Although the cost for a barrel of oil has hit over $140.00, the US is still relatively safe for the following reason:

To buy oil you need dollars.

Countries have to come to us to buy this currency. We really don't need oil wells.
We only need machines to grind out the greenbacks. A number of nations, Iran the front runner, wants to change this and make the euro the accepted currency for oil. We still have enough clout, and enough nations on our side, to stop this move.

It the euro will be the winner, during this administration or the next, The Armageddon of the only remaining Super Power has arrived. We must curtail OPEC's power NOW.

We need an intelligent, qualified administration with super brains at the helm - and Lady Luck as partner - to stay on our feet.

Would it really be wise for other nations to have any more faith in a rapidly-devaluing currency anymore? At least the Euro is partially backed by gold, whereas our Monopoly money is backed by nothing. Maybe there was a reason that the founding fathers advised against "bills of credit," such as what happened to the Continental dollar? Maybe there's a reason that technically only gold and silver are considered currency?

They say that money doesn't grow on trees, but for the Federal Reserve, it grows on a printing press. If you're running low on money, the worst thing a country can do is print more, because every extra dollar is worth less and less, and as a result, it takes more and more dollars to buy goods. It's this thing called inflation, due largely to the printing of too many dollars.

I remember during on of the GOP primary debates, Ron Paul noted that if the price of oil were compared to the price of gold, the relation between the two is nearly linear, meaning that the price increases in both is largely due to the printing of too many dollars.

I think that we must curtail the Federal Reserve System's power NOW.

If you have a website were I can donate towrds this effort I'd be glad to donate. I can give up to quarter because this is my last dollar.

Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve: http://youtube.com/watch?v=iYZM58dulPE