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