I also read that Congress signed off on this Arms Deal.

I’m not happy.

Some on the Left say, “It’s time to end the race and gender baiting and get back to issues.” I say let the Democrats bicker among themselves and let the Republicans get back to the issues. Admiral Mike Mullen wants…

Yup, and my best guesstimate says we can do it in under a decade; and I believe most of the technology is available, and no, that does not mean we all drive Prius’s.

1) Except for natural gas, no more producing electricity with hydrocarbons, that is what various forms of fission are for, period. Natural gas and hydroelectric are to be used for peak load balancing, nukes for primary load.

2) Coal, food rendering, and trashed plastics can all be cooked and put into distillate towers for, you guessed it bio-deisel.

3) Hit up the oil shale in the north and Alberta tar sands, drill from the arctic to the gulf.

4) Push for series Hybrid, such as the GM volt, which happens to be a plug in as well, so we get more bang for the buck from our nuclear power plants, especially if we program the charging to take place late night/easrly morning to load balance the nuclear power plants

5) Use breeder reactors and other technology to recycle and use the “waste” from the nuclear power plants.

6) Co-locate large heat/cooling industries around the new nuke plants to use the waste heat from the power plant. Desalinization plants might also be a good fit.

Other than some of the breeder reactor technology all of what I have listed is in current use. And of course, STOP USE FOOD FOR FUEL, sorry, had to shout that one.

Tom

What does this F***Head do, he sells arms to the Saudis as a way of saying thanks. You can bet your ass that these arms will find their way into the hands of people that will kill Americans with them.

Did the word Oil ever even come up in this Cluster-F*** of a deal?

Where’s the God Damn Outrage?

BZ

…by TexasFred.Good stuff, Fred…Tags: Saudi Arabia, Arms Deal, President Bush, TexasFred……

With that said, the House of Saud will either implode on itself OR be removed when the mullahs tire of their bargain with the house. From what I recall the bottom rung of the House of Saud is huge, and simply put there are many of the unfavored masses that can no longer afford the loft in NYC and a yacht in Monaco, many neither. Some of them have gone extremist Islamic, and some are sticking around and in-fighting for more money; both are a destabilizing experience.

At some point the deal that keeps the House of Saud apparently in power will collapse, and would suggest all of the implications mentioned above are probably correct and then some.

So let’s see, China, Russia, Saudi*, Iran, Syria, Pakistan*, Afghanistan*, Iraq*, and I am sure there are a few I am missing. (* – good potential if the region falls to the masses). Quit the list eh? And will we be able to count on Wester Europe to be able to help?

I just hope I am completely wrong

BTW Fred, for the last 3+ years since I read of the Carlyle group, and other ties the Bush family has I’ve been with you, just did not know about you back then.

Tom

As long as Saudi Arabia has schools within their borders teaching Death to America they will be our Number One Enemy. It’s time to realize that the children they’re teaching this Hate to will be the leaders of this country in the years to come.

I too have been to Saudi Arabia many time since the 70′s and they are with-out a doubt the most disgusting people on Earth, IMO.