Friday, December 19, 2008

Dependent on foreign oil

Part of the deal in anointing Hillary Clinton as secretary of state was for her husband to reveal the donors to his foundation.

The New York Times reports:
Saudi Arabia alone gave to the foundation $10 million to $25 million, as did government aid agencies in Australia and the Dominican Republic. Brunei, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Qatar and Taiwan each gave more than $1 million. So did the ruling family of Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Foundation, both based in the United Arab Emirates, and the Friends of Saudi Arabia, founded by a Saudi prince.
This explains a great deal why, even though politicos over the years have declared the nation's energy goals include "reducing our dependence on foreign oil," the strategies never seem to include allowing companies to drill on land within the U.S. of A.

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