Obama Wants $7 Gallon Gas!!!!

[dvinman]

President Obama has a solution to the Gulf oil spill: $7-a-gallon gas.

That's a Harvard University study's estimate of the per-gallon price of the president's global-warming agenda. And Obama made clear this week that this agenda is a part of his plan for addressing the Gulf mess.

So what does global-warming legislation have to do with the oil spill?

Good question, because such measures wouldn't do a thing to clean up the oil or fix the problems that led to the leak.

The answer can be found in Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's now-famous words, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste -- and what I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before."

That sure was true of global-warming policy, and especially the cap-and-trade bill. Many observers thought the measure, introduced last year in the House by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), was dead: The American people didn't seem to think that the so-called global-warming crisis justified a price-hiking, job-killing, economy-crushing redesign of our energy supply amid a fragile recovery. Passing another major piece of legislation, one every bit as unpopular as ObamaCare, appeared unlikely in an election year.

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More here...$7-a-gallon gas? - NYPOST.com

 

[Big Black Dog]

$7.00 a gallon gas would really suck but just like cigarettes, I'll keep buying it no matter what the cost. It's really hard for me to push my truck because the wife insists on steering instead of helping to push.

 

[Big Fitz]

Why is anyone surprised here about this claim?????

During the campaign he said TWO things about this that burned into my memory about gas prices.

1. He was upset that gas prices rose so quickly because that caused resistance from the public.

2. His ultimate goal was to get to $8/gallon gas.

So why are we surprised this is his goal and he'd use this disaster to help achieve this?

The man's not an idiot... he's a revolutionary working to destroy this nation. Everything he's passed is going to have to be repealed. Hell, everything new back to at LEAST 2006 is going to have to be repealed for us to repair this nation.

 

[Claudette]

Well of course he want gas to be way expensive.

AFter all. They must wean us of our addiction to oil. LOL

What does it matter that lots of folks can't afford $7 a gallon gas.

We can all go on Welfare when the jobs really dry up and we are all unemployed.

Of course if that happens there won't be any money to fund the Clowns or the Govt. or Barry Boys left wing agenda.

Hmmmm. Might be worth a shot at that. LOL

 

[VaYank5150]

Obama Wants $7 Gallon Gas!!!!

HOLY SHIT! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE SKY IS FALLING!

It must suck to be you people scared to death of everything ALL the time.....

 

[Big Fitz]

Well of course he want gas to be way expensive.

AFter all. They must wean us of our addiction to oil. LOL

What does it matter that lots of folks can't afford $7 a gallon gas.

We can all go on Welfare when the jobs really dry up and we are all unemployed.

Of course if that happens there won't be any money to fund the Clowns or the Govt. or Barry Boys left wing agenda.

Hmmmm. Might be worth a shot at that. LOL

And ween us onto.... nothing. There is nothing that can replace petroleum and fossil fuels.

You can't ween a nation off a power source that is almost 100% dependent on for all transportation and a critical physical resource like plastic without having it's replacement ready to roll.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Why is anyone surprised here about this claim?????

During the campaign he said TWO things about this that burned into my memory about gas prices.

1. He was upset that gas prices rose so quickly because that caused resistance from the public.

2. His ultimate goal was to get to $8/gallon gas.

So why are we surprised this is his goal and he'd use this disaster to help achieve this?

The man's not an idiot... he's a revolutionary working to destroy this nation. Everything he's passed is going to have to be repealed. Hell, everything new back to at LEAST 2006 is going to have to be repealed for us to repair this nation.

obama gives ok to more offshore drilling
Month later we have a major offshore oil leak.
Obamas agenda has been to raise gas prices.
He is very untrustworthy, I would not be surprised to find out that the obama adminastration had something to do with the oil rig explosion. I could be wrong many if not most will say I am wrong, chances are I am but this will happen when you have a President that remains closed to the public and lies when he say's he is transparent.

 

[Zoom-boing]

And ween us onto.... nothing. There is nothing that can replace petroleum and fossil fuels.

You can't ween a nation off a power source that is almost 100% dependent on for all transportation and a critical physical resource like plastic without having it's replacement ready to roll.

Stop bothering Barry with such trivial things such as logic and common sense. His flux capacitor doesn't not comprehend it and does not care.

 

[JimH52]

Why is anyone surprised here about this claim?????

During the campaign he said TWO things about this that burned into my memory about gas prices.

1. He was upset that gas prices rose so quickly because that caused resistance from the public.

2. His ultimate goal was to get to $8/gallon gas.

So why are we surprised this is his goal and he'd use this disaster to help achieve this?

The man's not an idiot... he's a revolutionary working to destroy this nation. Everything he's passed is going to have to be repealed. Hell, everything new back to at LEAST 2006 is going to have to be repealed for us to repair this nation.

obama gives ok to more offshore drilling
Month later we have a major offshore oil leak.
Obamas agenda has been to raise gas prices.
He is very untrustworthy, I would not be surprised to find out that the obama adminastration had something to do with the oil rig explosion. I could be wrong many if not most will say I am wrong, chances are I am but this will happen when you have a President that remains closed to the public and lies when he say's he is transparent.

You and Joe Barton are related? Do you ever tell the truth on issues?

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Well of course he want gas to be way expensive.

AFter all. They must wean us of our addiction to oil. LOL

What does it matter that lots of folks can't afford $7 a gallon gas.

We can all go on Welfare when the jobs really dry up and we are all unemployed.

Of course if that happens there won't be any money to fund the Clowns or the Govt. or Barry Boys left wing agenda.

Hmmmm. Might be worth a shot at that. LOL

And ween us onto.... nothing. There is nothing that can replace petroleum and fossil fuels.

You can't ween a nation off a power source that is almost 100% dependent on for all transportation and a critical physical resource like plastic without having it's replacement ready to roll.

A short list of things made by oil products

LESSON ONE ADDENDUM:
Things Made From Oil
That We Use Daily (a partial list)
Agriculture
• plastic ties
• row cover
• irrigation piping
• polyethylene
• polypropylene
• bags and packaging
• pesticides and herbicides
• food preservatives
• fertilizers
Clothing and Textiles
• ballet tights
• nylon cord
• everything polyester: blouses, pants, pajamas etc.
• everything permanent press: shirts, dresses etc.
• beads
Petroleum Products in Our Daily Lives

Copyright rules, don't post the full list - Modbert

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Why is anyone surprised here about this claim?????

During the campaign he said TWO things about this that burned into my memory about gas prices.

1. He was upset that gas prices rose so quickly because that caused resistance from the public.

2. His ultimate goal was to get to $8/gallon gas.

So why are we surprised this is his goal and he'd use this disaster to help achieve this?

The man's not an idiot... he's a revolutionary working to destroy this nation. Everything he's passed is going to have to be repealed. Hell, everything new back to at LEAST 2006 is going to have to be repealed for us to repair this nation.

obama gives ok to more offshore drilling
Month later we have a major offshore oil leak.
Obamas agenda has been to raise gas prices.
He is very untrustworthy, I would not be surprised to find out that the obama adminastration had something to do with the oil rig explosion. I could be wrong many if not most will say I am wrong, chances are I am but this will happen when you have a President that remains closed to the public and lies when he say's he is transparent.

You and Joe Barton are related? Do you ever tell the truth on issues?

Would you care to pick something in my reply that is false?
1. obama gives ok to more offshore drilling
2.Month later we have a major offshore oil leak.
3.Obamas agenda has been to raise gas prices.
Is the word untrustworthy confusing you? In other words obama has never told the truth on anything.
4. He is very untrustworthy

 

[Cuyo]

We don't need to tax gas in order for the price to go up. We could just stop subsidizing it. It ain't such a bad idea, if we believe reducing oil consumption is important, whether for economic or environmental reasons. Rather than attempt direct regulation (eg, mileage standards), just stop artificially deflating the price and let the private market respond.

 

[The Rabbi]

We don't need to tax gas in order for the price to go up. We could just stop subsidizing it. It ain't such a bad idea, if we believe reducing oil consumption is important, whether for economic or environmental reasons. Rather than attempt direct regulation (eg, mileage standards), just stop artificially deflating the price and let the private market respond.

How do we "subsidize" gas, one of the more heavily taxed items we buy? Do you ever read anything not on the internet? Just asking.

 

[HUGGY]

President Obama has a solution to the Gulf oil spill: $7-a-gallon gas.

That's a Harvard University study's estimate of the per-gallon price of the president's global-warming agenda. And Obama made clear this week that this agenda is a part of his plan for addressing the Gulf mess.

So what does global-warming legislation have to do with the oil spill?

Good question, because such measures wouldn't do a thing to clean up the oil or fix the problems that led to the leak.

The answer can be found in Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's now-famous words, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste -- and what I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before."

That sure was true of global-warming policy, and especially the cap-and-trade bill. Many observers thought the measure, introduced last year in the House by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), was dead: The American people didn't seem to think that the so-called global-warming crisis justified a price-hiking, job-killing, economy-crushing redesign of our energy supply amid a fragile recovery. Passing another major piece of legislation, one every bit as unpopular as ObamaCare, appeared unlikely in an election year.

So Obama and congressional proponents of cap-and-trade spent several months rebranding it -- downplaying the global-warming rationale and claiming that it was really a jobs bill (the so-called green jobs were supposed to spring from the new clean-energy economy) and an energy-independence bill (that will somehow stick it to OPEC).

Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) even reportedly declined to introduce their new cap-and-trade proposal in the Senate on Earth Day, because they wanted to de-emphasize the global-warming message. Instead, Kerry called the American Power Act "a plan that creates jobs and sets us on a course toward energy independence and economic resurgence."

But the new marketing strategy wasn't working. Few believe the green-jobs hype -- with good reason. In Spain, for example, green jobs have been an expensive bust, with each position created requiring, on average, $774,000 in government subsidies. And the logic of getting us off oil imports via a unilateral measure that punishes American coal, oil and natural gas never made any sense at all.

Now the president is repackaging cap-and-trade -- again -- as a long-term solution to the oil spill. But it's the same old agenda, a huge energy tax that will raise the cost of gasoline and electricity high enough so that we're forced to use less.

The logic linking cap-and-trade to the spill in the Gulf should frighten anyone who owns a car or truck. Such measures force up the price at the pump -- Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs thinks it "may require gas prices greater than $7 a gallon by 2020" to meet Obama's stated goal of reducing emissions 14 percent from the transportation sector.

Of course, doing so would reduce gasoline use and also raise market share for hugely expensive alternative fuels and vehicles that could never compete otherwise. Less gasoline demand means less need for drilling and thus a slightly reduced chance of a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon spill -- but only slightly. Oil will still be a vital part of America's energy mix.

More here...$7-a-gallon gas? - NYPOST.com

You are a fear mongering asshole. You like spreading around bullshit..for what purpose?

Commodities speculators would like high gas prices...Saudi Arabia would like high oil prices.

For this ignorant post you get a ride in "The List". Enjoy!

 

[Cuyo]

We don't need to tax gas in order for the price to go up. We could just stop subsidizing it. It ain't such a bad idea, if we believe reducing oil consumption is important, whether for economic or environmental reasons. Rather than attempt direct regulation (eg, mileage standards), just stop artificially deflating the price and let the private market respond.

How do we "subsidize" gas, one of the more heavily taxed items we buy? Do you ever read anything not on the internet? Just asking.

Mmm-hmm, boy oh boy here we go.

So you're saying oil and gas are not subsidized in the US? Is that really the platform you're going to stick to? Please I'll give you a chance to run away, but if that's really your final answer, just say so.

 

[Big Fitz]

Why is anyone surprised here about this claim?????

During the campaign he said TWO things about this that burned into my memory about gas prices.

1. He was upset that gas prices rose so quickly because that caused resistance from the public.

2. His ultimate goal was to get to $8/gallon gas.

So why are we surprised this is his goal and he'd use this disaster to help achieve this?

The man's not an idiot... he's a revolutionary working to destroy this nation. Everything he's passed is going to have to be repealed. Hell, everything new back to at LEAST 2006 is going to have to be repealed for us to repair this nation.

obama gives ok to more offshore drilling
Month later we have a major offshore oil leak.
Obamas agenda has been to raise gas prices.
He is very untrustworthy, I would not be surprised to find out that the obama adminastration had something to do with the oil rig explosion. I could be wrong many if not most will say I am wrong, chances are I am but this will happen when you have a President that remains closed to the public and lies when he say's he is transparent.

You and Joe Barton are related? Do you ever tell the truth on issues?

Moreso than you.

Hey, anyone else wondering why all our deepsea rigs are going to Petrobras in Brazil to the tune of $2 billion of our tax dollars? Why is P-BO sending them there?

Oh that's right... George Soros is the majority stakeholder in Petrobras and he got P-BO elected.

Way to pay off a campaign debt P-BO! I hope we get to bring your ass up on charges for this. Now the moratorium and disaster response failure make sense. It's about paying off political backers.

Fucking figures.

 

[Big Fitz]

Huh... interesting.

Hot Air Good news: Obama backs off-shore drilling! Update: A Soros connection?
The trackbacks make for a very damning picture of P-BO's administration and this disaster.

 

[rdean]

Why not 10 dollar gas or 100 dollar gas? Why 7 dollar gas?

Republicans are so stupid, they think that when companies drill here, it's our oil. But it's not. It goes to the world market where other companies compete to buy it. That's right. We don't get to keep it. We have to buy our oil from foreign oil companies even when they drill here.

 

[VaYank5150]

Why not 10 dollar gas or 100 dollar gas? Why 7 dollar gas?

Republicans are so stupid, they think that when companies drill here, it's our oil. But it's not. It goes to the world market where other companies compete to buy it. That's right. We don't get to keep it. We have to buy our oil from foreign oil companies even when they drill here.

This is PRECISELY how the system works.

 

[Dr.House]

Why not 10 dollar gas or 100 dollar gas? Why 7 dollar gas?

You'll have to ask the folks at Harvard who did the study...