OT: Hey, what about the Dim promise to lower gas prices?

n5hsr · 2007-05-19T11:48:36+00:00

Isn't that one of the promises the Dims made was to lower gas prices?Well, it's gone from 2.09 to 3.59 here in the suburbs since January, and I don't see ANYONE from either party doing anything. Crude oil hasn't gone up that much.Instead, we seem to be being distracted by the immigration issue. OK, let's get one thing straight: They just about hermetically sealed the border of West Berlin from 1961-1989. People still got through because there were opportunities on the West side of the wall. We could hermetically seal the US border and as long as there aren't many opportunities on the other side of that border, and there ARE opportunities on our side, they're going to come across the border. America has always been the land of opportunity. Any fix on the "Illegal immigrant" issue has to deal with that reality.Now let's get back to gas prices. We're now near the historic high (adjusted for inflation) Driving miles actually came close to dropping last year, the first time since they kept records. The rate of increase was the smallest since then. And there's no one to stop the oil companies from raising it to 4.00 or 5.00 right now. They've passed the breakover point. Many people are already cutting back on trips as much as they can. They can't just not buy gas. And there's other force to make the gas companies lower prices.Johnny Rockefeller must be laughing his sides off down in Hell while his Standard Oil Company is making RECORD PROFITS, even better than it did when he was a real monopoly. Now we call it Exxon/Mobil, but they're still pulling the same old thing they did 100 years ago. Now they have do do it by some sort of wink and nod type agreement between Standard Oil of New Jersey (Exxon), Standard Oil of New York(Mobil), Standard Oil of California(Chevron), ConocoPhillips(Continental Oil, also bought out Atlantic) Standard Oil of Indiana(Amoco, now part of BP) Standard Oil of Ohio(bought out by BP) The Ohio Oil Company(Marathon) and a few...

May 19, 2007 30 Replies

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dizzy 19 years ago

Lying asshole. Provide proof of anyone "promising" to lower gas prices.

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dbu., 19 years ago

"lying asshole", another example of leties and their compassion and open-mind, LOL.

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JoeSpareBedroom 19 years ago

Nice attempt at avoiding the question, rectum phlegm.

Prove anyone promised to lower gas prices.

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dbu., 19 years ago

What does your post have to do with the "lying asshole" comment from a supposedly compassionate liberal?

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n5hsr 19 years ago

But the per driver mileage dropped in 2005 already, habits are changing. The oil companies are raising prices in spite of that.

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n5hsr 19 years ago

Now you see why Dizziot has made the role of dishonor. Joe No Bedroom, too.

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dizzy 19 years ago

Note: The lying asshole could not back-up his claim.

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dizzy 19 years ago

Dumbshit.

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Mike Hunter 19 years ago

The Dims latest proposal to 'lower' gas prices, , is to use their favorite tactic, raise the federal tax from .184 to .28 a gallon. In addition they will also raise the tax on oil companies 'excess' profits. LOL

Search the Tribune Newspaper site for the particulars

mike

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