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If 655321 is, in fact, a female...looks like pariah may have himself a girlfriend. If she likes transvestite hentai, I hear wedding bells... ....The wheels are turning....
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i'd rather drink bleach, kthx. This ones a keeper, pariah...she's trying to kill her gag reflex. Though, in you case, it's probably not necessary.
Oderint, dum metuant.
You are a god damned idiot, you know that? You ought to be smacked upside your dumb-fuck head, even after all these years. Shame on you! -USCHI showin' some love
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We pay higher and higher gasoline prices so the oil companies can plow their modest profits back into research and development.
MWHAHAHAHA!!!
Sorry, that bullshit came out of this week's hearings on gasoline prices.
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I don't know about you guys but after seeing this guys signature I'm gonna change my vote to our lord and savior, obama H christ.
November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.
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The Financial Post: - the biggest reason prices have been soaring is that investors are now understanding the future supply and demand reality.
The demand side China and India are undertaking a Marshall Plan every two years, building massive infrastructure, urbanizing their populations and industrializing. The Beijing Olympics will open the world's eyes to what is going on there this summer. Recent estimates are that in the next 17 years, about 300 million Chinese living in rural areas will be moved to cities which have yet to be built. They will want roads, cars, buildings and streetlights. The equivalent of five New Yorks, and some 50,000 skyscrapers, are on the drawing boards. Already, some 174 subway systems are under construction and a power plant is completed every month. There are already 200 cities in China bigger than Dallas. In addition are the economic development plans underway in Brazil, Central Europe, the Middle East and other parts of Asia. More than half of the world economy is now located in emerging, or poorer, countries.
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The Financial Post: - the biggest reason prices have been soaring is that investors are now understanding the future supply and demand reality.
The demand side China and India are undertaking a Marshall Plan every two years, building massive infrastructure, urbanizing their populations and industrializing. The Beijing Olympics will open the world's eyes to what is going on there this summer. Recent estimates are that in the next 17 years, about 300 million Chinese living in rural areas will be moved to cities which have yet to be built. They will want roads, cars, buildings and streetlights. The equivalent of five New Yorks, and some 50,000 skyscrapers, are on the drawing boards. Already, some 174 subway systems are under construction and a power plant is completed every month. There are already 200 cities in China bigger than Dallas. In addition are the economic development plans underway in Brazil, Central Europe, the Middle East and other parts of Asia. More than half of the world economy is now located in emerging, or poorer, countries.
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Big Oil has never before orchestrated a fuel crisis for their personal gain.
Except that time in the 70's. If by "Big Oil" you mean the Muslim/Arab nations that comprise "OPEC," then you are largely correct. The 1973 energy crisis was due to the Arab countries cutting production and refusing to ship to nations that supported Israel.
If, however, by "Big Oil" you mean the corporations that receive oil from sources such as OPEC (ie, Shell, Mobil, Exxon, etc.), you are incorrect. They were at the mercy of OPEC, the same as everyone else.
Furthermore, the "crisis" was exacerbated when the government imposed price controls and rationing in a typical kneejerk populist response, further reducing supply.
...they supplied most of the world with its oil. Therefore, by simple economics, the cut in the supply of oil without the same cut in demand caused the price of oil to drive up globally.
Please do your homework before you post.
Actually, I did. The Big Book of the '70's from Paradox Press [says that] in the 70's, the government's general accounting office found that oil companies overcharged the consumer by at least $2 billion.
You...just...cited....a comic book....as your source for your claim? Good plan, Snarf. I assume you also think those oil companies were owned by Tony Stark, Lex Luthor and Bruce Wayne? But, seriously, you seem to have misread your comic book, or it misstated the timeline of your comic book's allegation. The finding that oil companies "overcharged" was not a finding that the oil companies caused the oil shortage, nor was it a finding that the companies' "overcharges" were the direct result of the shortage. After the oil crisis began, the Nixon administration and congress made the boneheaded decision to impose price controls on the industry. Those controls further contributed to shortages. However, once the price controls were enacted, a number of oil companies (and other companies) were charged with "overcharging" under the price control law (see, eg, the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in SINCLAIR OIL CORPORATION and LITTLE AMERICA REFINING COMPANY v ABRAHAM). Violations of the price controls were subject to civil penalties. That may demonstrate that oil companies, like any other company, sometimes violate the law. No one has disputed that point. However, as noted above, it doesn't show that the oil companies caused the 1970s energy crisis, or even that they manipulated the market. It merely shows that certain companies, in response to the shortages caused by OPEC, broke a well-intentioned, but ultimately counterproductive, statute. I hope that helps clear things about. Now maybe you can hurry off to this year's Grassroots festival and rail against the "Little Eichmans". 
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Snarf has yet to even site any 'facts' from any source that backs up his claim that Big Oil orchestrated the energy crisis of the early 70's or that of the late 70's. All he's done is shown that they profited from it, not orchestrated it. For that he fails.
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Oil Prices Near $79 on Hurricane Ida Fears: I guess "big oil" is using its "weather machine" to create a hurricane in order to raise gas prices again.
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Gas prices soar to highest level ever for Labor Day: The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline hit $3.80 on Monday, up 14 cents from the same time last year, the highest price ever recorded during a Labor Day weekend
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Gas Prices Soar 51 Cents in Just Two MonthsFebruary 2013 saw record high gas prices for the time of year according to news reports. CNBC noted the national average was the highest ever for the time of year on Feb. 1. As of Feb. 11, The Los Angeles Times reported that the national average that day ($3.587) was also a record, "7.8 cents higher than the record for Feb. 11, set last year." Today's price is now 17.6 cents higher than 2012.
...Those higher pump prices hurt consumers, who were already paying more for gas than in decades. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported recently that the average household spent more on gas last year, as a percentage of income, than it had in 30 years.
The Hill's Ben Geman wrote on Feb. 4, "the average household spent $2.912 for gasoline in 2012, which makes up almost 4 percent of pre-tax income, tying 2008 for the highest percentage in roughly 30 years." The media actually forecast falling prices in 2012, during the heated presidential election. Many of those predictions failed.
Gas prices have been at sustained highs throughout much of President Obama's time in office. Although there are many factors to gas prices, Heritage Foundation noted in August 2012, that "after three years of adding regulatory hurdles and blocking exploratory access and development, President Obama's policies are helping keep prices higher than necessary."
Especially interesting: It took the media some time to catch on to rising gas prices, as "Good Morning America's" Josh Elliot said two weeks after the climb began that "we have just learned that gas prices have skyrocketed."
Just like they waited a month to report the BP oil spill. I'm sure they're not reluctant to report a story that reflects badly on their sainted Obama, and would give the same pause in news coverage if it were Bush or a Republican in the White House. Sure they would.
- from Do Racists have lower IQ's...
Liberals who bemoan discrimination, intolerance, restraint of Constitutional freedoms, and promotion of hatred toward various abberant minorities, have absolutely no problem with discriminating against, being intolerant of, restricting Constitutional freedoms of, and directing hate-filled scapegoat rhetoric against conservatives.
EXACTLY what they accuse Republicans/conservatives of doing, is EXACTLY what liberals/Democrats do themselves, to those who oppose their beliefs.
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http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2013/03/12/gas-prices-show-first-signs-abating-since-december/Gas prices have eased slightly this week after climbing more than 50 cents since December, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
The average price for regular gas on Tuesday was $3.70 a gallon, five cents lower than a week ago, amid lower crude oil prices and an increase in production at refineries. Crude oil was trading at $92.96 a barrel late Tuesday morning, down from a high of $98.30 in the last 30 days.
The Energy Information Administration said regular gasoline is down 7 cents in the last two weeks.
However, prices are still about 12 cents higher than just one month ago, while the average price is above $4 a gallon in California, Alaska and Hawaii.
Premium fuel is over $4 a gallon in 19 states and in Washington, D.C.
Just for the record, gas was $1.80 per gallon when Obama was inaugurated in Jan 2008, and hasn't gone below 3.20 a gallon in the last 2 years. I'm sure that has nothing to do with Obama's refusing to allow drilling on federal lands, or his stated intent to destroy the coal industry. Or prevent the Keystone Pipeline that would give us abundant cheap oil from Canada. Nope, these things just mysteriously happen!
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