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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:13 PM
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$20 bought me 6.899 gallons of gasoline
We have the son of an oil baron as President, the VP is the former CEO of an oil drilling firm and the Secretary of State used to run Chevron. Plus the fact that we conquered one of the largest oli fields in the world.

GAS SHOULD BE EFFING FREE BY NOW!

We should treat oil like we treat water, as a public utility.

Who deregulated oil? Jimmy Carter...

GRRRRRRRR,,,,
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:15 PM
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1. I got gas today...$49.00 freakin' bucks! I almost had a stroke!
I really, really want my hybrid...NOW. :(
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:17 PM
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3. And the Bush Republican Party won't tax these looters
thats what galls me.

Hey, rich guy, war has sacrifices...
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dretceterini Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:36 PM
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10. That doesn't solve the problem
no one talks about how expensive the battery platforms are, not how long they last
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:17 PM
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2. Takes $32 to fill up the tank for me
When Clinton was president, it was about $10.
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eeyore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:18 PM
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4. I just bought me a new scooter - 90 mpg!
Here's a picture of my new scooter. It gets 90 mpg, and I just filled up the tank yesterday for about $3.40.



Not trying to brag, and I know it's not the right transpo for everyone.

I'm just saying.....
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:20 PM
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5. How many children does it hold?
I want to get a motorcycle with a sidecar. That would be cool.
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Skink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:23 PM
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7. After a disappointing christmas the entire retail industry will be laid of
And this will be another reason to shop on line this year.
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eeyore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:25 PM
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8. Like this?
I don't have the sidecar, so mine doesn't hold any children - and I pretty much planned it that way!
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:22 PM
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6. I had a scooter a few years back
BUT... with my job being 35+ miles each way 5 times a week..I would have to get gas every other day!








Melonhawg
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eeyore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:27 PM
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9. Understood.
My commute is less than 3 miles each way. I wouldn't put it on a freeway, but it can go 50+ mph.
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tulsakatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:41 PM
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11. and if that wasn't bad enough..........
..........the oil companies are also now making record profits!!

This is the LAST business that should be making such an obscene amount of money from the public.
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:43 PM
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12. Windfall profits
and use the money for new energy sources.
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Ksec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:51 PM
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13. Yep. Its killing my budget.
And today, the aholes voted to give the multi-billion dollar profitting big oil, tax dollars to build new refineries. All those billions in profit and I of meager means hafta build the big oil companies refineries to make more profit from.

Its enough to make someone sick.
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Fight_n_back Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 06:55 PM
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14. Its time to storm the castle
time to paint ourselves blue and climb the Hadrians Wall of electronic voteing.
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populistdriven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-05 07:19 PM
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15. Bush: steal from the poor and middle class, give to the rich
Bush is a lying dried out piece of dog shit
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