I am getting a serious suspicion that we're being played for chumps.

[Initech]

Don't get me wrong, I'm totally happy that the people of Egypt were able to rise up and kick that billionaire asshole to the curb, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't lose focus on who the real enemy is. I'm of course talking about this:

Oil Prices: Egypt's Crisis Could Hurt Europe First

Oil tanker in Suez Canal
Some crude oil prices brushed $100 a barrel Monday as fears escalated that the violence in Egypt would spread to other parts of the oil-producing Middle East. But so far, no reports have surfaced that the disturbances in Egypt have disrupted oil deliveries.

Brent crude oil surged to $99.97 a barrel on London's ICE futures exchange, up about 5% since the beginning of last week, when violence spread from Tunisia to Egypt. In U.S. trading, West Texas Intermediate shot up 1.7% on Monday, but was still somewhat cheaper than Brent crude, its European counterpart.

Julius Walker, a senior analyst at the International Energy Agency in Paris, says the organization has received no reports that oil shipments were being delayed, but the website of the agency that runs the Suez Canal has been shut down by the ban on Internet use in Egypt, so a precise reading isn't available.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/investing/oil-prices-egypts-crisis-could-hurt-europe-first/19822135/

And this:

Koch brothers now at heart of GOP power

The billionaire brothers' influence is most visible in the makeup of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where members have vowed to undo restrictions on greenhouse gases.


Reporting from Washington — The billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch no longer sit outside Washington's political establishment, isolated by their uncompromising conservatism. Instead, they are now at the center of Republican power, a change most evident in the new makeup of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Wichita-based Koch Industries and its employees formed the largest single oil and gas donor to members of the panel, ahead of giants like Exxon Mobil, contributing $279,500 to 22 of the committee's 31 Republicans, and $32,000 to five Democrats.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/06/nation/la-na-koch-brothers-20110206

Remember, while we're fighting with each other over stupid partisan political nonsense, the real criminals of this country are getting away with it. We must stop it.