Oil was $25/barrel when Bush invaded Iraq.

[Bluebear]

[Crazy Dave]

1. A lot more people were alive back then too n/t

[Why Syzygy]

4. Yeah. Everyone was better off in every way. We are no SAFER fer crissakes

and much poorer.

[Wapsie B]

2. But it's Al Gore's fault that we can't drill in Alaska,

this according to my rwing father last week. That's the conservative meme on high oil prices; that the Liberals are halting drilling in this country, thus driving up prices of crude.

[Why Syzygy]

5. You can tell him that McCain also opposes drilling.

[lutefisk]

3. "Mission Accomplished"

Was there ever any doubt?

[mike_c]

17. yup-- beat me to it....

Mission accomplished, indeed.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

6. And in November, 2000, it took only 0.8552 dollars to buy one Euro

Now (as of April, 2008) it takes 1.5754 dollars to buy one Euro. Is there any aspect of America that Bush hasn't ruined through his failed policies?

[tjwash]

7. shhh!!

It's the democratic congress silly, not the oil companies and their puppets in the white house.

Oh-and I love that graph... especially the drop in price around September through November of 2006 right before the congressional elections. I was telling my wife back then about what an amazing "coincidence" that oil prices were falling right in time for the elections.

No price gouging my ass. :eyes:

[Initech]

8. Doesn't speculation count in these oil prices?

They just make that shit up if it does. :mad:

[SpiralHawk]

9. This is a good one to send to republicon acquaintances

Though they do tend to discount facts out of hand.

[JuniperLea]

10. Far fewer forclosures too... eom

[Elspeth]

11. Seems like Greg Palast was right--the purpose of the war was to INCREASE the price of oil

...

[mitchum]

12. That is compelling fact and hard for them to argue against

Yes. Absolutely.

[bluesmail]

13. In an editorial I read here yesterday, the writer claimed

it's Saudi Arabia (whom benefits, petrodollar wise), because there's no intention of producing oil for sale by Iraq ergo all those petrodollars go into Saudi Arabia's huge treasure chest.

[mzmolly]

14. Paul Wellstone and others predicted this among the rest of the horrors

associated with the invasion of Iraq. :(

[struggle4progress]

15. Even now, Bush hopes to drive the price even higher by destabilizing Venezuela

[Octafish]

16. Certainly made the Saudis MUCH wealthier.

Roils that is. And a few Kuwaitis and Indonesians etc.

Oil at $125 bbl. also makes Venezuela much wealthier. And Bushco can't have that.

Honest Americans pegged the plan way back:

"The Best Thing in The World for Big Oil" ...Bobby Kennedy Jr. and Palast on why Saddam had to go.

[sfaprog]

18. There's really no doubt about which dots should be connected here...

*Cheney's 40+ private meetings with oil and energy execs to decide US energy policy
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*Iraq
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*Oil $125 a barrel

It can't be any more obvious at this point to the people paying attention.

And of course Greg Palast was right ;)