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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-03-07 10:14 AM
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56. If anything, the GOP exasperate the Problem...not Solve it..Kinda looks INTENTIONAL
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  -My 1/2 ton Chevy today cost $70.20 to fill up with gas., WTF? Under Clinton, it was only $38.00 opihimoimoi  Dec-03-07 03:02 AM   #0 
  - Right on  sakabatou   Dec-03-07 03:07 AM   #1 
  - opihimoimoi, I'm sorry this is hurting you financially but we're still not paying enough for gas  LeftCoast   Dec-03-07 03:10 AM   #2 
  - In Japan/England/etc....Gas is over 4.50 per gal...and in other places ..more.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 07:55 AM   #15 
  - I agree.  LeftCoast   Dec-03-07 08:25 AM   #23 
  - Are you freaking insane????  A wise Man   Dec-03-07 08:22 AM   #22 
  - No, I just recognize the fact that we are passing on the costs to others  LeftCoast   Dec-03-07 08:26 AM   #24 
  - to whom are we passing the costs??? n/t  ProdigalJunkMail   Dec-03-07 09:46 AM   #47 
     - To the future basically  LeftCoast   Dec-03-07 10:06 AM   #52 
     - Doesn't have to be warmer, but different  NoMoreMyths   Dec-03-07 11:18 AM   #70 
        - Bush does not even realize there is a DEATH SPIRAL going on...  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 12:10 PM   #79 
     - We are passing the costs of polluting (yes, CO2 is a pollutant)  kestrel91316   Dec-04-07 05:19 PM   #106 
  - Figure in the cost of oil wars, O Wise Guy, and get back to me.  Steve_DeShazer   Dec-04-07 05:26 PM   #109 
  - Tell that to the people who can't afford heating oil to keep their homes warm  high density   Dec-03-07 10:42 AM   #59 
  - Really?  LeftCoast   Dec-03-07 11:04 AM   #67 
  - There aren't viable alternatives to heating your home but the OP was about transportation  taterguy   Dec-04-07 05:34 AM   #102 
  - It has come to this: close off unused or less-used rooms in your home  kestrel91316   Dec-04-07 05:21 PM   #107 
  - Problem is massive profits going to oil co rather than to taxes  uppityperson   Dec-03-07 10:51 AM   #64 
     - Agreed.  LeftCoast   Dec-03-07 11:07 AM   #69 
  - stuck ... stuck ... stuck on Stupid ... and fuck me if isn't in overdrive goddammit;. n/t  LaStrega   Dec-03-07 03:14 AM   #3 
  - further ...  LaStrega   Dec-03-07 03:19 AM   #4 
  - It is only going to get worse.  dkf   Dec-03-07 03:21 AM   #5 
  - Presidents are supposed to be Leaders....where did Bush go to learn this Proffession?  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 07:48 AM   #10 
     - To lessen our cost of living, while using more, requires  NoMoreMyths   Dec-03-07 08:02 AM   #18 
        - Bush is NOT a Thinker...nor does he have any on board...that is the Prob.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 08:18 AM   #21 
  - Come.. we go fire up the catamaran and go to sea  SoCalDem   Dec-03-07 03:33 AM   #6 
  - I know of a place where energy is cheap, the cost of living is 1/5th  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 07:37 AM   #8 
  - My 1/2 ton Chevy-thats the problem right there  natrat   Dec-03-07 06:45 AM   #7 
  - Many people need trucks for work  Marrah_G   Dec-03-07 07:45 AM   #9 
     - Very true  spinbaby   Dec-03-07 07:48 AM   #12 
     - try pulling a low boy with a prius  datasuspect   Dec-03-07 07:49 AM   #13 
     - My work requires my old truck for hauling. But soon I hope to get a model with  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 07:50 AM   #14 
     - Doesn't somebody make a hybrid pickup yet? Chevy Silverado??  kestrel91316   Dec-04-07 05:26 PM   #108 
     - And some of us don't like Toyotas OR cars that look like bubbles.  Clark2008   Dec-03-07 09:17 AM   #30 
        - it also is not at all realistic for persons with physical problems  CountAllVotes   Dec-03-07 09:45 AM   #46 
        - because the votes weren't counted...we got Dufus and his Cronies  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 10:50 AM   #63 
           - I can't argue with you about that!  CountAllVotes   Dec-03-07 11:25 AM   #71 
        - Do you not think form should follow function?  wuushew   Dec-03-07 11:01 AM   #65 
        - "Taste" will soon cease to be a consideration, I suspect.  kestrel91316   Dec-04-07 05:26 PM   #110 
  - Gas prices were going to go up regardless of Bush or not.  Selatius   Dec-03-07 07:48 AM   #11 
  - The lack of long term thinking is KILLING AMERICA....we have a president who cannot think  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 07:58 AM   #16 
  - its a dupe...dammit  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 07:58 AM   #17 
  - In march 98 it took 20 bucks to fill our f150 with premium  madokie   Dec-03-07 08:09 AM   #19 
  - I feel yo pain....If Gore was the MAN, this shit wouldn't be this bad.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 08:16 AM   #20 
     - If Al was the man today our lives would be so different I doubt we could actually imagine what  madokie   Dec-03-07 09:10 AM   #27 
        - We are suffering from what those VOTE THIEVES did to us...I only hope we can reverse  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 09:17 AM   #31 
        - If Al was president, 3,000 civilians, nearly 4,000 American GIs and  Clark2008   Dec-03-07 09:19 AM   #33 
           - just for starters.  madokie   Dec-03-07 09:29 AM   #42 
           - and we would not have a National Debt of 10 Trillion.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 09:57 AM   #49 
  - My 3/4-Ton Ford Diesel Cost me $116.85 to fill up Saturday  ThomWV   Dec-03-07 08:27 AM   #25 
  - Holy Bat Shit....here in Hawaii...$3.50 for prem...its gatta be the same or more where u at  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 08:31 AM   #26 
     - a while back our youngest son took the job he has now and when he was tallying up all the pay  madokie   Dec-03-07 09:19 AM   #35 
        - Soon, it will be a National Trend to live close to employment...common sense.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 09:26 AM   #39 
        - If I remember during Carters presidency we had a drive to relocate manufacturing  madokie   Dec-03-07 11:27 AM   #72 
        - Makes perfect sense....a trend perhaps.....  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 01:53 PM   #91 
        - I've been doing it for 16 years, and most of that time people have asked  kestrel91316   Dec-04-07 05:30 PM   #111 
        - I'm moving for just that reason.  LeftyMom   Dec-03-07 11:06 AM   #68 
           - When I was young I liked the drive to work each day  madokie   Dec-03-07 11:31 AM   #74 
              - I wuz lucky...got a job 5 minutes from home...if that....hardly any gas bill  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 12:07 PM   #78 
  - Two factors at work, only one is Bushes fault:  mainegreen   Dec-03-07 09:15 AM   #28 
  - Both are Bush's fault  SpiralHawk   Dec-03-07 09:17 AM   #29 
     - There is little he could have done, even if he wanted to.  mainegreen   Dec-03-07 09:20 AM   #36 
     - Our 'Morning In America' is about to change to 'Unnecessary Suffering In America'  loindelrio   Dec-03-07 09:30 AM   #43 
     - Ahh, perhaps he could have tried?  SpiralHawk   Dec-03-07 09:34 AM   #44 
        - Sadly, I think it will take individual states taking thier own initiatives...  mainegreen   Dec-03-07 09:47 AM   #48 
        - Sadly, The energy we use is in a spiral going up while the resource spiral is going down.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 10:11 AM   #54 
        - If anything, the GOP exasperate the Problem...not Solve it..Kinda looks INTENTIONAL  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 10:14 AM   #56 
     - I strongley concur...that bush dude is self interest and not common interest.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 09:22 AM   #37 
  - Cheney said high gas prices are the sign of a failed administration.  redqueen   Dec-03-07 09:18 AM   #32 
  - Do you have a link for that?  usaftmo   Dec-04-07 04:28 AM   #100 
     - Nope...  redqueen   Dec-04-07 10:01 AM   #103 
        - Thank you; the last time I heard something that outrageous  usaftmo   Dec-04-07 04:04 PM   #104 
           - Earning profits for profiteers?  redqueen   Dec-05-07 09:02 AM   #112 
           - OK well I found something of a link...  redqueen   Dec-05-07 09:30 AM   #113 
  - My oil top off (only 120 gallons) cost me $400  HughMoran   Dec-03-07 09:19 AM   #34 
  - Yup..it IZ....."Blame Bush" should be a Bumper stkr.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 09:24 AM   #38 
     - Thankfully the poor do blame Bush  HughMoran   Dec-03-07 09:37 AM   #45 
        - Lets hope/work for them to VOTE the First Dufus outta office  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 09:59 AM   #50 
  - There is a gas station near me that closed right around the 2000 election  TommyO   Dec-03-07 09:26 AM   #40 
  - We have no choice but to streamline our lives to contend with energy shortage  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 10:02 AM   #51 
     - As somebody with a 94 mile round-trip commute to work, I know this well  TommyO   Dec-03-07 10:13 AM   #55 
        - This is forcing America to come back to the Cities...the 'Burbs are getting too costly  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 10:15 AM   #57 
  - The Caspian oil bust, which signaled peak oil was imminent  loindelrio   Dec-03-07 09:27 AM   #41 
  - But the GOP listens to no one but their own crap.....thus we have our problem  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 10:06 AM   #53 
  - This might finally wake people up  DeeDeeNY   Dec-03-07 10:37 AM   #58 
  - LOL.....thanx for the reminder....  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 10:46 AM   #61 
  - But now we have OIL MEN at the helm  undeterred   Dec-03-07 10:43 AM   #60 
  - Enough Idiots voted for the dude enabling him to cheat his way into Office  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 10:48 AM   #62 
  - should cost less to fuel a 1/2 ton truck  mdmc   Dec-03-07 11:03 AM   #66 
  - Hawaii .....$3.50 per U.S. Gallon...high test....  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 12:12 PM   #80 
     - same here in NYS my friend  mdmc   Dec-03-07 01:10 PM   #88 
        - Last time I wuz in NY...56....gas wuz .34 cents...lol...how times have changed.  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 01:55 PM   #92 
  - 3 weeks ago I sold my pick-up and bought a Honda CRX  RiverStone   Dec-03-07 11:31 AM   #73 
  - Now, thats a SAVINGs I would Love....  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 12:13 PM   #81 
  - Still cheaper than the UK  Zenzic   Dec-03-07 11:32 AM   #75 
  - yeah and they have HEALTH CARE in the UK  CountAllVotes   Dec-03-07 11:34 AM   #76 
  - I'm sure they wouldn't like it  Zenzic   Dec-03-07 01:57 PM   #93 
  - Its $8.00 over there now??? Damn....I would go nuts.....  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 12:22 PM   #85 
     - Yep!  Zenzic   Dec-03-07 01:48 PM   #89 
        - Our Administration shows all the signs and symptoms of being ANTI PEOPLE  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 01:59 PM   #94 
  - It never costs me more than $40 to fill up and I drive a Jeep  LSK   Dec-03-07 11:48 AM   #77 
  - Cost of gas in your area? Gatta be around $2.40?  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 12:16 PM   #83 
     - over $3  LSK   Dec-03-07 12:46 PM   #87 
        - WTH Hoppen to the Bears...losing to a wimpy ass NY Giants?  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 01:51 PM   #90 
  - Shows you the difference between a POTUS that has no war & oil connects  Rex   Dec-03-07 12:14 PM   #82 
  - Yup...wise words....we shoulda listened to Molly Ivens....  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 12:18 PM   #84 
  - I'm assuming you require your truck for work and you don't live near  Javaman   Dec-03-07 12:43 PM   #86 
  - Currently self employed....work at my shop within the home. My travels are  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 02:02 PM   #95 
     - Maybe you'll get lucky in your industry  djohnson   Dec-03-07 03:48 PM   #96 
        - I am one of the lucky ones.....artist, work with clay, sculptor...get fair monies  opihimoimoi   Dec-03-07 04:55 PM   #97 
           - Even if one does recover...  djohnson   Dec-03-07 05:31 PM   #98 
              - Keep the Masses poor and downtrodden is an ole ploy used by  opihimoimoi   Dec-04-07 01:44 AM   #99 
  - It's insanity. I know people traveling to their office sleeping there a few times a week to save  deacon   Dec-04-07 05:25 AM   #101 
  - I used to STRUGGLE to put $20 in our Mazda Protege in 2001  Heddi   Dec-04-07 05:06 PM   #105 
 

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