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There is in South America a new union, (UNASUR) that is combining with other unions in SA to assure economic strength through trade and perhaps combine strength through their military. This leaves me not so sure of this latest Obama deal with Brazil. The EU has been involved with South America developing plans for economic development for some time now long before Obama got into the picture anyway. With energy needs being as important as they are a close relationship between the EU and South America would be a very good thing even as China has been very serious in their dealings with South America in their effort to secure as many rare earth minerals as possible, China needs energy also.

At this particular time for Obama to take our tax money and finance the energy outfit Petrobras in Brazil while we are left holding the bag with a no drilling ban in the same Gulf that Brazil will be drilling in is more than wrong and it leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Obama used the Sarah Palin term, "drill baby drill" to make lite of our energy situation and making lite of the thousands of American oil field workers who are now unemployed due to the Obama freeze on drilling. We have oil in this country and we need to get it out of the ground and use it until something better comes along but to hold the knife to our own damn throat is beyond amateur.