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Old 11-09-2007, 11:05 AM
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Brazil finds a little bit of oil.....

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=52437bbb-c909-4feb-a3ae-b0d8d40cb8e1&k=59214

Not only are Brazilian women hot, they got a bunch of crude......

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Old 11-09-2007, 11:57 AM
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Nice!

Thats a good thing because it seems the new C63 only gets like 10mpg.
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Old 11-09-2007, 10:11 PM
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OH my! Will we have to invade them now, too?

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Old 11-09-2007, 10:16 PM
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Maybe I should start learning Portuguese?
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Old 11-10-2007, 03:25 AM
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I'll start buying real estate for refinery development tomorrow...
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Old 11-10-2007, 11:38 AM
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OH my! Will we have to invade them now, too?

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The dumb factor here is overwhelming
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Old 11-10-2007, 11:39 AM
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Thats been discovered for a long time. No big news really. Very expensive to drill and develop.
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Old 11-10-2007, 04:47 PM
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The dumb factor here is overwhelming
It's like living near a paper mill, you'll get used to it.

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Old 11-10-2007, 05:30 PM
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OH my! Will we have to invade them now, too?

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No WMD excuse.
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Old 11-10-2007, 05:41 PM
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The dumb factor here is overwhelming
i will match iq with you any time.

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Old 11-10-2007, 05:44 PM
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Old 11-10-2007, 05:48 PM
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no.

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Old 11-10-2007, 06:06 PM
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Demonstration of with the IQ thingie.
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Old 11-10-2007, 08:48 PM
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no.

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Oil, shmoil.

Everyone knows that Brazil runs on ethanol. Mother Gaia loves Brazil!

Eventually we'll run everything on ethanol too; just like Brazil.

Bill and Al say so - Hilary will too when they tell her to.
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