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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:23 AM Original message |
It's time to nationalize the oil industry. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Way too late - you can not nationalize a world wide institution |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. 1973: Canada nationalizes Petrocanada in response to Arab Oil Embargo |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, it is time to get rid of the oil industry |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Hello, too late: Iraq. Greenspan told us so. |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. It will get rid of itself, by attrition, eventually. There is no way to just "get rid" of it. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. No, what is going to happen is we're going to continue this addiction to oil |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Well, make up your mind. Are we going down the toilet completely, or will peanut-based plastics |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Just had to get your licks in on the " Kennedy clan" didn't you? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Touchy, aren't you. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. god forbid somebody offer a non-partisan critique |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's time to nationalize the health insurance cartels, |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. If this energy independence blather is real then nationalization is a forced move |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Right. Big oil companies will get it and sell it to China |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Would that make us all complicit of murder? |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
8. Nationalize US Oil, Coal and other energy resources now, before it's too late. |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Unless "we" can figure out a way to lay claim to all the global resources, it would be an exercise i |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. We're doing a smashing job of it right now. |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Precisely. Imagine how much worse it would be were we to attempt it globally. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. So how do we correct the problem of wealth distribution? |
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Mother Smuckers (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I can't answer that because I don't know how you perceive the problem or what would |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Hypothetical, then... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
12. recommend! Nationalize the banks too! |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. Apt Bucky quote |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. What if the new models keep getting smashed |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. time to outlaw oil, coal and nuclear |
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TheWebHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
18. yes because the government is so expertly skilled in the field of deepwater oil exploration |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. Yes, I can only imagine how safe and environmentally friendly... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. K&R |
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