[Carol]

I've read elsewhere that the US Air Force owns the skis. Yet, from other sources, other countries such as Russia and China also are capable of controlling weather. For all we know, the earthquake in China could have been created by the US with their space toys and Russia or China could have manipulated Ike. Who is to say what goes on in the minds of 'military' men who have the ability to alter and manipulate the weather.

If one takes a step back and looks at this situation from a different perspective, take a look at the area most affected... oil territory. The US has not built a refinry in the past 30 years. This means that oil production is limited irrespective of how much oil is stocked piled. With less refineries (I thought I read another refinery was damaged from Ike) this continues to drive up the price of gas.

The rise in oil costs is breaking the back of the American middleclass and destructive to its economy. America has the largest oil fields in the world located in the Alaska area. There are also untapped areas within the Midwest and elsewhere. The issue is not about the US not having oil, it's about the US National debt and how Kissinger arranged to purchase oil from other countries if they would use part of that money to buy back part of the US's national debt.

All of this is financial manipulation of the general US population. Ike went right over oil territory and immediately the cost of oil went up to 6 dollars a gallon in Florida. Subsequently, one is left wondering... is this retaliation from another country, is it our own powers that be (PTB) which are doing this to us, or is Ike really a natural pheonoma?

Arguments could be made for all three possibilities given the information that is available from what we know is going on in the world today.