As discussed in earlier columns, America does not have a true entrepreneurs visa or a line for entrepreneurs to get in to start a business and create jobs in America.
U.S. support for the Nabucco line would not only ensure true European energy diversity through fair competition, but also prevent the consolidation of the natural gas industry for decades to come.
Mr Blair's supporters argued that he was not meekly following the American line, but instead remained true to a position he has held for many years, that if Saddam Hussein would not disarm peacefully then force would have to be used.
But she soon found that since she was the only one selling her line, it was more than a full time job and her company would not reach its true potential.
That is true in Scotland generally: for all Mr Salmond's canny bolshiness, popular support for independence has not risen in line with his party's popularity.