gas prices rises, but you wouldn't know...

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if you watched the news. gas has increased over a buck from last year, but you don't hear a thing. If this was a republican president, you would hear about it every hour. love the hypocrites of the left.
 
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i guess Obama is in the oil business. that was the dumbest argument from the left. the literally thought Bush was changing the gas prices in order to get rich.
 
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This is one of your very few valid points. Granted, this is speculator driven based on ME turmoil and Obama can't do much because he likes to bow and is a FP youngling apologist, but the media has been damn quiet about it.
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BigPapaVol said:
This is one of your very few valid points. Granted, this is speculator driven based on ME turmoil and Obama can't do much because he likes to bow and is a FP youngling apologist, but the media has been damn quiet about it.
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Agreed on both points.
 
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Certainly isn't that way on CNBC, but I guess they don't count as a member of the media.
 
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why would you need to watch the news to know that gas prices are rising?
 
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bam15 said:
Certainly isn't that way on CNBC, but I guess they don't count as a member of the media.
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Railing on the admin?

Forbes is the only one I've seen tie this to his absurd moratorium.
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BigPapaVol said:
This is one of your very few valid points. Granted, this is speculator driven based on ME turmoil and Obama can't do much because he likes to bow and is a FP youngling apologist, but the media has been damn quiet about it.
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yes to all.
 
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What planet are you on? I see local and national stories about gas prices literally every time I turn on the tv.
 
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lawgator1 said:
What planet are you on? I see local and national stories about gas prices literally every time I turn on the tv.
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Really? Local news knuckleheads do, but where are the political dillholes who buried Bush in it every time we had even a slight move in the price?
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BigPapaVol said:
Really? Local news knuckleheads do, but where are the political dillholes who buried Bush in it every time we had even a slight move in the price?
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I'm sorry, but I just can't agree with you. I see a ton of stories about this all the time. Particularly a lot of them centering on whether the price of gas will derail the recovery. Every news broadcast, every talk show. Its everywhere.
 
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lawgator1 said:
I'm sorry, but I just can't agree with you. I see a ton of stories about this all the time. Particularly a lot of them centering on whether the price of gas will derail the recovery. Every news broadcast, every talk show. Its everywhere.
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Are any of them suggesting Obama or his policies are the culprit? That is the point of this thread - when prices rose under Bush he and his policies were directly implicated routinely.
 
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volinbham said:
Are any of them suggesting Obama or his policies are the culprit? That is the point of this thread - when prices rose under Bush he and his policies were directly implicated routinely.
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There is a rather obvious difference between Obama and Bush, not to mention the situation driving the increased cost of oil in both cases. If you can't acknowledge that, there isn't much point in discussing it.
 
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lawgator1 said:
There is a rather obvious difference between Obama and Bush, not to mention the situation driving the increased cost of oil in both cases. If you can't acknowledge that, there isn't much point in discussing it.
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please explain what is different between this runup and the one under bush?
 
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Libyan turmoil puts focus on Arctic oil: Greenland | Reuters

Some estimates put Greenland's offshore oil reserves at 20 billion barrels.
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Firms with licenses include U.S.-based ConocoPhillips and Exxon, Canada's Encana, Norway's Statoil, France's GDF Suez, Britain's Cairn Energy, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Denmark's Maersk and DONG Energy, and Greenland's national oil company Nunaoil.
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lawgator1 said:
There is a rather obvious difference between Obama and Bush, not to mention the situation driving the increased cost of oil in both cases. If you can't acknowledge that, there isn't much point in discussing it.
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Yes - please explain. How did Bush directly impact gas price increases while Obama is completely free of impact?
 
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volinbham said:
Yes - please explain. How did Bush directly impact gas price increases while Obama is completely free of impact?
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That was not the question, nor was that in context my answer. The main difference is the linkage between the oil industry and the Bush administration. Recall Cheney's secret meetings with oil execs to map out policy.

The price hike during the Bush administration seemed to come out of nowhere. It was driven by speculation about oil prices and the increased growth of China and India. The price hike now is due primarily to the unrest in the ME.

The first is profit taking by oil traders in an industry closely connected to the administration. The second is something we can only affect very indirectly.
 
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lawgator1 said:
That was not the question, nor was that in context my answer. The main difference is the linkage between the oil industry and the Bush administration. Recall Cheney's secret meetings with oil execs to map out policy.

The price hike during the Bush administration seemed to come out of nowhere. It was driven by speculation about oil prices and the increased growth of China and India. The price hike now is due primarily to the unrest in the ME.

The first is profit taking by oil traders in an industry closely connected to the administration. The second is something we can only affect very indirectly.
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so no speculation of oil prices is driving up the current price? did you miss the $30 dollar a barrel run BEFORE the mid east unrest?
 
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lawgator1 said:
There is a rather obvious difference between Obama and Bush, not to mention the situation driving the increased cost of oil in both cases. If you can't acknowledge that, there isn't much point in discussing it.
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Now who's bringing race into the argument.

But seriously, you are missing the point. Any rise for any reason under Bush and it's was holy hell in the media. Now, radio silence.
 
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