tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post3672034383787070511..comments2024-03-17T07:55:12.096-07:00Comments on FOFOA: CBS: The Oil KingdomFOFOAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-7422916758299420502013-10-25T14:00:21.452-07:002013-10-25T14:00:21.452-07:00"By the way.. nothing gets jammed down _our_ ..."By the way.. nothing gets jammed down _our_ throats" <-- I loved this comment. Watching it seemed to me like he had a certain arrogance in that statement. The most 'baller' part of his interview. Mindset doesn't surprise me.<br /><br />"I can assure you that price was the least on our mind. I say that in all honesty" <-- I realize that he says, blatantly,tcelferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137536870858383220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-377752660350312962008-12-16T19:35:00.000-08:002008-12-16T19:35:00.000-08:00I agree with all of that. My statement was based ...I agree with all of that. My statement was based on a very long view. All that prosperity would not be possible were it not for oil in the beginning. I see Dubai as a kind of diversification for the Middle East. I think I said somewhere that Dubai is like Oil's younger brother, gone out to find his own path in life.<BR/><BR/>I don't quite understand your point. Does it have to do with the FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-51634992028024447122008-12-16T19:24:00.000-08:002008-12-16T19:24:00.000-08:00Yes in the comment section you wrote :FOFOA said.....Yes in the comment section you wrote :<BR/>FOFOA said... <BR/>That's a good question. I don't know, but let's speculate. What do we know?<BR/><BR/>Dubai sprang up from the desert because of the wealth of oil in the region. <BR/><BR/>** I ask you, did Dubai sprang up from the desert because of oil ?! Because when I look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai it says : Dubai's gross domestic productYANKY DOODLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250782085837627145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-1837356315504918162008-12-15T21:54:00.000-08:002008-12-15T21:54:00.000-08:00Are you asking about this post?Are you asking about <A HREF="http://fofoa.blogspot.com/2008/10/freegold-is-in-works.html" REL="nofollow">this post</A>?FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-87855994999438623122008-12-15T21:14:00.000-08:002008-12-15T21:14:00.000-08:00Where is the text with Dubai 1990 and now ?!Becaus...Where is the text with Dubai 1990 and now ?!<BR/>Because you said Dubai & Oil, actually only 5% of Dubai revenues are from oil. The gross revenue is by trade/hub (harbour).YANKY DOODLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15250782085837627145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-83187240747820293862008-12-08T10:51:00.000-08:002008-12-08T10:51:00.000-08:00Hi Shanti,Yes, it is amazing that they have so muc...Hi Shanti,<BR/><BR/>Yes, it is amazing that they have so much control over their massive business. But I don't think that control goes beyond the borders of Saudi Arabia. That's not to say the market isn't "managed". Perhaps it is managed from outside of Saudi Arabia. I found this recent quote from Deepcaster interesting:<BR/><BR/><I>"Compare the Chart of Crude Oil Prices from the mid-summer,FOFOAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17152544684132776239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4490468598422095060.post-7452298008975060932008-12-08T00:57:00.000-08:002008-12-08T00:57:00.000-08:00Seeing that boarding room, controling every detail...Seeing that boarding room, controling every detail on every drop of oil everywhere in the world, is sugesting strongly that this marked is COMPLETLY managed<BR/><BR/>How aboud the intrinsic value paying for oil... more $ = higher prices....?<BR/><BR/>ShantiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com