daw13
I’m so sick of hearing people say that corporations are unable to see beyond their short-term profit greed. Actually, corporations can be quite visionary.
More and more often and more and more vocally, people are wondering why U.S. citizens are so passive in the face of Bushco's outrageous behavior. I think it's because we all still assume that in a world run by gangs, ours is still the toughest -- no matter how much we may disapprove of its leaders' behavior.
A few days ago I read a piece, I can't recall where, explaining in detail how Bush bombing Iran could easily send the price of oil sky high in very short order. It made sense, and so did the article's conclusion: that for Bush to pursue this course of action would be insane.
How can big oil continue to insist that global warming isn't happening? The usual answer is (a) they're so driven by greed as to ignore long term consequences of their actions, and, anyhow (b they're solely profit driven and have no mechanisms for adjusting their marketing policies according to other criteria. Neither of these assumptions stand up well to scrutiny based upon historical evidence. A third assumption does, however.
"The prevailing view in the Middle East is that where Arab nations failed to stand up to Israel and the United States, an Islamic movement succeeded."
And Now, Islamism Trumps Arabism, By MICHAEL SLACKMAN Published: August 20, 2006 http://www.nytimes.com/...
"Energy's Future Beyond Carbon," September, 2006
see http://www.npr.org/...
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