Thread: Do you believe that what's happening in the Mid-East can't/won't affect you directly?
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Old 02-23-2011, 10:27 AM  
Agent 488
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Originally Posted by $5 submissions View Post
Oil's spiking up. This will only add to the fuel of the fire of FOOD PRICE INFLATION that sparked those revolts to begin with. I see the revolts (over food prices) spreading to ALL PARTS of the globe.

This has happened before--1840s, 1870s, 1930s, etc. There seems to be a cyclical nature to this kind of thing.
good point. the last oil spike a year or so ago? drove up food prices here and canada. could only imagine as the dictatorships of the middle east fall like dominoes this year.
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