The Oil Company hose job continues

#51
#51
(utvolpj @ Feb 8 said:
The funny thing is that a gallon of bottled water costs more than a gallon of gas but no one complains about that.
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Where are you getting your bottled water? I can get a gallon down at the Harris Teeter for 69 cents.
 
#52
#52
(NeanderVol @ Feb 8 said:
Where are you getting your bottled water? I can get a gallon down at the Harris Teeter for 69 cents.
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I think those are classified as "jugs". More for the people complaining while drinking their Aquafina @ $6 per gallon.
 
#53
#53
Sorry to not let this topic die down, but if you are a conservative, Thomas Sowell is one of the best out there....if you are a liberal....well, let's just say here is another slap in your face that hopefully will steer you down the path of common sense.

Oily politics by Sowell
 
#54
#54
(Volunteer @ Mar 8 said:
Sorry to not let this topic die down, but if you are a conservative, Thomas Sowell is one of the best out there....if you are a liberal....well, let's just say here is another slap in your face that hopefully will steer you down the path of common sense.

Oily politics by Sowell
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It is not everyday that you find someone undeterred enough to admit that he enjoys taking it up the butt at the gas tanks. You sir, are a brave man and should be commended for taking one for your president. :post-20645-1119625378:
 
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(Volunteer @ Mar 8 said:
Sorry to not let this topic die down, but if you are a conservative, Thomas Sowell is one of the best out there....if you are a liberal....well, let's just say here is another slap in your face that hopefully will steer you down the path of common sense.

Oily politics by Sowell
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Great column. People try to turn this into a political issue when it's not. It's a simple matter of whether you choose to believe Populist politicians trying to score points or the law of supply and demand.

There's no better recipe for a drummed up political issue than people getting hit in the pocketbook in an election year. The idea that any politician can influence the price of a gallon of gas anymore than he can influence the price of a Big Mac is ludicrous.
 
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#58
(Volunteer @ Mar 8 said:
how fitting that a liberal would use the term 'taking it up the butt'...
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Hardly, I've been a Republican all of my life. My father was Republican, my Grandfather was Republican, my Great-Grandfather was Republican and so on and so forth.

I'm simply a Republican who doesn't care for Bush or his policies. There are a few of us out there. I actually take pride in the Republican party, but I also won't just vote Republican because I am one. I choose to research and learn as much as I can about a candidate before he gets my vote.

The Presidents approval ratings are crashing. After all the Republicans that voted for Bush just because they were a so called Republican, they turned around and starting giving him low approval ratings. That's fascinating to me.

In my opinion, we deserve everything that we get from putting Bush in office and you can bet your bottom dollar that we will suffer for putting him in office. We already are.

"You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that."
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W —to a divorced mother of three,
 
#59
#59
My problem with the article listed is that is assumes there's an infinite amont of oil out there. Where are we supposed to drill for this new oil to increase our supply?

To quote Wikpedia on ANWR:

Estimates of oil reserves

There have been conflicting reports as to the amount of oil in ANWR. A 1998 USGS study indicated at least 5.7 billion (95% probability) and possibly as much as 16.0 billion (5% probability) barrels (0.9 to 2.5 km³) exists in ANWR, with a mean value of 10.4 billion barrels (1.7 km³). Technically recoverable oil within the ANWR 1002 area (excluding State and Native areas) is estimated to be at least 4.3 billion (95%) and as much as 11.8 billion (5%) barrels (0.7 to 1.9 km³), with a mean value of 7.7 billion barrels (1.2 km³). [26]

The U.S. consumes about 20 million barrels daily. Using the lower estimate of 4.3 billion estimate, the math computes to the reserves lasting 215 days (if all the oil was used only in the U.S. and the ANWR reserves somehow became the sole source of oil for the United States). Using the higher estimate of 11.8 billion barrels, the oil would last for 590 days beyond the exhaustion of other oil reserves. [27]

So we're talking less than two years of oil if we go by the high estimates. That's tiddly winks.

If oil was so plentiful, the canadian oil sands couldn't be profitably productive because of the additional costs associated with refining the oil, but that's not the case.

We need to look to the alternatives because oil is or will be running out. If we don't before there's a world wide supply crunch, we'll really be screwed.
 
#60
#60
machia, you may be registered republican, but you are not one, sniffing out a liberal is not hard to do, just let 'em talk.

The point of this thread, and why I bumped it back up, was about oil and how the media has dealt opinion (once again) to the masses that BIG OIL is somehow screwing the little guy.

 
#61
#61
Sooner than later the wells will run dry.Then what. Horseback (for the middle income families and below).
 
#63
#63
(Volunteer @ Mar 8 said:
machia, you may be registered republican, but you are not one, sniffing out a liberal is not hard to do, just let 'em talk.
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Then you might need a new sniffer. Is it really that hard to believe that there are Republicans who don't like Bush? Do me a favor and google "Republicans against Bush" and hold on to your knickers.

I'm just an old Republican, I remember the days when it meant something to be a Republican. There used to be honor and prestige associated with it. Now it's just corruption and greed.

Call me a liberal if you must. Truth is, I would rather be called that than have my name associated with the current administration. One day, you will realize what I was talking about and think, "Hot damn, that old cooter knew what he was talking about."



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"Wow! Brazil is big." —George W. Bush, after being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2005



 
#64
#64
Machia, okay, you hate Bush, you have a lot in common with the liberal male society.

So you think John Kerry was a better choice? The fact is that choice does not matter. W is the president and will be for the rest of his term. Bitch and moan but you are getting way off the topic of this thread...wait, maybe you can blame all of the gas prices on Bush too.
 
#66
#66
(USAF_Vol @ Mar 8 said:
Bush. Pro Military. I went to war for him. Stop bashing my boss.
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Sorry to break it to you brother, but your boss is an idiot. If it makes you feel any better, my boss is an idiot too.
 
#67
#67
I am about as GOP 4 LIFE as they get, but Bush lately has me scratching my head. Or Republicans in Congress in general, we have complete control and it seems as if nothing is getting done.

Soon we will have the Senate bickering with the White House of the port issue.

What perception can you get from the man; he is unable to talk in public though he has great speeches. The average American has to think he has good intentions but comes off as an idiot or he is unable to get things done.

I do not think the man is an imbecile, but things are dragging lately with what seems to be no clear agenda on our soil and this is a very important year, election wise, that Republicans have to have a strong showing.

Republicans cannot lose ground in the fall elections or 2008 can turn into a disaster really quick.

GOP 4 LIFE!

In general it is rural vs. urban areas.
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#68
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(OrangeEmpire @ Mar 9 said:
I am about as GOP 4 LIFE as they get, but Bush lately has me scratching my head. Or Republicans in Congress in general, we have complete control and it seems as if nothing is getting done.

Soon we will have the Senate bickering with the White House of the port issue.

What perception can you get from the man; he is unable to talk in public though he has great speeches. The average American has to think he has good intentions but comes off as an idiot or he is unable to get things done.

I do not think the man is an imbecile, but things are dragging lately with what seems to be no clear agenda on our soil and this is a very important year, election wise, that Republicans have to have a strong showing.

Republicans cannot lose ground in the fall elections or 2008 can turn into a disaster really quick.

GOP 4 LIFE!

In general it is rural vs. urban areas.
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The bickering is not going to happen because UAE is backing out.

People make fun of Bush and his speeches but before him was the slickest talker ever to reside in the WH. Heck, Bill could almost talk anyone into anything. He speaks like most of us would if we were presenting in front of millions of people. Personally I'd rather have a down-to-earth guy w/ convictions leading me.

The GOP will not lose ground until the Dems campaign slogan changes from "there's a better way" to something with substance. Bashing Bush will only get you so far until people realize that is the entire platform. And, as much as I hate to give them advice, Dean will cost them in the next elections. Get rid of that lightning rod and they may stand a chance.

Personally I don't see a good choice for pres from either party coming out yet. If the dems thought Bush polarized the country, wait until Hillary is on the ticket. The South may truly rise again!
 
#70
#70
He speaks like most of us would if we were presenting in front of millions of people. Personally I'd rather have a down-to-earth guy w/ convictions leading me.
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The port issue is great. All the crazies were saying we should not let me run the terminals and now after the fact they are saying we should have let them in and we are racists, racial profiling, not letting free enterprise reign, etc. I love this country!

I understand your point, but he is the President, one should expect more.

Personally, I wish he was able to speak and hold convictions like Ronald Reagan.
*Bush reminds me to much of F.D.R.*
 
#71
#71
(utvolpj @ Mar 9 said:
Personally I'd rather have a down-to-earth guy w/ convictions leading me.
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I know what you mean, but the first time I read that part about you wanting a guy with convictionS, it made me think you wanted Clinton back in office.
 
#73
#73
(GAVol @ Mar 11 said:
I know what you mean, but the first time I read that part about you wanting a guy with convictionS, it made me think you wanted Clinton back in office.
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:shakehead: Yeah, Bush and Cheny are squeaky clean aren't they? :wavey:
 
#75
#75
but what bout them arabs rubbin us blind to idk why we didnt just take the oil from iraq when we went over there we might as well should have im mean how much madder can we make them arabs they already want us all dead so who cares if we take their oil
 
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