Sht, has he looked at how many people are just as unhappy with his leadership? And how he forces his agenda down people's throats.

Hmm. Last poll I see shows that he's doing better than Reagan, Clinton, Carter, and Bush I at this time in their Presidencies.

Oh, right! I forgot that you never acknowledge facts. My bad.

Especially since we can't take your mostly BS opinion.

You and Sméagol?

Wrong again Fool as I am just pointing out Obama's comments. Nothing More.

So I guess you really have the problem with Obama.

I still don't get how G.H.W.B. was beaten by Clinton, his credentials and approval rating were amazing.

I like Bush Sr. Taxes a good way to build a healthly infrastructure.

But I have a low income, so I feel the tax on me is about fair, I could donate a little more, but I probably won't anyways.

Perhaps I will in the future once I land a more sustainable job.

Poor Krem. A tax man raped his father while his father was raping him.

But a conversation this morning with the man whose comments set off the furore revealed a Chinese-whispers chain that ended up giving the apparent imprimatur of the U.S. diplomatic service to a misunderstanding over oil figures.

The story starts back in 2007 when U.S. diplomats had a chat with Abdullah al-Saif, head of exploration at Saudi Arabian Oil Company, commonly known as Saudi Aramco.

He told them that the kingdom had 716 billion barrels of oil –- a figure that would rise to 900 billion in about 20 years.

Enter Sadad al-Husseini, a predecessor of Mr. al-Saif as Saudi Aramco’s exploration head, and pretty much the only company insider ever to speak in public. In the past he has been skeptical of some Saudi forecasts on how much oil it can pump and is regarded within the industry as a careful, knowledgeable man.

Asked by the American diplomats what he thought of Mr. al-Saif’s statements, he made what appeared an extraordinary statement: that the reserves figure was inflated by 300 billion barrels. Deducting that figure from the 716 billion barrels created the idea that Saudi reserves were 40% less than it officially said.

As it turns out, however, Mr. al-Husseini’s memory of that conversation is rather different.

He says he has no dispute with Aramco’s official reserves data, but disagrees with Mr. al-Saif’s projection for the future and with the diplomats’ characterization of its existing 716 billion barrels as “reserves”.

In fact, he says, that figure refers to “oil in place” which includes both recoverable and non-recoverable oil.

Is the state department run by shit-chucking apes?