<![CDATA[[SecurityRatty] tag: persian]]> http://securityratty.com/tag/persian Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:28:45 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[I just paid more than $4 bucks a gallon for the first time!]]> http://securityratty.com/article/3178e724094726f9700ac94d3d2d45d8 http://securityratty.com/article/3178e724094726f9700ac94d3d2d45d8

Returning my rent a car here in Denver, I stopped in the gas station to fill up.  I paid $4.04.9 for 85 octane gas.  First time I have cracked the $4 dollar barrier.  I am so excited I can cry. Oil went over $133 a barrel today and I saw an analyst report that it could go as high as $200 a barrel.  It seems that when George W became President I remember oil in the 20 to 30 dollar range.  There really doesn't seem to be a shortage of oil, supply meets demand.  So WTF?  Why are prices going up daily like this?  I used to think it was due to fears that another war in the Persian Gulf would break out, but I think it is beyond that now. I really feel like the markets are being manipulated and it is time for intervention.

If this does not give us as a country the will to do something about our dependence on oil, I don't know what will.  Lets see a bold call to action like putting a man on the moon for this country to rally around with a goal of developing alternate energy and soon!

]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 20:38:16 +0000 oil remember oil time persian gulf analyst report octane gas barrel dollar range country I just paid more than $4 bucks a gallon for the first time! <![CDATA[From warzones to strip clubs, the truth comes out for a former First Lady and a Pastor.]]> http://securityratty.com/article/4644a2739d9bbdd4b4a3b5d2c22ca326 http://securityratty.com/article/4644a2739d9bbdd4b4a3b5d2c22ca326

This time she took heat for claiming that her trip to Bosnia was the first visit to a "war zone" by a first lady since World War II. Her claim is considered completly inaccurate, since Pat Nixon made a trip to Saigon in July 1969. At the time, South Vietnam was an actual, not a "potential" war zone in the aftermath of the 1968 Tet offensive.

The article also made mention of Barbara Bush's visit to Saudi Arabia in 1990, two months before the Persian Gulf war began. Speaking about Senator Clinton's claim that her aircraft made a tactical landing back in 1996, the pilot of the aircraft had a different memory. Retired Air Force Col. William Changose said that it was not true that they took evasive measures to avoid sniper fire. The Colonel went on to say that: "not only were there no bullets flying, there wasn't even a bumblebee flying around".

It seems that Senator Clinton is not the only one in the public eye to suffer from Pinocchioitis. Apparently the Police in Riverside, Ohio found a Pastor who had gone missing from his home in western New York, since Wednesday the 26th of March, after telling his wife that he was going to Best Buy to have his computer fixed. Officers found the Pastor at a strip club called the "K.C. Lounge", partying like a New York Govenor.

We often hear people in the media complaining about the negative effects that Rap music has on our youth. One wonders why we are now not hearing more complaining about the so-called role models getting caught with their pants down, so to speak. At least with the likes of rappers and other "bad boy" entertainers, what you see, is what you get. It's little wonder that so many people are comfortable telling lies during interviews and embellishing resumes in order to get hired and get ahead.

When I was going to school, the "dog ate my homework" excuse was used but not believed. Also, it tended to get used by children who had not yet reached their teens. I think that even children of that age these days will be able to see through these poorly constructed falsehoods that our "role models" would have us believe.

Unbelievable.
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]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:57:00 +0000 senator clinton sniper fire avoid sniper fire role models war zone lady pastor air force col persian gulf war From warzones to strip clubs, the truth comes out for a former First Lady and a Pastor. <![CDATA[Fourth Undersea Cable Failure in Middle East]]> http://securityratty.com/article/b49a4ebd0f391c399c150230ff859e33 http://securityratty.com/article/b49a4ebd0f391c399c150230ff859e33 The first two affected India, Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Bahrain. The third one is between the UAE and Oman. The fourth one connected Qatar and the UAE. This one may not have been cut, but taken offline due to power issues.

The first three have been blamed on ships' anchors, but there is some dispute about that. And that's two in the Mediterranean and two in the Persian Gulf.

There have been no official reports of malice to me, but it's an awfully big coincidence. The fact that Iran has lost Internet connectivity only makes this weirder.

EDITED TO ADD (2/5): The International Herald Tribune has more. And a comment below questions whether Iran being offline has anything to do with this.

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