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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:47 PM Original message |
"Why doesn't Obama do something about gas prices?????" |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. And now he's "manipulating the market" and "trying to score political points" |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. RABBLE RABBLE SOCIALISM RABBLE RABBLE!!!!!!! |
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larwdem (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. HAY |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. No matter what President Obama does there will always be folks out there that accuse him of .... |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You also forgot well deserved. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. No, I did not forget anything. n/t |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. bwahahaha! |
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OregonBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. What's really great is that they were taken by surprise and weren't able to get out of the market |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought it was 60 million barrels from the SPR? |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. no |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good start |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wait a minute.... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. President Obama prudently waited until after the result of OPEC's vote on increasing output. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. It's too late |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Says you. I disagree. A big gas price drop will act as Stimulus Plan III for most consumers. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Disagree with what? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I disagree with your claim that this move came "too late" given the global cooperation involved. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well it is too late |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:52 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You are entitled to your opinion but again, I am completely unpersuaded that "It's too late." |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Fair enough. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-24-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. also, nobody lost their shirts today |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. I like how the threat of doing it again was left on the table. |
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vroomvroom (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why not just fix the root problem -- Regulation of the Speculation Market? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-23-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Democrats have a bill pending but you try getting that bill through the Teabagger House. |
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The Eagle 718 (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Or the Senate without 60 votes. nt |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. And she didn't do it... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Until we have a true solid majority in the House and Senate |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. Prices down in the Bay Area from $4.19 for regular to $3.75 thus far! |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. nah, Obama had nothing to do with that! It was Jane Hamsher! |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-25-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. Ummmm...I'm perplexed by his action. Gas prices had ALREADY come down, when he did that. |
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Doctor Hurt (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. that's when you do it. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. I have to give him credit for that. |
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