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Some Guy Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 16,022 Atlanta Gender:	Gas prices are out of control Mar 8^th, 2011 at 11:01am It went up 10 cents a gallon since last night at a station I use. It's a sham of a travesty and a travesty of a sham.
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sweetcharmedlife Rocks Off Regular Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,943 San Mateo Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #1 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 11:26am Try living in california. The price goes up WHILE your pumping!
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Edith Grove Rocks Off Regular Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #2 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 11:33am sweetcharmedlife wrote on Mar 8^th, 2011 at 11:26am: Try living in california. The price goes up WHILE your pumping! That really happened here a the guy who was pumping called 911.
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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #3 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 11:44am Crazy! It won't get any better...in fact, it will get worse. And stay worse. And we were just beginning to crawl out of this recession. The future ain't lookin' too bright.
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straycatuk Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 297 Northern England Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #4 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 12:02pm Errrr ...........try living in the UK - About 1.35 GBP per litre $9 a Gallon ! sc uk
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,231 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #5 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 12:35pm You yanks dont know you're living. How much is a gallon over there? I think we probably pay about 3 times as much!
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Re: Gas prices are out of control
Reply #6 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 12:50pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 8^th, 2011 at 12:35pm:

You yanks dont know you're living. How much is a gallon over there? I think we probably pay about 3 times as much!

I think it was like 3.75 a gallon. In a few minutes who knows. A buddy of mine thats in the oil business says there is so much oil in the market the companies are running out of places to put it. There is no shortage. We are being hoodwinked.

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marko Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 512 Finland Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #7 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 1:52pm Here in Finland we pay E95 1.60 litre E98 1.67 litre and thats in euros!
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riffkeither Rocks Off Regular Offline Gimme Some Neck !! Posts: 678 France Marseille Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #8 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 2:49pm here in France it's the same 1.50 € / L for E 98 or 1.35 € for diesel
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Reply #9 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 2:53pm

“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” - Steven Chu 2008. Gasoline costs over $9.00 a gallon in the UK! Who is Steven Chu? Obummer's Energy Secretary obviously! Good ol' Rahm said it best, "never let a crisis go to waste."

Anyone that thinks that these gas prices are the result of the crap in the Middle East, I've got an oil rig to sell you in the Gulf Of Mexico! Too bad the flat earth oil moratorium is still in place! Obummer could lower these prices with one speech. Think he'll offer to allow drilling, and lift the moratorium? Hell no! That's not part of his grand design.

Oil prices in 2007 went to $97.00 a barrel in August of that year. Bush gave a speech and outlined plans for lifting the oil drilling moratorium and the price of barrel fell to $37 the next day! Fear not libs. Obummer has no such plans this time around.

But hey, at least we can pretend that we're actually doing something good for the enviroment! ROTFLMMFAO!!!

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Reply #10 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 2:54pm

It's $3.38 a gallon in Merriam Kansas where I am.

And yes, compared to the rest of the world, Americans have cheap gasoline.
One the we do not have is Mass Transit, except on the East Coast. If we want to go anywhere we have to drive.
We went for 16 months without a car and let me tell you that was no fun. Two miles to the grocers on foot every two days no matter the weather is a drag.
And forget going anywhere else. Cabs around here are too expensive except in case of an emergency.

When my son was stationed in Germany he couldn't believe their transit system. When he was off duty he could go anywhere and didn't need a car. Loved it.

I wish we had a train or bus system in our area that worked and got a person places you need to go at various hours of the day. I hate putting money into a car.
All that money we spend on gas, up keep, insurance, etc. on something that loses value every minute we drive it. Tongue

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Reply #11 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 3:24pm

Riffhard wrote on Mar 8^th, 2011 at 2:53pm:

“Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” - Steven Chu 2008. Gasoline costs over $9.00 a gallon in the UK! Who is Steven Chu? Obummer's Energy Secretary obviously! Good ol' Rahm said it best, "never let a crisis go to waste."

Anyone that thinks that these gas prices are the result of the crap in the Middle East, I've got an oil rig to sell you in the Gulf Of Mexico! Too bad the flat earth oil moratorium is still in place! Obummer could lower these prices with one speech. Think he'll offer to allow drilling, and lift the moratorium? Hell no! That's not part of his grand design.

Oil prices in 2007 went to $97.00 a barrel in August of that year. Bush gave a speech and outlined plans for lifting the oil drilling moratorium and the price of barrel fell to $37 the next day! Fear not libs. Obummer has no such plans this time around.

But hey, at least we can pretend that we're actually doing something good for the enviroment! ROTFLMMFAO!!!

Riffy

gas prices were high for a long, long time and didn't come down fast at the pumps... of course, somehow, you feel the need to defend Bush, even from 2007, and bring up politics, when no one else is... you miss the big point... listen to the people who post from outside the USA... we use the most and pay the least, and we don't conserve it... maybe they know something you don't. Alot of these countries are exploring and implenting alternatives... not just hot air, talk!!!

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Edith Grove Rocks Off Regular Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #12 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 3:33pm The ONLY place Obama wants to drill !! http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s209/leepullen/wallet.jpgt=1299619938
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sweetcharmedlife Rocks Off Regular Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,943 San Mateo Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #13 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 3:42pm It's all of Bush's oil buddies rakeing honest people over the coals with their ridiculous profits. But the Repubes say we can't tax them.
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AngieBlue Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 792 Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #14 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 3:52pm According to the Republicans we can't tax anyone who makes more than $200K a year.
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sweetcharmedlife Rocks Off Regular Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,943 San Mateo Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #15 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 3:59pm Kids thank your uncle riffy and his friends for flushing this country down the toilet......Thanks uncle riffy.
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Reply #16 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 4:59pm

AngieBlue wrote on Mar 8^th, 2011 at 2:54pm:

It's $3.38 a gallon in Merriam Kansas where I am.

And yes, compared to the rest of the world, Americans have cheap gasoline.
One the we do not have is Mass Transit, except on the East Coast. If we want to go anywhere we have to drive.
We went for 16 months without a car and let me tell you that was no fun. Two miles to the grocers on foot every two days no matter the weather is a drag.
And forget going anywhere else. Cabs around here are too expensive except in case of an emergency.

When my son was stationed in Germany he couldn't believe their transit system. When he was off duty he could go anywhere and didn't need a car. Loved it.

I wish we had a train or bus system in our area that worked and got a person places you need to go at various hours of the day. I hate putting money into a car.
All that money we spend on gas, up keep, insurance, etc. on something that loses value every minute we drive it. Tongue

that's because they do really great things with the tax revenues, like reinvest in the country, medical, education, inferstructure, helping those in need.... here, we are giving tax breaks to the rich, cutting programs for the poor, and the people who think like riffy, have been claiming this will grow our economy... oh, and he blames every single problem on liberals, and claims his beleifs are the only facts... does Rocks Off have a snooze button, wake me when this guy goes away again.

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Joey Rocks Off Regular Online Posts: 20,534 Omaha , NE Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #18 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 6:24pm " You yanks dont know you're living. How much is a gallon over there? I think we probably pay about 3 times as much " !!!!!
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Paranoid Android Rocks Off Regular Online The Rocks Off Ladies Rule You Bastards!! Posts: 6,246 Chapel Hill, NC Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #19 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 6:26pm My scooter get about 90 miles to the gallon...
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sweetcharmedlife Rocks Off Regular Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,943 San Mateo Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #20 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 6:54pm Joey has plenty of gas.
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Reply #21 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 6:56pm

Pdog, I'm sorry, but you are just painfully naive on this subject if you honestly believe what you are saying.

Let's just take a look at the FACTS.

Does Europe have the natural resources that the US has with regards to oil deposits? No, not even close. Fact.

The US has an estimated supply of shale oil alone to last well over two thousand years. Yes. Fact.

Did Obummer's Energy Secretary Steven Chu claim that it would be beneficial to raise gas prices to European price levels in order to get Americans to drive less? Yes. Fact.

Is that a plan for social engineering, and wealth redistribution? Yes. Fact.

Did Obummer say, "Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket." (January 2008) Yes. Fact.

Check it yourself-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlTxGHn4sH4

Are both of these examples of socialism/statism? Yes. Absolutley. Fact.

Are the "evil rich" as painfully affected by these more inflated gas prices, or do the middle class, small businesses, and the poor suffer more as a result of these inflated prices? Answer-No. And yes. Facts.

Could Obummer lower the cost of gas at the pump with one single speech? Yes. Fact. All he would have to do is lift the moratorium on drilling, and open up the land that is already under lease to oil companies. Fact. Will he do that? No. Fact.

Did Bush lower the cost of oil/gasoline by using this exact method? Yes. Fact.

Does the entire planet run on petroleum based energy? Yes. Fact.

Will the world stop drilling just because Obummer wishes it? No. Fact.

Will our economy suffer as a direct result of Obummer's actions? Yes. Without question.

Does everything get more expensive when the price of oil skyrockets? Yes. Fact.

Who is affected more by the rising costs of groceries, clothing, gas, etc. Yes, that's right. The poor! Fact.

Was BP Oil Obummer's largest coporate donor during the 2008 campaign? Yes. Fact.

Oil is now trading at $107.00 a barrel, and Obummer has done absolutley nothing to try and lower that cost. Fact.

And finally, and this is the big one-Is the Obummer Admin. in contempt of court for refusing to allow deep water drilling after a federal judge's ruling? Yes. Fact.

Here--->http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-03/u-s-administration-in-contempt-over-gul...

So the bottom line is that this whole shit storm is absolutley political! To try and claim that I am trying to turn this into a political argument is insane! It has everything to do with politics, Pdog! Just look at the FACTS!

Get back to me when you have a cogent argument, because as of now, your point is moot, and your argument is not supported by any facts. Fact.

Here's another FACT for you-Obummer sucks!

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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,231 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #22 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 7:32pm Dont even think of morphing this into a politics thead full of insults - it'll be the last one.
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AngieBlue Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 792 Gender:	Re: Gas prices are out of control Reply #23 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 7:36pm Didn't mean to get political Gazza. I should have get my mouth shut about the taxes thing. I'm sorry. Angie
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Reply #24 - Mar 8^th, 2011 at 7:47pm

Gazza wrote on Mar 8^th, 2011 at 7:32pm:

Dont even think of morphing this into a politics thead full of insults - it'll be the last one.

Gazza I shall remain civil. I was just responding to post that is, by it's very nature, political given the circumstances. However, as the facts are so painfully obvious to anyone that does not have partisan blinders on, I shall refrain from commenting further.

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