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Mek-Stizzle wrote:

SGT_Dicklewicz wrote:

Someone e-mailed me this the other day. Kind of raises a good point.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY


OPEC sells oil for $136.00 a barrel.
OPEC nations buy U.S. Grain at $7.00 a bushel.
Solution: Sell grain for $136.00 a bushel.
Can't buy it?  Tough!   Eat your oil!
Ought to go well with a nice thick grilled filet of camel ass!!!

I somehow don't think OPEC relies on U.S Grain as much as the U.S relies on OPEC Oil

But for a second, whilst I was reading that, at first I was like "yeah, YEAH MOTHERFUCKERS"

Then I serious'd

Lotta_Drool wrote:

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

SGT_Dicklewicz wrote:

Someone e-mailed me this the other day. Kind of raises a good point.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY


OPEC sells oil for $136.00 a barrel.
OPEC nations buy U.S. Grain at $7.00 a bushel.
Solution: Sell grain for $136.00 a bushel.
Can't buy it?  Tough!   Eat your oil!
Ought to go well with a nice thick grilled filet of camel ass!!!

I somehow don't think OPEC relies on U.S Grain as much as the U.S relies on OPEC Oil

But for a second, whilst I was reading that, at first I was like "yeah, YEAH MOTHERFUCKERS"

Then I serious'd

Yeah, but if the US and Canada formed a OPEC for Grain they could fucker up the Middle East by driving the cost of the worlds grain up to $40 a bushel over night.

Let them eat sand.

FatherTed wrote:

Lotta_Drool wrote:

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

I somehow don't think OPEC relies on U.S Grain as much as the U.S relies on OPEC Oil

But for a second, whilst I was reading that, at first I was like "yeah, YEAH MOTHERFUCKERS"

Then I serious'd

Yeah, but if the US and Canada formed a OPEC for Grain they could fucker up the Middle East by driving the cost of the worlds grain up to $40 a bushel over night.

Let them eat sand.

I assume you'd let your lovely EU friends have it at normal price...

Right?

SGT_Dicklewicz wrote:

FatherTed wrote:

Lotta_Drool wrote:

Yeah, but if the US and Canada formed a OPEC for Grain they could fucker up the Middle East by driving the cost of the worlds grain up to $40 a bushel over night.

Let them eat sand.

I assume you'd let your lovely EU friends have it at normal price...

Right?

Fuckin' A right. You guys back the US in everything!

Last edited by SGT_Dicklewicz (2008-06-27 16:13:08)

SGT_Dicklewicz wrote:

No sarcasm.

To me as an American, I would give the EU peeps everything for 1/2 price and stick it to those greedy middle Eastern Snobs!

FatherTed wrote:

SGT_Dicklewicz wrote:

No sarcasm.

To me as an American, I would give the EU peeps everything for 1/2 price and stick it to those greedy middle Eastern Snobs!

Oh. I thought the U.S wasn't very keen on the EU tbh (France for example)

m3thod wrote:

SGT_Dicklewicz wrote:

m3thod wrote:

You mean they're obliged to sell you oil at 1c a barrel? Why of course makes perfect business sense.

Oh and YOU'RE FIRED.

If Saudi Arabia is a great friend to the USA we should get a deal is all I am saying, since we have only had their ass covered for the last 60 or so years! So you think we shouldn't be getting a better deal than let's say China, who could have given a fuck about them until they needed something from them!?! Yeah sounds fair. How about remembering who has your back.

Saudi doesn't hold a monopoly over oil. Oil is a commodity and its price fluctuatates due of many reasons, the 2 main culprits being to geopolitics and speculation.  Saudi has zero control over these 2 factors.

The world of oil is big business my friend with lots of little nasty people screwing the world over to make a fast buck.

m3thod wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:

Dubai ain't that great.  Thay can't get people to actually move into the palm island homes for example.  People purchased them, but very few resisdents.

A lot of wealthy people i know are actually purchasing property out there.  Me, well i'm not convinced so i'm not gonna bite just yet...

usmarine2 wrote:

who stabbed you?