Oil Prices Fall as Rice Arrives in Mideast

James Joyner | Monday, July 24, 2006

The YahooNews headline “Oil prices fall as Rice arrives in Mideast” put me in mind of the climactic scene at the end of the first Christopher Reeve Superman movie, where our hero flew around the globe several times at more than light speed, thereby reversing time. Clearly, Condi Rice has similar powers.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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I envisioned boatloads of sacks of rice being unloaded in the ports...

Posted by arky | July 25, 2006 | 10:10 am | Permalink

 

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