tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post9148079233109057178..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #15303Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-61667984359312726432015-10-30T14:30:20.663-05:002015-10-30T14:30:20.663-05:00Your reply reminds me of that old bumper sticker.....Your reply reminds me of that old bumper sticker...<br /><br />"It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the air force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber."McMikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-85584091394598764092015-10-30T13:43:33.203-05:002015-10-30T13:43:33.203-05:00Well, the sales are not scheduled to begin until a...Well, the sales are not scheduled to begin until about 2017 or so and who knows what the price might be then, or whether there'll be a carbon tax or, for theat matter, and Exxon or Shell. No one benefits, I think - it's more of "the principal of the thing" for the GOPers to prettend that government for the poor is pay as you go. It's pay as you go for the rich, too, but the paying goes the other way.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-19821425534140347452015-10-30T12:37:44.515-05:002015-10-30T12:37:44.515-05:00re strategic reserve. Trying to apply the cynic p...re strategic reserve. Trying to apply the cynic principle here and determine cui buno? Selling the oil to generate some cash seems make an obvious political point re the deficit.<br /><br />But did anyone check with Exxon to see how they felt about us dumping more supply?<br /><br />Or is it all just theater and the amounts involved are marginal wrt the market?McMikenoreply@blogger.com