Failed Predictions


	Failed Predictions

amgumen

7-4-2009 10:54 AM

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7-4-2009 12:08 PM

n2sooners

Only one hundred fifty years passed by since the first attempt to dig out oil from the ground met such contempt, and now the whole world is trying to look for unimaginable places to satiate the thirst for money that is propelled and sustained on this black gold.

Except for here where this administration has returned to the moto of, "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."

7-4-2009 12:25 PM

amgumen

Absolutely.

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