Mike K

Time to Short Both Long-Term Bonds and Crude

Nah. Why sink lower and play that game? The best way to solve a problem is change the paradigm. The US could achieve its political desires (weakening of rogue dictator nations?) easily through innovation. Just as the Internet has helped equalize communication freedoms (problem solved through innovation, not government policy) throughout the word, doing as I suggested will solve the funding problem. If you find a way to make oil cost $15/barrel, rogue nations so dependent on oil revenues will suffocate and pose less substantial threats to their neighbors as well as the world economy.

The winner simply plays a new game (innovation).