A weeks worth of entries in one day

Well, not really, but I will be out of town on holiday the rest of this week so Rob will no doubt hold the fort with our daily postings.

Today Iraqi sovereignty returned. Two days ahead of schedule. Now if the terrorists attack on the 30th like many expect or expected, then they will be attacking the Republic of Iraq, not the US occupation of Iraq. So much for the story we went to war for Iraqi oil, we (the US) doesn't have any say and even the military is now there only at the request of the Iraqi Government. If they order us to leave, we will leave. We have been in Germany since 1945 and a guest of Germany since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany in (I think) 1949. They still don't want us to leave. And for the same reason Congress doesn't want the military to close any bases in a members district, a base provides a lot of economic activity for the community it is located in.

Brendan I. Koerner at Wired Magazine has an interesting story about tar sands and how the sands in Alberta (in Canada for those who are geographically challenged) hold up to 1.3 trillion barrels of oil. Yes you read that right, one trillion three hundred billion. That is more oil then in the entire Persian Gulf. The problem is extracting it. At this time only about 300 billion barrels are recoverable and being tar sands its heavy oil and expensive to get out. It costs about $10.00 a barrel to get a barrel of tar sand while it only costs about $2.50 to get a barrel of Saudi crude. Factor in shipping and security brings the costs closer but Saudi crude is still cheaper. As long as oil is north of $15.00 a barrel, Canada could become a major producer of crude.

Finally, Larry Eastland over a OpinionJournal.com has an interesting article with lots of statistics about abortion and how it cost the Democrats the 2000 election and will continue to hurt the Democrats for years to come. Not because the nation is overwhelmingly against abortion, but because those who are most likely to have abortions (liberals) have fewer offspring to become the next generation of voters. While I think he is making too much of this now, it is interesting.

CPT Patti is still worth reading and has great links to news stories. There are some great stories about the 1st Armored Division in the news now. Take a look.

Have a good and SAFE 4th of July and will see you back next week.