Republicans should be thrilled with $5 gas. Proves their policies work.

[OohPooPahDoo]

IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET!

Good!

They don't really get that.

They really think that if an oil company was allowed to drill more oil in the U.S., that company wouldn't sell that oil to a country other than the U.S. if they could get a better net price.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

A devalued dollar due to obama's policy has caused oil to cost more. and deano that is a economical fact.

The economic fact is that inflation is, by historical measures, virtually flat lined, so your statement has no basis in fact.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

Do Democrats have a plan for the gas price situation? No.

Why do we need a plan? Since when is it government's job to control gas prices? If you think gas cost too much then don't buy it. That's the personally responsible free market way.

 

[Mr.Green]

Do Democrats have a plan for the gas price situation? No.

Why do we need a plan? Since when is it government's job to control gas prices? If you think gas cost too much then don't buy it. That's the personally responsible free market way.

Who else is gonna do it? I drive 30 minutes to work every morning, I can't just not buy gas. Imagine if the president told you "just dont buy gas". Its a political issue right now because the government has do something about it.

 

[LogikAndReazon]

"The price of gasoline is high because Barack Obama wants it to be high. How do we know this? He told us, over and over again. Raising the price of energy has always been his plan to win the future, and his strategic retreat from his only successful policy is exactly that: a strategy.

Sure, he doesn't like the price of gasoline now, but that is only a political calculation -- it is costing him electoral support. People are loath to vote for a man who has destroyed their household budgets by increasing the price of a necessity. With re-election, Barack unbound will give the nation $10-a-gallon gasoline. It's for our own good -- he knows best.

The president's imbecilic battle against the fossil fuel industry, prosperity, and energy self-sufficiency is a losing proposition, disastrous for our economic well-being. He wants it both ways: waging war against fossil fuels while taking credit when, in spite of his best efforts, oil production increases.

Yet Barack Obama's endless war on energy is not just about restricting oil production; he wants to destroy the coal industry as well. For this he tasks the EPA. He couldn't get cap-and-tax through the Senate, even when his party had a super-majority. Instead, he will impose the cap portion by regulatory fiat, and his EPA is only too happy to oblige.

Every policy from Obama's EPA seems to hurt the economy, the consumer, and the nation in general. The agency is a monster, with over 17,000 employees and a budget in excess of $8 billion. Yet as far as government is concerned, a budget of $8 billion is small potatoes. As Barack is fond of saying, "they punch above their weight." As a tool of Barack Obama, Lisa Jackson, head of the EPA, is destroying America and Americans, one industry at a time. The first industry up is coal.

The administration recently celebrated the closing of the 100th coal power plant since 2010, and the EPA has issued new regulations on CO2, which will prevent the building of any coal plants in the future. Since coal provides 45% of our electricity needs, and we are not replacing the generating capacity, at some point there will be rolling blackouts. As the president promised, the price of electricity will "necessarily skyrocket." Our coal will be shipped to China, the world's biggest polluter. There it will be used to keep Chinese electricity cheap. Makes sense, doesn't it?

In killing King Coal, Obama, the merry old soul, is only beginning. Next will be natural gas. Later this year, the EPA will introduce rules regulating hydraulic fracturing, the technique used to maximize gas extraction. Does anyone believe that these rules will make natural gas cheaper? If Obama wins re-election, he will shut down fracking in an attempt to kill natural gas as well.........'



Read more: Articles: Obama's Endless Energy

 

[Uncensored2008]

Oh Gawd! None of these right wingers understand the free market. No wonder their policies are so fucked up. "They know not what they do". Tragic.

Obama's poll numbers are dropping, huh?

 

[Iplaynaked]

The worlds major oil reserves are in Arabia (from where the WTC terrorists come from), Iraq (who hates our guts for invading them) and Iran (who we freed up by invading Iraq).

There are hundreds of millions of new drivers in India and China.

ALL oil goes onto the "world market" and is unregulated.

Free Market. That's the Republican's God. Any oil found here goes on the world market.

Seems like Republicans want that dreaded "government" to step in and "do something". Well, get used to it. Unregulated capitalism, let the market decide. This is what it looks like. You got your wish. Stop bitching.

Our production will never match the reserves of one of those three countries. Never!

Doesn't matter how much oil is found here, IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET! Get it? IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET!

Got it?

IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET!

Good!

Also people keep complaining about high gas prices..... ummm does no one remember in 2008 gas prices rose to $4.50 a gallon? Also $4.50 back then is like $6 now.

 

[Iplaynaked]

LOL, still trying to spin the heat off Obama I see..

must be a member of that Obama, goon, I mean truth squad..

People keep complaining about high gas prices..... ummm does no one remember in 2008, WHEN BUSH WAS IN OFFICE, gas prices rose to $4.50 a gallon? Also $4.50 back then is like $6 now.

 

[Mr. H.]

LOL, still trying to spin the heat off Obama I see..

must be a member of that Obama, goon, I mean truth squad..

People keep complaining about high gas prices..... ummm does no one remember in 2008, WHEN BUSH WAS IN OFFICE, gas prices rose to $4.50 a gallon? Also $4.50 back then is like $6 now.

Which means $4.50 now is like $3 back then.

 

[jreeves]

The worlds major oil reserves are in Arabia (from where the WTC terrorists come from), Iraq (who hates our guts for invading them) and Iran (who we freed up by invading Iraq).

There are hundreds of millions of new drivers in India and China.

ALL oil goes onto the "world market" and is unregulated.

Free Market. That's the Republican's God. Any oil found here goes on the world market.

Seems like Republicans want that dreaded "government" to step in and "do something". Well, get used to it. Unregulated capitalism, let the market decide. This is what it looks like. You got your wish. Stop bitching.

Our production will never match the reserves of one of those three countries. Never!

Doesn't matter how much oil is found here, IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET! Get it? IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET!

Got it?

IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET!

Good!

The free market or A holes like this advocating on your behalf??


Times Tough for Energy Overhaul - WSJ.com


"Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe," Mr. Chu, who directs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in September.

Who is Chu?

Obama's Energy Sec.

 

[jreeves]

LOL, still trying to spin the heat off Obama I see..

must be a member of that Obama, goon, I mean truth squad..

People keep complaining about high gas prices..... ummm does no one remember in 2008, WHEN BUSH WAS IN OFFICE, gas prices rose to $4.50 a gallon? Also $4.50 back then is like $6 now.

Which means $4.50 now is like $3 back then.

Obama's gas price rise resembles Carter more than Bush...

Gas Prices Grow More Under Obama than Carter - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

Under the Carter administration, gas prices increased by 103.77 percent. Gas prices since Obama took office have risen by 103.79 percent. No other presidents in recent years have struggled as much with soaring oil prices. Under the Reagan administration, gas prices actually dropped 66 percent. When Bill Clinton was president, gas prices grew by roughly 30 percent, and under both Bush presidencies, gas prices rose by 20 percent.

 

[Mr. H.]

People keep complaining about high gas prices..... ummm does no one remember in 2008, WHEN BUSH WAS IN OFFICE, gas prices rose to $4.50 a gallon? Also $4.50 back then is like $6 now.

Which means $4.50 now is like $3 back then.

Obama's gas price rise resembles Carter more than Bush...

Gas Prices Grow More Under Obama than Carter - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

Under the Carter administration, gas prices increased by 103.77 percent. Gas prices since Obama took office have risen by 103.79 percent. No other presidents in recent years have struggled as much with soaring oil prices. Under the Reagan administration, gas prices actually dropped 66 percent. When Bill Clinton was president, gas prices grew by roughly 30 percent, and under both Bush presidencies, gas prices rose by 20 percent.

I've stated before that I don't "blame" any President for the fluctuation in crude or gasolline prices. And it's certainly not their place to intervene in markets in order to influence prices.

However, under Clinton, when crude hit $12/barrel and gasoline was 99 cents retail (read: 59 cents without taxes) he failed to protect a U.S. industry that was being flushed down the shitter by foreign countries who dumped their commodity on our markets at below production cost. This is in direct violation of international trade laws.

Thousands of oil and gas companies went out of business, and hundreds of thousands lost industry jobs while that nit-wit (and the public) turned a blind eye.

Paybacks are a bitch huh?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

The worlds major oil reserves are in Arabia (from where the WTC terrorists come from), Iraq (who hates our guts for invading them) and Iran (who we freed up by invading Iraq).

There are hundreds of millions of new drivers in India and China.

ALL oil goes onto the "world market" and is unregulated.

Free Market. That's the Republican's God. Any oil found here goes on the world market.

Seems like Republicans want that dreaded "government" to step in and "do something". Well, get used to it. Unregulated capitalism, let the market decide. This is what it looks like. You got your wish. Stop bitching.

Our production will never match the reserves of one of those three countries. Never!

Doesn't matter how much oil is found here, IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET! Get it? IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET!

Got it?

IT GOES ON THE WORLD MARKET!

Good!

You are a few years behind, as usual. Venezuela is the country with the largest oil reserves, not Saudi Arabia. Canada has more than Iran or Iraq, Obama is the one that is telling them to get fucked.