The discovery of oil in the desert is younger than John McCain.
I originally posted this one a while back but took it down after a bunch of people had a hissy fit because the title was just “Oil” - and I guess they thought that I never went to high school and hadn’t ever heard of geology and John D. Rockefeller.
But, now that the dust has settled and life has calmed down a bit, I’m posting it again because I think it’s a good one… and, given the current price of gas, particularly relevant.
I’m also posting it again because I recently watched Fahrenheit 9/11 (again) and the whole thing about Bush and Arbusto Energy makes me want to vomit.
(Way too many people to thank for this one - it was a very popular suggestion. But thanks to all nonetheless!)
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Soylent Green is another possibly prophetical movie that could come true during a McCain administration! The plot is basically, runaway global warming results in collapse of the ecosystems and world-wide crop failures. An overpopulated, polluted world subsists mostly on synthesized food sold by a mega-corporation. But where
are the ingredients of this food coming from?
Comment by John Ward — July 14, 2008 @ 9:34 pm