Gas Hits $4 a Gallon; Bush "Hadn't Heard That"
By Jon Perr Saturday Jun 07, 2008 4:44pmJust a little over three months ago, President Bush declared he "hadn't heard" that gasoline would soon reach $4 a gallon. Today, the milestone anticipated by all save the President of the United States came to pass:
"Drivers are paying an average of $4 for a gallon of gasoline for the first time. AAA and the Oil Price Information Service say the national average price for a gallon of regular gas rose to $4.005 overnight from $3.988. But consumers in many parts of the country have already been paying well above that price for some time."
Given the stratospheric - and uninterrupted - rise in oil and gas prices, Bush's February 28 display of ignorance is all the more jaw-dropping. Asked by a reporter about the looming arrival of $4 gas, Bush the former oil man did what comes naturally and played dumb:
Q What's your advice to the average American who is hurting now, facing the prospect of $4 a gallon gasoline, a lot of people facing --
THE PRESIDENT: Wait, what did you just say? You're predicting $4 a gallon gasoline?
Q A number of analysts are predicting --
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, yeah?
Q -- $4 a gallon gasoline this spring when they reformulate.
THE PRESIDENT: That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.
Perrspectives has more on Bush's mind-numbing mindlessness and his dismal history of broken promises to "jawbone" his Saudi and Kuwaiti friends into opening the spigots.
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im at a loss for words
"interesting. I hadn’t heard that"
bite me you uncaring imbicile.
...and now, your moment of zen.
Oh Mr Bush! you surprise me....
Good! I hope it goes to $10 a gallon by the end of the year!
This is the only way that America (by that I mean Americans and our government) will seriously take our need for energy independence and conservation to begin IMMEDIATELY. We need more than a NASA-like program to address this need, we need Energy Independence and Conservation to be ranked ABOVE terrorism as our #1 national security concern. Who cares if we get out of Iraq in 1 year or 100 years if we have to constantly go back over there because we are addicted to their natural resources? And green energy means green jobs and a better environment so better health.
Maybe if they had been more specific:
"Bush, its the stuff your limo driver has to fill the tank with."
Can we really take 5 more months of this?
God, then we have to break in another NEWBIE!!???
$150 dollar per barrel of oil and $5.00 per gallon of gasoline by July 5th 2008.
remember you read it here first.
bush: "i didnt know how hard it is for you to put gas on your family"
Just another example of how clueless is old simian face. WILL JAN 20TH 2009 NEVER GET HERE !!!!!!
Obama, of course, voted for the 2005 energy bill, which passed the Senate overwhelmingly 74-26.
Unity fist pump.
Yay.
Can he get any fucking dumber?
isn't the high price not based on supply but on Wall Street speculators pushing up the price to grab a quick buck in an unstable market???
not that Bush isn't blameless. or clueless or just a moron.
already this weekend regular unleaded is $4.49 in southern california
We knew how stupid he was in 2000. To have 50% vote for this idiot in '04 shows they are as dumb as him. For anyone to think this election is a slam dunk is kidding themselves. I do not think these killers intend to give up power. I hate fear as a tactic but the reality is be ready to duck and possibly cover in the upcoming months.
boosh was going to jawbone our buds in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia,
Would that be a jawbone of an ass?
The people are not fooled.
Bush the corporate puppet knows exactly what is going on.
So do the people.
Senator Obama:
Hold the 1st MCain debate in the 9th Ward of New Orleans in an event
controlled by We the People, not by the Corporate Media
http://www.democrats.com/just-say-no-to-the-rich-republican-town-hall
Absolute failure.
Absolute failure of a president. And absolute failure of conservative "principles".
Conservative "principles" have destroyed America. Pound this message home in the coming months and years.
and lest anyone forget, as some may, Bush is a GOPer. and so is McCain. that party shoved that imbecilic Bush on this country and doesnt deserve at all to keep the WH this november. McCain represents the GOP really well: old, white, unchanging, and hopelessly clueless and out of touch. they deserve to be banished to the wilderness until they can figure themselves out. good riddance.
Update:
The people are not fooled.
Bush ( the corrupt multi-national corporate profiteer puppet ) knows exactly what is going on.
Over $5.00 already in many parts of rural California. Lee Vinning California has regular well over $5.00 right now.
America elected a moron and is paying for it big time. Don't do it again with McBush.
out of touch out of mind.......
most common responses from bush
i can't recall,i don't remember(coke)
i don't know
ask congress
he was perfect for the neocon movement ignorant,terrible speaker,average education accomplishments,born again,hater and inferiority complex oh yeah DUI...nice
The oil companies have apparently hijacked the entire Economic Stimulus Package.
that's what we kind-of didn't elect him for in the first place.
and then we sort-of but not-really re-elected him (I guess
for being such an awesome fellow we'd all want to have a
beer with?)
well now America pays the price: idiots and those who could
smell the Boosh bullshit a-comin' alike.
everybody should be held accountable for their
actions shouldn't they?
I don't see how when the mere concept of what they used to
refer to as a "conflict of interest" goes unregistered.. out entire
leadership is one BIG conflict-of-interest and the American people
are not fortunate enough to have a lobby of their own.
in the meantime: IMPEACH and then PROSECUTE is the ONLY solution.
Winter time is going to be a blast heating my house. I guess my coffee table will burn.
abarts @ 25:
your correct heating oil futures all time high last week
pd @ 12 Says:
"isn’t the high price not based on supply but on Wall Street speculators pushing up the price to grab a quick buck in an unstable market???"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR200806...
Come now people, Bush doesn't have to worry about effects, he's in with the causes. The headline should read more like: "Dramatic dollar depreciation since 2000 finally reflected in commodities prices"
ysbaddaden @ 15:
He did "jawbone". 5$/gallon gas is their answer.
getalife @ 10:
I got the inference immediately, getalife! What you really meant to say was:
getalife @ 10:
Of course, I forgot you probably need the money you're getting from the McCain campaign for trolling this site, because, well, the price of gas is in fact so high.
20% of fossil fuel consumption goes into food chain
10 calories of fossil fuels used to produce 1 calorie of
food eaten...i don't believe there is no stop in near sight unless this turns out to be a bubble
i remember when bush and company passed those tax breaks for suv's buyers/drivers a few years ago
banks and financial institutions will get some of that money their losing on subprime and credit mess
Let them eat cake
5 Mister Anderson Says: Good! I hope it goes to $10 a gallon by the end of the year!
Although I understand the body of your comment, statements like "I hope it goes to $10..." are ignorant.
Here in Houston car/truck dealers are advertising "top dollar trade-in for diesel truckls" and "zero percentage financing on Corvettes"
Advice to middle America: if you enjoy driving up to the pump and shelling out $60 to fill your tank, then vote for McSame, because he's promoting the same policies that have brought us to this juncture. A vote for John McSame is a vote to keep the status quo.
One Fly @ 14:
Agree.
no longer a proud american @ 36:
McGrampa also opening and willing boasts his desire to bomb Iran. A vote for McGrampa will raise gas prices to the point where America becomes a 3rd-World country economically. We'll be begging for $5/gallon gas if McGrampa sits in the White House.
karl @ 31:
And I bet there were several dems who supported it too.
Bush the former oil man did what comes naturally and played dumb:
He doesn't have to PLAY dumb.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that.
And he's our leader?
He does know where down is though.
FBush @ 6:
there are so many things wrong with that last sentence i don't even know where to begin....
troll.
bill DOH @ 40:
He's not "playing". It's been a well established fact that herr dubyah lives in the bubble.
in the meantime: IMPEACH and then PROSECUTE is the ONLY solution.
yes, this may not lower the price of gas immediately, nor would it alleviate our debt to China, nor would it bring the troops home tomorrow, but it would do a hell of lot in terms of our standing in the world. We made a mistake of dire consequences but we are a nation of justice and laws and the culprits no matter how high in government they stood, they will stand trial and be prosecuted. Only then will we begin the healing process. It may not yet be too late.
The price of Oil hasn't gone up. Oil is traded in dollars which has plummeted in the sewer.
Mister Anderson @ 5:
Uh, that's what Clinton was calling for.
(Cue the drowning out of her voice with accusations of racism)
eyepennies @ 41:
Add "whiner" in addition to troll.
Gallon of gas would reach $7.00 soon. It is pretty much the average price all over the world.
Such a wealthy country can not afford $7.00 a gallon ? (or $4.00 for that matter)
gamini @ 46:
And most of the countries that pay $7.00/gallon also have universal health care and/or superior public transportation.
BeeSting @ 43:
are you saying all good things come to an end or is OPEC saying that u.s. dollar pegged to u.s. dollar in jeopardy
foreign investors are purchasing/trading crude futures with such a good exchange rate
banks/financial institutions trying to recup some losses
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/artic
He is an aristocrat. He lives in isolation from commoners - in a bubble. He is also a liar. He said, thats interesting. I hadnt heard that.
The lie was that he as a (failed) oilman didnt start jumping up and down yelling yippee yippee NOT that he hadnt heard it.
BeeSting @ 43:
Not entirely true. At least a third (possibly as much as a half) of the current price of oil is due to speculation. The same can be said for food by the way.
This is the result of freeing the predators (eliminating regulation) to feed.
I have heard estimates of oil costing (based on consumption - even with China) in the $70 to $80 range per barrel.
Bubble boy says that's interesting. I hadn't heard that.
Damn! I'd like to bust that bubble. Reality bites, shithead,and you're gonna get a taste of it at the Hague.
gamini @ 46:
Most of the USA has NO PUBLIC transportation.
And just think, there are still "people" who support this asshole.
BeeSting @ 43:
That is certainly part of it but don't forget the war premium and the instability of the Mideast premium. It all adds up to about 100 a barrel.
Captain Bitter Elitist Husein Kangaroo @ 53:
19%. The reality is, that 19% of the USA population think Bushferatu is bringing on the Tribulation, fulfilling the prophecy of the end of times. They are actually disappointed you and I are not swimming in a lake of fire right now.
Attila the Appeaser, Bilderberg Despot @ 55:
Those people are clearly insane.
Attila the Appeaser, Bilderberg Despot @ 55:
Read John Dean's book conservatives without conscience.
it's been at/over $4 for weeks here in so.central illinois...
is this a national average or what?
Next president:
Mr. President, gasoline prices are over $5 per gallon. Do you plan to address this issue?
President: Karen, I understand the people's pain. Next question, please.
In the earlier piece about Moyers it was noted that the head of Fox said that the war would provide "$20 a barrel oil"; maybe he meant "$20 a gallon gas".
duh... read the copy, katy... ... ok...
Now would be a good time for the press to get off their asses and start pressing for details of what Cheney and the oil execs really discussed when they were formulating "energy policy" behind closed doors.
Still $3.95 in central PA - I expect the hammer to fall sometime within the next 12 hours...
Attila the Appeaser, Bilderberg Despot @ 55:
Unfortunately, oil is so expensive now, that Hell had to cut back on keeping the River Styx ablaze.
Q — $4 a gallon gasoline this spring when they reformulate.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that.
and then he thought to himself: " we'll then mission truly accomplished"
getalife @ 10:
i'm gonna guess that he was thinking about his illinois constituents who were hoping for that FUTURE GEN coal power plant to use illinois coal...
just a guess...
and then they went and took that away because mattoon,il was chosen as the site over 2 in texas...
imagine that...
Del Capslock @ 65:
John Tighe @ 60:
that's frickin' funny
FBush @ 44:
Uh, that's also what Obama is calling for.
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/energy/#invest-in-a-clean
He knew it was going to $4 and a lot higher, that's why they set up that marshall law bill. The ignorant act was a fake.
FreedomOfInformationAct @ 7:
no offense great swami already been predicted
Shaw @ 67:
Uh, that's what Jimmy Carter was for but of course it was much more popular to say Carter is (at the time) shitty president. Then Ray Gun ripped all the solar panels off the White House.
Thats ok....We'er just going through a rough patch.
jedinate @ 11:
Yup. And he probably will. Whatever is wrong with him seems to be degenerative
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060206_bush_dementia/
Mister Anderson @ 5:
Also, Senator Kyle, on Face the Nation, said that we are not in a recession. How does it feel to you?
outtheoffice @ 71:
i hope by using the word patch your meaning is to end sometime soon.....if we attack iran as israel would like us to do......this is going to be one rough you know what
W's whistling past the wreckage. I'm fascinated by the price/use reductions as they correlate with benchmark increases. The run toward 4 bucks triggered a notable reduction in road/use miles over the happy motoring peak of Memorial Day weekend.
A significant amount of carbon load was avoided. So the question is how will each increase benchmark influence a migration to sense and sustainability?
Imagine Chuckie and Cathy Consumer as pilots of a sinking balloon and they have to decide what stuff to toss overboard to regain buoyancy and loft.
So what gets tossed first? Will it be Bloatmobiles and Winnebago's? Nascar fans can't take the winnie to the spectacle, GM is ditching its bloatmobile divisions, motor boating is waay off along the local atlantic coast off of New England and a lot of two stroke things from lawn mowers to leaf blowers are starting to cost more than they save.
And what will be the rate of useless toxic crap abandonment? Will start to go nuts as the 7 buck benchmark hits? Will the aftermarket car dealers across the land choke with ditched Silverado's and such? Will the winnies end up parked in odd trailer park lots as the only viable shelter option after the exploding ARM causes foreclosure on the particle board McMansion? What will be done with all the muscle boats?
I see it all as the new sport replacing the excitement of the primary. It will reveal amazing things about how adaptable we are and it may cause the clouds to lift from many eyes.
what are all of you going to do when MARTIAL LAW is declared??
by whoever... doesn't really matter does it...
There's not a word in the diccionary to descrive how stupid this man is. He might make up a word to call himself, such as, STUDIORONE. (stupid/idiot/moron). Is he living under a rock or what?
Basically, Bush is an absentee landlord.
Doesn't care about the condition of the house (America)
Just wants to be sure that the tenant pays the rent (middle class taxes)
So he can claim his write-off (corporate welfare)
Again, 51 million idiotic americans voted him in a second term.
Let's see...how to put this tastefully?
George Bush has chapped his lips upon the turgid phallus of big oil for so long, how can he help but be an idiot?
Is that an okay way to say it?
... corrupt predatory criminal corporate profiteers should also be included
on Bush's new National Security Executive Directive that he issued... June 5, 2008
Each of the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Homeland Security,
the Attorney General, the DNI, and the heads of other appropriate agencies, shall.....
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080605-8.html
The departments and agencies have a year to give "the president"
a progress report on the directive’s implementation.
That would be June 5, 2009.
Then the new president can share finger prints of
bush, cheney and all the captured corporate criminal terrorists.
FBush @ 77:
that's well point in a special cynical way...i like it
karl @ 74:
Sorry Karl. That is not the right approach.
If Bush attacks Iran, we are F(*&'d.
And every american who makes it sound like a done-deal is feeding
right in to their hands.
We need to make it clear that these A-holes will face an overthrow of our government and a hasty trial as war criminals if they attempt it.
who ever came up with those led/digital gasoline price signs at the station was a genius
With the price of food and fuel going out of sight I've been thinking of people that are in the shape that I was when young. There have to be more people going without food in this country. Those of us who can still eat well are lucky.
There is a bright side. Many more things will be done locally. I would love to see the corporate farms disappear. Do we really need our food to be shipped 2000 miles. Flying should not be cheap. The rail system could be the transport system of the 21st century.
This joker is dangerous. The Bush syndicate is laughing at us. Not only does he not care for the people who didn't vote for him, he doesn't care for the people that did.
As with all things Bush, he had actually heard it, but either didn't understand what the other person was saying, or didn't care enough to remember it. Since the sociopath can't possibly give a sh*t about anyone not himself, this is par for the course.
forge @ 84:
When do you think he had to put gas in his car last?
In his mind 'does not apply to me' = 'not real'.
pd @ 12:
Yes, speculators are getting rich on this fake crisis, and Big Oil (bush and cheeeeeeney included) is swimming in profit.
Only the lower classes will race toward becoming the slave class in the USA. For the upper elite, none of this impacts them in any serious way. If anything, they benefit from it, as people sell off their worldly possessions (at bargain prices) in order to survive. That includes the property they own.
As for bush being clueless and a moron, nothing could be further from the truth. He's a sociopath, for sure, but he's laughing all the way to the bank as he and his policies bankrupt all of us, which enriching himself.
"I hadn't heard that. Allz I heard wuz mah inner Cheney going 'cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching.'"
Wow. Thats terrible. $4/gallon you say? Oh you poor, poor Americans. Most of the rest of the world already pays way more than that. I pay way more than that. Heading towards $6/gallon here. But hey, who's paying attention anyway. It isn't affecting anyone's economies, right? Oh, wait. It is. Nevermind.
ConcernedASSHOLECanuck @ 88:
Where do you live? I'm assuming Canada. Right? You have socialized medicine, we don't. We not only have to pay for our own medical care, we are now paying gas prices equal to nations that have universal health and public transportation. Except for a few cities, our public transportation is miserable. But, keep ranting.
Yawn.
Get a Buddy scooter and at 95 miles per gallon, $5 gas will be like $1.50 comparatively.
http://www.genuinescooters.com/
nebby @ 90:
Well, they're impractical for a lot of people (mothers who need groceries and can't travel without their kids, for one), but for others, they might be a good alternative.
89 Dr. (Bitter Hussein) Matt Says:
There is a cost to all that Dr. Matt.......you guessed it...massive taxation. Sure I have healthcare, and it's nice to have. Wouldn't trade it for the world. BUT we also pay WAY more taxes. Americans are already crying that the recession and cost of fuel is making them all poor. Try paying way more for your fuel AND paying way more in taxes......it isn't fun.......so excuse my rant, but, I am also getting sick and tired of working 60 hours a week to watch the government piss away 1/3 of my paycheque every week.
Anyone who believes someone involved in the oil industry, who has deep family ties to oil, close and personal (holding hands) friends with saudi oil royalty, didn't "hear" the price was expected to go to $4/gallon must think we are all as %*$&(#^ stupid as he is. Village idiot..... thy name is BOOOOOSHHHH.
He's heard it now. I think his response will be something like, "So?"
Is there anything that Bush has not heard or been kept away from ? I guess the bubble karl and co, wrapped around bush is now clearly seen. Hey Jr dick, ever hear of europe? yanno germany? yanno where ya grand daddy did bizz with hitler to make a name for himself because the bitch he married, father thought that a tire salesman wasint good enough for his daughter?
Iam sure you do Georgie,, now lets refresh your ´´mind´´ . EU? merkel, the lady you grabbed from behind and thought it funny. EU, caught with a open mike eating a biscut while talkig with Tony Blair about syria back in 2006. Spewing crumbs from your mouth , pretty much like the lies you spew. Attention! Some one please tell GWB that the price for ONE gallon of diesel here in now at 9 euro a gallon. Do the math folks. And damn anyone that voted for bush the first time, let alone the second time. About the only terror the USA is seeing since that ´´attack´´? back in sept 11th , has been an attack on the middle class and the uber poor.
Just my thoughts, no need to reply or comment.
danke .
gamini @ 46:
It's cost per mile that we're not prepared for. If our national transportation infrastructure weren't built around dirt-cheap gasoline, we wouldn't have such a huge problem right now.
Actually, I think this was just a tactic to avoid answering the question. By pretend he had never heard of the possibility he dodged the question...sort of how Reagan would pretend he could not hear tough questions.
ConcernedCanuck @ 92:
Hey Canuck, you're welcome to try my healthplan anytime. You, too, can pay $600 a month for insurance on a family of four, and then watch as that ridiculous cost is merely viewed as a retainer, and only good for paying 80% of your costs, minus copays and extra profit fees.
I've worked it out. The government could levy a nine percent increase on my taxes before it would cost as much as my healthplan, and I know damn well that not even the most outrageous estimates for universal healthcare include a tax hike that severe.
Frankly, you sound more "concerned" the more I read your analysis.
92 ConcernedCanuck
You gotta remember, if there's any malfeasance involved in the pricing of gas going on, if this is discovered this should even help Canadians.
98 slippy hussein toad Says:
As your economy goes, so does mine slippy, so yes, I am concerned. It just sounds funny whenever Americans complain about gas prices, when other nations have paid way more for much, much longer. Sure, I know your healthcare is expensive, you think mine is free? You think we don't pay damn near the equivalent as you do? Ours is just covered with extra provincial taxes, sin taxes, goods and services taxes, debt reduction fees, etc, etc, etc.......so trust me.....you take home a bigger percentage of your pay, than alot of the nations you seem to wish your government would copy some ideas from.....healthcare costs us a fortune. Would I give it up? No damn way. Is it any more affordable than yours? Prob not alot when you look at the different taxes we pay........anyway, that $4/gallon gas there, costs me right now where I live $6.08/gallon........PLUS I pay all the extra taxes on top of that........for nothing more than healthcare.....there is no public transport where I live, and the closest major city has crap for same, except it costs huge through taxation as well......it's a no-win scenario my friend. Grit your teeth and hope to hell that this recession does not last long cuz it's gonna get real ugly real fast.
99 ysbaddaden
The gas and oil you get from Canada is mainly from Alberta and they keep all profits. It doesn't help Canadians. It helps Alberta. Guess that's great if you live there, but most Canadians don't unfortunately.
Well at least somebody's making out http://www.aztlan.net/oiltanker.htm like bandits http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=118&contentid=2857
ConcernedCanuck @ 100:
You should move to the U.S. of A. You sound miserable.
But seriously. It's all relative. I'm sure you don't mean to say "Stop whining". There is a huge part of the population who simply are in trouble economically for a lot of reasons. Please don't blow it off as being spoiled.
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Like father like son.
President George Bush Sr. said a gallon of milk cost $20.
While Rudy Giuliani said a gallon of milk is $1.50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKhGfpO3-QQ
how can anyone believe that such people represent Americans?
To the Hillary crowd, I hope you can afford John McBush. You are being guided by your emotions. I hope your purse will do the same, when gas becomes $10.00 a gallon. Good Luck.
Hey everybody, now's the time to stock up on food stamps before they're all out.
Hey Bush, I just farted. Didya hear that?
Another example of the "Ratchet Theory." In this instance they are talking about progressive variable taxes. A perfect solution for a society driven by the Illuminati bankers and their vile privately controlled currency. Your money will never be worth as much next year as it is today, so increases in the price of everything we consume is guaranteed. It works just like an adjustable mortgage. And when gas goes up, everything goes up, including gas taxes. Gas is crippling the middle and lower classes of this country and state and federal government(s) enable, encourage, and enact legislation to perpetrate it. Where did your stimulus check go? Well, to subsidize your increases in ALL things, of course. And easily by the end of summer you haven't broken even. It's like "the man" is passing out an ample supply of lubricant. You know by this action you're about to take a GIANT COCK up your ass. Whether it will fit or NOT. Whether you like it or not. Who is
in charge? Who runs this planet? Here's a little hint....it isn't YOU. Hahahahahaaaaa!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080608/ap_on_bi_ge/gas_tax
108 Captain Bitter Elitist Husein Kangaroo
That wasn't my intention, so I apologize if readers took it that way. I was simply pointing out that economically, the high price of fuel in the US is not going to hurt you anymore than it is hurting other nations who pay more. My wording was wrong. It's real humid here, with tornado warnings all day, so my brain is a bit fried.
Involved @ 111:
Ok, I'll take the bait.
Why in the hell do you think your messiah can do anything to circumvent this?????????
Puhleeze, start getting informed.
If investors want gas to go to $10 a gallon, its going to happen. Whether your messiah Obama is president or
if any repiglican is president.
Get over it!!!
Stop drinking the elixir that leads you to believe that if Obama is elected, "its all good"!!!
ConcernedCanuck @ 105:
Your taxes are about equivalent with mine. You say you give 1/3 of your income back to taxes? That's about what I do. I also give another 10% to for-profit healthcare.
Which, if I lose my job, goes away.
And my complaint about gas prices is we should have been planning for this for decades. Instead, Ronnie Raygun shone sunlight out his asshole and said "Partay on, 'Merica!"
Dems running for office this election season should incorporate this clip into TV ads that are played over and over and over.
Toronto Sucker Canada--June 8-2008 $1.36 X 4 liters== $5.44/gallon--in Quebec 7 Maritimes is over $6.50/gal-thanks to free trade and all oil fields USA owned
Now cry babies,80% of all your foreign oil,gas comes from Canada and how is it that Diesel from Texass into Mexico is sold $2.97/gal
Bush hadn't heard it but his stockbroker has. And Bush is still smiling. He still hears the ching ching ching.
111 Involved Says: To the Hillary crowd, I hope you can afford John McBush. You are being guided by your emotions. I hope your purse will do the same, when gas becomes $10.00 a gallon. Good Luck.
*sigh* How many years did we have to listen to "Blame Clinton" when it was Bill. Are some idiots now just going to continue the tradition of "Blame Clinton" with Hillary now?
abarts @ 121:
Yup.
What I don't understand is , So many people really liked these two during the 90's.
now, whatever
makes ya wonder don't it?
he hasn't known whats going on in this country for the past 7 years. what's new? let's hope these hilllary supporters who claim they will vote for mccain know that he's more of the same. i'm so sick of stupid evil people running this country
FBush @ 116:
You call Obama a messiah and then tell us to stop drinking the elixir. That's critical thinking skills for you. It does matter who is president. Yes, corporations have too much power, that's why McCain would be such a disaster. Learn from the past 7 years.
No Obama supporter thinks he's the messiah, I hope he will just make some changes for the common good of the country. Sounds to me like you've been drinking something stronger than elixir, it's clouding your thinking ability.
groucho @ 124:
You all believe that he's going to be the solution to:
Corporate Power
War in Iraq
Energy Costs
The influence of Cpacs
Get Real!!!
He got to where he is with the assistance of CPACS!
The day after he was nominated for POTUS, he met with AIPAC!
How is he different from Hillary???Not by much!
But you buy it all, hook line and sinker.
Kind of the way you all bought the idea that Bush was a compassionate conservative!
Speculation with oil is much more limited then speculation with any other commodity.
You can not "keep" oil in tankers or in storage for a long time. The system is made for a contiguous flow.
So prices today must be a result of peak oil.
y'all need to stop the hatred.
No, I never said I thought he'd do all those things. And I never thought Bush was anything except a rich, white privileged guy who doesn't give a crap about anyone he doesnt' know.
FBush:
In this world you learn to accept that you will never like everything about someone and that there are games that have to be played. I don't like it but that's the way it is. You can't tell your boss you think he's an asshole, you just do what you are paid to do, whether a nurse, janitor, or corporate lackey. Change happens slowly, that's why we are now really feeling the effects of the Reagan presidency. He started the rock down the hill.
Yelling at people who understand these things doesn't help. You just get mad and nothing gets done. I think AIPAC is a mistake too, but that's the power struggle. You have to work with what you have.
Left&Left@109 Sorry sitemonitor. Dubya brings out the worst.
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As mentioned here a couple of weeks ago, the corner Mobil station then posted diesel at $5.10.9 or $5.11/gal - two weeks ago! This area of Hollywood, CA hasn't seen anything below $4.00 in a month. Had to give up my paid off vehicle a few years back due to all the related expenses, and I shudder at the thought of filling that 22 gal tank to be sucked dry by the 5.0 engine a couple of times a week. We retired folk don't stand a chance in a Bush "Shock Doctrine" economy. And you thought the Chicago school was just for "them," you know, all those other countries. Wake up and watch out, Congress, and learn from the Politburo.
Because I live in the US, I'm not supposed to complain about rising gas prices? Maybe you've been watching too many shows like The Hills or The OC but most Americans do not live like that. I'm not going to start listing reasons why it's painful to our wallets because I'm sure people from every other country on earth could list just as many reasons for their wallet pain.
No matter where you're from, the rising price of oil is making life harder for the average person. There's no need to to get into a Look!-I-Have-It-Worse-Than-You pissing contest.
The silver spoon fed bubble boy has no clue and no interest about real life , the lives of real people , he has never had to earn or work for a thing in his miserable life and he has certainly never had to worry about the job , the money , the bills , the medical expenses and how am I going to make it til next pay day , he has no clue and he doesn't give a shit either , typical of these Republicans , the Biffs , Mitts and Newts . They are royalty , the elite , thee upper class ordained by God , we are the dime a dozen peons , peasants and losers . It's time we peasants have a good old fashioned uprising .
The thing about is that the people who voted for this joker should be raising the most hell. These same folks wouldn't let Clinton get away with $1.50 a gallon gas.
Remember, this simian warmonger graduated from the Yale Business school with an MBA. Must have skipped the class on supply and demand. Oh well, maybe that's why he was only a C student.
Kreskin @ 133:
Your country is officially both a theocratic plutocracy (a small group of wealth religionists) and a fascist state (a la Mussolini -- see Naomi Wolf). Your constitution provides for the removal of all 3 branches of government - presidency, congress, supreme court -- if 2/3 of the state legislatures pass the equivalent of impeachment at any time. Give it a shot. The warmongers and corporatists in Washington dare you.
Now that you reminded me, I remember this clip from T.V.
Why we cannot convince our politicians to impeach this evil man, I'll never understand.
I'm just living, at this point, for Jan. 2009.
Neo-classical secular humanist @ 135:
... actually he got his MBA from Harvard. His BA in History is from Yale.
He ran all the business (and our country) he's been involved with into the ground, and he doesn't know jack squat about history (since he is obviously repeating almost every single mistake by every tinpot despot). So chapeau Ivy League!!!!
What a "great" education this jackass got...
Cas @ 126:
... sigh, for living in such a "capitalistic" country, most Americans sure know jack squat about basic economics. No need to talk about "peak oil" here, speculation at the purchasing level is not the only source of inflation of prices.
Producers are simply keeping up with the sinking value of the dollar: If you compare the value of the dollar vs. the Euro. The dollar has lost half its value, therefore it makes sense that the price producers are requesting for crude has doubled.
Only Americans think they can print money, make it worthless, and expect the rest of the world to take a hit so that Americans can live in their own bubble of comfort. If your currency is worth half, expect other people to require twice as much of it for the same good.
Welcome to the real world; now that the dollar is not the only strong and wide spread currency, Americans will have to make money the old fashioned way: working and producing something for it.
Here's to hoping the US finally takes a look at sustainable living. Far too many places designed for driving, kind of ironic too as a lot of the suburbs started with white flight. Hopefully things won't go to hell in handbasket before someone else can take the reins (I'm still not entirely convinced chimpy will step down and the too close to call polls concern me). Unfortunately, due to the late start, it's going to take a while plus there needs to be a cultural change as well. I still remember back in 2003 when gas prices hit $2.50 in the valley of the sun (Phoenix, AZ metro area) and channel 3 was doing their interviewing residents about their thoughts on the "high gas prices". They interviewed several women who could be classified as soccer moms who were very upset that they would no longer be able to put their babies to sleep in the Excursion as often. They were literally turning on the Excursion on the driveway and turning on the lights and radio and ac and just let it idle to put their babies to sleep every night.
There's still way too many idiots clinging to their pick ups and suv's that they don't need, and no, I'm not bad mouthing the people who actually use their vehicles to haul stuff for work. Like I said, there needs to be some serious cultural change as well, it's not just the policies that heavily favour the oil company's, it's not just chimpy and chenney making gobs and gobs of cash off of it, and it's not just the heavy market manipulation that's going on though that last one is having quite an impact. I remember reading that one of the few times that the US was ripe for revolution was when the great depression hit, if things continue that way, there might just be one now whether or not it will be bloody is the interesting part.
I have been waiting for a chance to post these youtube clips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eISBTBwWKeE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWEM4gZhg4
Like Keith said during one of his recent special comments, "Bush is the most uninformed person in the world."
As for high gas prices and our "addiction" to oil, I don't really agree that the American public is necessarily addicted to it, when in fact fossil fuels are what is largely available to pump up our vehicles by an ongoing, failing policy that's been occuring for the past 35+ years.
So, Nixon may be at the root of what has started America's demise, which has been handed down to the Bushies.
The phrase "that's interesting" is often a tell for Bush. He uses it to bide for time so he can come up with something to deflect the question, a lie or an attack on the questioner. He was quite aware of where gas prices were going.
Finally! For weeks, I have been waiting for someone, somewhere to replay this. I was hoping for a network to pick it up, but of course, that's asking too much from them.
This, in a nutshell, is the Bush Presidency. Any chance, someone will remind the Pres about this at his next news conference?
It's gone up .45 cents in just the past two weeks here in California.
That means this has exactly SQUAT to do with "supply and demand". A full 40% of this ridiculous price increase have come from market speculators.
Take the jackasses on Wall Street out of the equation, and things will calm down.
Nationalize the oil industry, regulate the fuck out of it so that the gas mixture is universal nationwide, revoke the oil company's tax breaks and in fact increase their taxes as a part of a war measure by at least 50%, and force them to reinvest their profits into building new, safer, cleaner refineries.
" The Dude @ # 138"
"...actually he got his MBA from Harvard . His BA in History is from Yale."
I know that is what is written , but I really cannot believe Bush got a MBA from Harvard.
As for the BA in History and Bush's apparent knowledge of History .
My 16 year old son ,in Grade 10 , is more knowledgeable .
I heard that Bush had an IQ of 125....I find that VERY hard to believe!
I was thinkin more like 85...
What total ignorant fucktard!
I heard boosh's IQ was about 95-99
Bill Clinton's around 120.
Al Gore's around 180.
I will always remember Candidate Bush in 2000 haughtily criticizing Bill Clinton when gas prices rose $0.20 in six months to a record high of $1.49/gallon, saying "If President", HE'd tell OPEC to "open the spigot".
http://www.bi30.org/wordpress/2008/05/21/oil-closed-at-129-a-barrel-toda...
http://www.bi30.org/wordpress/2008/04/30/gas-prices-why-arent-people-mad...
Oil rose just $21 a barrel from 1973 to 1999. It has now risen twice that just since January.
http://www.bi30.org/wordpress/2008/06/07/oil-rises-39-just-since-january...
This kind of stunning incompetence borders on the criminal... just like everything else to come out of this Administration.
ysbaddaden @ 148:
Dunno...I thought Bill was like 135...Al Gore a 180?! I knew he was smart, but damn!
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