Today marked an interesting day in the Oil Economy. First, Oil hit an all time intra-day high of $56.60. Second, the US Senate rejected, by the slimmest of margins (51-49), a motion to halt the approval of development of the oil rich ANWR area of Alaska. Proponents of developing ANWR love to say that it …
Category Archives: Politics
Simple question on Iraqi democracy
Name one Democracy where the winning party must achieve something other than a simple majority (50%+1) in order to govern: Corrected/Updated US Senate: No House: No Presidency: No Canada: No UK: No France: No Israel: No Iran: No South Africa: No Sweden: No Afghan Presidency: No Lebanon: No Iraq: Yes, 75% of vote is needed …
Lebanon: Definitely not Ukraine
Ukraine was just so easy in comparison. There was a dictator… there was an election. The dictator defrauded the election… the people opposed him, got another election, and the good guys won. The longer this situation in Lebanon draws out the more complicated and convoluted it seems to be getting. click First we had, of …