U.S. currently imports $20 Billion in oil from them annually. And they import only about $5-6 Billion worth of goods from the U.S. So the trade deficit was big. But with the trade agreement, the aim is for that to be more balanced with them importing more agricultural, etc.
By the way, if anyone wants the real numbers. Here's the report for January-June 2005 that includes the number of barrels by company that are imported from countries in the Persian Gulf (and what percentage that is of their total imports).
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/p...mmary2005.html
Yep, fair enough.
Sadly though, the email IS correct in one regard. Pennies on the dollar at the pump (no matter where you pump) fuels islamo-facsism. To their credit, the Saud government has cracked down on the 'charity' fundraisers that siphoned money off to militant radical muslim groups. They are trying to make the proceeds more transparent. But only a fool would believe that our friends the Saudi's have cut off all ties to the militants. To be sure, a small percentage of what you pay at the pump ends up in the bank account of a suicide bomber's family bank account.
Classic. What is it with this board always trying to label me a racist? When I was a regular poster a few months ago I got this all the time. Some things never ing change. This insult from the once consummate professional Timvp.If they are brown, gun them down.
Thanks man!
It was a joke.
I'll boycot Arabica coffee beans.
Ok, my bad.
Kind of insensitive though.
And I'm going to abandon the disney movie, Aladdin. Al Qaeda mother ers.
Jafar is Osama, you DID know that, right?
I've noticed TimvP trending left of late...kind of a disappointment...
I give it 6 weeks before he's lobbying for Fredrick Weiss to be our starting C.
I've noticed TimvP trending left of late...
We are probably two of the most "right" people in the forum. But we don't blindly agree with every move the government makes and can recognize the ups associated with Hurricane Katrina.
I wonder what side of the bed he sleeps on
Wow, NeoCons will believe anything that gives you a reason to hate Arabs...
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