PESHTIGO — The sixth-seeded Tigers were outhit 10-3 but used a four-run third inning to upset the third-seeded Bulldogs.
Gillett 004 120 0 — 7 3
Peshtigo 001 010 0 — 2 10
WP: Joe Socha. LP: Chad Mylener. Leading hitters: P — Eric Grom 3x4; Bobby Walters 3x4; Sean Finger 2x4.
Good Job, Socha and to all on the Gillett Tiger baseball team.
Next Game 4:30 Tuesday at Brillion.
From the NCRPTribe helps al-Maliki win control of south
By Rowan Scarborough
Of all the tactical moves Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made in March to wrest control of southern Iraq from Shi'ite extremists, none was more important than his government's meetings with tribal sheiks.Behind the scenes, as his troops fought street by street to gain control of the city of Basra, Mr. al-Maliki reached out to Bani Tamim.
Of all the tactical moves Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made in March to wrest control of southern Iraq from Shi'ite extremists, none was more important than his government's meetings with tribal sheiks.
"The past year's progress appears to have validated such an approach. Indeed, Prime Minister Maliki has reached out to tribal leaders repeatedly in efforts to help make them part of the solutions he has sought to forge in Iraq."Link to Washington Times
Such comments did little to satisfy outraged lawmakers.
"Consumers are angry, and they have every right to be," said Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.). "You're making more money than ever. It doesn't seem fair, guys. It just doesn't seem fair."
The worse thing a beginning poker player can do is let their emotions get the better of them and bet irrationally hoping that that will improve the situation. The US has shown that trait with their multiple demands to Saudi Arabia for increased oil production as well as Congress’s passage of a
bill that would allow it to sue OPEC for price setting and limiting supplies. Both of these are clearly actions of a frustrated player who sees no good options in their current hand.
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Texas Oil Analyst Says OPEC Vote Flawed 5/20/2008 Newsroom
Today's 324-84 vote by Congress to allow a lawsuit against OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, sets up the ability for U.S. Antitrust-style court action to be taken. "It will work against, rather than for the interest of oil consumers.
It's a wrong move," says Bob Tippee, Editor of Oil & Gas Journal. "I think it's more of the silly policy-making we see in Washington D.C. these days." The bill means OPEC oil producers, including Venezuela, Iran and Saudi Arabia would be
subject to the same antitrust laws U.S. companies follow. "It shows a gross misunderstanding of the oil market and OPEC's role in it. It sets up a false
dragon display," Tippee argues. "The supposition is that OPEC is producing far less than it could be producing, and that is blatantly false." The bill's
sponsor, Congressman Steve Kagen (D-Wisconsin), tells Reuters, and Yahoo news, it "guarantees oil prices will reflect supply and demand
economic rules, instead of wildly speculative and perhaps illegal activities."
The U.S. Senate would still have to approve the measure. Link
