Alan that's easy - each Fed rate cut decreases the dollar's value, makes the dollar "smaller" so it takes more of them to buy a barrel of oil.

So GWB should announce the 40.5 gallon Freedom (tm) barrel ?

To be followed by the 39 gallon Liberty (tm) Barrel.

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Alan with a sip of sarconal

Sweet! We'll be at 115 MB/D in no time!

BTW, the other evening there was a talk show host talking about the rise of a dictator in the Weimar Republic -- someone who promised to "make the trains run on time."

How ironic that we in the USA will soon be clamoring for a leader who can "make the trains."