<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ? : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ? : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-12-02T14:19:11+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/82504/1/" /><id>82504</id><summary><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Here's your rifle.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[jhordie @ 11/21/2008 7:48:56 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q12" /><id>381154</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><i>The four states are estimated to have amassed close to 1.5 trillion dollars in surplus in the past six years due to high oil prices that rocketed above 147 dollars in July</i></div>I'm sure a large part of that came from the U.S. T...]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T19:48:56+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T19:48:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><i>The four states are estimated to have amassed close to 1.5 trillion dollars in surplus in the past six years due to high oil prices that rocketed above 147 dollars in July</i></div>I'm sure a large part of that came from the U.S. The least they could do is give a little back after after raping everyone.<br/><br/>Politics makes strange bedfellows.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[fentwin @ 11/21/2008 7:36:58 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q11" /><id>381147</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/world/l/82504/1/#q10"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Skippii</b>&#160;:&#160;Nowhere in the article does it say anything about BORROWING.</i></div>From the article: &quot;Al-Seyassah said Washington sough...]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T19:36:58+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T19:36:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/world/l/82504/1/#q10"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>Skippii</b>&#160;:&#160;Nowhere in the article does it say anything about BORROWING.</i></div>From the article: &quot;Al-Seyassah said Washington sought the amount as <i>&quot;financial aid&quot;</i>....<br/><br/><br/><br/>A rose by any other name.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Skippii @ 11/21/2008 7:06:34 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q10" /><id>381138</id><summary><![CDATA[Nowhere in the article does it say anything about BORROWING.]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T19:06:34+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T19:06:34+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Nowhere in the article does it say anything about BORROWING.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[sukkie @ 11/21/2008 6:12:03 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q9" /><id>381105</id><summary><![CDATA[err..<br/>forgive 16 billion dollars? <br/>also -borrowing from the middle east isn't going to help ease the problem of 'increasing' the oil supply is it? so... higher oil prices? <br/><br/>sigh]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T18:12:03+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T18:12:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[err..<br/>forgive 16 billion dollars? <br/>also -borrowing from the middle east isn't going to help ease the problem of 'increasing' the oil supply is it? so... higher oil prices? <br/><br/>sigh]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[fentwin @ 11/21/2008 6:02:40 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q8" /><id>381093</id><summary><![CDATA[Aren't these the same gulf nations that we didn't want to be beholden to fuel-wise? Aren't these the same countries that spurred the idea energy independence? So we wouldn't have to give money to those that &quot;hate&quot; us.<br/><br/><br/>I guess beggar...]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T18:02:40+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T18:02:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Aren't these the same gulf nations that we didn't want to be beholden to fuel-wise? Aren't these the same countries that spurred the idea energy independence? So we wouldn't have to give money to those that &quot;hate&quot; us.<br/><br/><br/>I guess beggars really can't be choosers.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[TraumaMamma @ 11/21/2008 5:23:45 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q7" /><id>381068</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/world/l/82504/1/#q6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>JoshSF49</b>&#160;:&#160;CONGRESS!<br/><br/>ugh.<br/><br/>Before we consider bailing *any* company out, we need to consider bailing out the average Amer...]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T17:23:45+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T17:23:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/world/l/82504/1/#q6"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>JoshSF49</b>&#160;:&#160;CONGRESS!<br/><br/>ugh.<br/><br/>Before we consider bailing *any* company out, we need to consider bailing out the average American so he can put bread on the table for his family.</i></div>I agree. <br/><br/>But they will never make sure we never see a penny of it.<br/><br/>Grrrr.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[JoshSF49 @ 11/21/2008 5:18:51 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q6" /><id>381059</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/world/l/82504/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>TraumaMamma</b>&#160;:&#160;And we just bailed out banks and possibly car companies?<br/><br/>So if the taxpayers (us) are bailing them out, where is TH...]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T17:18:51+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T17:18:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/world/l/82504/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>TraumaMamma</b>&#160;:&#160;And we just bailed out banks and possibly car companies?<br/><br/>So if the taxpayers (us) are bailing them out, where is THIS 300 billion really going to go?</i></div>CONGRESS!<br/><br/>ugh.<br/><br/>Before we consider bailing *any* company out, we need to consider bailing out the average American so he can put bread on the table for his family.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[TraumaMamma @ 11/21/2008 5:09:10 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q5" /><id>381046</id><summary><![CDATA[And we just bailed out banks and possibly car companies?<br/><br/>So if the taxpayers (us) are bailing them out, where is THIS 300 billion really going to go?]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T17:09:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T17:09:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[And we just bailed out banks and possibly car companies?<br/><br/>So if the taxpayers (us) are bailing them out, where is THIS 300 billion really going to go?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[JoshSF49 @ 11/21/2008 4:43:56 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q4" /><id>381004</id><summary><![CDATA[YAY!  More debt!]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T16:43:56+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T16:43:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[YAY!  More debt!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[stinkobinko @ 11/21/2008 1:40:44 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q3" /><id>380806</id><summary><![CDATA[and so where did people THINK it was going to come from?]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T13:40:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T13:40:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[and so where did people THINK it was going to come from?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[cb__ @ 11/21/2008 1:11:26 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/82504/1/atom0_3.rss#q2" /><id>380786</id><summary><![CDATA[Wow, it's THAT bad?  I was hopeful we could solve this on our own.. I really hate the thought of being at the mercy of the OPEC nations even more than we already are.]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T13:11:26+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T13:11:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Wow, it's THAT bad?  I was hopeful we could solve this on our own.. I really hate the thought of being at the mercy of the OPEC nations even more than we already are.]]></content></entry></feed>