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British comic Robert Newman tells the story of Western oil dependency and the U.S.’s unique ‘trade relationships’ with oil-producing nations better than any Chomsky lecture.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8957268309327954402

Funny and illuminating.

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