McCain knows why we are in the Middle East — oil

At a town hall meeting in Denver today, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona revealed what he thinks about oil and U.S. involvement in the Middle East:
My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will — [...]

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About that new marine sanctuary…

President Bush has just approved a huge new marine sanctuary in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, an area said to be approximately 100 times the size of Yellowstone National Park.
Question: How concerned will he be about protecting the area if someone discovers oil there?
Or maybe he approved it because Halliburton has already determined there is no [...]

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Excuses, excuses

Oh joy. The “peaceniks” in Washington said Bush just wants Iraq’s oil. It’s not unreasonable to assume that might be at least a part of his motivation.
Well, damned if he hasn’t now come up with a pretext for seizing those oil fields! (to protect them from Saddam) Hmmmm…

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