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Chirp, chirp.

Yeah, those are the crickets on the blogosphere today after news comes out that there will be bidding on oil contracts in Iraq.

“But what about those no-bid contracts!?!?!?!?” Some of you are probably saying.

Here from the notoriously un-rightwing Yahoo News story Iraq opens bidding on 8 oil and natural gas fields:

Iraq opened international bidding for eight enormous oil and gas fields Monday, paving the way for investment in a nation with some of the world’s largest petroleum reserves.

If approved, contracts to update and manage those fields could involve the biggest foreign stake in Iraq since its oil industry was nationalized more than 30 years ago and help Iraq reach its goal of nearly doubling petroleum production by 2013.

“NO BIDS!!!!” Yes, still some of you are yelling. So here we go for some more Yahoo!:

the contracts won’t be signed for a year, and if Western firms win a dominant role it could feed perceptions that U.S.-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein to get at Iraq’s natural resources.

Those concerns were heightened by expectations that Iraq would announce short-term no-bid consulting contracts with five Western oil firms on Monday. The New York Times reported about two weeks ago that the firms included Royal Dutch Shell PLC, BP PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron and Total.

But Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani told a news conference Monday that the Iraqi government was still negotiating with the companies, which he did not identify. He said the firms were demanding a share of oil production while Iraq wants to pay in cash.

The minister said the short-term contracts were meant to boost production until the government awards longer-term deals next June. But some believe the consulting contracts could give the winning firms an advantage in bidding for the development contracts, which al-Shahristani said Monday would include 35 foreign companies.

The firms he named included seven from the U.S., three from Britain and others from Russia, China and other countries.

Al-Shahristani said the companies would be invited to bid on the oil fields of Rumeila, Zubair, Qurna West, Maysan, Kirkuk and Bay Hassan and the natural gas fields of Akkaz and Mansouriyah.

“These fields were chosen because their production can be raised in a short time and at a low cost,” said al-Shahristani.

He said even the longer-term contracts would include cash compensation and not a share of oil production.

So the oil companies are going to be there to manage the sites and bring in up-to-date technologies. They won’t get a share of the oil even for the long-term contracts.

And yet we are still going to hear the tired mantra “Bush’s wars were for oil!” (Usually with exclamation points because that makes their point oh so much more powerful).

“NO WAR FOR OIL WITH IRAN!” is going to be the next one. Well, it already is and has been. I guess since it is such a simplistic explanation many have attached themselves with it.

But how much have the oil companies made from these wars? If Iraq was all about getting our greedy little hands on their oil why didn’t we just take those fields? Why give anything away?

God, sometimes things like this just really piss me off. BigT

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So, is he black enough? Following a long line of “authentic” blacks and people who know “authentic” blacks (What, you haven’t heard? Read Time) Ralph Nader has decided that it is his place to decide Obama’s blackness. From the Rocky Mountain News:

“There’s only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He’s half African-American,” Nader said. “Whether that will make any difference, I don’t know. I haven’t heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What’s keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn’t want to appear like Jesse Jackson? We’ll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards.”

The Obama campaign had only a brief response, calling the remarks disappointing.

Asked to clarify whether he thought Obama does try to “talk white,” Nader said: “Of course.

“I mean, first of all, the number one thing that a black American politician aspiring to the presidency should be is to candidly describe the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law,” Nader said. “Haven’t heard a thing.”

Sick.

But what I think is sicker than this is that every single person on the left just ignores it. Oh, sure, they’ll jump on a Fox News intern for putting “Obama’s baby’s mama” as a caption (even though Ms. Obama has used the term to describe Mr. Obama - my “baby’s daddy“) but when it comes to overt and crippling racism like this - not a peep.

It is stuff like this that reinforces my belief that race in America is nothing more than an industry. We have “reverends” like Sharpton and Jackson threatening lawsuits against Fortune 500 corporations unless they do what they say (which, interestingly enough, usually involves a transfer of cash).

Earlier in the year Joe Biden (D, Delaware) said this:

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”

And yet he’s still firmly ensconced in the Senate with all his power still intact.

This is just sick.

So what are we suppose to believe? Well, if you’re a liberal and talk frankly, you believe that blacks are not articulate, bright, clean, or nice looking. You believe that blacks should only give a crap about what happens in the ghetto because, well, they’re all just crack dealers who sleep with hos.

Basically, blacks are just the “others.” Yeah, we can bring them out to stand behind us at rallies because they add a certain kind of ambiance to the rally but beyond that - NO BLACKS ALLOWED.

I’m just wandering when they will start throwing Oreos at Mr. Obama like they did with Michael Steele. Maybe if he goes a whole week without getting in touch with his “roots” they will start the cookie bombardment.

Personally speaking, I don’t care what color Mr. Obama is. I could care less. Doesn’t matter.

But liberals do. Whenever they see a black person their butt cheeks tighten and they think “photo-op!”

Just remember that these statements come from the party that gets 90% of the black vote. They are suppose to represent blacks (whatever the hell that means) better than anyone else. That being the case, is it any wonder why the black community suffers so much today? Their party keeps them down. BigT

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That’s what liberals call it anyways. The Fairness Doctrine is an outdated totalitarian tool of state that is ostensibly about “equal time.” They want us to believe it is about Rush Limbaugh getting one hour and then giving Al Sharpton an hour for rebuttal - or whatever.

But don’t we already have that ad nauseum? Anyone can sign up for a free blog account and rant all day long if they want to. There are hundreds of channels, thousands of newspapers, and millions of podcasts. If you want to get heard you have a forum.

The real reason for reenacting the “Fairness” Doctrine is to shut down people like Rush Limbaugh. He has pissed off every single liberal on the planet and many republicans as well. And he has a massive audience.

If Rush gets shut down then our all-hallowed governmental officials will have a lot less to worry about. No longer will their idiotic statements and foolish governmental boondoggles be aired for three hours a day, five days a week to millions of Americans.

Oh, about Obama. According to John Gizzi from Human Events in an article titled Pelosi Supports ‘Fairness Doctrine”:

The speaker of the House made it clear to me and more than forty of my colleagues yesterday that a bill by Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) to outlaw the “Fairness Doctrine” (which a liberal administration could use to silence Rush Limbaugh, other radio talk show hosts and much of the new alternative media) would not see the light of day in Congress during ’08. In ruling out a vote on Pence’s proposed Broadcaster’s Freedom Act, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-CA.) also signaled her strong support for revival of the “Fairness Doctrine” — which would require radio station owners to provide equal time to radio commentary when it is requested.

Duh. They’re not going to bring this up at all this year. It would be a simple issue that would serve as a lightning rod against Obama. But, the second he gets situated in the Oval Office and the democrats have a veto-proof majority in the Senate then all bets are off.

Well, there is one good thing about the “Fairness Doctrine.” All you libs won’t have to trash your disappearing rights mugs. You can recycle them by giving them to your conservative friends. BigT

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