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Re:United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P by Bertil on Saturday August 06, 2011 @06:36AM (#2853575)
You seem to have forgot one point: the trillions spent in the Middle-East are to protect the supply of cheap Oil — so step 0. is: Sell your car, insulate your house.
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Re:United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P by shiftpgdn on Saturday August 06, 2011 @11:15AM (#2854014)
We get more oil from the gulf and Canada than we do from the Middle-east. That's not to say energy savings are a lost cause.
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Re:United States loses AAA credit rating from S&P by Bertil on Saturday August 06, 2011 @09:40PM (#2855418)
You still pay it at international prices, that are set by events in the Golf.
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