If that's not a close friendship what is?
The minute Bush took office supported by Texas oil money and the close relations they have with the Saudi royal family you could bet your sweet bippy the price of oil was going to skyrocket.
The oil companies are making more money than ever.
OPEC is pumping 28 Milllion Barrels a day now and raking in $1.5 Billion a Day.
We also had to help keep Russia strong financially. They're pumping about 9 Million Barrels a day or about $1 Billion in income every 2 1/2 days.
Follow the money trail and you'll always find where the deals were made.