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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:24 AM
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msnbc...gasoline up 37 cents in the last month
here we go again
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:26 AM
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1. Yep, we did nothing the last time around to prevent it from happening again
There is no reason for gas prices to be increasing other than the oil companies want them to.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:50 AM
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7. What can "we" do about it?
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:53 AM
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8. Several things
1) More regulations on the commodity trading floor.

2) Windfall profit tax

3) Call the oil companies a trust and break them up into smaller pieces.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:54 AM
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9. Alas, I have no control over those three things
And I live in a gerrymandered district where the people who would be able to act have no intention of or desire to do so
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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:58 AM
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11. I do not have power over those things
However we elected some folks who claimed they would use that power for change. So 'we' did not do 'nothing'. We elected people who did nothing.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:28 AM
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2. Like Clockwork...
The other night the local "newbabe" read this story and then chuckled how isn't it great we aren't paying the $3.85 a gallon we did last year? Yeah, I was ready to pop some champagne.

Consider it another raid on what's left of the middle class. There's no real reason for such a rapid increase...no major wars to cut supplies (unless you worry about pirates) or massive consumption. Quite the opposite. What is in need is quick money...make the killing while you can. A run-up in oil prices means a run-up in many stock prices that flush more money back into pockets that lost it last year...right through the backdoor.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:56 AM
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10. msnbc made that same noise....'at least we're not paying 3.65 like last year'
made me feel soooo much better :sarcasm:
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:02 AM
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13. yet
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:03 AM
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14. correct...welcome to du
:hi:
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Stump Donating Member (808 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:32 AM
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3. What a bunch of bullshit...
It'll be 4 bucks by the 4th of July.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:41 AM
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4. Of course, there's money to be made! It's the "driving season" after all!
OPEC wants prices around seventy a barrel, so they said.
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:04 AM
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15. About 5 months ago, they said they were shooting for $100 a barrel.
My guess is once the inventory of unsold SUV's is leveled off those high prices will be back for good.
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CRF450 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 01:12 PM
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22. You all should know its nothing new for the prices to jump up at this time.
Its that time of the year when more driving is done and lots of people are going on vacation travel. I work in a tourist area and theirs alot more traffic here in the last couple weeks now. I have an assigned route for cleaning pools at cottages. Out of the 20 house I go to, 16 are being rented currently. Three weeks ago I only had 3 or 4 rented.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 01:40 PM
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23. Like I said, it's the "driving season," after all. Even a penny a gallon increase translates to big
money. If they can make a killing on that, they can make a bigger killing if the price goes up twenty five, fifty, seventy five cents for a bit.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 01:43 PM
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24. think how much money that tranlates to....1 penny per gallon NATIONWIDE
then mutiply that by 37.....seriously HUGH money
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wundermaus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:47 AM
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5. Nationalize the Oil Companies...
Better the Socialists do it than the Fascists! Just saying!
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kickysnana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 08:47 AM
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6. Our I694 noise meter (our ears) say traffic is way down this weekend. n/t
Edited on Mon May-25-09 08:47 AM by kickysnana
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:01 AM
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12. So how's that FCX clarity coming along, honda?
So how's that FCX clarity coming along, honda?

Is it working out for the 600 people that were allowed to lease one?
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dmosh42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:07 AM
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16. They have to do something with the TARP money!
Edited on Mon May-25-09 09:08 AM by dmosh42
meaning Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and a bunch of hedge funds who "needed help".(invested it in oil futures driving the prices.) Thanks Geithner!
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carlyhippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 09:09 AM
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17. it's 2.44 here. Last year at this time it was nearly 4.00 a gallon
I remember it well, I had just bought an SUV that got 18-20 mpg. Did we learn anything? I did....I used to jump in my vehicle several times a day and drive all over town, wasting gas. Even when gas was under 2.00/gal earlier in the year, I still only drove 30 miles a week, grouping all my shopping, bills, etc. into one trip. I only fill my vehicle up once a month, years ago it was once a week.
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lies and propaganda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 10:55 AM
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18. How you know that Summer is Here Again!
grab your ankles limbaugh!
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 11:06 AM
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19. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
:sarcasm:
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 12:55 PM
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20. If the environmental wackos
would have allowed the good people in the oil industry to drill where they wanted we would have plenty of oil. :sarcasm:
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 01:04 PM
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21. It's been jumping a few cents here every day
I have been wondering since there is no really good reason...no "special blend", no hurricanes, no disasters to speak of...I guess mama needs a new pair of shoes!:mad:
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 02:00 PM
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25. It's gone up about 15 cents/gal in the past week around here. n/t
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