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New Boom Reshapes Oil World, Rocks North Dakota : NPR

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Birth Control Works9/25/2011 10:06:55 pm PDT

The Brave New World is difficult to cope with. Trying to reclaim past glory is so much more familiar.

I do understand why so many have trouble understanding that the past is over. Geez, I still can’t accept that Mr. Spock was “in touch” with his feelings in the last movie. The idea that oil reserves here in the US isn’t an answer to our problems is even harder to accept.

It seems soo perfect, it fits all the perceived problems we have. We could starve Saudi (not that we actually get much oil from them anymore — but that is still the perception); solve the “muslim problem” (which isn’t a problem); put people back to work, fix the economy; make lots of money again.

In reality, it’s a soiled band-aid that will create more problems that it will fix.