Tough crowd here today....

[OULenexaman]

and in Libya too....U.S. tells non-essential personnel to leave Libya. Looks like Gadhafi is going down....both places going bonkers.

[47straight]

OUL, Qaddafi is anti-US, so we as Americans really don't need to hear about it, ok? Else there would have been media coverage bigger than Egypt about it.

[OUthunder]

and in Libya too....U.S. tells non-essential personnel to leave Libya. Looks like Gadhafi is going down....both places going bonkers.

About 20 years overdue IMO.

[delhalew]

I heard aircraft were firing on the crowd in Libya...dayum.

[A Sooner in Texas]

I heard aircraft were firing on the crowd in Libya...dayum.

I just heard that Libyan pilots ordered to fire on the crowd defected and flew to Malta.

[delhalew]

I just heard that Libyan pilots ordered to fire on the crowd defected and flew to Malta.

After firing on the crowd? I respectfully suggest BEFORE firing on the crowd may have been better timing.

[Soonerfan88]

Libyan students held a protest on my campus today. I walked by & got a flyer -- it was fun.

[delhalew]

Libyan students held a protest on my campus today. I walked by & got a flyer -- it was fun.

Lmao. We do love a good protest, almost as much as free t-shirts.

[okie52]

After firing on the crowd? I respectfully suggest BEFORE firing on the crowd may have been better timing.

They didn't like them either.

[OULenexaman]

OUL, Qaddafi is anti-US, so we as Americans really don't need to hear about it, ok? Else there would have been media coverage bigger than Egypt about it.
Uhhh..dude.....media coverage IS all over it...gettin ugly....US only imports 80K barrells a day from the whacko's....BP and Total pulling out all personell...just check those gas pump prices tomorrow.:mad:

[sheepdogs]

Uhhh..dude.....media coverage IS all over it...gettin ugly....US only imports 80K barrells a day from the whacko's....BP and Total pulling out all personell...just check those gas pump prices tomorrow.:mad:

What is more significant is how much they export to the world markets on a daily basis as opposed to how much they directly supply to us because the other markets that get the lion's share of their production will have to find alternative sources elsewhere which cuts into the amount that was earmarked for the U.S markets.

[OULenexaman]

you are correct sir.....US is only like 10% of it....or so I heard at lunch on CNN for what they are worth.

[47straight]

Uhhh..dude.....media coverage IS all over it...gettin ugly....US only imports 80K barrells a day from the whacko's....BP and Total pulling out all personell...just check those gas pump prices tomorrow.:mad:

Then where are the multitudes of my oh-so-progressive friends "standing with Libya" ?

[Bourbon St Sooner]

Hard to tell what's going on there with no foreign media in the country. I saw reports yesterday that in the east, the military was defecting and joining the protesters. Not a good sign for Moammar. My guess is he better empty his Swiss bank accounts and get while the gettin's good.

[delhalew]

Then where are the multitudes of my oh-so-progressive friends "standing with Libya" ?

The Communist Party is busy in Madison. Their reception has turned cold in Egypt now that Egyptians are turning to the job of extermination of the Jews. The commies and other socialist/progressives realized they were more welcome in the US.

[49r]

Good enough excuse to go long on oil and run the goddamn price up to $150 a barrel. :mad:

[delhalew]

Good enough excuse to go long on oil and run the goddamn price up to $150 a barrel. :mad:

Indeed.

[OUMallen]

Good enough excuse to go long on oil and run the goddamn price up to $150 a barrel. :mad:

Good for Oklahoma. :cool:

[Wishboned]

Hard to tell what's going on there with no foreign media in the country. I saw reports yesterday that in the east, the military was defecting and joining the protesters. Not a good sign for Moammar. My guess is he better empty his Swiss bank accounts and get while the gettin's good.

They're pretty sure he's already left. Maybe headed for Venezuela.

[delhalew]

Good for Oklahoma. :cool:

Natural gas going up would be better.

[OU_Sooners75]

Where is Ronald Reagan when we need him?

[SouthCarolinaSooner]

Libyan Army brass has told its soldiers to join the protesters, according to BBC. If Libya goes, that opens the door for every other government in the middle east except Saudi Arabia to fall. Hopefully this can get us off oil and off supporting totalitarian regimes.

[soonercruiser]

"Tought crowd HERE today"?
Where is "here"?
Where are you at?

[okie52]

Libyan Army brass has told its soldiers to join the protesters, according to BBC. If Libya goes, that opens the door for every other government in the middle east except Saudi Arabia to fall. Hopefully this can get us off oil and off supporting totalitarian regimes.

Why would this get us off oil?

[47straight]

Libyan Army brass has told its soldiers to join the protesters, according to BBC. If Libya goes, that opens the door for every other government in the middle east except Saudi Arabia to fall. Hopefully this can get us off oil and off supporting totalitarian regimes.

No no no no. Didn't you get the talking points memo today? It's only politically fashionable to support the overthrow of dictators who are friendly to our right-wing government. Gaddafi, even though he has made concessions like giving up WMD programs, is still a friend of Hugo Chavez.

In fact, I would not be surprised in the least if these astroturf protests in Libya are being started by a bunch of teabaggers. You can see the real populism in Egypt and Madison.

[yermom]

Why would this get us off oil?

cold turkey?

[okie52]

cold turkey?

That would have to be the plan.

[soonerinkaty]

Can you skate on glass?

If you catch my drift, relax, I'm only kidding.

[OULenexaman]

No no no no. Didn't you get the talking points memo today? It's only politically fashionable to support the overthrow of dictators who are friendly to our right-wing government. Gaddafi, even though he has made concessions like giving up WMD programs, is still a friend of Hugo Chavez.

In fact, I would not be surprised in the least if these astroturf protests in Libya are being started by a bunch of teabaggers. You can see the real populism in Egypt and Madison.

Which is why it is believed he has bolted to Venezuela. Teabaggers are Muslims??:pop:

[47straight]

Which is why it is believed he has bolted to Venezuela. Teabaggers are Muslims??:pop:

Right-wing religious fanatics are all the same if they support politicians the dailykos crowd doesn't like.

But if they're supporting the correct politicians, well, then they're just ordinary people fighting for their rights to be heard.

[SouthCarolinaSooner]

Why would this get us off oil?
If the revolutions continue, especially in Libya, prices will skyrocket, which would create an increased incentive to invest in other energy sources etc

[ouwasp]

Be interesting to see Khadafy lined up in front of a firing squad...

[okie52]

If the revolutions continue, especially in Libya, prices will skyrocket, which would create an increased incentive to invest in other energy sources etc

Although I am happy for high oil prices, any of these spikes will only be temporary and not enough of a foundation for any long term investments
In alternatertive energy sources. It might, however, spur enough outrage to start offshore drilling again which would be a blessing. Even better if it created
Enough pressure to switch transportation to ng and accelerate nuke development.

[AlboSooner]

I wonder how BP feels. They paid politicians in England and Scotland to release the Lockerbie terrorist (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12381612), in order to get an oil deal with Qadaffi, and now their plan has gone array.

[SouthCarolinaSooner]

I wonder how BP feels. They paid politicians in England and Scotland to release the Lockerbie terrorist (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12381612), in order to get an oil deal with Qadaffi, and now their plan has gone array.
Oil causes so many great things :)

[okie52]

Oil causes so many great things :)

I agree.

[BudSooner]

Oil causes so many great things :)It's a great lube




-Ron Jeremy

[pphilfran]

Libyan Army brass has told its soldiers to join the protesters, according to BBC. If Libya goes, that opens the door for every other government in the middle east except Saudi Arabia to fall. Hopefully this can get us off oil and off supporting totalitarian regimes.

Don't hope too much....worst case... a major kick in the nutz...

$10 gas...25% unemployment...

We have been on oil for a hundred years and crude will still be a major contributor to our economy for another 20 or 30...

[pphilfran]

Although I am happy for high oil prices, any of these spikes will only be temporary and not enough of a foundation for any long term investments
In alternatertive energy sources. It might, however, spur enough outrage to start offshore drilling again which would be a blessing. Even better if it created
Enough pressure to switch transportation to ng and accelerate nuke development.

Okie, I think you have lost your mind...

No way in hell will the left allow further development of carbon based fuels...the world will die because of CO2...and sacrificing our economy will be a small price to pay...

But the left don't see it that way....they think they are smarter (The Party of Science) and they will be able to will the country off of enough oil to make us self supporting in 10 years....if not sooner.....

[Condescending Sooner]

If the revolutions continue, especially in Libya, prices will skyrocket, which would create an increased incentive to invest in other energy sources etc

And totally wreck the world economy. Nice thought.

[okie52]

Okie, I think you have lost your mind...

No way in hell will the left allow further development of carbon based fuels...the world will die because of CO2...and sacrificing our economy will be a small price to pay...

But the left don't see it that way....they think they are smarter (The Party of Science) and they will be able to will the country off of enough oil to make us self supporting in 10 years....if not sooner.....

My eternal optimism that logic will eventually govern our energy program is probably misplaced. Maybe the party of science will reveal to us the hidden magic behind their plan.

[Bourbon St Sooner]

Price up oil up $5.00 today.

Apparently Moammar is digging in his heels. I predict a Saddam-like hanging within a year.

[SouthCarolinaSooner]

And totally wreck the world economy. Nice thought.
Preferable to a wrecking of human rights

[OUMallen]

Preferable to a wrecking of human rights

Most people on this baord don't agree, IMO. They want our financial interests put before all else.

[The Profit]

Where is Ronald Reagan when we need him?





Deader than a frigging doornail. That's where he is.

[SouthCarolinaSooner]

Most people on this baord don't agree, IMO. They want our financial interests put before all else.
Hard for the private individuals financial interests to blossom if rights aren't secured.

[Condescending Sooner]

Preferable to a wrecking of human rights

You honestly think that by ruining the world economy, then finding some miraculous energy alternative, all human rights will be protected?