House of Bush, House of Saud ((and Less Food at the Dinner Table))

Twilight in the Desert.

Teil 1...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axUZLDnNnHgM&refer=home

Teil 2 ...

Political Capital ★

Today:

Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush’s request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase production.

Eight years ago:

Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their supply of crude.

“I would work with our friends in OPEC to convince them to open up the spigot, to increase the supply,” Mr. Bush, the presumptive Republican candidate for president, told reporters here today. “Use the capital that my administration will earn, with the Kuwaitis or the Saudis, and convince them to open up the spigot.”

Source: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/may#fri-16-bush

To be continued.