Tuesday, May 16, 2006

AND THE WINNER IS.................

JUST YEARS AGO, CHINA WAS A NET OIL EXPORTER. THE COUNTRY WAS PROPELLED BY IDEOLOGY AND BICYCLES, WITH LITTLE NEED FOR OIL.
THEIR PETROLEUM SALES PROVIDED THEIR COMMUNIST DOGMA WITH CASH.
WE WISHED THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN OUR CAPITALIST FREE-MARKET WORLD.

OUR DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE.

TODAY, CHINA IS OUT-ENTERPRISING THE GLOBE.
WESTERN CAPITALISTS ( IRONICALLY LADEN DOWN WITH SOCIALIST-STYLE WELFARE PROGRAMS ) STRUGGLE TO COMPETE WITH SOCIALIST CHINA, A
COUNTRY UNBURDENED BY SUCH PROGRAMS, OR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTRAINTS. IT’S A BORN- FREE MARKET SYSTEM.

CHINA IS NOW HYPER-CONSUMING STEEL, CONCRETE, AND OTHER RESOURCES.
IT’S NATIONAL BIRD HAS BECOME THE FEATHERLESS CRANE.


CHINA IS PRESENTLY BURNING SEVEN MILLION BARRELS OF OIL EACH DAY.
ANALYSTS PREDICT THE DEMAND MAY BE REACHING TWELVE MILLION BARRELS IN THE FUTURE.
THE QUESTION IS, ‘JUST HOW FAR AWAY IS THE FUTURE?’

WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL THAT OIL COME FROM?

PERHAPS IT WILL COME FROM VENEZUELA, A COUNTRY WHICH IS CONSIDERING CUTTING OFF SALES TO THE UNITED STATES.

OR MAYBE IRAN, A COUNTRY WITH THE SECOND LARGEST OIL RESERVES ON OUR PLANET. THE BIG DEBATE IN OUR ADMINISTRATION IS WHETHER TO USE MINI-NUKES OR CONVENTIONAL BOMBS AGAINST THEM.

ONE WONDERS WHERE THE FUEL FOR OUR ROLLING ZIP CODES AND BIG-GULP HOMES WILL COME FROM. AND..........AT WHAT PRICE?


WHEN CHINESE PRESIDENT HU JIN TAO LEFT THE UNITED STATES RECENTLY, HE DIDN’T FLY DIRECTLY HOME. HE ‘VACATIONED’ FOR THREE DAYS IN SAUDI ARABIA. WHILE THERE, HE SIGNED AGREEMENTS TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
WHEN HE LEFT SAUDI ARABIA, HE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR NIGERIA, AFRICA’S LARGEST PRODUCER OF OIL, THEN ON TO MOROCCO AND KENYA.
CHINA IS ALSO WORKING OUT A DEAL TO EXTRACT OIL FROM CUBA’S OFF SHORE OIL FIELDS.

WHILE THE UNITED STATES LOSES LIVES, FRIENDS, AND TREASURE ON OUR NATION BUILDING AGRESSION , THE CHINESE ARE QUIETLY BUILDING THEIR OWN NATION.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't understand your article. I hope you are not saying that communist China is a better country than the United States or that it is better to live there than here. Oil is as important as food and water and if you applaud the Chinese President for what he is doing I hope you than understand what is behind our Syriana and Nigeriana policies. We have to fight fire with fire in order to survive in this fossel fuel world.

quicksand said...

I THINK OF THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THE GOOD WILL WE WASTED IN IRAQ.
THOSE RESOURCES COULD HAVE MADE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, WHILE HELPING SECURE AMERICA'S FUTURE .

ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE WENT INTO IRAQ FOR OIL?

ARE WE FIGHTING FIRE OR STARTING FIRES?

Anonymous said...

I agree with you 100% that Iraq was a waste. The billions can be replaced but the brave young Americans who died there for nothing can never be replaced. I will never forgive our politicians for this war.
I also believe those billions would have been pissed away on our leaders pet projects such as Senator Kennedys tunnel to nowhere.
As far as Iraq for oil, I have no idea what we are doing in Iraq, that is why I am so pissed at dubba.
I am sure we start many fires but unfortunately once they are lit we have to put them out.

Anonymous said...

Wow! When the politicalimpaler and quicksand agree, then there is hope for the world. We can now realistically hope for the English and the Irish; the Isreali and the Palestinian, the capitalist and the commie to get along, respect each other and agree on some things.

quicksand said...

...AND ALL THE BEASTS RESTED WITH ONE ANOTHER AS THEY ATE FROM THE SAME FIELD OF LAVENDER. THE SUN UNFOLDED ITS MAJESTIC RAYS ACROSS THE LAND AS THE CLOUDS PARTED AND FOLDED INTO PUFFS.
THE CAPITALIST SAID, 'LET US SHARE, BROTHER.'
THE COMMUNIST REPLIED,'NO, YOU FIRST SIR. YOU EARNED THIS ABUNDANCE.'
THE HOMELAND GLOWED A SOFT PURPLE. FENCES WERE USED TO WARM THE HEARTHS. STOP SIGNS WERE FORGED INTO PLOWS.

QUICKSAND ASKED BEN TO THANK HIS FRIEND.

Anonymous said...

You have an outstanding good and well structured site. I enjoyed browsing through it Pontiac ram air hood Cheap direct mobile overseas calls free raster to vector software waterbed service astro jackets Patent search company turnover http://www.aboutlipitor4.info/celexa.html Prepaid cell phones and teck land rover gaydon nascar jackets selection Teen schoolgirls bondage