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July 17, 2015

Oil, Oil Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink

The looming deal with Iran obviously has many possible perils pervading its implementation, not to mention long-term effects in the Middle East and across the globe. One element not to be ignored however is the fact that Iran has lots of oil on which we would like to get our hands. Because oil makes the world go round. Right now the U.S. has more oil than it knows what to do with. And America’s tree buggerers remain relentless in their quest to unearth every last drop under the ground or under the seas. The goal is to suck it out and burn it up if only to prove that humans are in no way contributing to global climate change. Yes we can.

Rumor has it that some scientists are hard at work trying to develop technology that will turn oil into drinking water. Move over Jesus. My mouth is already watering at the mere thought. Finally, I may be able to stop drinking my own urine. Now I am not a scientist, and it is true that I am gullible enough to believe in things like global climate change, evolution and gravity, but it seems very possible that it would be easier to fix it so that people could consume oil instead of water.

Oiled water off the coast of Louisiana. Those folks just love anything blackened.

George W. Bush, in his 2006 State of The Union address told us that “America is addicted to oil.” Three months later he rattled off a list of possible alternatives and then swallowed his own brain before leaving office having ACCOMPLISHED his MISSION of having been president, albeit unelected.

Cheap Labor Pains

Apparently the hugely profitable corporations exploiting slave cheap labor in China are finding labor costs in China too high. They are looking to Africa as the next stop on their slave-y chain. The good part about this is that they won’t have to cart African workers half way across the world to enslave employ them this time. In our modern world we can now bring the abuse right to their front doors.

Don’t ask how they make the doll heads.

Meanwhile Greece is battling it out with their Euro predators creditors for their very survivial.

The Pope Weighs In

Pope Francis, fresh off his strident support for taking climate change seriously, appealed to world leaders on July 11 to seek a new economic model to help the poor, and to avoid policies that "sacrifice human lives on the altar of money and profit."

He urged politicians and business leaders "not to yield to an economic model which is idolatrous, which needs to sacrifice human lives on the altar of money and profit."

According to the Pontiff, "Putting bread on the table, putting a roof over the heads of one's children, giving them health and an education, these are essential for human dignity," adding, "Corruption is the plague, it's the gangrene of society." I wonder what kind of time he will have when he visits the States this September. Maybe he should read up on America. Not only is “Corruption” our middle name, and giving anything to the poor - especially health care and education - is seen as blasphemy to a large segment of the population and government, but we have more guns than anywhere else in the world and an unknown number of itchy trigger fingers attached to people with neither jobs, common sense or sanity.

Words To (Clearly Not From) The Wise

“There’s nothing wrong in America today that a change in leadership will not make happen.” Rick Perry June 4, 2015

One thing Mr. Perry might not know is that due to term limits there will be a change in leadership no matter what. He might want to get his glasses checked.

I. Mangrey reporting. Pay up.