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   "Flip Flop"? I'm for pressuring OPEC, I'm against pressuring OPEC?   
      
   Hilarious.   
      
      
   "Leland Milton Goldblatt PhD"  wrote in message   
   news:961a7d6b.0404021702.6f738a01@posting.google.com...   
   > REVERSING PLEDGE, BUSH LETS OPEC BILK AMERICANS   
   >   
   > As a presidential candidate in 2000, George Bush pledged to use his   
   > "political capital" to influence OPEC when gas prices soared, saying   
   > that during a crisis, a president, "ought to get on the phone with the   
   > OPEC   
   > cartel and say, 'We expect you to open your spigots" But with gas   
   > prices soaring in the United States newspapers report the White  House   
   > now says the president refuses to "personally lobby oil cartel leaders   
   > to change their minds".   
   >   
   > With the president refusing to do anything about the situation, OPEC   
   > opted this week to cut supply to further inflate gas prices and bilk   
   > American consumers. While Saudi Arabia's ambassador told the White   
   > House   
   > yesterday that his country supposedly opposed higher oil prices, the   
   > president's refusal to use his close relations with the Saudi   
   > government gave the Saudis a pass to support the OPEC production cut.   
   > Despite   
   > the   
   > Saudi effort to keep American energy prices high - and despite their   
   > ties to terror groups- the President continues to insist that the   
   > Saudi Arabia is "our friend".   
   >   
   > During his term, the president has pursued other policies that help   
   > enrich the oil industry, which has given him more than $3 million   
   > since 2000.   
   > For instance, his tax legislation actually created a massive tax   
   > incentive for consumers to purchase gas-guzzling SUVs over fuel   
   > efficient hybrid cars. Meanwhile, the first budget President Bush   
   > introduced after taking office tried to cut 37%, (almost $200   
   > million), out of federal research on renewable energy and energy   
   > efficiency programs.   
   >   
   >   
   > The Reverend Leland Milton Goldblatt one of America's foremost civil   
   > rights, religious and political figures. Over the past fifty years he   
   > has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment,   
   > peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice.   
   > Reverend Leland Milton Goldblatt has been called the "Conscience of   
   > the Nation" and "the Great Unifier.   
   >   
   >   
   > Shalom,   
   > ---Prof. Leland Milton Goldblatt, Ph.D. ®   
   >   
   > http://www.prof.faithweb.com   
   > http://drgoldblatt.blogspot.com/   
      
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