[lbo-talk] Obama: I'd guarantee $4 billion to retool auto industry

[Bill O'Connor]

Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> writes:


> On Aug 5, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
>> This "foreign oil" rhetoric really gets on my nerves - it diverts
>> public attention from land use and energy policy to foreigner
>> bashing.
>
> While we're at it, I think we need to get over our dependence on
> foreign coffee and allspice.

My Yemeni coffee is off the table.  

Marlon Brando's character in "The Formula", when told "we can blame it
on the Arabs", says "You're missing the point, we *are* the Arabs".