Set America Free Notes&Comments

The story of a bright summer morning, and what one man driven by a wonderous dream can achieve. 

There was that bright morning in 1974, and another morning, that also started bright and beautiful, just over 5 years ago.  The contrast between what happened in the sky on those days like a sharp cut illustrates the fundamental opposition between our civilization and the forces of radical Islam that wish to destroy it.  Our wonder, our hope, our joy and appreciation of life, our ideals and dreams of reaching the heights of human achievement, contrasted with their ideal of nihilism, their striving to destroy what they could never envision creating, their love of death.

“We tell them, in as much as you love life, the Muslim loves death and martyrdom. There is a great difference between he who loves the hereafter and he who loves this world. The Muslim loves death and [strives for] martyrdom.” Mufti Sheikh Ikrimeh Sabri

some great tips from the Rocky Mountain Institute

We’re very honored to report that Debra Burlingame, the sister of Charles F. “Chic” Burlingame III, the pilot of American Airlines flight 77, which was crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, has joined the Set America Free Coalition.  Debra writes: “I am convinced that we will never see peace in the ME until those countries are forced to build societies that rely on human creativity and aspiration rather than a giant spigot in the ground [...] The balance must be changed.  No more petrodollars fueling both sides of the war.”

get it here.

Oct. 4 2006:  “Saudi Arabia has always had in its mind not just big consumers but more importantly also had in mind poorer countries…It is our concern to bring down prices to reasonable levels.” Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal

Oct. 5 2006:  “Oil jumped a dollar to above $60 on Thursday after OPEC officials said the producer group will cut output by 1 million barrels per day as soon as possible to prop up prices.  Top world exporter Saudi Arabia will lower production by 300,000 barrels per day as part of the plan, an OPEC delegate said.” Reuters

Quick calculation:  the Saudi royal family, which controls 25% of global oil reserves, produces about 10 million barrels of oil a day (mbd).  At $60 a barrel, that equates to $600 million dollars a day. 

Gal Luft in the Baltimore Sun:

“America’s ability to accomplish its main foreign policy goals – winning the global war on terrorism, spreading freedom and democracy around the globe and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons – will be compromised as long as we are dependent on oil to the degree that we are today. “  Read the rest.