Oil.....You Better Be Sitting Down

Here's an astonishing read. Important and verifiable information :


About 6 months ago, the writer was watching a news program on oil and one of the Forbes Bros. was the guest. The host said to Forbes, "I am going to ask you a direct question and I would like a direct answer; how much oil does the U.S. have in the ground?" Forbes did not miss a beat, he said, "more than all the Middle East put together." Please read below.

The U. S. Geological Service issued a report in April 2008 that only scientists and oil men knew was coming, but man was it big. It was a revised report (hadn't been updated since 1995) on how much oil was in this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota, western South Dakota, and extreme eastern Montana .....

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The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's Prudhoe Bay , and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel, we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5...3 trillion.

"When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see their jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.." says Terry Johnson, the Montana Legislature's financial analyst.

"This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found in the past 56 years," reports The Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's a formation known as the Williston Basin , but is more commonly referred to as the 'Bakken.' It stretches from Northern Montana , through North Dakota and into Canada . For years, U. S. oil exploration has been considered a dead end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies gave up searching for major oil wells decades ago. However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive reserves..... and we now have access of up to 500 billion barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL!

That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 2041 years straight. And if THAT didn't throw you on the floor, then this next one should - because it's from 2006!

U.S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World

Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006

Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In three and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With this motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore drilling?

They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders, than all the other proven reserves on earth.. Here are the official estimates:

- 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
- 18-times as much oil as Iraq
- 21-times as much oil as Kuwait
- 22-times as much oil as Iran
- 500-times as much oil as Yemen
- and it's all right here in the Western United States ..

HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this? Because the environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America become independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group of people dictate our lives and our economy.....WHY?

James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in this very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2 TRILLION barrels untapped. That's more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in the world today, reports The Denver Post.

Don't think 'OPEC' will drop its price - even with this find? Think again! It's all about the competitive marketplace, - it has to. Think OPEC just might be funding the environmentalists?

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Thanks to Larry R of Thermal Industries in Murrysvills Pa. for this contribution

Sometimes things don't quite go your way?

What the f*#k was he thinking?

Haircut Request

When a customer slid into the barber chair, the barber asked him how he wanted his hair cut.

"Make it short," the customer replied, "with a bare patch above my left ear, but longer on the right side so that it covers my right ear. I also want my left sideburn above my left ear and the right sideburn below my right ear."

The barber looked puzzled and said, "I don't think I can do that."

The customer replied, "I don't know why not--that's the way you cut it the last time I was here!"

Taylor Crosby-Sid's little Sister

One of the most frustrating things about Sidney Crosby's concussion, which has kept the Pittsburgh Penguins star out of the NHL since Jan. 5 and derailed what could have been a career year, is the fortuitous nature of the injury.

He didn't suffer one in a fight or on a flying hit to the head from an opponent. Even if you wanted to categorize former Washington Capitals center David Steckel's contact with Crosby's head in the Jan. 1 Winter Classic as reckless, it wasn't intentional.

Which is to say that one never knows when concussions will occur; and that's something the Crosby family has learned twice now in 2011.

From the Toronto Star, on Crosby's sister Taylor Crosby:

The 14-year-old at Shattuck-St. Mary's, a prep school in Minnesota with a renowned hockey program that her famous brother also attended, is a goalie for the under-16 team. She was hurt in practice about two weeks ago, sat out a week and missed two games. Taylor, who is practising again with the team, has an 11-7-4 record and 2.00 goals-against average and is believed to be on Hockey Canada's radar.

Taylor Crosby plays at Shattuck-St. Mary's, seven years after her older brother did. Among her teammates was Stephanie Lemieux, Mario's daughter and someone Taylor considers a "cousin." (She's currently playing in Pittsburgh.) Check out this Prep Rally feature for more on Taylor Crosby.

Crosby's parents couldn't be reached by the Star, which noted that "those who know them say the hockey family is devastated at the turn of events." And rightfully so.

The news was originally reported deep inside a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story that discussed the concussion suffered by Penguins GM Ray Shero's son.

From the Trib:

"Whether it's Sidney Crosby or your own son, whatever the process is going to be, it's going to be," Shero said. "The problem with concussions is that we really don't know. It's the unknown. ... I don't know if it scares you. You're just cautious with how you treat your son, your players. ... They all have parents. They're kids, you know. They've got their life ahead of them."

Sidney Crosby's concussion has opened the dialogue about player safety at all levels, from the NHL down to Shattuck-St. Mary's. Dr. Charles Tator, an expert on brain injuries, was asked if certain families might simply be more susceptible to concussions.

"We do wonder whether some families have a special susceptibility to concussion. But there's no proof for this," he told the Star, citing Eric and Brett Lindros as an example of that curious trend.

Meanwhile, Crosby's concussion and other brain injuries this season in the NHL are expected to dominate the conversation at the GM meetings next week.

A Cowboy Rides Into Town

A cowboy rode into town and stopped at the saloon for a drink. Unfortunately, the locals always had a habit of picking on newcomers. When he finished, he found his horse had been stolen.

He comes back into the bar, handily flips his gun into the air, catches it above his head without even looking and fires a shot into the ceiling. "Who stole my horse?" he yelled with surprising forcefulness.

No one answered.

"I'm gonna have another beer and if my horse ain't back outside by the time I'm finished, I'm gonna do what I dun back in Texas and I don't want to have to do what I dun back in Texas!"

Some of the locals shifted restlessly.

He had another beer, walked outside, and his horse was back! He saddled up and started to ride out of town.

The bartender wandered out of the bar and asked, "Say partner, what happened in Texas?"

The cowboy turned back and said, "I had to walk home!"

Before and After Destruction of WTC (9/11)

These are actual Aerial photo's

What do you do with old Bumper Cars?

Yes, you see that correctly these little beasties are street legal. They run on either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines and co-opt vintage bumper car bodies into the most awesome form of mini-car we've seen in too long.

There are seven of these little monsters floating around California , and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a builder in the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the Long Beach Pike amusement park needed a more dignified end than the trash heap. They were originally powered by two cylinder Harley Davidson Motorcycle engines but they rattled like heck because of the two cylinder vibration and Tom replaces them with four cylinder Honda or Kawasaki 750's and a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH, which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase.

By the way, they are almost indestructible in accidents!

Thanks to Barney B from Thermal Industries (retired)of Murrysville Pa. for this contribution