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Seriously. I know my rants against China may come off as prejudice doomsaying, but dig. Here's the latest in Chinese growth.

I mean, that's our third biggest oil producer they want to buy. What happens if they do? Oil Unocal produces goes to China. Why's this a problem? Less for us, which means a higher price of fuel here in the U.S. Know what else? It almost completely takes care of China's oil needs, moving them from one of the world's largest oil importers to almost breaking even, if I'm not mistaken.

I'm not seeing this as a good thing at all. Crap. Not that I care much whether the U.S. is numero uno in the world's economy, but this is one of those moves that'll irreversibly take us out of that spot. *shrug*