http://grantdwalker.zaadz.com/blog/2007/6/there_will_be_no_election_in_2008
But the ultimate power of the US is found in its dollar. As soon as the US dollar was installed as the world's standard unit of currency; the US was able to freely secure the world's commodities including oil. The world's oil supply, although coming from the Middle East and other oil rich countries, is in fact controlled by the US through the NYMEX and IPE oil exchanges.
