The >100$-Barrel world...

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A New World Order

With all his pretense vanished, Vladimir Putin has embraced Russia’s past, seeking to restore its glory days of autocratic imperialism. His role model for restoring Russia to superpower status is none other than Joseph Stalin, a native of Georgia which just experienced the type of Soviet-style invasion that would have made Stalin proud.

Using an old Stalinist tactic, Russia is exploiting local ethnic feuds in neighboring lands on the pretext of protecting minority Russian speaking populations. Putin intends to reverse what he characterized several years ago as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe” of the 20th century – the dismemberment of the Soviet Union.

However, while Stalin expanded Russia’s power by brute military force and ideology, Putin is using the stranglehold Russia has on key energy resources needed to fuel the economies of Europe and Asia...

[a new order we're financing because of our insane 'energy is bad - we won't be party to its exploitation' policies]

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Putin reminds EU of Russia's Pacific oil pipeline to Asia

MOSCOW -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Russia's first oil pipeline to Asia must be completed without delay, underlining Russia's energy clout just hours before European Union leaders meet to discuss Georgia. Russian state-owned news agency RIA said Putin had signed a government order "on speeding the building of phases of the Eastern Siberia -- Pacific Ocean (pipeline) and not allowing delays," while on a visit to the Far East.

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Palin's Importance

Security: The impact of prolonged high oil prices is moving well beyond economics.

Russia now takes license to assault Georgia, and intends worse [as does Iran, and Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela]. John McCain's Alaska running mate has the only weapon. When Alaska governor Sarah Palin was chosen for the McCain vice presidential ticket, most attention was on her beauty-queen past and down-home North Woods family life.

In reality, she's the powerful governor of Alaska, the most pivotal state in the union for energy....

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