ragazor

It was tomato soup!

Oil makes everything else in a country less profitable. A big oil industry takes the juice out of every other industry, by raising production costs in the country while competence and other things stay the same. The only reason Norway is happy about its oil is that it was a bunch of backwards fishing villages before they struck oil there.

What should one write? :) Political commentary books and such? Blogs? Youtube comments?

haha, cracked me up. Since you are still answering, I'll ask you another question: What made you leave the hill? Is it just what everyone does, to go on and have the "hill work" on your resumé and get a new, well paying job?

Dammit! Nobody thought to ask what your military service was. Not that it's relevant... but where did you serve and what did you do?