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Which presidential candidate is best equipped to give America an effective and moral foreign policy and to ensure our economic security?

The truth is, oil, not presidents, control our foreign policy. That has been the case for a very long time. For all the good it has done, oil has perverted our relationship with other nations, tempted us into behaviors not worthy of our ideals, and cost us enormous loss of life and treasure.

We have come to a point in the election season where the courage of the candidates and the intelligence of the voters are being severely tested. So far, the candidates are flunking. The public’s grade is pending.

The test is about oil and national security.

You probably heard the news last week -- that 3 to 4.3 billion barrels of “technologically recoverable oil” are in the Bakken oil formation that spreads across North Dakota, Montana, and parts of Canada.

That was the conclusion of the US Geological Survey’s (USGS) long-awaited Bakken assessment.

And you probably caught wind of the pre-report hype too. "North Dakota -- the next Saudi Arabia."

Wow, talk about an overestimate.

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis speculates on where energy dollars are going. Have a look for yourself at the full photo gallery. But here's a preview:

The Palm Islands in Dubai (Pictured Above)

Now, there's no excuse not to know.

You're a click away from finding out which politicians are accepting money from the oil giants -- and just how much.

It's called Follow the Oil Money. Brought to you by Oil Change International. Punch in your zip code, and voila, Big Oil's influence over politics in America quickly reveals itself.