George Bush begs Saudi Arabia for more Oil

Pathetic George Bush gets on his knees and begs Saudi Arabia for more oil. Comments from Mike Huckabee, Bill Richardson, Chris Matthews, and Joe Scarborough.
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We've reached a crude milestone today in the history of the Bush administration.
Oil prices have skyrocketed $100 per barrel since Bush took office.
Oil traded at $32.19 a barrel on the first business day after George W. Bush's inauguration in January 2001.
Today, oil is trading at $132 a barrel.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-dickinson/the-bush-legacy-a-100-per_b_10294...
We don't know who advised President Bush to go on bended knee to Saudi Arabia yesterday, to plead with King Abdullah to ramp up oil supply and ease prices at the American gas pump. But about that adviser, our suggestion to the President is: Fire him -- or her.A cardinal rule of presidential diplomacy is never to ask publicly for favors unless you know in advance they will be granted. The same request by Mr. Bush had already been rebuffed by the Saudis during his visit to Riyadh in January. This time around, the Saudi response was particularly blunt and condescending: "If you want more oil, you need to buy it," said Ali al-Naimi, the Saudi oil minister.

This second presidential humiliation comes even as the Administration is defending its decision to sell the House of Saud billions of dollars in advanced weapons, over the increasingly hectic objections of New York Senator Chuck Schumer. The Administration is also proposing to help the Saudis develop civilian nuclear reactors to provide for their energy needs. That may help the Kingdom export more oil by easing its domestic requirements. But we await the explanation for why the world needs another politically unstable Islamic theocracy in possession of radioactive fuel rods.

It isn't clear how much reserve oil-pumping capacity the Saudis have at their disposal. According to Mr. Naimi, they have already increased supply in recent months by 300,000 barrels a day, to 1.7 million, and much of the remaining crude may be difficult to refine. As it is, rising prices are less a reflection of inadequate supply than they are of the dollar's collapse. For proof, look no further than Europe, where gas prices haven't risen nearly as sharply as they have in the U.S.
We never like to see an American President of either party go begging. But if Mr. Bush really needs to beseech a political authority, he'd be better served turning to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, creator of our current commodity-price spike.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121098095970700095.html?mod=opinion_main_revi...

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[NotoriousSKS]

im a saudi

[Destructoro1]

Bush, you have to suck more Saudi cock, were dying here!

[isokessu]

Most of the oil for United States comes from Canada and U.S pumps their own oil at least from Alaska, Texas etc.. Btw I guess South Sudan has probably the cheapest oil in the world but they don't have oil pipelines for the sea because North Sudan blocks them, so it's not easy to sell it for oil tankers. Now oil companies could make lot of money by making new pipelines to the sea

[MrPathan999]

i will fuck George Bush + obama

[oodnac]

Hey Earthlinked: I work in the Oil & Gas industry. It is just common knowledge that Brazil does import some of the Oil it consumes. Just Google "brazil oil imports", and you will find many reliable sources of information to back up my claim.

[Earthlinked]

@oodnac Not sure where you got your numebrs - but you are 100% WRONG!!!!!!! Brazil exports E100 oil from sugar cane - so why wold they turn around and import it - why not just keep it?????

[oodnac]

@Earthlinked Brazil imports more oil than it exports; 632,900 bbl/day (2007 est. imports)

[SuperVirues]

@deadmantyping2 loooooooooooooooooooool

خير انشاءالله

[SuperVirues]

@deadmantyping2  loooooooooooooooooooool

[raymondo900]

@dave98503 you fucking nuts or somthing ?

[deadmantyping2]

I just bought a Nissan Leaf 100% electric car. I'm done with this Saudi oil shit.

[ilIusion89]

@sarah9259 i know!!.. i mean we would've but its too late... keep begging