Something very peculiar is happening with
our Strategic Petroleum Reserve
American Thinker,
by
Andrea Widburg
Original Article
Posted By: Magnante,
11/18/2021 3:41:30 AM
It’s no secret that Americans are paying record prices at the gas pumps. (snip) So why now, of all times, is the Biden administration selling off America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (“SPR”) to Asia? As the name suggests, the SPR is America’s emergency backup supply of oil. (snip) Biden is now under pressure to tap the SPR to relieve some of the pressure on fuel prices. (snip) It turns out, though, that Biden is already tapping into the SPR; he’s just not doing it to help Americans. (snip) Biden is selling massive amounts of SPR oil...to Asia!
Reply 1 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 11/18/2021 4:03:47 AM (No. 981188)
We need to come to grips with the fact that we are at war not only with the Chinese, but with federal government they purchased. Our current regime is controlled by a test tube Marxist baby and the loyalist strategically positioned in every agency.
And it isn’t just Democrat’s. Bush sr was the envoy to China before we had an ambassador—the Bush family gave China whatever they wanted as long as Bush cronies were included. Mitch McConnell and his wife’s Asian fleet. The Clintons and their campaign donations. Obama and money from foreign sources. Mitt Romney and Bain Capitol Chinese investments.
They now have military superiority, control of our pharmaceutical industry, our financial industry and our media. Not a single shot fired.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Proud Texan 11/18/2021 4:25:48 AM (No. 981191)
They are selling it to Asia to make America weak. That is what Dems have been doing for at least 50 years. Dema hate it with a passion when Americans have an abundance of fuel. They want us on our knees begging them and the rest of the world to have energy to live.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
PChristopher 11/18/2021 4:42:30 AM (No. 981193)
Treasonous!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jalo1951 11/18/2021 4:53:40 AM (No. 981195)
Treason? Why isn’t this the lead story everywhere? Peter Doozy please ask psaki about this.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Petronius 11/18/2021 5:11:12 AM (No. 981201)
China owns Biden.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 11/18/2021 5:39:38 AM (No. 981216)
Who's going to need the SPR when we are going to reach Venezuelan style inflation? You wont need gasoline, because you wont be able to go anywhere even to the empty grocery stores. Great times brought to you by BHO's Great American Reset. Fubar on steroids.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Strike3 11/18/2021 6:06:47 AM (No. 981227)
That's why the Build Back Better Boondoggle is "free," Biden is holding a yard sale to finance it and pushing electric cars on us at the same time. What a clever man.
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And where are the heroes of Capitol Hill on this? Is this something they could possibly look into after their three martini lunch today?
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rinktum 11/18/2021 6:37:27 AM (No. 981250)
Does anyone not believe that a coup d’etat disguised as an election has been perpetrated on this country? The complete consolidation of federal agencies under democrat control and the flaccid opposition of the Republican leadership and now every single decision made by this rancid administration is destroying this country point to only one thing, the country has been taken over by our enemies. They may be Americans but they are traitors to the country and everything we hold dear. This is not a bug, it is a feature. The democrat party has successfully enacted a coup d’etat. Their only obstacle is we the people and I believe they have a plan for us. Each day I wake up, my heart breaks to witness what is happening to our beloved country at the hands of our fellow Americans.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
ussjimmycarter 11/18/2021 6:43:34 AM (No. 981256)
We need Trump back FAST! We will be using the Commie measurements system soon! Merica measures in 1/12th’s! Real car engines are Cubic Inch! We drive MPH! Wait! Biden’s puppet masters will change all that!
34 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
privateer 11/18/2021 6:44:18 AM (No. 981257)
And most of them weren't very good to begin with. The Bridon Regime: cabinet: red diaper babies; president: soiled-diaper booby.
27 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
Venturer 11/18/2021 7:22:26 AM (No. 981285)
I doubt if Biden even knows it is being sold.
The people who are running this country ---whoever they are-- decided to do this and Biden is just their puppet.
Decisions are being made which this mentally ill clown has no idea it is even happening.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
TLCary 11/18/2021 7:28:52 AM (No. 981287)
After the US Government paid China to develop a biological weapon that was quickly used against us, this isn't surprising at all. They own the DOJ and the Election system. They are flagerantly immune from any legal or electoral repercussions. What do we have left? They have shown that they can shoot us dead, unarmed and unthreatening, and get away with it. Imagine the bloodbath if we actually try to take an affirmative stand. It's down to Trump by a landslide or Checkmate.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
snapper451 11/18/2021 7:36:56 AM (No. 981289)
At a time when Russia is about to invade Ukraine and China is about to take Taiwan, we are selling off our petroleum reserves? WWIII is closer than in my 70 years of life because we have a weak, demented president who is surrounded by Marxist/Communists. I have used sarcasm to mention that this is time China could take over the USA because they "own" Biden through blackmail, sadly it is true. When will America wake up? Hopefully not too late because it's about 11:59 PM on the clock.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 11/18/2021 7:51:39 AM (No. 981298)
Wait... Does Russia have enough Uranium? How's Iran's nuclear program coming? Let's get our priorities straight!!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Clinger 11/18/2021 8:10:44 AM (No. 981316)
An inventory reserve of any kind serves to alleviate temporary conditions. It would be pointless to tap into it now since the pressures have no end in sight. We refuse to increase production so buying time to ramp up production in response to a supply problem makes no sense. Prices are also up because the money supply has increased 20% while the nation's production is curtailed by design.
Now selling off that reserve signals to those who wish to dominate us that we don't have the means to buy time and change course on our own production. How is it logical to believe anything other than our government is playing on the other side?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
LonestarM3 11/18/2021 8:16:18 AM (No. 981321)
If this report turns out to be correct it is without question a direct act of treason. The least despicable possible motive is to prevent the next president (if we actually have an honest election) from quickly relieving the energy crisis Biden is intentionally creating. Regardless of how bad the energy sector is at that time the next president will be forced to focus first on restoring the petroleum reserve first.
But the most despicable, and most obvious, motive is to cripple what will be left of the military after the jab purge and Gen. Milley's campaign to focus the military on social justice indoctrination instead of defense of freedom.
This is likely a setup by Biden's Chinese masters to insure that we make no meaningful response when they invade Taiwan.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 11/18/2021 8:19:29 AM (No. 981326)
That's a large chunk of American assets. Where's the money for that going? To say nothing about that it's entirely wrong to do in the first place. But we Americans have no say in such matters. They prolly were hoping we would not know about it.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 11/18/2021 8:37:10 AM (No. 981343)
Who are the devils deep in the bowls of the US government? What a weak man. Friends as enemies.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
cny 11/18/2021 8:40:21 AM (No. 981346)
Where is the power of the states in an issue like this, as well as pipelines, drilling, etc. Why is the Fed the one to decide everything?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 11/18/2021 8:41:35 AM (No. 981347)
Is there any gold at Fort Knox??
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Digger 11/18/2021 8:51:34 AM (No. 981353)
I call it Treason!
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 11/18/2021 8:54:35 AM (No. 981356)
Well, now we know how our government is going to pay for all of its out of control spending.
The country is run by destroyers, and to make matters worse, we elected them.
We rely on the general populace to elect our governing body, but what do they know and understand about governing? We should not be surprised by any of this. What percentage of the voting population is clueless regarding governing? its the only way to explain how 70+ million people voted for FJB.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
walcb 11/18/2021 8:56:18 AM (No. 981359)
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (“SPR”) to Asia That is a pretty general description of where the oil is being sold. Why was it written this way? Also as another poster asked, where is the sales money going. Who has authority over SPR? Lot of questions not answered in this report.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 11/18/2021 9:04:26 AM (No. 981366)
Simple Fact #1 - - The Chicoms OWN Biden. They can destroy him within five seconds - - any time they choose to.
Simple Fact #2 - - The ultraleftists also OWN Biden. They can destroy him within five seconds - - any time they choose to.
So there is no mystery why Despicable Joe always bows down to the Chicoms and the loony leftists. He's an old, scared man - - whose entire family can be thrown into jail - - any time the Chicoms or the leftists choose to do it. That's why he does what he's told to.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 11/18/2021 9:21:20 AM (No. 981387)
In answer to another poster about the gold at Fort Knox, tin foil hat time but I think the Clintons cleaned it out when they were president.
And I've often wondered if the money from the sale of our plutonium went to the Clinton 'foundation'.
Two months ago Biden told us that being in Afghanistan was costing us $300 million a day. Wouldn't that now be a savings?
Where is the money from the sale of our Strategic Oil Supply going? And what 'Asian' country is getting it?
I have always been under the belief that that oil was for the military, not necessarily for civilian consumption. Am I wrong about that?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
red1066 11/18/2021 9:25:47 AM (No. 981391)
By selling oil from the SPR, they can try and offset the cost of their bills a bit. By selling the oil, they can say the Build Back Better BS is already paid for. I'd be interested at what per barrel price they are selling the oil. Trump bought millions of barrels at under $40 a barrel.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
justavoter 11/18/2021 9:34:56 AM (No. 981408)
FJB stole an election and he is a traitor! He and his whole cabal must go.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 11/18/2021 9:45:14 AM (No. 981417)
Where does the money go - into the Treasury or the Biden Family Trust?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Zigrid 11/18/2021 10:31:10 AM (No. 981445)
Anyone else wondering why biden spent 3 hours on the phone with XI?....I remember President Trump talking about how he filled up our petroleum reserve when he took office...it was depleted and he filled it up with our own petroleum...again I say..thank God WE had four years of President Trump...or else WE would be in worse shape than WE are...this is all out war with china and biden/obama are in bed with china and the Middle East...WE are in World war III...no doubt about it...WE must take back the house and senate in 2022...and the White House in 2024...one step at a time...
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
TurtleDove 11/18/2021 10:56:39 AM (No. 981467)
To # 1: while I know your list is not exhaustive (couldn't be, there's not enough space), you mustn't forget the BILLIONS in donations to ALL top universities: I asked: How much money does China give to Harvard? Harvard Leads U.S. Colleges That Received $1 Billion From China. Feb 6, 2020
And to #24: the SPR is under the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Energy, run by none other than a Harvard grad named Jennifer Granholm: A member of the Democratic Party, she was the 47th governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Geoman 11/18/2021 11:03:00 AM (No. 981475)
In the late 1770s, Politicians did not fight and win freedom from the British during the Revolutionary War, although many soldiers and sailors became American politicians afterwards. During the Revolutionary War and continuing through the Civil War, regimental units of fighting men were formed, funded, outfitted, and trained locally or regionally. They were often led by prominent citizens, few with actual military experience. Patriotic Americans of that era didn't sit around waiting for a perceived savior to come riding in on a white horse but they took their muskets, formed ranks, fought and died to establish a free country with a government of enumerated, limited powers. For generations afterwards, Patriotic Americans, including the young, future presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower and George H. W. Bush, answered the call to preserve what their forefathers handed down to them through sacrifice and determination. Until recently. While Donald Trump has been creating news this week with his political speech against RINOs (good), he hasn't addressed the dismantling of our country by textbook communists within our government, much less offered leadership - outside off politics as usual - to steer the remaining traditional Americans on a course of national survival.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
bighambone 11/18/2021 11:37:11 AM (No. 981512)
Selling off the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to foreign countries is just another way for the Biden crew to get rid of as much oil out of the USA as quickly as possible. Once those foreign tankers loaded with US (SPR) oil leave USA shores there is no telling where that oil will end up, who knows possibly into the custody of Biden’s old friends in Communist China?
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
columba 11/18/2021 11:43:12 AM (No. 981518)
The Biden criminals, under the leadership of Barak Obama, are working to destroy the United States.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
DVC 11/18/2021 12:02:27 PM (No. 981537)
The Demonrats are intentionally draining our strategic petroleum reserve and NOT letting Americans get it.
They INTENTIONALLY have increased fuel costs.
This is not any accident, or side effect. This is their specific intent. They want you broke and they want it to be impossible to afford to drive a normal vehicle.
They hate us.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 11/18/2021 12:09:45 PM (No. 981547)
I have always been against using the strategic reserves for anything short of needing them for war or giant natural disaster, even when they might be of temporary benefit to American Consumers pocketbooks.
However, I wonder if Dementia Joe even knows that this is going on; if they have even bothered to tell him. Is he getting his 10%?
And "Asia" is a big place, with several diverse countries in it... Is it going to China (since Joe is owned by the Chinese) or North Korea , also an enemy.... Or is it going to places more friendly to us, like Japan, South Korea or Thailand? Or perhaps more neutral countries like Viet Nam, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. ?
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Zeek Wolfe 11/18/2021 12:38:19 PM (No. 981585)
This is treason! FJB
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
rochow 11/18/2021 1:59:05 PM (No. 981692)
This traitor needs to tossed out of the WH and hung! It's absolute treason what this swine is doing!!! Or is Ron Klain behind this as well??
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Red Ghost 11/18/2021 4:06:29 PM (No. 981788)
If I hear one more time wait until 2022 I'm going to scream. WHERE ARE THE REPUBLICANS? Are there no democrats that think this is insane, dangerous and treasonous? It won't matter if we take back the Congress in 2022 or even if Trump wins again in 2024 because by then the country will be so violated, so desecrated, so weak that we will never, ever recover. We will all be speaking mandarin by then.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
little guy 11/18/2021 4:19:08 PM (No. 981796)
Guess what kids. In addition to the bribes that Hunter, the rest of the Biden family and the Big Guy took from the chicoms, I believe the chicoms KNOW the 2020 election was stolen. Hell, they helped steal it AND they can prove it. And if and when they decide to let that little tidbit rip, all hell is going to break loose. What do we all think would happen in this country, to our government, to each and every last democrat, the media stooges and big tech, if the chicoms release the Kracken?????? That's EXACTLY what they are holding over the Big Guy, his administration, the deep state, media and big tech.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 11/18/2021 6:07:37 PM (No. 981862)
I'd rather endure some ''mean tweets.'' Nobody can explain to my satisfaction why we cannot use the 25th Amendment.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
formerNYer 11/18/2021 6:13:45 PM (No. 981870)
Whoever believes that the 2020 election wasn't a chinese coup they're blind, stupid or dead.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 11/18/2021 7:42:11 PM (No. 981935)
We are being destroyed.
Does America die with nary a whimper of protest?
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
curious1 11/18/2021 10:25:45 PM (No. 982000)
To the posters rightly stating the Administration is treasonous and a coup was committed, I say that the secret service and capitol police guys are right there watching the domestic enemies of the constitution act as traitors, but still provide security. I'd say you have to consider that everyone who doesn't resign and get a different job must be a fellow traveler, a paid thug and also a domestic enemy of the constitution.
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