John Wheaton scribed:
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>"Ed Jay" <edMbj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> John Wheaton scribed:
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>>>"Icono Clast" <IClast@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>You can blame The US President for the reasons you list as causes for
>>>>the cancellation.
>>>
>>>In spring of 2006 Diane Pelosi promised that if the Democrats were put
>>>back
>>>in charge of Congress and the Senate that they, the Democrats would
then
>>>bring the price of Gas back down.
>>>
>>>In November of 2006 the Democrats won back the House and the Senate and
>>>Diane Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House.
>>>
>>>Since then the price of Gas has more than doubled.
>>>
>> You don't suppose that now that the USA has gone from the wealthiest
>> nation
>> to the biggest debtor nation because of Bush's ill-conceived and
executed
>> war, that the Dollar's low value has anything to do with it, do you?
>> --
>> Ed Jay (remove 'M' to respond by email)
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>Bush's missteps have no bearing on the Pelosi's told for the Dems to get
>control back. She knew damn well that there was nothing that she and her
>cohorts could/would do to bring down the cost of gas.
Pelosi et al told us they would stop the war, which would have prevented
much of the rise in oil prices, as the resulting Dollar wouldn't have
fallen
as much as it has. Had the Republicans in Congress not thwarted the Dems
efforts to end the war, yada yada...you know the argument. In any event,
the
fault doesn't fall to Pelosi or the Democrats, it remains with the current
administration.
BTW, I'm no fan of Pelosi. I wish I lived where I could help vote her out.
>If anything their
>failure to allow drilling in many areas where there are huge amounts of
oil,
>add any new refineries or extend tax credits for solar and wind research
are
>all putting pressure that are raising energy prices even more.
>
New refineries haven't been constructed for some 30 years. Nevertheless,
they are still only at 80% capacity. We don't need new refineries, nor do
the oil companies want to build them. As to not drilling in certain other
places, ecological reasons continue to take precedence, as many of us
believe they should. Tax credits? Do we have any idea the magnitude of tax
credits already provided to the oil companies? Exxon made $14 billion
profit
in the 1st quarter of 2008. You want to give them more tax credits?
At any rate, it doesn't seem to me to make a lot of sense to blame Pelosi
or
the Democrats for high gasoline prices. Put the blame where it
belongs...the
plunging Dollar and why it's dropping even faster than Bush's approval
ratings.
Meet me at the Bicardi party. Let's tip a couple, and then discuss this
further. :-))
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Ed Jay (remove 'M' to respond by email)
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