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Fri Aug-19-05 10:12 AM
Response to Reply #7 |
| 10. BushCo is oilman=oil companies hate mass transit=disaster |
| -I want higher gas prices. |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:01 AM |
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What about people that can't afford higher prices? |
kentuck |
Aug-19-05 10:04 AM |
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I feel very bad for those people, |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:08 AM |
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I have to agree with that... |
Bush_Eats_Beef |
Aug-19-05 10:09 AM |
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whether or not it's "good" is ultimately immaterial.... |
mike_c |
Aug-19-05 10:32 AM |
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Agreed, it's inevitable... |
Bush_Eats_Beef |
Aug-19-05 10:36 AM |
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So why should oil companies make obscene profits if it is inevitable? |
kentuck |
Aug-19-05 10:37 AM |
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"Why not put price controls on the oil companies" |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:38 AM |
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nixon did it, you calling him an honest politician |
pitohui |
Aug-19-05 11:34 AM |
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I agree 100 percent.... |
mike_c |
Aug-19-05 10:43 AM |
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How do you propose we do this? |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:45 AM |
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Exactly...folks, let's get real... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:57 AM |
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Um, it's not the oil companies. |
Redstone |
Aug-19-05 11:16 AM |
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But oil companies have record profits ? |
kentuck |
Aug-19-05 11:29 AM |
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One more time: The oil companies have record profits, |
Redstone |
Aug-19-05 05:06 PM |
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agree and I am one of them ... |
earthmama |
Aug-19-05 11:26 AM |
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People won't have anything to eat in the near future if we don't |
Lorien |
Aug-19-05 06:37 PM |
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I wrote a paper almost 30 years ago in which I suggested a 50-cent tax |
Ron_Green |
Aug-19-05 10:08 AM |
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Why don't you run for public office? |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:09 AM |
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You weren't bribed by the oil companies for your opinion. |
FloridaPat |
Aug-19-05 10:12 AM |
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In a way we've all been bribed with cheap fossil fuel prices |
Ron_Green |
Aug-19-05 10:17 AM |
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Bingo was his name-o, Ron_Green!!! |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:39 AM |
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There were a few such proposals |
ramapo |
Aug-19-05 10:23 AM |
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I hear ya, Karen... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:08 AM |
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Mass transit is part of it |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:10 AM |
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BushCo is oilman=oil companies hate mass transit=disaster |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:12 AM |
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There is no money. The treasury is empty. The future has been |
FloridaPat |
Aug-19-05 10:11 AM |
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Sad, but very true... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:13 AM |
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I haven't heard that since the seventies |
Career Prole |
Aug-19-05 10:12 AM |
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You and me both, Career Prole... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:16 AM |
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Did I say poor people don't drive? |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:19 AM |
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karen your analysis will kill yr children's hope of clean air |
pitohui |
Aug-19-05 11:40 AM |
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You can't run cars on coal. |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 12:00 PM |
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But if you're talking about the govt doing something.... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 12:30 PM |
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But don't you know? |
CrispyQGirl |
Aug-19-05 11:07 AM |
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Well it is HURTING ME BADLY!!! I ONLY TAKE HOME ENOUGH TO BUY FOOD |
jsamuel |
Aug-19-05 10:21 AM |
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Higher prices are just making oil companies even more powerful. |
1932 |
Aug-19-05 10:21 AM |
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But this is only way. |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:28 AM |
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consumption tax on gas, or windfall profit taxes on oil corp profits. |
1932 |
Aug-19-05 10:32 AM |
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You make some good points, 1932... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:38 AM |
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"their desire to conserve fuel" |
Ron_Green |
Aug-19-05 10:43 AM |
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Well, so be it.... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 11:04 AM |
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You hit the nail on the head with this post! |
CrispyQGirl |
Aug-19-05 11:20 AM |
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Bravo, CrispyQGirl... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 11:40 AM |
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It's so ironic, while we're having this discussion... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:34 AM |
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People were demanding it before it was hurting! |
jsamuel |
Aug-19-05 10:36 AM |
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What did Clinton, or Bush 1 or Reagan do about this |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:42 AM |
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What I was talking about was the global talks and other environmental laws |
jsamuel |
Aug-19-05 10:54 AM |
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you're always wrong when you say yr way is only way |
pitohui |
Aug-19-05 11:47 AM |
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Jimmy Carter = Conservation, Public Works, Infrastructure |
Ron_Green |
Aug-19-05 10:22 AM |
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I'm with you... |
Township75 |
Aug-19-05 10:31 AM |
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the middle and upper class will not feel any pinches unless it goes to $20 |
jsamuel |
Aug-19-05 10:39 AM |
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It already sucks for the poor. |
Career Prole |
Aug-19-05 03:46 PM |
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If gas goes to $5/gallon soon, I'll be able to afford 1 fill-up per month |
Mairead |
Aug-19-05 10:37 AM |
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maybe this is what people mean by the "liberal elite" |
jsamuel |
Aug-19-05 10:41 AM |
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Why would you say that? |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:46 AM |
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My solution would be to fight it now rather than waiting for it to get |
jsamuel |
Aug-19-05 10:51 AM |
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Fight it how? |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:56 AM |
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That is what I wanted to hear :D |
jsamuel |
Aug-19-05 11:04 AM |
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"Most people who voted for Bush are poor"? How do you know their.... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Aug-19-05 10:59 AM |
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wow, um I don't know their vote was counted |
jsamuel |
Aug-19-05 11:05 AM |
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Seems to me folks should be cutting off... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 11:00 AM |
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Well, don't hold your breath for the repukes to help... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 10:55 AM |
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I don't think that is what she meant. |
friesianrider |
Aug-19-05 12:14 PM |
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Here's my "unfortunate reality" for you.... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Aug-19-05 10:53 AM |
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it's gonna hurt. I know |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 10:58 AM |
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Oh, that's a great solution! |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 11:03 AM |
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I'm not going without a fight |
KarenInMA |
Aug-19-05 11:04 AM |
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Have we evolved so little... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 11:12 AM |
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and we all know that the us military would be unable to handle |
Catholic Sensation |
Aug-19-05 11:38 AM |
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"Hurt"? I don't think you have a clue how bad it's going to get.... |
Media_Lies_Daily |
Aug-19-05 11:04 AM |
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Things are going to get alot worse, |
CrispyQGirl |
Aug-19-05 11:31 AM |
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Revolution occurs when the middle class dwindles away... |
friesianrider |
Aug-19-05 12:15 PM |
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USA use twice much gas as europe |
YapiYapo |
Aug-19-05 11:21 AM |
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yes we have a large country, they have little ones |
pitohui |
Aug-19-05 11:53 AM |
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That's one of the sorriest excuses for inaction... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 12:13 PM |
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What's matter is average mileage per car. US/EU |
YapiYapo |
Aug-19-05 01:03 PM |
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Some would try to argue that it does.... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 01:15 PM |
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then you want the utter destruction of our mountains |
pitohui |
Aug-19-05 11:31 AM |
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That's what the oil people said to Cheney when they thought up the war |
mtnsnake |
Aug-19-05 11:37 AM |
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sure |
pitohui |
Aug-19-05 11:59 AM |
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Again, do you really think a repuke controlled government... |
getmeouttahere |
Aug-19-05 12:17 PM |
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Great post, pitohui. n/t |
mtnsnake |
Aug-19-05 02:01 PM |
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I agree. |
seersuckersuit |
Aug-19-05 02:06 PM |
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Do not fret, you will get your wish! It'll make you very happy to know gas |
LaPera |
Aug-19-05 02:12 PM |
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I've been saying this for years. |
MercutioATC |
Aug-19-05 06:26 PM |
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So does *. Except you want reform. He wants a dictatorship. |
HypnoToad |
Aug-19-05 06:34 PM |
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