Arnie Etiquette

Congratulations to Shell on their £9.3 Billion profits. A good year for oil was it? Isn't it convenient clever Tony managed to get the Libyans to roll over on weapons just a bare few months before Shell announced in March that they were going back into Libyan oil. I wonder what Libya will spend the money on. And I wonder what Tony will spend the tax revenue on this close to the election. Not that I'm suggesting he'd divert tax revenue into campaigning. Not when there are so many government policy issues to inform us about. And if one or two or the chief executives choose to use some of their bonuses to make legitimate political donations, I'm sure that would be an utterly unforeseen consequence.
Still, the example the Libyans are setting should be payed careful attention to by other outposts of oil. Play nice and we wont bomb you to freedom and back. Money or immolation? Cake or death? And lets hope the example that Tony has set is at least one he can follow. But in matters of what constitutes on our side, and what does not constitute an interest on our part in a country's oil resources, and what constitutes "the last we'll see of President Bush then lads...", it's worth keeping in mind an old song inspired by the Republican Governor Mr. Arnie 'The Gripper' Schwarzenegger.
"Here's a lesson from the future
It's Arnie etiquette,
Ps and Qs just make you lose
The things that you should get.
With an Uzi in my pocket
I've got one thing to say
I always get my refunds and I always get my way
I never have a problem
In getting what I lack
You don't need please or thankyou
You just need
I'll Be Back"