tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post5143896487914206205..comments2023-10-14T08:23:14.641-07:00Comments on The American Energy Crisis: America must support IsraelA Quaker in a Strange Landhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-35324193607493420322010-08-17T08:36:18.354-07:002010-08-17T08:36:18.354-07:00Israel is our best friend? :LOL:
The ones that sp...Israel is our best friend? :LOL:<br /><br />The ones that spy on us, helped with 9/11 happening, and still receive billions in aid?<br /><br />I frankly don't care at this point whether Israel continues to exists. It has been a drain and waste of money with no net benefits. Let them have it.sth_txsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-85735293588556848882010-08-17T07:19:48.958-07:002010-08-17T07:19:48.958-07:00Kathy:
Thank you! I will take you up on all of yo...Kathy:<br /><br />Thank you! I will take you up on all of your suggestions and offers.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-91284182339804409032010-08-17T03:16:27.350-07:002010-08-17T03:16:27.350-07:00On another subject Greg. If you plan on writing a ...On another subject Greg. If you plan on writing a book, I have a couple of suggestions for you. First. Get to a college and take a course on what it takes to get published. I had written my first book in 1990 and took such a course at UMASS when I finished. It was instrumental in helping me find an agent and then a publisher. I would also suggest either taking a course in writing fiction or joining a writer's group. The feedback is really useful and the structure helps keep one on task. The final thing is to go to a bookstore and get a Writer's Guide. It's the best $50.00 bucks you will ever spend. A subscription to Writer's Digest or The Writer is also a good spend. Both are periodicals with a ton of useful information. Another thought (the last one. I promise)Read all the doomer porn you can get our hands on. The good stuff leaps out at you and the bad stuff will show you what to avoid. PM me if you want to talk publishing.kathyhttp://www.justincasebook.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-41465850071847609032010-08-16T21:12:02.010-07:002010-08-16T21:12:02.010-07:00Jeffers,
I had never thought about repercussions ...Jeffers,<br /><br />I had never thought about repercussions of a Middle East nucleaur conflict in this way. I understood all of the issues before, but it really brought it to light in my mind that the cities would fail and quickly with most people leaving to go stay with family and friends. I just kind of assumed that they would slowly die through starvation, failing infustructure, ponzi scheme pensions and benefits for city/state/federal workers, collapsing tax revenue and lack of control by the authoritys (police, fire, fema, etc). Slowly meaning over a 5-15 yr window. But looking at it, I think the scenario would get crazy rather quickly. <br /><br />Nice to see other angles like the middle east very soon relizing that they have little else the world desires. The don’t produce well anything really. With the waning exporting excesses of oil we could be looking at a area that would return to a very primitive lifestyle quickly with a major loss of life even without the nuke thing. Well if stoning women is not primitive enough for you. They don’t produce much food in those inhospitable arid climates you know. Very provocative post.Dextred1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10295971877800381681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-3223712982104115482010-08-16T19:28:42.263-07:002010-08-16T19:28:42.263-07:00I am sure your right about the military thinking t...I am sure your right about the military thinking through it but the military currently has it's hand's tied.<br /><br />If Israel strikes Iran within the next 7 days it will fall from International pressure.<br /><br />If Israel doesn't strike it we will see Iran and their allies become bolder and bolder until something happens... Then Israel will fall.<br /><br />I just don't see anyway around it, but I hope I am mistaken and just a worry wart.PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-88528431552028205192010-08-16T19:23:49.275-07:002010-08-16T19:23:49.275-07:00For reasons that elude me, the American Left - a L...For reasons that elude me, the American Left - a Left DOMINATED by Jews - is unsupportive of Israel. WTF??!! I think they have it ALL WRONG. <br /><br />A left dominated by feminist hatred of White Males and anything Western European in origin. They are anti-white feminist first and Israel has been the old America's closest ally.... It must fall.PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-32466971607671170282010-08-16T19:20:07.756-07:002010-08-16T19:20:07.756-07:00PP:
The U.S. shot down an Iranian airliner by mis...PP:<br /><br />The U.S. shot down an Iranian airliner by mistake. <br /><br />Given the proximity, there is a significant probability for error on someone's part at some point. Israel would have a hair trigger should Iran, considering their rhetoric, come into the nuclear powers click.<br /><br />I think we agree that this is an unacceptable situation for the ROW.<br /><br />The U.S. has made incalculably dumb strategic moves in Afghanistan and Iraq, actions that might lead to a nuclear armed Iran.... I really think Chess should be REQUIRED in high school and college. Maybe then we might have politicians, diplomats and a military that can see a couple moves ahead.<br /><br />Actually, that is probably not fair. I am sure the military had thought thru this...A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-77774851050599709192010-08-16T19:11:15.125-07:002010-08-16T19:11:15.125-07:00Hi Dan:
I do not think the world's financial ...Hi Dan:<br /><br />I do not think the world's financial system would last 1 DAY after an exchange like the one I envisioned. <br /><br />Not 1. <br /><br />Of course, I could be wrong... but I think not.<br /><br />Israel is a beautiful place to visit - having been to the Israel and some of the Muslim countries, I would rather beat my toes off with a hammer than live ANYWHERE in the muslim world and would very much enjoy living in Israel. This is not an indictment of Muslims or Islam... these are sovereign nations and if I don't like it I don't have to go there... just my own observation.<br /><br />For reasons that elude me, the American Left - a Left DOMINATED by Jews - is unsupportive of Israel. WTF??!! I think they have it ALL WRONG. <br /><br />Israel has a RIGHT to exist. Yes, they also have a responsibility to act RESPONSIBLY. Iran has a right to exist, and a responsibility to act RESPONSIBLY. At this moment, to my mind, that includes not becoming a nuclear armed Theocracy.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-38980184189301212832010-08-16T17:58:49.963-07:002010-08-16T17:58:49.963-07:00Considering the effects from all the ridiculous nu...Considering the effects from all the ridiculous nuclear “<a href="http://blip.tv/play/AeaDFAI" rel="nofollow">testing</a>” over the last 65 years, the equivalent to a major nuclear war, I surmise a nuclear war would not be the civilization ending calamity it is purported to be. Directly targeted areas excepted.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354887108778074009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-56016496314733684152010-08-16T17:39:02.259-07:002010-08-16T17:39:02.259-07:00With Russia sending nuclear material to Iran and a...With Russia sending nuclear material to Iran and along with China ignoring the UN sanctions they agreed to I seriously am beginning to think Greg's chapter may come to pass.<br /><br />Regardless of the past right or wrongs Israel is too close to what so many people out there think of as the old white male America. Therefore it has become a target for even those non-muslims around the world.PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-23620641211394081482010-08-16T16:11:58.169-07:002010-08-16T16:11:58.169-07:00Donal,
You realize you just engaged in one of the...Donal,<br /><br />You realize you just engaged in one of the most blatant case of hyperbole I have ever read. The Jews have made mistakes, but to compare them to the Nazi’s makes you sound ridiculous. The Jews received the land legally. The current Jordanians that we call Palestinians were left their by the Jordanian government in order to create strife when they closed their borders to their own people. The land was barren of anything when the British let the first Jews back to their homeland in the early 1920’s. By the time the United Nations recognized them they had already revived much of the land growing most of their own food, built housing, industry and made major strides in their military. In 1948 the day they became a state they were attacked by an alliance of Muslim nations. NOBODY thought they would survive this, but they did. Did the Muslims attack this time because of any of your reasons, I doubt it. Israel kicked their A** by the way and all this other crap has nothing to do with anything but a case of hatred of Jews by Muslims and I would suppose with the history, the same things from the Jews toward the Muslims. What if you had a bunch of crazy bastards firing rockets, blowing themselves up and shooting your neighbors with small arms almost daily, what would you do? <br /><br />As for the us getting pulled in the next world war it would always have happened, that being us stepping in. Could we really just sit back and watch the largest suppliers of Oil in the world go in to a complete dysfunction?Dextred1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10295971877800381681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-84477963652616018972010-08-16T08:43:49.254-07:002010-08-16T08:43:49.254-07:00Further, I never said that an attack on Iran by th...Further, I never said that an attack on Iran by the U.S. was a very good idea. I am not a military man so I do not know the propriety of destroying Iran's nuclear facilities, either.<br /><br />My sense is to survive the next couple of decades WITHOUT a nuclear armed Iran. We the oil ceases to flow out of the MIddle East, which is likely LESS THAN 20 YEARS AWAY, I think the issue will likely be moot.<br /><br />Let us survive this time period absent a nuclear exchange between these 2 groups, as the ROW will NOT survive such at outcomeA Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-37000071902098722582010-08-16T08:37:20.474-07:002010-08-16T08:37:20.474-07:00Donal:
Not an accurate characterization of my tho...Donal:<br /><br />Not an accurate characterization of my thoughts.<br /><br />I play chess. This is how I see the chess game as the current pieces are currently arrayed... I cannot change the position of the board by edict. Israel IS here, and Israel is a Nuclear armed nation of people that might, in fact, be suffering from some sort of persecution complex...<br /><br />But let us be realistic, fair, and accurate. The Israeli's REACT to violence and attack... In supporting Israel I DO NOT support each and every policy decision that their government's make, any more than I support each and every policy decision of MY governments.<br /><br />We are HERE. Not where we wish to be. There's the way it ought to be, and then there is the way that it is. Right now, in order to avoid further nuclear proliferation, and to a nutty Theocracy that STONES people for alleged adultery, there are certain strategies that must be considered.<br /><br />This is not to say that if the WORLD does all of these things that the results will, in fact, be as desired.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-83119572486949392372010-08-16T06:42:35.892-07:002010-08-16T06:42:35.892-07:00Greg; you are making the mistake that American for...Greg; you are making the mistake that American foreign policy continues to make. The reason Iran wants nuclear weapons is because of Israel! The reason Israel is so damned belligerent is because America backs it, whatever the regime does. The reason Israelis feel justified is killing anyone they want to, anywhere in the world, is because their grandparents were persecuted in Germany (and Rusiia, and....). <br /><br />At some point you have to realise that it doesn't work to nuke people! (or threaten to). YOU were saying the same thing a couple of posts ago, relating to Japan.<br /><br />Personally I see a lot of parallels between Israel's treatment of Palestinians and Nazi treatment of Jews before WW2. It's like an abused kid grows up to be an abuser. <br /><br />It's way past time America fulfilled its humanitarian obligations and stopped Israel in it's tracks, especially regarding Palestine. Its generating so much hatred in the M.E. that the USA is going to get pulled into the next World War.Donal Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03421610061804732275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-56713936668197028102010-08-15T20:39:07.160-07:002010-08-15T20:39:07.160-07:00Marshall,
Can Iran eat it's oil. They were a...Marshall,<br /><br />Can Iran eat it's oil. They were and are a MESS. When you say things like west takes their oil and the such, what exactly do you mean? That we trade them continually weaker dollars for oil? That could be true, but I don't think we buy anything from them (mostly china, Japan, Europe?) You are naive if you don't think that their is some serious religious hatred that is aimed at Israel from Iran. It is simple why they don't want to bring to much heat on themselves, so they can starve off the west just a little longer (don't forget they supply weapons in Iraq to the Shiite militias). <br /><br /> A majority of Shiite Muslims traditionally believe that the “12th Imam” (Islamic religious leader), born in 868 A.D., was placed by God into hiding (known as occultation) until the day of judgment. the major eschatological question for Shiite Muslims is when the Mahdi’s return will take place and many hold the belief that the time is near. The increasing clash with Israel and that with Christianity are two indications to Shiites that the Mahdi’s return could be near. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been cited by various news sources as not only believing in the eventual return of the Mahdi, but that the return is near and that it is the responsibility of the Iranian government to prepare the country for his return. Many Shiite Muslims believe that they can start the conflict that will cause the return of Mahdi. A fun little fact about Mahmmoud Ahmadinejad is that he is a Jew, even has a special symbol on his identification to show it. So maybe he is trying to prove something to himself, destroying the avowed enemy of every Muslim on earth would be a good start in his book. <br /><br />Jeffers,<br /> <br />Enjoyable so far, you publish and I will buy.<br /><br />I think the most important things that this account made me ponder is for the government to rework purchase agreements with local oil providers (i.e. Mexico and Canada and make their oil companies flush with exploration money). Also influence some damn elections in the good old CIA way in Venezuela and get more of that in locked purchase agreements. I suppose every oil company in the nation by this point would be in total exploratory mode.Dextred1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10295971877800381681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-76146574908957439852010-08-15T18:12:34.567-07:002010-08-15T18:12:34.567-07:00Hey Greg
Sorry I missed the discussion as I was g...Hey Greg<br /><br />Sorry I missed the discussion as I was gone all weekend with the GF.<br /><br />Great Story. Any opinions I might have had regarding India etc Tweell expertly covered as he usually does.<br /><br />The flow was excellent, perhaps a bit fractured in the "Jews around New York" section. Some of the info presented amounted to disconnected facts but by todays standards that is part of the writers art.<br /><br />Good general background set up with major players in the last section.<br /><br />I would change the .22 assault rifle part to either just assault rifle or .223 or 5.56 any serious end of the world nut would zero in on that. I assume that would be your major market :)<br /><br />Also although I agree with your "travel restriction" I also think that much like in Fortchen's novel "One Second After" the cities would send out large population groups to rural areas to ease food needs. Just a thought.<br /><br />In the end it made me focus on the story and thats the most important part. The myriad possibles are fun to discuss but the meat and bones of the story are what counts.<br /><br />Good job.PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-62599550607604094822010-08-15T08:52:05.380-07:002010-08-15T08:52:05.380-07:00What follows isn't really a new story to those...What follows isn't really a new story to those that follow things like the Alaska Pipeline, but it goes into the details and implications of what is about to happen to it and Alaskan North Slope oil in the not too distant future: <br /><br />http://www.adn.com/2010/08/14/1410317/dwindling-flow-poses-trans-alaska.html#ixzz0wgfvov3J<br /><br />What it really means is that within the next few years, North Slope - Pipline oil production (which comprises the vast majority of Alaskan oil production) is going to come to a sudden halt. That's 14% of current US domestic production.<br /><br />Ouch.Stephen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00746137367376861899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-33145561350665265802010-08-15T08:02:10.506-07:002010-08-15T08:02:10.506-07:00Marshall:
What rush to war?
What rush to war are...Marshall:<br /><br />What rush to war?<br /><br />What rush to war are you seeing? Perhaps you are arguing that we are being "set up" in the media? Perhaps.<br /><br />I have no idea how Iran will unfold... other than to say that if the world allows Iran to become nuclear power, the odds of nuclear catastrophe increase exponentially.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-16438765398129533862010-08-15T04:46:24.102-07:002010-08-15T04:46:24.102-07:00Just a thought here-
It is assumed by some that t...Just a thought here-<br /><br />It is assumed by some that the Iranian leadership is so insane that, upon coming into possession of a nuke, would immediately attack a western population center. The fact that they would be committing national suicide would not theoretically be any concern for them.<br /><br />However, it is widely known that Iran presently has vast assymetrical warfare assets ie terror,intelligence, and other capabilities. <br /><br />If the Iranian leadership is so totally insane and ready to commit national suicide, why have they not been using those assymetric warfare assets all along to launch a constant series of terror attacks on the west???<br /><br />It seems to me that the rush to war over Iran has more to do with oil and US(and western) control in the ME. Not because Iran is any kind of threat- especially to the US.<br /><br />Best,<br />MarshallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-80776057303994799812010-08-15T00:26:37.443-07:002010-08-15T00:26:37.443-07:00Richard Fernandez gamed out the problem with nucle...Richard Fernandez gamed out the problem with nuclear exchanges between states and NGOs about seven years ago in <a href="http://belmontclub.blogspot.com/2003/09/three-conjectures-pew-poll-finds-40-of.html" rel="nofollow">The Three Conjectures</a>. It’s well worth a look.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354887108778074009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-23309026475007189152010-08-14T18:34:59.088-07:002010-08-14T18:34:59.088-07:00Idaho:
Point well taken.Idaho:<br /><br />Point well taken.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-25216726766573915962010-08-14T18:33:42.882-07:002010-08-14T18:33:42.882-07:00Bur:
Crude Oil, Condensates and NGL's is abou...Bur:<br /><br />Crude Oil, Condensates and NGL's is about 8 mm per day.A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-54097013399259139472010-08-14T18:15:08.073-07:002010-08-14T18:15:08.073-07:00Might want to rethink storing any petroleum produ...Might want to rethink storing any petroleum products in a basement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-7801075820443655152010-08-14T17:42:13.889-07:002010-08-14T17:42:13.889-07:00I believe the U.S. domestic production of oil thes...I believe the U.S. domestic production of oil these days is 5.5 mbpd, not 8.bureaucrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869739125758038029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-56683271357326239972010-08-14T15:13:27.133-07:002010-08-14T15:13:27.133-07:00Oh please blow up Hollywood next, then Congress!Oh please blow up Hollywood next, then Congress!DaShuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731696293751625845noreply@blogger.com