There’s an old joke that Moses was a fool because he settled the early Israelites in the only land in the Middle East that didn’t have any oil.
It turns out that there may be oil under Israel after all:
An Israeli company has discovered a small amount of oil at a drilling site near the Dead Sea, raising hopes that the Jewish state could one day join its regional neighbors as a petroleum producer.
Initial tests have found that the site would yield between 100 to 150 barrels daily, said Eli Tannenbaum, geologist for the Ginko oil exploration company. While this is minuscule by global standards – No. 1 producer Saudi Arabia produces 9 million barrels a day – Tannenbaum said there are signs that larger amounts of crude are nearby.
Finally, a source of oil that doesn’t fund terrorism or the bloated Alaskan social services bureaucracy.
Lair, that’s why God never let Moses into Israel. “look where you led these people! just for that, you have to stay out here by yourself.”
it’s kind of funny that the oil would be right under Sodom and Gomorrah.
ooh. where near the Dead Sea? because the valley of Megiddo is right there by the Dead Sea, you can see it from Masada… and that’s what that whole “Armageddon” thing in the Bible is talking about. it’s the battle of Megiddo, in the spot where all the crossroads in the Middle East meet, right there in Israel…
i shouldn’t think about the Bible and stuff i think i learned on my trip to Israel on heavy migraine days. i probably have no idea what i’m talking about.
No Jews for Oil!
don’t you mean No Oil For Jews?
no joil for ews
Ahh, it’s all a Jew-plot. They’ve probably just contracted with the Burns Slant Drilling company (a division of Haliburton).
Joooo oil…another zionist conspiracy against the religiion of peace…
oils vell dat ents vell!
Only 100 to 150 barrels a day!? You could produce more by pressing terrorists!
//it’s kind of funny that the oil would be right under Sodom and Gomorrah.//
This would only make sense if the oil is fruit flavored…(hrm,…giggle)
Nothing bloated in Alaska except seals and walruses, which by the way, can be pressed for oil too. In fact, I’m sure fishermen would volunteer to extract seal oil for free. But oil under the location of Sodom and Gomorrah? Isn’t it ironic that those once-thriving cities are now in an uninhabited, godforsaken place that the Germans would describe as “am Arsch der Welt” — the ass of the world.
Tommy, I beg to differ on the Alaska thing. But unlike the rest of the country, they have so much cash available from oil leases & such that they can afford it without sucking the middle-class dry.
I second that, IllTemperedCur…..
Plus, have you ever seen the south end of a north bound eskimo? Even bloated is an understatement…(let the flaming begin!)
I think Megiddo is closer to the Yam Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) than to the Dead Sea. Maybe all this oil helps to keep the Dead Sea dead?
150 barrels per day is enough to power a couple of SUVs, right?
Ah, but Lair, do you not remember the corrolary to the joke about “the only place in the Middle East without oil”?
Israel’s also the only place in the Middle East where you can find uranium.