The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux) - Page 40

wendybeth · 04-25-2006, 07:42 PM

Halliburton. Bechtel Group. The Shaw Group, etc. Not too damned hard to connect the dots- I'm not saying you're not smart enough to, you simply won't. Or, if you do, you make excuses and indicate that is just the way of the big, bad business wolrd- laissez faire, and all that. Gets very, very old, and my apologies for taking out my frustration on you as I know you have nothing to personally do with it, but as I indicated earlier- people are getting pissed and getting less shy about saying so.

scaeagles · 04-25-2006, 07:49 PM

Well, now it isn't that I can't see it, it's that I won't see it. I still disagree. It's that I see it differently. You see excuses. I see reasons.

You are obviously among the pissed. I am not (about this issue).

JWBear · 04-25-2006, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

...a junior high student would have no problem understanding market forces and supply and demand...

True, but beside the point. If you truly think the higher gas prices are simply the result of supply and demand, I’ve got a bridge in New York you might want to buy.

Greed. Greed and price gouging – ignored, if not actively supported by, the current administration.

scaeagles · 04-25-2006, 09:30 PM

Hmmm....evidence? Not to try to be insulting, because I really don't want to be, but you have no concept of the oil commodities market or how it works.

JWBear · 04-25-2006, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Hmmm....evidence? Not to try to be insulting, because I really don't want to be, but you have no concept of the oil commodities market or how it works.

How would you know?

scaeagles · 04-25-2006, 09:51 PM

Reading.

Edited to add: I do not claim to know all of the numerous complexities of a commodities market, particularly the most complex, being oil.

sleepyjeff · 04-25-2006, 09:58 PM

Price of gas in April of 1980---$1.19

Price of gas(adj. for inflation) now---.89 cents

http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice.html

Ghoulish Delight · 04-25-2006, 09:59 PM

I'm moving to Malaysia and never doing my homework again.

wendybeth · 04-25-2006, 10:02 PM

From the "How stuff works" site:

Historical Gas Prices
(Adjusted for inflation)
Year Price Per Gallon 1950$1.91 1955$1.85 1960$1.79 1965$1.68 1970$1.59 1975$1.80 1980$2.59 1985$1.90 1990$1.51 1995$1.28 2001$1.66 2002$1.31 2003$1.52 2004$1.79 2005$2.28 2006 (so far)$2.68 Source: U.S. DOE

wendybeth · 04-25-2006, 10:06 PM

Heh heh- total derail, but I just ran across this: No gas here!

Now, if they can just figure out how to de-gas Happy Meals.

04-25-2006, 07:42 PM	#391
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Halliburton. Bechtel Group. The Shaw Group, etc. Not too damned hard to connect the dots- I'm not saying you're not smart enough to, you simply won't. Or, if you do, you make excuses and indicate that is just the way of the big, bad business wolrd- laissez faire, and all that. Gets very, very old, and my apologies for taking out my frustration on you as I know you have nothing to personally do with it, but as I indicated earlier- people are getting pissed and getting less shy about saying so. __________________
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Well, now it isn't that I can't see it, it's that I won't see it. I still disagree. It's that I see it differently. You see excuses. I see reasons. You are obviously among the pissed. I am not (about this issue).
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04-25-2006, 09:30 PM	#394
scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Hmmm....evidence? Not to try to be insulting, because I really don't want to be, but you have no concept of the oil commodities market or how it works.
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sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	Price of gas in April of 1980---$1.19 Price of gas(adj. for inflation) now---.89 cents http://www.randomuseless.info/gasprice/gasprice.html __________________ River Guardian-less
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I'm moving to Malaysia and never doing my homework again. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	From the "How stuff works" site: Historical Gas Prices (Adjusted for inflation) Year Price Per Gallon 1950$1.91 1955$1.85 1960$1.79 1965$1.68 1970$1.59 1975$1.80 1980$2.59 1985$1.90 1990$1.51 1995$1.28 2001$1.66 2002$1.31 2003$1.52 2004$1.79 2005$2.28 2006 (so far)$2.68 Source: U.S. DOE __________________
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04-25-2006, 10:06 PM	#400
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Heh heh- total derail, but I just ran across this: No gas here! Now, if they can just figure out how to de-gas Happy Meals. __________________
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