 Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
 2594 Posts
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Saturday, November 22, 2008 10:25:44 PM
Lionhart:
Are you kidding?
The middle east includes:
Saudi Arabia: 14% of the world's oil.
Iran: 3% of the World's Oil
UAE: 3% of the World's Oil
Kuwait: 3% of the World's OilOr if we're doing total proven reserves:
Saudi: 20% world reserves.
Iran: 10% world reserves.
Kuwait: 8% of world reserves.
UAE: 7% of world reserves.
Not to mention the other 11 countries in the Middle East, or the other 10 on top of that in "Greater Middle East" if your graph includes that.
Oil exports via the CIA. Iraq produces ~2% as stated earlier.
Oil reserves via the CIA. Iraq admittedly contains ~8% of the world reserves. |
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 Vagrant86
Male, 18-29, Western US
2556 Posts
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:58:23 AM
they should have called then.. |
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 SoCal
Male, 18-29, Western US
475 Posts
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:05:54 PM
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?!?! Its a H.O.A. community. I live in a HOA community and they have towed my car for parking overnight, taken my trashcans for leaving them out overnight, and removed my christmast decorations. |
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 Lionhart2
Male, 40-49, Australia
5382 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 8:56:57 PM
> Baalthazaq
> Iraq provides the world with approx 2% of it's oilI'm sure Davy could give us accurate figures since finding oil is his job, but this would tend to indicate you're completely wrong: 
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 ricki24
Female, 13-17, Southern US
239 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 8:53:28 PM
That is just outright terrible. My father has been in Iraq for the past 7 months, he doesn't come back for 5 more. I don't understand how someone could be so anal as to take down welcome home signs? I would have made new ones....tacky ones....with glitter. |
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 xFlashFirex
Female, 13-17, Southern US
78 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 7:47:42 PM
You Floridians. |
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 splurbyburbl
Male, 18-29, Southern US
834 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 4:22:17 PM
When did this convo turn into an argument on "an inconvenient truth"? By the way, those few of you that are actually trying to sound intelligent on oil consumption are way, way oversimplifying the whole issue. I love how someone says something on a forum with a certain finality to it and they put it to us like its the only argument to be had... and they are playing a game of I WIN. I used to be that turd...or am i still? hmmm |
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 d_katman
Male, 13-17, Western US
1790 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 4:09:29 PM
does i-a-b hate orange park? hahawe should have a compilation of all stories out of orange park. |
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 FlameOfUdun
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1014 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 3:56:17 PM
I got two brothers in the marines and one of them will be in Iraq. If somebody didn't let me welcome him home, I would eat that person's soul. |
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 boredfjord
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
697 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 3:41:25 PM
...this is preposterous. How could anybody possibly be THAT anal? |
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 maguiremart
Male, 13-17, Europe
27 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 3:02:58 PM
just don't put the flags up then. Problem solved. |
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 Pilanus
Male, 18-29, Western US
611 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 2:59:27 PM
I petition that whoever complained about that sign be sent to Iraq.I may not support the war, but Damn it, I support our troops, whom are risking their lives every day, regardless of the stupidity of the cause, they are still risking their lives. and to have some soulless prick think that welcoming one of them home is somehow "Political", infuriates me. |
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sam8380
Male, 18-29, Europe
55 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 2:32:12 PM
nowadays we live a lifestyle that is unsustainable....we use thousands of litres of fuel a year, buy food in plastic packaging that we throw away, have all the lights on and the tv and the hair dryer....we use and use. and all these resources come from somewhere. it causes tension and war and ugly scenes. such is the way of the world. but to complain about wars and mistreatment from the comfort of your heated home in front of your tv and then go for a drive in your suv is to be a bit of a hypocrite. ever seen that video on youtube, 'meet your meat'? similar concept in this case. people are in effect complaining about how the poor cows are killed whilst they eat their burgers. in reality, we all share some blame for whats happening in the world today, to absolve yourself of blame you'd have to turn your lights out and walk to work each day. if we really want to solve this problem we need to end our dependence on oil and the middle east will shrink into insignificance. |
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Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
2594 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 2:12:14 PM
Quick note:
Iraq provides the world with ~2% of it's oil.Long story short, the liberals are probably quite happy with putting 2% less oil in their cars if it means not having to invade a country for a billion pounds a year. Also, if everyone driving a 20MPG SUV traded it in for a 20.4MPG SUV we could have avoided this whole thing. that's saying nothin of the occassional run of the mill SUVs that near almost 30MPG, or perhaps even... I dunno... taking the kids to school in a CAR and getting 40MPG. But obviously that's not as reasonable a solution as invading a country killing a few thousand civilians, losing a few thousand troops, propping up new dictators and weakening your reputation worldwide as oil-hungry war-whores. |
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 sfcg
Male, 30-39, Western US
338 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 2:09:03 PM
Okay, I'm about a liberal as it gets and I find this pretty wrong. There must have been some underlying issue between the HOA guy that took it down and the family that's not being reported here, because that guys deserves to get punched in the throat if he just went ahead and took them down for HOA policy reasons. Some people take themselves too seriously.
As far as the ugly reality of how gas gets in our tanks, we should pay for it if we don't have it, not completely f**k the world up by taking it by force. I think a certain IQ should be required to use the internets.Also some HOA communities are not giant conglomorate cookie cutter suburbs. Some HOA's are two houses that happen to be connected. Generalizing only works with machine guns. |
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 Slade8
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
918 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 2:06:34 PM
WhenIsLunch: this is what happened to freedom of speech. Someone goes to a police officer and says "Hey there! I have half a ton of explosives wired in that nearby orphanage and I am planning to detonate in 30 minutes. Have a nice day!"
Everything has restrictions. This shouldn't. |
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Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
2594 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:52:32 PM
"Liberals are happy to put gas in their tanks, but squeamish about how it gets there"From one of the many many many countries you're allied with through trade agreements.... Oh God I can't handle it, I'm going to be sick. |
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 maceizballin
Male, 13-17, Southern US
912 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:50:07 PM
oh no! those signs make me feel as though this neighborhood supports the war...im SO offended! |
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sam8380
Male, 18-29, Europe
55 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:42:45 PM
when it said guess where, i assumed england.....soldiers are treated with disrespect here. liberals are happy to put gas in their tanks, yet get squeamish at the ugly reality of how it really gets there... |
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 yoimmylene
Female, 13-17, Midwest US
2058 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:41:22 PM
All right, who's the jerk that went and reported them? |
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 neveryours
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
1239 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:28:06 PM
"flordia" CaptainPat?
twice? |
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 Kamarov
Male, 18-29, Southern US
88 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:27:11 PM
This pisses me off worse than Westboro Baptist. How dare they dishonor an American Soldier. |
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 madest
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
1104 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:22:37 PM
Look if you want to live in a neighborhood that dictates how you live then by all means move there. If you do however, you lose your right to b*tch and moan when you break the rules. Imho, i think everyone who lives in a HOA community is a douchebag. this family included. |
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 michaelcsr
Male, 30-39, Western US
392 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:17:59 PM
As an American, it really pisses me off how pussified America has become. We get offended by everything nowadays. Get over it, your feelings aren't that important. HOA's in my mind are unconstitutional. I don't think ANYONE has a right to tell you what you can do land that you own. If you're not hurting anyone then people need to mind their own business. Lastly, I don't support this stupid war, but I see nothing offensive about a family welcoming home a daughter they are rightfully proud of. Screw your property values. You won't lose a dime of value by someone next door putting up a picture of their child who is coming home from war! |
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N-Vet
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
16 Posts
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Monday, November 10, 2008 1:17:20 PM
"They removed the welcome home signs and balloons and flags," says Natalie Boitet.Boitet says when they tried to recover the signs it turned into a confrontation with the association manager. - Article It looks like the HOA didn't even ask for the signs to be removed, it sounds like they confiscated them while the family was setting up somewhere else... |
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