I 've been singing this tune for over six years as I watched the US dollar falling against the Euro as petroleum rose inversly like a clock. The fact that Saddam was one of the first in OPEC to accept Euros instead of US dollars is lost on the American press. The idea of using petro/dollars as a potent weapon against American interests has been openly advocated by certain members of OPEC for years. Domestic producers of petroleum have also benefited big time. (Bush's core constiuentcy) billions and billions of dollars due solely to the devaluation of the US dollar have been bilked from all American consumers . They, (domestic oil producers) simply "rode" the "free world market" price of petroleum up as the dollar declined. Anyone who believes that this is simply an accident or simple mismanagment is naive. It is a calculated and expected result of the policies put in place by the Bush administration.

Everyone knows that when the US dollar is weak domestic producers raise prices to keep pace with foreign competition. Remember that almost half of what we consume is produced domestically. Domestic oil producers made billions as a result of this administraions conscious decision to deflate the value of our currency. This amounts to over 40.00 dollars a barrel in hidden taxes to the US economy. It's a staggering amount of money and one of the cleverest thefts of all time.